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STATE OF AFFAIRS | Matthew Richardson Medal Winner<br />
<strong>Clarence</strong> half-forward, Trent Standen, has won<br />
the inaugural Matthew Richardson Medal after a<br />
stellar season in the Wrest Point State League.<br />
Awarded to the Rookie of the Year, players eligible<br />
for the Matthew Richardson Medal must be under<br />
23 years of age, have played less that 20 games<br />
at the start of the season, and in no more than two<br />
years of senior football.<br />
Known as “Speedy” to his team-mates, Standen<br />
began his career with the now defunct Rokeby<br />
Junior Football Club, before being transferred<br />
to <strong>Clarence</strong>. He played under-17, under-19,<br />
Reserves and 10 senior games for <strong>Clarence</strong>, before<br />
transferring to Sorell Football Club in the Southern<br />
Football League.<br />
His natural ability continued to shine through, with<br />
two Best and Fairest awards at Sorell, and selection<br />
in several SFL representative squads, although<br />
circumstances deemed that he never actually<br />
played for the representative team.<br />
After four brilliant years for Sorell, Standen returned<br />
to <strong>Clarence</strong> for the 2010 season, playing every<br />
game this year. His season will culminate this<br />
weekend when <strong>Clarence</strong> take on <strong>Devonport</strong> in the<br />
Wrest Point State League Grand Final.<br />
The Matthew Richardson Medal is named after one<br />
of Tasmania’s and Richmond’s modern day greats.<br />
The rise of Richardson<br />
Matthew Richardson was born and started his<br />
football career in <strong>Devonport</strong>. His father, Allan,<br />
was a premiership player for Richmond in 1967.<br />
Throughout childhood and his adult life football has<br />
been front and centre. An acknowledged ‘footyhead’<br />
he is now also a respected commentator on<br />
the game.<br />
Richardson played 16 games and kicked 23 goals<br />
with <strong>Devonport</strong> in 1992 and was drafted later that<br />
year under the ‘Father / Son’ rule. He debuted for<br />
Richmond in 1993 and in his first season he was an<br />
AFL Rising Star nominee.<br />
For much of his career Matthew Richardson has<br />
made a name for himself as an enigmatic player<br />
in Richmond’s forward line, predominately at<br />
full forward. He has shown himself capable of<br />
producing great feats of high marking, running<br />
and goal kicking, but has had many seasons<br />
interrupted by injury during his career. He has lost<br />
the equivalent of 3 full seasons to injury.<br />
In 2008 a move to the wing early in the year proved<br />
a masterstroke. At 34 year of age the star veteran<br />
was given a free-wheeling role and he averaged<br />
18 touches, finished equal third in the Brownlow<br />
Medal, took the most home and away marks in the<br />
AFL (222) and still topped Richmond’s goalkicking<br />
with 48.<br />
Matthew Richardson has multiple individual player<br />
honours and has been recognized by Richmond<br />
FC and Tasmania with selection in their respective<br />
‘Teams of the Century’ and by his home state with<br />
early inclusion and then ‘Legend’ status in the<br />
‘Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame’.<br />
Richmond player honours:<br />
• Brownlow Medal: 3rd (equal) in 2008.<br />
• Best and fairest - 2007; 2nd best and fairest 1996, 1999,<br />
2002, 2005; 3rd best and fairest 2008.<br />
• All-Australian 1996, 1999, 2008.<br />
• International Rules Series 1999.<br />
• Leading goalkicker 1994, 1996 to 1999, 2001 to 2008.<br />
• Alex Jesaulenko Medal 1996.<br />
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