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Richmond Tigers ‘The Raging Bull’ – Dustin Martin 2016 Signed Jack Dyer Medallist Lithograph –
In 2016 Dustin Martin, further elevated his game to become confirmed as one of the premier midfielders in the AFL. In what was an interesting year for all at Tigerland, the leadership and hardnosed attitude of Martin showed the true colours of this Richmond superstar!
Martin took out the Tigers’ Best and Fairest award for the first time, in a thrilling count held this evening at the Crown Palladium.
He polled 62 votes, to edge out last year’s Jack Dyer Medallist Alex Rance by just one vote (61).
Captain Trent Cotchin led the count up to Richmond’s bye in Round 13, with 33 votes, from Martin, 30 votes and Alex Rance, 29 votes.
Martin, however, struck a rich vein of form after the break, polling the maximum five votes three times in the last 10 rounds, to get home by the smallest possible margin from the Tigers’ brilliant key defender.
The Jack Dyer Medal triumph capped a superb season by Martin, who last week received his inaugural All Australian blazer.
Martin had gone close to claiming Richmond’s Best and Fairest several times previously, finishing runner-up in 2013 and 2015 and third in 2011 and 2014.
The 25-year-old took his game to an even higher level in 2016, averaging 31.1 disposals per match, with a career-high 43 touches against Essendon in Round 17 at the MCG. He had 30 disposals or more on 14 occasions, including in 10 of his last 11 games. At the completion of the home-and-away rounds, Martin was ranked fourth in the competition for total disposals and fifth for inside-50s.
Among the Richmond players, he was ranked No. 1 for total disposals, No. 1 for contested possessions, No. 1 for uncontested possessions, No. 1 for inside-50s, No. 2 for clearances, No. 2 for centre clearances and No. 2 for rebound-50s.
Richmond fans know this Tigers journey has got plenty more highlights to come so get in now for this limited edition piece to celebrate Dustys amazing year in 2016!’
Each Dustin Martin Raging Bull:
- Pays tribute to Dustin Martin’s outstanding 2016 season – culminating in his inaugural Jack Dyer Medal.
- Comes personally signed by Dusty
- A replica of Dusty’s 2016 Jack Dyer Medal is featured in the display
- Strictly limited to 100 editions worldwide
- Presented in a deluxe timber frame
- Approximate framed dimensions are an impressive 800 x 600 mm
- Lists completed statistics and imagery from his extraordinary season
- Accompanied by an individually numbered AFL & AFLPA-endorsed Certificate of Authenticity
