Trent Cotchin

Trent Cotchin

Trent Cotchin warming up before a match in 2013.
Personal information
Full name Trent William Cotchin
Date of birth (1990-04-07) 7 April 1990
Place of birth Melbourne, Victoria
Original team(s) West Preston (NFL)
PEGS (AGSV)
Northern Knights (TAC Cup)
Draft 2nd overall, 2007
Richmond
Height/Weight 185 cm / 85 kg
Position(s) Rover/Ruck Rover
Club information
Current club Richmond
Number 9
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2008– Richmond 154 (91)[1]
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of Round 1, 2016 season.
Career highlights

Trent Cotchin (born 7 April 1990) is an Australian rules football footballer who is the captain of the Richmond Football Club (The Tigers) in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted at pick number two in the 2007 AFL Draft and was recruited from the Northern Knights Under 18 Football Club, which plays in the TAC Cup competition. Cotchin was one of five teenage footballers whose final year of junior football and first five seasons in the AFL was chronicled in the book The Draft: Inside the AFL's Search for Talent by Emma Quayle.[2]

Club captaincy

On 23 November 2012, the Richmond Football Club announced Cotchin's appointment as club captain for the 2013 season.[3] With this appointment he became the 40th captain in Richmond’s AFL/VFL history. Cotchin chose to continue wearing his No. 9 jumper instead of adopting the recent practice of captains switching to No. 17 as a tribute to Richmond legend Jack Dyer who wore the number 17 and who died in 2003. The three captains prior to Cotchin, Wayne Campbell, Kane Johnson and Chris Newman all adopted the number in honour of Dyer. Cotchin explained that he held the club's history and Dyer in high regard but he had decided to keep the No. 9 because he has worn it throughout his football career including his junior years.[4]

Cotchin helped lead the Tigers to their first finals appearance in 12 years and also lead the Tigers in amazing fashion to the finals in 2014 after they slumped to 3-10 and equal last on the ladder.

Junior Football

Cotchin played his junior football with Reservoir and West Preston in the Northern Football League. He then played with the Northern Knights Under 18 Football Club, which plays in the TAC Cup competition.[5]

AFL Year-by-year

2008

Cotchin struggled with injury heading into the 2008 AFL season and was put onto the long term injury list. He was declared fit to play by Round 4 and subsequently played three matches for Richmond's VFL affiliate side Coburg Tigers.

Cotchin made his senior debut against Geelong in Round 8, coming in as a replacement following the late withdrawal of Adam Pattison. He picked up 16 possessions and kicked 2 goals, one of them with his first kick. In his debut match Cotchin played mainly up forward with a few stints on the ball.

After further impressive performances, Cotchin received the AFL Rising Star nomination for Round 12. At season's end he finished third in the AFL Rising Star Award with 21 votes, behind Docker Rhys Palmer topped the poll with 44 votes, one off the maximum, ahead of Hawthorn's Cyril Rioli with 37.

2009

Cotchin again struggled with injury, but after missing the first seven Rounds, he came back to play Port Adelaide in Round 8 but struggled to have an impact collecting only 9 disposals. His season came to an end due to a hip injury suffered against the Melbourne in Round 18. Cotchin finished the season averaging 17.7 disposals and kicking 9 goals.

2010

Cotchin had a fine start to the season but dropped off a bit after Round 11 and then a suspension against North Melbourne for charging ruled him out for four games. He came back for the last two games against St Kilda and Port Adelaide, achieving 22 disposals against them both and kicking two goals against them both.

2011

Cotchin started the season strongly averaging 23.6 disposals and kicking 8 goals in the first half of the season, and finished even better in the second half of the season averaging 24.5 disposals and booting 10 goals. He played in all 22 games and his efforts won him his first Richmond best and fairest award, the Jack Dyer Medal, the Yiooken Award for best on the ground in the Richmond versus Essendon Dreamtime at the 'G game and 15 Brownlow Medal votes.

2012

2012 saw Cotchin in his best season in his career to date, playing all 22 games and winning his second Jack Dyer Medal as well as the AFL Coaches Association (AFLCA) Champion Player of the year award and a place in the All-Australian team, on the wing. He collected 606 disposals (eighth in the AFL) and kicked 21 goals. His best game this season came against the Western Bulldogs, collecting 35 disposals and kicking 3 goals in a best on ground performance. He also received 26 Brownlow medal votes for the season to finish equal second for the award with Sam Mitchell from Hawthorn.

2013

This was the year that Cotchin was first appointed as the captain of Richmond.[3] He played in 22 games for the third season in a row and averaged 26 disposals per game.[6] He finished fifth in the Richmond Best & Fairest (Jack Dyer Medal) and won the Kevin Bartlett Medal for that effort.[7]

2014

Cotchin was reappointed as club captain with Brett Deledio reappointed vice-captain. Cotchin won his third Jack Dyer Medal, becoming the equal second youngest player in AFL history to have won 3 Best and Fairest awards and the youngest Tiger to do so.[8] In late 2014 he signed a 5-year contract extension with Richmond tying him to the club to 2020.[9]

2015

Cotchin led Richmond to a third successive finals campaign. Richmond lost to North Melbourne in the elimination final and Cotchin was held to 9 disposals by North Melbourne tagger Ben Jacobs.

Personal life

In December 2013, Cotchin married his long-term girlfriend Brooke Kennedy in a ceremony at Flinders, Victoria.[10] On 20 March 2014, they announced they are expecting a baby. The couple's first daughter Harper Foxx Cotchin was born in September 2014.[11]

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of the 2014 season.
Season Team # Games G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
Totals Averages (per game)
2008 Richmond 9 15 9 5 134 112 246 73 32 0.6 0.3 8.9 7.5 16.4 4.9 2.1
2009 Richmond 9 10 3 2 86 91 177 40 21 0.3 0.2 8.6 9.1 17.7 4 2.1
2010 Richmond 9 17 4 6 202 130 332 40 66 0.2 0.4 11.9 7.7 18.6 2.4 3.9
2011 Richmond 9 22 18 18 372 158 530 80 73 0.8 0.8 16.9 7.2 24.1 3.6 3.3
2012 Richmond 9 22 21 16 372 234 606 92 107 1 0.7 16.9 10.6 27.5 4.2 4.9
2013 Richmond 9 22 6 9 365 206 571 86 75 0.3 0.4 16.6 9.4 26 3.9 3.4
2014 Richmond 9 23 18 11 360 237 597 80 95 0.3 0.4 15.7 10.3 26 3.5 4.1
Career 131 79 67 1891 1168 3059 411 374 0.6 0.5 14.2 8.6 23.1 3.8 3.5
Legend
 G  Goals  B  Behinds  K  Kicks  H  Handballs  D  Disposals  M  Marks  T  Tackles

References

  1. ↑ "Richmond Football Club Playerlist". Richmond Football Club. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
  2. ↑ Baum, Greg (30 March 2013). "Draft tales: boys becoming men". The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Captain Cotchin". Richmond Football Club. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
  4. ↑ Edmund, Sam (23 November 2012). "Trent Cotchin named Richmond captain". Herald Sun. News Ltd. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  5. ↑ [year=2012&tx_ttnews[month]=11&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=448&cHash=6e6d238af6a90ebc0e54058fcceed7ae "Cotchin named Richmond captain"]. Northern Football League. Northern Football League. 28 November 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  6. ↑ Trent Cotchin statistics
  7. ↑ Phelan, Jennifer (30 September 2013). "Top Tiger Jackson wins first Jack Dyer Medal". AFL. AFL. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  8. ↑ "Tigers confirm 2014 leadership group". RFC. Richmond Football Club. 11 February 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  9. ↑ http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-12-04/tigers-skipper-cotchin-signs-new-afl-deal/5940060
  10. ↑ Dunstan, Zoe (8 December 2013). "Cotch ties the knot". AFL Players Association. AFL Players Association. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  11. ↑ "Congratulations to the skipper Trent Cotchin, and his wife". facebook. facebook. 21 March 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2014.

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