20 Facts About Hugo Ralphsmith

Hugo Ralphsmith was born on 9 November 2001 and is a professional Australian rules footballer who plays for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League.

Hugo Ralphsmith attended high school and played school football at Haileybury College.

Hugo Ralphsmith earned selection in the local NAB League Boys representative side the Sandringham Dragons as a 16 year old in 2018.

Hugo Ralphsmith joined the AFL Academy's specialised training program ahead of his final year of underage football, after being identified as a potential AFL draftee.

Hugo Ralphsmith resumed representative football with Sandringham that year and was named a member of the club's official six-player leadership group.

Mid-way through the season, Hugo Ralphsmith was selected to the squad for the Victorian Metropolitan side at the 2019 AFL Under 18 Championships.

Hugo Ralphsmith played in each of the series' first three matches, but was omitted from Metro's final match of the series, finishing the tournament with two goals from three matches.

Hugo Ralphsmith featured in NAB League matches over the second half of the season including being named in the Aussie Rules Draft Central team of the weeks in round 12 and 13.

Hugo Ralphsmith injured his shoulder soon after and missed six weeks of football as a result.

Hugo Ralphsmith added one goal in the club's losing preliminary final against the Oakleigh Chargers.

Hugo Ralphsmith was notable at this time for his speed, endurance and all-round athletic prowess and drew comparisons to Hawthorn wing Isaac Smith.

Hugo Ralphsmith was drafted by Richmond with the club's fourth pick and the 46th selection overall in the 2019 AFL national draft.

Hugo Ralphsmith began his professional career by playing pre-season VFL practice matches with the club's reserves side in March 2020.

Hugo Ralphsmith returned to the reserves group when the season resumed after an 11-week hiatus, playing an unofficial scratch match against Collingwood's reserves due to AFL clubs' withdrawal from the VFL season.

Three matches into that stay, Hugo Ralphsmith was named as a non-playing AFL-level emergency for the club's round 8's match against Greater Western Sydney.

Hugo Ralphsmith continued to be overlooked for AFL selection through the remainder of the season and finals series, playing reserves matches while being named as an AFL emergency on one further occasion.

Hugo Ralphsmith went without making an AFL debut that year, in what was a premiership-winning season for the club.

Hugo Ralphsmith was named an AFL emergency in round 2, but a one-week suspension earned in a VFL match that weekend denied him an opportunity to make an AFL debut in Richmond's injury-hit round 3 side.

Hugo Ralphsmith won the Grand Final Sprint on Grand Final Day 2022.

Hugo Ralphsmith is a versatile player, featuring in various positions over two years with Richmond including as a wing, half-forward and half-back.