1. Trent Cotchin is an All-Australian, a three-time Richmond best and fairest winner, a Brownlow medallist, and a three-time premiership winning captain.
146 Facts About Trent Cotchin
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Trent Cotchin played for the Northern Knights in the TAC Cup as a junior, before being drafted to Richmond with the second overall pick in the 2007 national draft.
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Trent Cotchin led the club to a 37-year drought-breaking premiership in 2017 before taking them again to a premiership in 2019 and 2020.
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Trent Cotchin grew up in the northern Melbourne suburb of Reservoir and spent his later teenage years in the Victorian town of Wollert, 27 kilometres north of Melbourne.
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Trent Cotchin played his junior football with West Preston Lakeside in the Northern Football League before moving on to play with the Northern Knights in the TAC Cup at the age of 16.
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In 2006, Trent Cotchin captained the Victorian Metro side in the under-16 national championships.
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Trent Cotchin later spoke of being taken under the wing of Richmond player, Brett Deledio.
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At the 2007 AFL Under 18 Championships, Trent Cotchin was a member of the runner-up Victorian Metro side.
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Trent Cotchin suffered a broken foot while playing with the Northern Knights in the TAC Cup finals in September 2007, which saw him face more than six weeks away from football.
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Trent Cotchin was named among the team's best in the latter's 2007 state school championship victory.
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Trent Cotchin was projected to be a high draft pick, with Collingwood recruiter Derek Hine telling the Herald Sun that Cotchin would be his choice for the number one pick had it been in Collingwood's hands.
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Trent Cotchin cited the club's then-issues with recreational drug use among its playing list.
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Trent Cotchin missed most of the AFL's pre-draft camp testing on account of the ankle injury sustained earlier in the year.
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Trent Cotchin was drafted by Richmond with the club's first selection and the second overall in the 2007 AFL draft.
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Trent Cotchin was assigned the number nine guernsey, which had remained unused since the retirement of former club captain Wayne Campbell at the end of the 2005 season.
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Trent Cotchin missed much of the club's standard pre-season training, forced instead to stick to swimming and exercise bike sessions to maintain fitness.
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Trent Cotchin returned to full training the week of round 1 but was not declared fit to play for a further four weeks.
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Trent Cotchin subsequently played four matches with Richmond's Victorian Football League affiliate side, Coburg.
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Trent Cotchin made his senior debut in round 8 of the 2008 season in a match against Geelong at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
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Trent Cotchin recorded sixteen disposals and an equal team-high two goals, one of which came with his first kick.
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In round 11, Trent Cotchin recorded 17 possessions in the first half of Richmond's match against Adelaide.
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Trent Cotchin finished the match with 25 disposals and a goal to his name.
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Trent Cotchin kicked a goal and gathered 14 possessions on his way to the nomination.
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Trent Cotchin did not miss a game after making his debut, finishing the season having played fifteen games, kicking nine goals and averaging 16.4 disposals per game.
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Trent Cotchin ultimately finished third in the AFL Rising Star Award with 21 votes, behind Hawthorn's Cyril Rioli and Fremantle's Rhys Palmer who topped the poll with 44 votes.
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Trent Cotchin again struggled with Achilles issues in the pre-season and early stages of his second season.
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Trent Cotchin missed the first seven matches of the season, instead playing limited game-time in VFL games with Coburg.
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Trent Cotchin eventually returned to the club's senior side in Richmond's round 8 match with Port Adelaide.
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Trent Cotchin's season came to an end after sustaining a hip injury in the round 18 match against Melbourne.
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Trent Cotchin finished the season averaging 17.7 disposals and kicking three goals in ten games.
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In 2010, Trent Cotchin approached the season fully fit for the first time in his career.
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Trent Cotchin spent periods of the pre-season on a limited program however, aiming to build the fitness base that he lacked in his first two seasons.
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Trent Cotchin went on to play in 15 of the club's first 16 matches, notching more than 20 disposals in seven of those games.
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When captain Chris Newman missed the club's round 4 match with Melbourne, Trent Cotchin filled in, captaining the club for the first time in his career.
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In round 16, Trent Cotchin was reported for a late bump on North Melbourne's Sam Wright.
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Trent Cotchin was offered a three-match suspension, which he and the club subsequently challenged.
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Trent Cotchin returned to football for Richmond's final two games of the season against St Kilda and Port Adelaide.
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Trent Cotchin recorded twenty-two disposals and kicked two goals in each of the two matches.
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Trent Cotchin finished seventh in the club's best and fairest award that year.
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Trent Cotchin had his first career game with 30 disposals in a round 4 loss to Collingwood at the MCG.
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In round 9, Trent Cotchin received the Yiooken Award as the best on ground in the Dreamtime at the 'G game against Essendon.
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When captain Chris Newman was ruled out late in the season, Trent Cotchin took over as captain, leading the club in its last five matches of the season.
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In late-August, Herald Sun journalist Jon Ralph claimed Trent Cotchin was a certainty to be named Richmond's next captain, but that it was unlikely to be so until at the least the end of the 2012 season.
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Trent Cotchin finished the season having played all 22 matches, a career-first.
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Trent Cotchin topped the club for kicks, inside-50s and clearances during the season.
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Trent Cotchin received a club-best 15 Brownlow Medal votes at the end of the year award.
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Ahead of the 2012 season, Trent Cotchin was officially appointed the club's vice-captain.
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Trent Cotchin spent a week of pre-season away from the main training group, after minor hip surgery underwent at the end of the previous season.
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In round 12, Trent Cotchin recorded 25 disposals in a win against Greater Western Sydney and was awarded six votes in the AFL Coaches Association's player of the year award.
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Trent Cotchin was ranked seventh in the league for total disposals and fourth for inside 50s.
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Trent Cotchin had an equal then-career-best 38 disposals in a match against Gold Coast in round 16.
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Trent Cotchin recorded 35 disposals, seven marks and kicked three goals in a best on ground performance.
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Trent Cotchin is en route to becoming the most accomplished player to have represented Richmond since the great Kevin Bartlett.
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At the time Trent Cotchin was earmarked by fans and media as a near-certainty to take up the mantle.
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Trent Cotchin received a bevy of awards for his season including a first career selection to the All-Australian team.
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Trent Cotchin received the most votes in a week-by-week tally to be awarded the AFL Coaches Association's champion player of the year award.
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Trent Cotchin placed third in the Leigh Matthews Trophy.
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Trent Cotchin led the club in total disposals and placed second in contested possessions, inside 50s and clearances.
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Trent Cotchin recorded his best goal-kicking tally to date with 21 across his 22 games.
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Trent Cotchin finished the night with a total 25 votes to finish second tied with Hawthorn's Sam Mitchell and behind Essendon's Jobe Watson.
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Trent Cotchin broke with recent tradition by choosing to continue wearing his number nine jumper instead of adopting the club's number seventeen guernsey.
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Trent Cotchin explained that he held the club's history and Dyer in high regard but he had decided to keep the number nine because he had worn it throughout his football career including his junior years.
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Trent Cotchin entered the season with a weight of expectation, picked by the AFL's club captains as the player most likely to win the Brownlow Medal.
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Trent Cotchin battled soreness from the minor injury the following week before being ruled out of the club's round 7 match against Port Adelaide.
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Trent Cotchin played his 100th AFL game in round 16 in a match against Gold Coast at Cazaly's Stadium in Cairns.
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Trent Cotchin recorded nine marks and 29 disposals in the match.
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Across his first hundred games Trent Cotchin racked up 25 or more disposals on 39 occasions.
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Trent Cotchin led the club for total disposals and clearances that year, finishing fifth in the club's best and fairest count and receiving the Kevin Bartlett Medal for that effort.
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Trent Cotchin started the season strongly again, kicking a goal again and averaging 30.3 disposals per game in his first three matches.
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In round 4, Trent Cotchin was subject to a stifling tag by Collingwood's Brent Macaffer.
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Trent Cotchin was held to just 13 disposals, his lowest disposal count in a match since round 16,2010.
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Trent Cotchin suffered a minor ankle injury in the club's round 8 loss to Melbourne.
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Trent Cotchin did not a miss a game as a result however, passing a fitness test to qualify for the club's round 10 match against Greater Western Sydney.
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In round 15, Trent Cotchin kicked a career-best five goals and recorded 31 disposals in a win against St Kilda.
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Trent Cotchin became the first Richmond player to achieve thirty or more disposals and five or more goals in 23 years.
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Trent Cotchin received the Ian Stewart Medal for this best afield performance.
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Trent Cotchin received significant criticism for his decision to kick into the wind when he won the pre-game coin toss.
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Trent Cotchin was defended publicly by coach Damien Hardwick despite Port Adelaide kicking seven goals in the first seventeen minutes kicking with the wind.
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Trent Cotchin became the equal second youngest player in AFL history to have won three best and fairest awards and the youngest Richmond player to do so.
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Trent Cotchin polled 18 votes in that year's Brownlow Medal count, becoming the first player in Richmond history to record four seasons with 15 or more votes in the award.
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Trent Cotchin stands alongside Luke Hodge as the two best captains this season.
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In December 2014 Trent Cotchin signed a 5-year contract extension with Richmond, tying him to the club until the end of the 2020 season.
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Trent Cotchin did however miss the first two of the club's pre-season matches as a result.
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Trent Cotchin started the season slowly, recording just seventeen disposals and one clearance in the club's round 1 win against Carlton.
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Trent Cotchin was lauded by Coach Hardwick for a "great captain's game" in the club's round 7 win against Collingwood.
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Trent Cotchin recorded thirty-two disposals, six clearances and kicked two goals in the match.
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Trent Cotchin was again praised for his on-field leadership in round 14, this time against Greater Western Sydney.
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Trent Cotchin thus became the first Richmond captain since Royce Hart to lead teams to finals in each of his first three seasons.
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Trent Cotchin ultimately remained in the role, with the club confirming him for a fourth consecutive term as skipper in January 2016.
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Trent Cotchin received defence over the repeated comments and praise for his leadership from rival players Luke Hodge and Patrick Dangerfield in the weeks that followed.
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Trent Cotchin reiterated her support in a Herald Sun interview, sparking a mini-controversy over the public role of footballers' partners.
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Meanwhile, Trent Cotchin was quietly having a strong start to the season, averaging 30.4 disposals and 6.8 clearances in each of the club's first five matches.
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Trent Cotchin missed two matches as a result, returning to the club's round 9 side to play Fremantle.
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Trent Cotchin recorded a career high 39 disposals in his return.
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Trent Cotchin missed a week of training ahead of round 12, forced into hospital for a day after contracting a virus.
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Trent Cotchin did not miss a match however, contributing a goal and 28 disposals in Richmond's win over Gold Coast.
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Trent Cotchin finished the season having played 20 matches, topping the club for total clearances and second in disposals per game.
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Trent Cotchin placed third in the club's best and fairest that year, behind Dustin Martin and Alex Rance.
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Trent Cotchin revealed he spent the off-season reassessing his leadership style and contemplating whether or not to continue on as Richmond captain.
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In Round 6's loss to Adelaide, Trent Cotchin recorded game-highs in tackles and pressure acts and team-highs for disposals, contested possessions and metres gained.
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Trent Cotchin captained Richmond for the 100th time in Round 7,2017, in a match against the Western Bulldogs.
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Trent Cotchin became just the fifth player in the club's history to do so after Percy Bentley, Jack Dyer, Des Rowe and Matthew Knights.
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Trent Cotchin escaped suspension for the incident, accepting a $1,000 fine for his actions.
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Trent Cotchin was named on the interchange bench in AFL Media's mid-season All Australian team.
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Trent Cotchin returned from the bye in fine form, recording 28 disposals and a goal in round 13 against Sydney.
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Trent Cotchin finished with 20 disposals, seven clearances, a goal and a game-high nine tackles in what was the club's first finals win under his leadership.
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Trent Cotchin backed it up the following week when his Tigers won a preliminary final and progressed to the Grand Final for the first time in 35 years.
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Trent Cotchin's Richmond entered the Grand Final as underdogs the following week, facing minor premiers Adelaide.
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Trent Cotchin set a new club record for tackles in a season, and placed fourth in the club's best and fairest count.
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Just prior to the start of the 2018 season Trent Cotchin was named the league's 23rd best player by a Players Association poll, up 25 spots from the year previous.
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Trent Cotchin opened the season with 24 disposals in a victory over Carlton in round 1 before spending a night in hospital in the lead up to round 2 as the result of a severe migraine.
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Trent Cotchin recovered fully overnight and traveled with the team to play against Adelaide in what would be the 200th match of his career.
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Trent Cotchin repeated the effort in round 6, earning 10 votes after recording a game high 18 contested possessions and 29 disposals in a win over Collingwood.
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Trent Cotchin suffered a minor knock to his left knee during a collision with a goal post during that win however and was considered in some doubt for the club's match against Fremantle the following week.
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Trent Cotchin was named to play in that match during team announcements, but was a late withdrawal just before game was due to begin.
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Trent Cotchin's absence was contained to one match, making a return against North Melbourne in round 8 where he was exceptional, recording 22 contested possessions to equal the second-most in a match by any Richmond player in club history.
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At the half-way point of the season Trent Cotchin was named in AFL Media and Fox Footy's mid-year All Australian squads while being named in the Herald Sun's team of 22 players.
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Trent Cotchin had a significantly reduced impact statistically in the second half of the season, recording more than 20 disposals only twice in the final 11 weeks of the regular season.
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Trent Cotchin returned for the final match of the home and away season in round 23, recording 17 disposals in a win over the Western Bulldogs.
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At that time, Trent Cotchin was named in the 40-man squad but went ultimately unselected for the All-Australian team.
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Trent Cotchin was voted as the league's best captain, following a landslide Players Association vote.
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Trent Cotchin started his 2019 pre-season with a limited training schedule due to his relative seniority among Richmond players and his large playing load over the previous two seasons.
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In round 3, Trent Cotchin suffered an apparently minor hamstring injury in the third quarter of a loss to Greater Western Sydney.
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Trent Cotchin recorded 15 disposals in the first half of that match, before finishing with 23 disposals from 72 per cent time on ground.
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Trent Cotchin added another 22 disposals the following week before a six-day break forced Cotchin out as a matchday eve withdrawal with hamstring soreness in round 13.
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Trent Cotchin was exceptional the following week, recording 27 disposals and two goals to earn a place in Richmond's bests that day, five coaches votes and selection to AFL Media's team of the week.
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Trent Cotchin was named by AFL Media as one of his side's best players in the opening round of the finals, contributing 19 disposals and five clearances in their 47-point qualifying final victory over the Brisbane Lions.
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Trent Cotchin sat out Richmond's first pre-season match that same weekend but returned for the club's final pre-season match against Greater Western Sydney a week later.
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Trent Cotchin captained Richmond to a round 1 win over Carlton when the season began a fortnight later, but under extraordinary conditions imposed on the league as a result of the rapid progression of the coronavirus pandemic into Australia.
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Trent Cotchin received another one vote for 23 disposals and six score involvements in round 4, before suffering a minor hamstring injury in round's 5 win over Melbourne.
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Trent Cotchin began rehabilitating the injury over the week that followed, during which time he and the club were relocated to the Gold Coast in response to a virus outbreak in Melbourne.
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Trent Cotchin was rested for one match in round 11, but returned with a best on ground performance against the Gold Coast, earning nine coaches votes for a performance that included a game-high nine clearances and a team-high 26 disposals.
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Trent Cotchin was best on ground in a win over West Coast two weeks later, receiving another nine coaches votes for another 26 disposal performance.
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Trent Cotchin hit another milestone in the preliminary final that followed, playing his 250th career match and contributing a game-high 13 contested possessions in a six-point win over Port Adelaide.
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Trent Cotchin became Richmond's first ever three-time premiership captain the following week, adding 19 disposals in what AFL Media described as a "typically fierce" performance, lifting his side to a 31-point Grand Final victory over Geelong.
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Trent Cotchin participated in Richmond's sole pre-season match, before being named in the club's round 1 side to play Carlton and then later ruled out as a late change due to a stomach illness.
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Trent Cotchin recovered fully over the week that followed and featured in round 2's win over Hawthorn with 27 disposals, seven inside 50s and a career-high 634 metres gained.
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Trent Cotchin suffered some minor hamstring soreness late in round 3's loss to Sydney, but was fit to play the following week, where he was named among Richmond's best players by AFL Media despite the close loss to Port Adelaide.
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Trent Cotchin was recognised with two coaches votes for a 21 disposal and five clearance performance against St Kilda in round 5, before injuring his hamstring in another vote-getting performance during round 7's win over the Western Bulldogs.
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Trent Cotchin played in all of the club's matches over the next month, including during a three-week period where they were relocated to Sydney and Perth.
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On 14 September 2021, Trent Cotchin stepped down as Richmond captain, stating that the time was right to do.
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On 10 August 2023, Trent Cotchin announced that he would retire at the end of the 2023 season.
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Trent Cotchin is capable of playing as a resting forward after long periods of play on-ball.
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In 2020, Trent Cotchin was named by the Herald Sun as Richmond's fifth best player of the AFL era and following his 2020 premiership victory, he became the club's first three-time premiership winning captain.
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In December 2013, Trent Cotchin married his high school sweetheart, long-term girlfriend and daughter of former Western Bulldogs player Rick Kennedy, Brooke Kennedy in a ceremony at Flinders, Victoria.
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Trent Cotchin was one of five teenage footballers whose final year of junior football and first five seasons in the AFL were chronicled in the book The Draft: Inside the AFL's Search for Talent by Emma Quayle.