Troy CHAPLIN

2016 Digest:   Veteran defender showed a few signs of his age last year. Despite playing 22 of 23 games could manage only 16th in the best and fairest and only twice topped six out of 10 in the Inside Football ratings. Trained strongly but faces a task to retain his place if early form not up to scratch.

2016 NAB Cup:   Didn’t have the ideal build up having played a bit forward against the Dockers then missing out against Port.

2016 Season

Played for : Richmond

1		Senior emergency.
2		Played in VFL trial against Essendon.
3	Adel	Started back but ended up forward. Marking time until Grimes returns.	2
4	WCE	Played forward. Doesn’t look like a forward.	3
5	Melb	End might be nigh for veteran. Did nothing up forward and switched to defence late in the game.	2
6	Port	Returned to defence opposed to Westhoff/Howard. Ineffective.	3
7	Haw	Worked hard and fills a gap at the moment, but in twilight of career.	5
8	Syd	Took resting Swans ruckmen and had a few iffy moments in the back half.	4
9	Frem	Restricted Fremantle’s forwards, but the weather helped too.	5
10		Hip.
11	NM	Last-minute replacement called in when Grimes out two minutes before bounce. Hard ask.	3
12	VFL	OK down back and shifted to Hansen late when he got on top.	–
13	VFL	Bye.	–
14	VFL	Had little influence in back half and looks a long way off another senior game.	–
15	VFL	OK down back but didn’t do anything earth-shattering.	–
16	VFL	Strong outing by experienced head. Didn’t miss a target by foot.	–
17		Bye.
18		Retired.
19		Retired.
20		Retired.
21		Retired.
22		Retired.
23		Retired.

2015 Season

Played for : Richmond

1	Carl	Good job as he and Rance constantly intercepted Carlton forward moves.	6
2	WB	Bulldogs were able to bypass him playing loose in defence. Not his best.	4
3	Bris	Slightly quiet after half time but did enough and far from a passenger.	6
4		Calf.
5	Geel	Plugged away in defence without setting world on fire.	4
6	NM	Deployed on Waite for large periods and kept him under wraps.	4
7	Coll	Steady in defence on variety of opponents. Did his job.	6
8	Port	Kept Ryder goalless.	6
9	Ess	Beaten early by Carlisle but fared better on Daniher.	5
10	Frem	Matched on resting Sandilands and Clarke. Stuck to his guns.	5
12	WCE	Unusual match-up on Hill at start. Couple of undisciplined frees against.	4
13	Syd	Consistently out-read and out-bodied Tippett in defence.	7
14	GWS	Took resting ruckman and did that job well. Key touches late in game.	6
15	Carl	Couple of shaky moments early but got better longer the game went.	5
16	StK	Sound effort on N. Riewoldt at centre half back.	6
17	Frem	Best for Richmond in milestone game. Chose right times to leave opponent.	8
18	Haw	Minding resting talls and mopped up well early	6
19	Adel	Had job on Jenkins, and honours pretty even.	5
20	GCS	Had task on Lynch who troubled him at times. Kept battling.	5
21	Coll	Moore gave him the odd trouble when opposed to him but did his job.	5
22	Ess	Beat Daniher and provided some run when he could. Form on upswing.	6
23	NM	Nothing complicated and effective down back.	5
EF	NM	Had a nightmare third term and had hands full in defence.	4

2014 Season

Played for : Richmond

1	GCS	Didn’t have his best night down back but kept battling hard in slippery conditions.	5
2	Carl	At half back mostly on Henderson and played a purely negative role.	6
3	WB	Had plenty of trouble with the movement of Stringer.	4
4	Coll	Made to look silly by White on more than one occasion. Not his best effort.	3
5	Bris	Blanketed McGuane.	5
6	Haw	On resting talls Hale and to a lesser extent McEvoy. Conceded three goals.	4
7	Geel	Nothing sort of game from veteran. Failed to impact offensively or defensively.	3
9	Melb	The Tiger key defenders were outmarked all day.	4
10	GWS	Did what was required in defence opposed to Giles and co.	6
11	Ess	Gave his all on Daniher among others. Not much he could do.	5
12	NM	Another poor night opposed to Petrie who kicked four second-half goals on him.	3
13	Frem	Kept Pavlich to two goals in a solid defensive effort which was his main job.	6
14	Syd	On Reid initially and was OK defensively. Worked solidly.	5
15	StK	Purely defensive game on resting talls.	4
16	Bris	Shaky a couple of times but worked into game OK. Handy enough.	6
17	Port	Moved forward due to a lack of a matchup down back and kicked two vital late goals.	6
18	WCE	Had McGovern covered so from that perspective played his role. Good late.	6
19	GWS	Had his hands full at times down back with young Giants’ forwards.	3
20	Ess	Had Daniher covered and got across to be third man up a number of times.	6
21	Adel	Kept Jenkins to one goal.	5
22	StK	Defending role on young White and kept close.	5
23	Syd	Marshalled the troops superbly and found plenty of the ball.	7
EF	Port	Hammered by Westhoff and pushed forward without impact.	2
SF		–
PF		–
GF		–

2013 Season

Played for : Richmond

1	Carl	Allowed to play loose man at times and provided a steady presence.	6
2	StK	Provided a steady presence all night – 4 inside-50s and 3 rebounds.	7
3	WB	Intercepted multiple Dogs attacks and kept resting ruckman subdued.	6
4	Coll	Floated across the back half until copped leg injury in second half.	2
5		Concussion.
6	Geel	Great game. Showed Hawkins a clean pair of heels all night.	7
7	Port	Had the last laugh on his former teammates and nullified Westhoff.	7
8	Melb	Might have kicked the first right-foot goal of his career. Had Gawn covered.	5
9	Ess	Had big numbers but coughed the pill up on too many occasions.	5
10	WCE	Rotated through variety of opponents down back and held up well.	5
12	Adel	Rotated through Jenkins and celebrated game 150 in style.	6
13	WB	Led to the ball quite a few times but able to build some attacks from defence.	4
14	StK	Time on Riewoldt and was steady down back.	5
15	NM	Had task on Petrie and did a serviceable job considering the supply.	6
16	GCS	Read the play perfectly down back and halted many Suns thrusts.	7
17	Frem	Help steady the defence and was often the last man back holding up the Dockers.	6
18	Syd	Given role on Tippett and unable to tie him down.	4
19	Haw	Kept Roughead goalless for one of the few times over the past few seasons.	7
20	Bris	A strong marking target.	6
21	Carl	Not one of the tall defenders better games. Found Casboult tough going.	4
22	GWS	Patrolled the back half beautifully to provide aerial support to Grimes, Rance.	7
23	Ess	Did his job well drifting across half back to lend support. Nine marks a key.	6
EF	Carl	Didn’t have an influence offensively as he sometimes can. OK defensively.	4
SF
PF
GF

2012 Season

Played for : Port Adelaide

1	StK	Out bodied Riewoldt on several occasions and a standout in defence.	6
2	Ess	Battled Crameri in parts and was good early in the game but faded later.	4
3	Syd	Relishing the one on one battles and got the better of Goodes.	7
4	Coll	Had Dawes covered pretty well for most of the match in a good effort.	6
5	Adel	Even though Walker kicked a bag, Chaplin thwarted many attacks.	7
6	Rich	Loose man in defence and rebounded the ball outside 50 seven times.	6
7	Frem	Worked hard as the backline was under siege.	6
8	NM	Played as a loose man in defence and was serviceable.	6
9	GCS	Pretty solid down back. Played his role.	6
10	Carl	Started off shakily but returned to force with six rebounds out of 50.	5
11	Haw	Played as loose in defence and despite a few intercepting marks was quiet.	3
12	WB	Matched to Cordy on last line and found his height tough to counter.	5
14	Geel	Gave Podsiadly a bath and among the better Power performers.	8
15	Adel	Reads the play well but a lack of quality disposal is letting him down.	6
16	Ess	Struggling with his disposal and decision making at the moment.	4
17	Melb	Low key game but kept a tight rein.	5
18	Frem	His kicking efficiency is letting him down big time.	3
20	Haw	Beaten down back by Schoenmakers.	2