Trent Cotchin

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.

Club captaincy

On 23 November 2012, the Richmond Football Club announced Cotchin's appointment as club captain for the 2013 season. 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.