Nathan Broad’s career is a case study in how Richmond’s premiership system turned role clarity, culture and trust into three flags.

Richmond’s modern story is usually told through presidents, CEOs, coaches, captains and stars. Nicki Crivari occupied a less public position while sitting extraordinarily close to the centre of the club’s transformation.

What disappears from a football club when the people who remember, record and verify its history are no longer there to correct the record? How much of Richmond’s modern memory rests on work supporters rarely saw, and what obligation does the next generation inherit from custodians like Bill?

Neil Balme’s Richmond years sit inside the premiership story, but his reflections also reveal how much successful clubs depend on judgment, calm and relationships that never appear in a stats table.

Caroline Wilson’s connection to Richmond was never the ordinary supporter version. Her father, Ian Wilson, was club president through one of Tigerland’s most turbulent and powerful eras, so Richmond was part family history before it became part of her professional life. Then journalism changed the relationship. The club she loved became a club she sometimes had to criticise, investigate and write about through decades when Richmond regularly gave its own people reasons to loo

Neville Crowe helped protect Richmond in life, and his vision for the club’s long-term financial security continued through its Bequest Society. How did that legacy work?

Peggy O’Neal became the AFL’s first woman club president and led Richmond through criticism, patience and eventually premierships. What was different about the leadership around her?