What Did Losing Jonty Faull Change About Richmond’s 2026 Development Plan?
Updated: Aug 30
The full RTSSG member feature, The Injury List Just Changed The Rebuild Again, starts with a piece of Richmond evidence that deserves a second look.
Jonty Faull was ruled out for the remainder of 2026 with back stress fractures, removing another young structural player from Richmond’s senior development program.
An injury changes selection. In a rebuild it can also remove repetitions, combinations and answers the season was supposed to provide.
What did losing Faull actually change about Richmond’s 2026 development plan?
Who inherited his forward repetitions? Which combinations could no longer be tested? Which roles changed around him?
What evidence was postponed into 2027? Which list decisions became harder? Does the rebuild clock keep running the same way when future-spine players are unavailable?
What changes when another piece of evidence is added? What contradicts the obvious explanation, and what would Richmond need to prove next?
That is where the Public version stops. Read the full RTSSG member feature here.
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