What Standard Did Dustin Martin Actually Set for Any “Mr September” Comparison?
Updated: Aug 30
RTSSG’s full member feature, "BEST FINALS PLAYER SINCE DUSTY?" …Not So Fast., opens the evidence behind this question.
By September 2025, emerging finals performers were already being compared with Dustin Martin, whose Richmond career included three Norm Smith Medals and three premierships.
What evidence should actually be required before “best since Dusty” becomes more than an easy September phrase?
Is that actually the right way to read it? What changes when the evidence is placed beside Richmond’s wider list, role and rebuild context?
What contradicts the obvious explanation? Who or what does this put under pressure, and what would Richmond have needed to prove next?
Those questions are where the Public version stops. The full RTSSG member feature follows the evidence through to the judgement: "BEST FINALS PLAYER SINCE DUSTY?" …Not So Fast..
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