Why Did Dustin Martin’s One-Off Clarence Game Feel So Right?
Updated: Aug 30
The full RTSSG member feature, There was a time when Dustin Martin walked onto the MCG with 100,000 people holding their breath., starts with a piece of Richmond evidence that deserves a second look.
After retiring from the AFL, Dustin Martin agreed to play a one-off local game for Clarence in Hobart after Jack Riewoldt floated the idea.
The setting was a long way from three premierships, three Norm Smith Medals and packed MCGs. That contrast was precisely what made it interesting.
Why did seeing Martin simply turn up to play local football feel so fitting to Richmond supporters?
Was it nostalgia, friendship, the absence of theatre, or something supporters had always projected onto a famously private player?
What does a champion look like once the machinery around champion football disappears? Why can a suburban ground reveal something a grand final stage cannot?
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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