Cotchin backs side’s style

TRENT Cotchin believes Richmond’s “unique” brand will help the Tigers avoid a Western Bulldogs-style premiership hangover.

Cotchin and senior Tigers players, including Brownlow medallist Dustin Martin, started their 2018 pre-season campaign at Punt Rd yesterday.

Jack Riewoldt, still in Tasmania following his wedding last month, was the only notable absentee, while Daniel Rioli limped around the boundary line after surgery to fix a broken foot from the Grand Final.