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Trent Cotchin: 3x Premiership Winning Captain, Richmond Football Club (AFL)
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Published 20th August, 2025.
Trent Cotchin is Richmond’s three-time premiership captain, 2012 Brownlow Medallist and one of the AFL’s most respected leaders. Across 16 years and 306 games, Trent led the Tigers from decades of struggle into a golden era, lifting the premiership cup in 2017, 2019 and 2020. He shares lessons on resilience, leadership, and balancing elite sport with family—insights he now brings as an author, mentor and commentator.
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It’s now time to explore your curiosity.
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Trent Cotchin opens up in this rare, in-depth conversation:
▪️ Growing up in Reservoir with two sisters, and a dream to play AFL
▪️ Getting drafted at 17 and learning resilience through early injuries
▪️ Becoming Richmond captain at 22 and navigating identity, pressure, and leadership
▪️ Why 2016 was a turning point and how it changed his mindset
▪️ Working with Ben Crowe and learning to lead with vulnerability
▪️ Inside Richmond’s culture of care, connection, and honesty
▪️ Balancing life as a husband, father, and athlete
▪️ Transitioning out of footy and building a portfolio career
▪️ Running a marathon in Africa and leaning into discomfort
▪️ Helping his son learn how to lose well while staying competitive
This is a different side of Trent you may not have heard before.
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