Richmond star Josh Caddy says he is the luckiest bloke in the world after premiership


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Richmond premiership player Josh Caddy has described himself as “the luckiest bloke in the world” after helping guide the Tigers to their drought-breaking premiership win over Adelaide on Saturday.


Caddy has taken the scenic route towards his first flag, after stints with Gold Coat and Geelong, and admitted he doubted he would ever reach football’s promised land.


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After a rocky start Richmond took control of the second-half, romping to a 48 point win.


The 25-year-old was almost left speechless in the Richmond rooms after one of the momentous days in the club’s history and described the Tigers’ last 12 months as one of the most remarkable sporting stories of all time.


“I’ve been around the traps a little bit and now I’m a premiership player,” he said.


“I don’t really have the words to describe it. It’s the best feeling in the world. It’s one of those things you’re never really sure, you always dream of it and you probably doubt whether you’ll ever get there.


“I’m here. I’m a premiership player and I’m so grateful for the opportunity the Richmond Football Club has given me and I’m just lucky to be a part of it. I’m the luckiest bloke in the world.


“Growing up I never envisaged it. As everyone says, you want to be a one-club player and I was no different but things happen too so you’ve got to take things into account.


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“Sometimes things just happen. But how lucky am I though? I’ve ended up at Richmond and now I’m a premiership player for the first time in 37 years. Great result for me.”


The club had an uncertain future at the end of last season following a 113-point loss to Sydney in the final round, missing the finals and leaving coach Damien Hardwick’s future in doubt.


“I’m so proud of this club and I’m lucky because I’ve just come in the last 12 months but where this club was 12 months ago to win a premiership today is probably one of the most special stories ever in any sport you could ever find in the world,” the former Cat said.


“I’m forever indebted to the Richmond footy club and ‘Dimma’ (Hardwick) and the guys who got me here.”


Adelaide burst out of the blocks quicker on Saturday at the MCG, but as they have done for most of the season, Richmond didn’t panic and booted seven goals in a row across the second and third quarters to effectively end the contest.


“We never felt like they were on top of us at any stage of the game,” Caddy said.


“It was going to be a grind and that’s how we’ve played our first two finals as well … it went to script again today.


“How it happens is pretty irrelevant. At the end of the day we’ve won a flag and that’s all that matters.


“We’ve done a lot of work throughout the year on staying in the moment and until probably the 15-minute mark of the last quarter it was just another game footy.


“I was thinking to myself a few times, ‘Am I really in a grand final?’ … We’ve done that so well. The critics said all year, ‘too small, no depth’, but at the end of the day – ‘too good’.”


Dustin Martin created history by becoming the first player ever to win a Brownlow Medal, Norm Smith Medal and premiership in the same year.


Caddy has played alongside some of the game’s all-time greats in Gary Ablett, Patrick Dangerfield and Joel Selwood but he rates Martin above them all now.


“He does now. As of today, he’s the best,” Caddy said of Martin.


“Today he almost goes down as one of the best players of all time.


“It’s probably the greatest individual year of any player in history.”

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