A champion in the making

By Jake Niall
Updated November 9 2012 - 8:20pm, first published April 29 2011 - 2:15pm
On a par: Comparisons have been drawn between Tigers young gun Dustin Martin and Crows veteran Mark Ricciuto.
On a par: Comparisons have been drawn between Tigers young gun Dustin Martin and Crows veteran Mark Ricciuto.
Richmond's Dustin Martin has drawn comparisons with AFL great Mark Ricciuto.
Richmond's Dustin Martin has drawn comparisons with AFL great Mark Ricciuto.

When 19-year-old Dustin Martin extended his arm and shoved North's robust defender Michael Firrito backwards in a textbook execution of the ''don't argue'' last Sunday, former Richmond coach Danny Frawley was struck by the similarity between Martin and another powerful and highly accomplished midfielder from the recent past.

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