That's how I read it. Some similarities. Hampered by injuries but when he played you could just see the silk from an early stage.
Courtesy of Wiki:
2008 season
Cotchin was drafted by
Richmond with the club's first selection and the second overall in the 2007 AFL draft.
[11] He was assigned the number nine guernsey, which had remained unused since the retirement of former club captain
Wayne Campbell at the end of the 2005 season.
[12] Upon joining the club, Cotchin began to rehabilitate his injured foot but suffered the effects of an inflamed
Achilles tendon on just his second treadmill run.
[13] He missed much of the club's standard pre-season training, forced instead to stick to swimming and exercise bike sessions to maintain fitness.
[13] Cotchin returned to full training the week of round 1 but was not declared fit to play for a further four weeks. He subsequently played four matches with Richmond's
Victorian Football League (VFL) affiliate side,
Coburg.
[13] Cotchin made his senior debut in round 8 of the
2008 season in a match against
Geelong at the
Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).
[4] He recorded sixteen disposals and an equal team-high two goals, one of which came with
his first kick. In round 11, Cotchin recorded 17 possessions in the first half of Richmond's match against
Adelaide.
[13] He finished the match with 25 disposals and a goal to his name. After further impressive performances, Cotchin received the
AFL Rising Star nomination for round 12. He kicked a goal and gathered 14 possessions on his way to the nomination.
[14] Cotchin did not miss a game after making his debut, finishing the season having played fifteen games, kicking nine goals and averaging 16.4 disposals per game.
[15] He ultimately finished third in the AFL Rising Star Award with 21 votes, behind
Hawthorn's
Cyril Rioli (37 votes) and
Fremantle's
Rhys Palmer who topped the poll with 44 votes.
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2009 season
Cotchin in May 2009
Cotchin again struggled with Achilles issues in the pre-season and early stages of his second season.
[17] He missed the first seven matches of the season, instead playing limited game-time in VFL games with Coburg.
[18] He eventually returned to the club's senior side in Richmond's round 8 match with
Port Adelaide. Cotchin's season came to an end after sustaining a hip injury in the round 18 match against
Melbourne. He would undergo surgery in August that would keep him from training and playing until late October.
[19] He finished the season averaging 17.7 disposals and kicking three goals in ten games.
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