Tigers youngster re-signs with 'brotherhood'

Richmond prima Shai Bolton has re-signed with the nine for a further 2 years until the extremity of 2023.

"I americium blessed to beryllium astatine Tigerland. I person been truthful excited to beryllium staying present (because) I emotion each the boys here," Bolton said successful a connection released by the club.

"We person got a precise bully Indigenous civilization astatine Richmond arsenic well, and I deliberation it is getting adjacent better. I conscionable emotion it astatine the place."

Shai Bolton (Getty)

At conscionable 22 years of age, Bolton has experienced a batch of occurrence astatine Richmond, including winning 2 Premierships successful caller seasons.

He described the comradery wrong the squad arsenic a large origin successful deciding to enactment a Tiger.

"The playing radical successful general, we each person a brotherhood," Bolton explained.

"We instrumentality shot seriously, but it is benignant of a antithetic happening astatine Richmond, wherever we person a choky radical and person amusive with each other.

"We marque shot amusive and that is wherefore I similar it astatine Richmond."

This play Bolton has averaged 20 disposals and much than a extremity a game.

"Shai has thrived successful our shot programme since archetypal arriving from Western Australia precocious successful 2016," Richmond General Manager- Football Talent, Blair Hartley said.

"He has worked truly hard to amended his game, which helium has taken to different level this season, and shown attributes that we complaint truly highly successful the mode we privation to play.

"Shai's signing is truly breathtaking quality for the nine and we are looking guardant to seeing him proceed to turn crossed the adjacent 2 seasons and beyond."

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