The delisted and experienced players Richmond could target this off-season

Richmond could end up with a number of top-end picks in this year’s draft.

The Tigers could pocket multiple first-rounders if as expected the likes of Shai Bolton and Daniel Rioli get to Fremantle and Gold Coast respectively.

With Jack Graham (a later compensation pick) and Liam Baker (a likely first-round pick) heading to West Coast and the fact the club has also lost Dustin Martin, Dylan Grimes and Marlion Pickett to retirement, coach Adem Yze will need some experience to call on.

Kane Cornes understands the rebuild the Tigers are set to undertake, but feels that with uncertainty surrounding the durability of Tom Lynch, Dion Prestia and Jacob Hopper, among others, they should recruit some mature bodies.

“Richmond with what they are about to do, I think we're all accepting of and all supportive of,” Cornes said on SEN Mornings.

“So if it lands where they think it might, it could be eight picks inside the top 25 in the draft. Do they use all of them in this year's draft, or do they push some out to future drafts? I’m not sure, but what it will mean is that they are incredibly young.

“How do you support the kids with experience around them?

“It would be perfect if Tom Lynch played, a perfect mentor for the young forwards and the young players to play under. If Jacob Hopper played, if Dion Prestia was able to get on the park, then it would be perfect to guide this group of young midfielders through.

“They just have too many players that miss football. So they are going to have to bolster their experience be that on the delisted free agency market or players that they can get from other clubs who may have a year left on their contract that are looking for a bit more security, like Luke Parker and Jack Darling for North Melbourne.”

Cornes went through some of the players Richmond could consider to add some experience and maturity to what will become a remarkably inexperienced list.

“Ned McHenry from Adelaide,” he said.

“He's a first-round small forward who has some limitations in his game, there's no doubt about it.

“I’m telling you Ned McHenry has a real crack, a red hot dip. He would train hard, and he's not an old player, but he'd be a good example for these young 17-18-year-olds.

“What about Will Setterfield?

“A big body takes the position of Hopper, who is always injured. He can get in there and can do some heavy lifting with Jack Graham not there.

“Can you get Setterfield for nothing?

“Would Gary Rohan be an option to come in with a bit of X-factor in the forward line and an experienced body because it can't just be these eight 18-year-olds and just be thrown in there because of the amount of injuries that Richmond have.”

Earlier on AFL Trade Radio, Sam Edmund floated delisted St Kilda midfielder Seb Ross as one player the Tigers could potentially look at.

Cornes agreed while also throwing out the name of his former Saints teammate Tim Membrey as another possible option.

“A perfect player like that,” Cornes said in relation to Ross.

“100 per cent you get him in and he starts in your midfield next year.

“Is Membrey an option? I'm not sure where he's at with the Saints, but he's a player that you would look to to bring in at least to give you a lead-up target that hits the wings hard.

“There's enough names around the place, but maybe that's what they have to do to bring one or two or three more players that have played 100-150 games in to guide the youth.”