The Swans interest and a 12-hour draft wait for former Richmond star

Wayne Campbell was selected with pick 29 by Richmond in the 1989 National Draft. Campbell would go on to captain the club for four seasons, would play 297 games and win four Jack Dyer Medals throughout his distinguished career. But it could have been a very different story if the club who had shown the most interest prior had followed up on draft day. “A strange little story. Greg Williams was at Sydney and he was a Golden Square boy, so there was a bit of a link there,” Campbell explained to SEN’s...

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3 years ago, SEN, Richmond Tigers

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