Richond has confirmed Irish pair John Phiri and Evan Boyle are currently training with the club in an attempt to win a Category B rookie list spot.
The Tigers currently have 217cm former college basketballer Patrick Carr on their Category B rookie list, and recently delisted Ollie Hayes-Brown and Mate Colina. Academy graduate Derek Eggmolesse-Smith is another former Category B rookie who has since been delisted.
The club is expected to be a major player at next week's AFL Draft, but they also have one Category B rookie list spot available and an additional Indigenous rookie list spot.
The Tigers' first- to fourth-year players returned this week, following a bottom four season ravaged by injury.
Ireland has quickly become a breeding ground for AFL Category B Rookies, with athletes such as Conor McKenna, Zach Tuohy and Mark O'Connor becoming premiership players in recent years.
McKenna, who is arguably the greatest Irish success story in the league after claiming a second AFL flag, said he understands why his countrymen and women are making the switch to Australia.
"I understand where people are coming from. They're taking the best talent away from the GAA," McKenna said on the Off the Ball podcast last month.
"But it's an amateur sport, and you're getting offered a professional contract at 18 years of age. When I got offered the contract, I said I'd go. If I didn't like it, I'd come home. It was that simple.
"The opportunities you give me have been unbelievable. I would advise any young fellow or girl to take the opportunity.
"The reality is most players come home after two years, and at 18 you're still, although, like, probably Kobe's (McDonald's) an exception. He has made it in the Gaelic in the senior football, but most players haven't played senior football before they go."
