Richmond could become the third side in three decades to win the premiership flag after an eight or more game winning streak.
The Grand Final would be their 12th win in a row and would see them join the 1995 Carlton and 2001 Brisbane teams. It would also be the Tigers' 12th premiership in their history while the Giants will be playing for their first.
Former Richmond coach Terry Wallace thinks if they win a second flag, Damien Hardwick's side would be one of the AFL's greatest teams.
“We’ve only had two teams in 29 years who have won the flag with a winning streak of eight games or more,” he told SEN Afternoons.
“On these two occasions they were both 16; Carlton in 1995 – that side was a sensational side … and 2001 the start of the three-peat by Brisbane."
“Richmond is going in, and if they get their victory, it’s 12 in a row. I’m sensing that we might sit there at the end of the game and go: ‘They were just much too good for anyone in this competition as were Carlton of 1995 and Brisbane of 2001’."
“With 12 victories in a row … history says they have to be in that conversation … they would have won two of three as the great Geelong team did. I think they would be in that category.”
Wallace does, however, acknowledge that lengthy winning streaks have ended on the big day before.
“It doesn’t guarantee anything because there have been sides that have been on that streak of wins that have got beaten – Geelong in 2008 was one of those,” he said.
