Woodville West Torrens defender Rhyan Mansell has signed with Richmond via the Supplementary Selection Period (SSP).

The Tigers lodged paperwork on Thursday to sign the exciting 20-year-old defender, who is a three-time premiership player with North Launceston.

Mansell has been training at Punt Road since January 7 and has secured one of two available list spots at Richmond, with Nick Couroupis (West Adelaide), Jordan Gallucci (Williamstown), Josh Green (Marist AFC, ACT) and Derek Eggmolesse-Smith (delisted Tiger) fighting for the last position.

โ€œWe have always liked his stuff because he suited what we like in a player; super competitive, physical, (and with) really good speed,โ€ Tiger recruitment boss Matt Clarke told Richmond Media.

โ€œHe has Richmond qualities and that ability to come in hard and tackle.

โ€œHe played footy, but he was in the cricket pathways. He also played soccer mainly as a kid, so he was not in all the (football) squads like a lot of kids are.

โ€œTo go into Woodville West Torrens last year under an excellent coach (Jade Sheedy) and into a great footy club and brilliantly run organisation was fantastic.

โ€œWhen he went there from Tasmania, it gave us confidence he could do well, and he obviously fitted into a really good team and won a flag, which was a big tick.

โ€œWe watched all his vision and the live streaming last year, but it is just not the same as actually being there.

โ€œSo, to be able to get him over here to train was great and a chance for us to also see how he could fit into our system and how quickly he would be able to learn, which he has.

โ€œWe have been able to have a bit of a look at how he might adapt to the way we play and defend, and he has coped really well.โ€

Richmond will have until March 9 to fill their remaining list spot via the SSP or could opt for the Mid-Season Rookie Draft on June 2.

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