LIVE: Rutten lands new job after Dons sacking

Ben Rutten has not spent excessively agelong successful the AFL wilderness aft helium was sacked by Essendon past month, re-joining Richmond.

The 39-year-old has been announced arsenic an adjunct nether Damien Hardwick for the 2023 season, returning to the relation helium held betwixt 2015 and 2018 earlier moving to Essendon.

"Richmond is simply a large club, and I americium inactive precise acquainted with a bulk of the playing database and unit which makes maine excited astir 2023 already," Rutten said successful a nine statement.

"I americium looking guardant to this caller accidental and the situation of helping the nine instrumentality to the apical of the ladder."

"Ben is simply a terrific manager that is highly respected by galore of our players that person already worked with him," Tigers GM Tim Livingstone added.

"We look guardant to bringing his expertise backmost into our nine and are excited astir the payment it volition bring our playing radical and broader shot department.

"We are each thrilled to person Ben on with his woman Kylie and boys Jack and Bernie backmost arsenic portion of the Richmond Football Club."