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Port recruit Richards handed McCarthy's playing number

Joe Richards says it will be an honour to wear the late John McCarthy's number at Port Adelaide. (Morgan Hancock/AAP PHOTOS)

Port Adelaide recruit Joe Richards has described being handed the No.35 jumper as a "huge privilege", bringing it back more than 12 years after former player John McCarthy's death.

McCarthy's playing number was retired after he died in September 2012, aged just 22, from a fall during a post-season trip to Las Vegas.

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