Gold Coast in response to a virus outbreak in Melbourne in July, and continued to play reserves grade matches during that time. He was named a non-playing AFL emergency for the first time in round 8 and again in each of rounds 12 and 13, before being named to make an AFL debut in round 14's match against at Metricon Stadium on the Gold Coast. He recorded 12 disposals and three clearances in the match, which was played like all matches that year with playing time reduced by one fifth, owing to the pandemic-induced fixture changes that resulted in multiple games played with short breaks. After a quieter follow up performance the following week, Dow was dropped back to reserves level ahead of the club's round 17 match against . He remained there for the balance of the season and through the month of October, while his senior teammates won the club its 13th AFL premiership. Dow finished his debut season having played two AFL matches and earned the Cosgrove-Jenkins award as Richmond's best first year player. 2021 season Dow completed a full pre-season training period ahead of the 2021 season, impressing in an intraclub match and participating as part of an extended playing list in a practice match against in February. He missed out on AFL selection early in the season, but played reserves grade football with one VFL practice match in mid-March before undergoing surgery to remove his appendix later that month. Dow returned to fitness to in early May, featuring at VFL-level as an inside midfielder including as one of his side's best players with 31 disposals and six inside-50s in a win over the reserves in mid-May. He was named an AFL-level emergency in each of the next two weeks, but ultimately went until round 16 to earn his first AFL match of the year, picked to play against the following a performance at reserves level that included 23 disposals, eight clearances and a goal. Player profile Dow plays as an inside midfielder. He is notable for his lateral quickness, handballing prowess and ability to win clearances from stoppage situations. AFL statistics Updated to the end of round 23, 2022. |- | 2020 |style="text-align:center;"| | 27 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 14 || 16 || 2 || 4 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 1.0 || 7.0 || 8.0 || 1.0 || 2.0