News Jake King Retires

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Time for another avatar change

 

[Ned_Flanders]

Time for another avatar change

Actually might have been an interesting night Friday if King was back.

Ty is a good mate of his, knowing the end is nigh and not yet announces....... he could have racked up a record for weeks suspended

 

[Royce Hafey]

Now Vickery has taken on the enforcer rule, King can move on. The king is dead, long, live the king.

 

[A Tiger 4 lyf]

surely king wouldnt need a press conference for his retirement?

 

[Ned_Flanders]

surely king wouldnt need a press conference for his retirement?

happens for most players who rack up a decent amount of games now

afl.com.au, the club sites, and SEN need content, and this helps fill it

 

[marcus12]

Bye push up

 

[tigs2010]

Time for another avatar change

Not yet. Jesus remains for now.

 

[_DBF_]

Effective immediately.

 

[Rubber Hips]

Thanks Jakey King for all the great memories

let's hope they give you a lap of honour at the G in the side car of a bandidos bike

Little champ!

 

[Ned_Flanders]

Sad King wont get a farewell, but it showed the type of guy he is.

Contrary to those who said he was selfishly putting his own ego and financial welfare ahead of the club, hes conceding the foot wont get good enough to deserve a game, so its done

 

[Frustrated Tiger]

He saw my then 2 y.o son in his Richmond top at the family day a couple of years ago and said "you're surely not going to punish him by making him barrack for the Tigers".... Then we just both laughed.
Great bloke. All the best "Push up".....Thanks and we'll miss you.

 

[BC9_]

Jacqui Reed ‏@JacquiAReed3m King: "well I'm not going to die, I'll get it (toe) fixed"

• Jacqui Reed [EMAIL='‏@JacquiAReed4mKing']‏[/EMAIL]@JacquiAReed4mKing says it hurts a little bit that he won't play with the boys again

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  Jacqui Reed [EMAIL='‏@JacquiAReed5mKing']‏[/EMAIL]@JacquiAReed5mKing says his toe has been too hard to get over. Surgery to come. No farewell game @HarfTimeSEN @SENNews

• Jacqui Reed [EMAIL='‏@JacquiAReed5mJake']‏[/EMAIL]@JacquiAReed5mJake King has announced his retirement @Richmond_FC @SENNews @HarfTimeSEN pic.twitter.com/W3NnToW1lL
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• Brendon Gale [EMAIL='‏@brendongale255mJake's']‏[/EMAIL]@brendongale255m Jake's retiring from @Richmond_FC. Farewell to a strong and loyal Tiger who loves this Club and his teammates. pic.twitter.com/

 

[Calcium Man]

Well done Jakey. Got way further then most, including myself, expected!

 

[NUFC Tiger]

Great career for a guy with limited skills but a big heart.

We get any future push up king's since he got to 100 games!

Not to look too far ahead but if the retirement is effective immediately, does that mean we can elevate a rookie for the last few games? Darrou for example?

 

[A Tiger 4 lyf]

Well done kingy, thanks for giving it to didak

 

[BC9_]

King says his favourite memory is getting drafted while working on the roof before going to the pub for a counter meal!

King says he couldn't change direction and had to run flat footed

Hardwick believes King can coach

Hardwick says he is an outstanding individual who was misunderstood outside Richmond

Hardwick says "we're gonna miss the little fella"

 

[Ned_Flanders]

Great career for a guy with limited skills but a big heart.

We get any future push up king's since he got to 100 games!

Not to look too far ahead but if the retirement is effective immediately, does that mean we can elevate a rookie for the last few games? Darrou for example?

No, hes already on the LTIL

 

[tigs2010]

Will be sad to see him go. Hopefully get a lap of honour before the Saints game and we can start an all in brawl to honour the little guy.

 

[Downtown06]

I remember when he was interviewed at a sponsors night and said he was expecting hot pies and sausage rolls, not a 4 course meal, ripper of a bloke!!!
Can someone post the video of him ripping into Didak from 2009??

 

[BC9_]

Rolling coverage of the presser was here: https://twitter.com/JacquiAReed

 

[tigertaskforce]

all we need is 22 players out there with his heart premiership cups end to end for miles

 

[BC9_]

As if he only played 107 games! It felt like 200 with the presence he had around the club.

 

[Equus]

RICHMOND forward and AFL bad boy Jake King has announced his retirement.

The 30-year-old has played just twice this season, stranded on Richmond's long-term injury list after foot and toe injuries.

King will finish with 107 games for the Tigers and 79 goals.

King is most well-known for his controversial association with former bikie boss Toby Mitchell, earning AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou's wrath for inviting Mitchell into the Tigers' rooms last year.

"We've spoken about it over the last couple of days," King told a media conference on Monday.

"The foot has been too much. We tried everything we could, five or six procedures."

Is that really necessary? Especially from the AFL website?

 

[BC9_]

Richmond ‏@Richmond_FC 3m
Great shot! RT @al_superfooty: Jake King @theheraldsun after being picked for his AFL debut. Will be missed #gotiges

 

[Frustrated Tiger]

1 down, any others to follow??