Player Watch #6 Robbie Tarrant - Retiring effective immediately

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tiger_tough said:
Good article on the Tarrant addition here -

www.statsinsider.com.au

What Robbie Tarrant Means For Richmond's 2022 Flag Prospects

It appears as though the hierarchy at Richmond believe a fourth flag in six years is achievable and the probable addition of Robbie Tarrant makes that case even stronger.
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"In each year, he was hardly exposed to more than three one-on-one contests per game."

Speaks volumes that for the last half decade, opposition analysts from every club knew the hardest way to score against Norf was to give Tarrant a look in.
 

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Rayzorwire said:
"In each year, he was hardly exposed to more than three one-on-one contests per game."

Speaks volumes that for the last half decade, opposition analysts from every club knew the hardest way to score against Norf was to give Tarrant a look in.
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The oppo have got problems now, with Balta, Broad, Grimes and Vlastuin all very good 1:1 defenders and interceptors. If he can hold up his end of the bargain in that back 6/7 he’s really going to enjoy his footy
 
Sir_Loin said:
The oppo have got problems now, with Balta, Broad, Grimes and Vlastuin all very good 1:1 defenders and interceptors. If he can hold up his end of the bargain in that back 6/7 he’s really going to enjoy his footy
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It's going to be very fine to watch if the midfield can hold its end up and the backline doesn't spend most of the season scrambling to defend too easy clearances too often.
 
Rayzorwire said:
It's going to be very fine to watch if the midfield can hold its end up and the backline doesn't spend most of the season scrambling to defend too easy clearances too often.
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We should be able to do that pending injuries. In our best years our clearance numbers from Cotch, Prestia, Dusty and Edwards were up there. If we can get close to those numbers again we’ll be a chance
 
Sir_Loin said:
We should be able to do that pending injuries. In our best years our clearance numbers from Cotch, Prestia, Dusty and Edwards were up there. If we can get close to those numbers again we’ll be a chance
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Even just getting three full seasons out of those five (worth adding Lambo too) will make a big difference if the kids can also contribute.
 
Wonder what number he’ll get. Few open now.
 
Sir_Loin said:
We should be able to do that pending injuries. In our best years our clearance numbers from Cotch, Prestia, Dusty and Edwards were up there. If we can get close to those numbers again we’ll be a chance
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Balme said on radio he expects Martin to play more midfield this year. A fit and firing midfield with Prestia, Martin, Bolton and Stack would be next level with Edwards, Cotch and Graham rotating through
 
www.richmondfc.com.au

Hardwick hails Tigers’ Tarrant acquisition

Richmond coach Damien Hardwick believes the recruitment of top veteran key defender Robbie Tarrant will provide the Tigers’ team with multi benefits.
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Richmond coach Damien Hardwick believes the recruitment of top veteran key defender Robbie Tarrant will provide the Tigers’ team with multi benefits.

Tarrant, who was recently traded to Richmond by North Melbourne as part of the deal for Callum Coleman-Jones, is renowned for his ability to lock down on the opposition’s biggest forwards, as well as supply rebound out of the backline.

And Hardwick also sees another significant advantage for the Tigers in adding Tarrant to their defensive mix.


“With Dave (Astbury) retiring we felt we had a need for a bigger-bodied defender. And I think that will allow Dylan Grimes and Noah Balta to be a little bit freer down there,” Hardwick said on Fox Footy.

“Dylan’s done an incredible job ever since the retirement of Alex (Rance), maintaining that back six. But he’s capable of getting a little bit higher up the ground and playing some really damaging footy us.

“So, I’m really excited by bringing Robbie in that it will allow us to explore the avenue of others as well.

“And I think our forwards were pretty keen to get Robbie out of the North Melbourne team as well because he does a hell of a job.

“He’s 32, but he missed a lot of footy at the start of his career and we think he’s got some really, really good footy in front of him.”


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GoTigers2015 said:
www.richmondfc.com.au

Hardwick hails Tigers’ Tarrant acquisition

Richmond coach Damien Hardwick believes the recruitment of top veteran key defender Robbie Tarrant will provide the Tigers’ team with multi benefits.
www.richmondfc.com.au www.richmondfc.com.au


Richmond coach Damien Hardwick believes the recruitment of top veteran key defender Robbie Tarrant will provide the Tigers’ team with multi benefits.

Tarrant, who was recently traded to Richmond by North Melbourne as part of the deal for Callum Coleman-Jones, is renowned for his ability to lock down on the opposition’s biggest forwards, as well as supply rebound out of the backline.

And Hardwick also sees another significant advantage for the Tigers in adding Tarrant to their defensive mix.


“With Dave (Astbury) retiring we felt we had a need for a bigger-bodied defender. And I think that will allow Dylan Grimes and Noah Balta to be a little bit freer down there,” Hardwick said on Fox Footy.

“Dylan’s done an incredible job ever since the retirement of Alex (Rance), maintaining that back six. But he’s capable of getting a little bit higher up the ground and playing some really damaging footy us.

“So, I’m really excited by bringing Robbie in that it will allow us to explore the avenue of others as well.

“And I think our forwards were pretty keen to get Robbie out of the North Melbourne team as well because he does a hell of a job.

“He’s 32, but he missed a lot of footy at the start of his career and we think he’s got some really, really good footy in front of him.”


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Yep, Balta forward
 
4tune8 said:
Yep, Balta forward
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Balta isn't playing forward, if anything this quote suggests he might play a bit looser down there.

Balta is the long term CHB/FB imo.
We'll need to either draft a KPF this year or trade one in next year for when Riewoldt retires.
 

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Sir_Loin said:
yeah my point is that Tarrant is a better athlete from what I’ve seen so it’s probably a good comparison despite the comparable age difference at the time of their respective moves.

no guarantees of course. But he’s coming to us because he thinks we’re a chance. Hopefully we can get another 3 flags and it would be awesome for him to be a life member at the tigs 🤣
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EFA
 
tigerfan1961 said:
Interview with Richo and Taz up on club website now
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Just watched. He sounds raring to go. Remarkable that in Tarrant's 14 year career so far he has played a total of 11 games at the MCG. Eleven.

What a sad little club is North.
 
Jack5 said:
Just watched. He sounds raring to go. Remarkable that in Tarrant's 14 year career so far he has played a total of 11 games at the MCG. Eleven.

What a sad little club is North.
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Has played more games at Metricon the poor bastard.
 
daird said:
Hard to compare Tarrant and Astbury because they played different roles, but Tarrant is a gun.

If it weren't for a man named Alex Rance then Tarrant probably would've been in the conversation for best defender in the comp during the same period of time.
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Gibcus and Tarrant fills the astbury/Rance holes quite nice

Good mix of now and future too
 
www.theage.com.au

Win-win: Roo-turned-Tiger Tarrant ideal for contending Richmond

Next year, barring injury, Robbie Tarrant will play more games at the MCG with Richmond in one season than he did in his first 12 years with North Melbourne.
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Win-win: Roo-turned-Tiger Tarrant ideal for contending Richmond
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Next year, barring injury, Robbie Tarrant will play more games at the MCG with Richmond in one season than he did in his first 12 years with North Melbourne.
Tarrant reckons he played 11, maybe 12, games at the ’G across his North career. The Tigers have 14 games at the MCG next year. That’s before finals.
On one hand, it’s a sort of quirky bit of trivia that means nothing, and on the other hand, it means everything. It is emblematic of his shift from off Broadway to on. It’s a physical move across town to a club that hopes and expects to play finals and contend for a flag next year, having left a club that hopes and expects they are on the path to doing the same thing, just in a much longer time frame.
Tarrant never really planned or expected to move clubs, but his shift from North Melbourne to Richmond was the sort of rare football-list management serendipity that made it an obvious decision. One club that was not contending could benefit from easing some salary cap space, and one club that is contending keeps its window for success open. Win, win.
[PLAYERCARD]Robbie Tarrant[/PLAYERCARD] gets used to the Punt Road surrounds.

Robbie Tarrant gets used to the Punt Road surrounds.CREDIT:GETTY IMAGES

“I didn’t think I’d be changing clubs to be honest. Even finishing last season, I had every intention of signing on and never had any intention of going to another club,” Tarrant said.
“I didn’t have a deal [to re-sign at North] until post-season and as North were coming with that, Richmond made an approach. I think it worked out for both.”
Tarrant didn’t have players explicitly in mind when contemplating how a shift for a player of his experience and position could work, but there is an obvious parallel with a player like James Frawley in his shift from Melbourne to Hawthorn. At the time, he went as a free agent and a bit younger than Tarrant, but he went to Hawthorn to replace a retiring premiership full-back and fit into a role and play. And win a premiership.
Frawley helped keep the Hawks in contention. Tarrant could be Richmond’s version, and that was the Tigers’ plan in getting him.
Richmond had known from early in the year that David Astbury was probably going to retire so made approaches to Tarrant’s manager, as they had many times during his career. List manager Blair Hartley is an avowed fan.

Will [PLAYERCARD]Robbie Tarrant[/PLAYERCARD] perform a similar role to [PLAYERCARD]James Frawley[/PLAYERCARD]?

Will Robbie Tarrant perform a similar role to James Frawley?CREDIT:THE AGE
The Tigers wanted to adopt that Frawley model and not see their period of contention close with Astbury’s retirement, Noah Balta coming off long-term injury and their kids unlikely to be ready to have an immediate impact.
The fact the Tigers had five early picks in the draft, and indeed could secure star young key defender Josh Gibcus with their first pick this year, made the idea of blending a veteran and kids that much easier. (As an aside, Gibcus came second in the club’s 4x1-kilometre time trials of first-to-fourth-year players last week. He is 196 centimetres. He beat the midfielders.)
The sell to convince Tarrant was simple – come and play the same role you have at North, and hopefully, we win a flag together.
“I would love to get back to playing finals footy again, that was certainly a discussion with Richmond,” Tarrant said. “I was fully committed to going down that rebuild path with North as well but [it suited both clubs].

“You do look at players who move and get a flag. I didn’t specifically look at them [Frawley or Brian Lake] but players do move and win flags ... every situation is different. If I can come across and help the team have success, that would be an amazing result.”
[PLAYERCARD]Toby Nankervis[/PLAYERCARD] and [PLAYERCARD]Robbie Tarrant[/PLAYERCARD] run laps.

Toby Nankervis and Robbie Tarrant run laps.CREDIT:GETTY IMAGES
Tarrant has been training for three weeks already. He might be 32 and forgiven for wanting to ease into another preseason with the older players but as the new player to the club, he arrived on day one and has impressed with his easy transition. He is working with Tom Lynch who has also returned to training early.
Tarrant didn’t play in his first two seasons after being drafted in 2007. He made his debut in 2010 but those early years were interrupted by injury and he struggled for games. Since then he got his body right and has been reliable across 174 games.
He might break his MCG record, win that flag and prove to be not so much the new James Frawley as the new Robbie Tarrant.
 
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