Player Watch #11: Jason Castagna - signed to 2023

Should Castagna be dropped for the Port game after his 2 disposal effort vs the Swans?

  • Yes - for Cumberland

  • Yes - for anyone

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OhDustinMartin said:
I've said it before and I'll say it again:

At one point, it'll all come together for 12 glorious months for Chaos Boss. Accurate kicking, goal sense, clean hands. He'll somehow end up in the All-Aus squad with 40-odd goals, and we'll all be in various states of breathless hilarity. It will be wonderful.

But then, after a short yet blissful time, Chaos Boss will instantly revert to Chaos Boss. And all we will have left will be memories.

Seriously, i'm riding for peak George. He looks a lot more confident in 2021.
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He is currently Captain-Coach of the All Australian Chaos team and we don’t ever want it any other way for the Chaos Boss. No other player comes near him for chaos, not even Patrick Blazerfield.

The Boss reminds me of a great scene in the movie "Top Secret” from about 1:50 in this clip below. German soldiers were engaged on hand to hand combat with members of the French Resistance in a crowded building, to which Chocolate Mousse responds with indiscriminate machine gun fire into the melee. This naturally results in all the Germans dropping dead on the spot while not a member of the resistance is even partially scathed. Whatever scathed is. That is George “Chaos Boss” Castagna all over. 😁😍

 
Meteoric Rise said:
He is currently Captain-Coach of the All Australian Chaos team and we don’t ever want it any other way for the Chaos Boss. No other player comes near him for chaos, not even Patrick Blazerfield.

The Boss reminds me of a great scene in the movie "Top Secret” from about 1:50 in this clip below. German soldiers were engaged on hand to hand combat with members of the French Resistance in a crowded building, to which Chocolate Mousse responds with indiscriminate machine gun fire into the melee. This naturally results in all the Germans dropping dead on the spot while not a member of the resistance is even partially scathed. Whatever scathed is. That is George “Chaos Boss” Castagna all over. 😁😍

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I hadn't heard of that movie.....love the noughts and crosses!
 

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Rookie, 3 Premierships, 100 Games - not bad, not bad at all.

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Quick on the draw: Castagna the chaotic Tiger with a tattoo gun

No rookie had won three flags in their first 100 VFL/AFL games. Until Jason Castagna came along.
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some snippets:

Jason Castagna rocked up to join his family on Christmas Day with a tattoo gun.

He estimates that by the time he left the gathering he had inked 10 tattoos to the bodies of “seven or eight” family members.


His cousin Jack, a plumber, had a measuring tape tattooed to one of his fingers so he could save some time and effort when sizing up the odd small job.
Castagna’s dad, Carlos, has a cross of some description on his back and the 24-year-old Tiger reckons he’s almost talked his mum, Kirsty, into getting one too.

This is from a man who reluctanctly got his first tattoo four years back as the result of a bet after he lost an epic table tennis battle with former housemate, premiership teammate and current Saint Dan Butler.

“I ended up getting a tattoo gun when we had that isolation period. I like drawing so my housemates and I thought it would be pretty fun while we were stuck in the house to do some tattoos,” Castagna said. “Mum wasn’t rapt at first.”
By the look of his pegs now Castagna could create a short animation movie if the line drawings on his legs were projected on to a screen when he ran.
And run is what he does, a style that makes him look as though he’s accelerating across rocks to beat an incoming tide when he burns up the grass for Richmond to win the ball or put pressure on the opposition.


Between the ages of 14 and 17 Castagna improved that speed in running sessions with sprint coach Craig Mair, having previously built his stamina when he joined his dad for runs up the steep hills near the family home in Kangaroo Ground.
“We would be closer to walking up it really, just lifting your legs up and getting there,” Castagna said.
With Mair he increased his pace enough to run in a junior sprint at Stawell over Easter.
“It was good fun ... he [Mair] was very helpful just for my footy in general,” Castagna said.
“I got to him at an age where you can change your speed, you can fix up your technique and gain cadence and from there I made my speed a strength of mine.“

The strength he developed during that period is part of the reason Castagna will run on to the MCG this Easter - nine years after running at Stawell - to play his 100th game, the rookie selection now a three-time premiership player.
The way he plays symbolises, to some extent, the chaotic, manic style that has helped Richmond dominate the competition for four seasons now.

But along the way he has become a better player too, more respected across the competition for the damage he can do in offence and defence. And there is also a recognition that the way he plays has also helped create the unstoppable mess.
Last Sunday against Hawthorn he kicked a set snap shot on his non-preferred foot, replicating the deeds of another triple premiership player Luke Breust, a player renowned for his silky skills.

Now, when Castagna bursts out the front of the stoppage in the expectation of the ball heading his way he disrupts the opposition, suddenly making the game all arms and legs and bouncing footballs.
This suits the Tigers, who love it when their matches become akin to a pinball machine in multiball mode.
“I do have a bit of a chaotic game style,” Castagna said.

“I crash in and cause a bit of chaos on offence and defence I guess. ‘Dimma’ (Richmond coach Damien Hardwick) always makes a gag about when I get the ball he sometimes doesn’t know what is going to happen but he encourages me to keep doing what I do.

“He supports me to play to my strengths and it has held me in pretty good stead.
“I mess up a kick here and there but if I stay in the contest I usually can make something out of it.”
That he does, pressuring the opposition and chiming in for goals when required, having averaged two scores a match in his past 94 games, his inaccuracy in the 2019 grand final, when he kicked five behinds, ruling him out of Norm Smith contention.
All that has made Castagna a popular figure inside and outside the fence at Tigerland, one person who finds that being hungry and humble comes naturally.


“I definitely have points where I pinch myself. It is pretty crazy to have had this much success so early but I am just so happy to be here and I am having so much fun,” Castagna said.
“You never know how long it can last so I am just enjoying it while it is here and make the most out of it while I can.“
He laughs at the idea he might join his siblings working at Castagna Steelworks, the family business his grandfather Vic started when he emigrated to Australia in the 1960s, one of the business’s first contracts being to provide the steel that held the old seats in the MCG outer in their place.
[PLAYERCARD]Kamdyn McIntosh[/PLAYERCARD] and [PLAYERCARD]Jason Castagna[/PLAYERCARD] after the Tigers’ 2020 grand final triumph.

Kamdyn McIntosh and Jason Castagna after the Tigers’ 2020 grand final triumph.CREDIT:GETTY IMAGES

His dad, mum and three brothers Nick, Aaron and Jarrod all work there while his sister Hannah is still at school.

His teammate Kamdyn McIntosh learned to weld at the steelworks and occasionally Castagna will drop in to the family business to find teammates just hanging out there pottering around on something.
Castagna likes to do that too, having his house renovated and using McIntosh’s skills that make him more than just a handy footballer to build his shed.
“It’s pretty much his shed in my backyard,” Castagna said.
It’s the type of connection these Tigers have soldered since 2017, with Castagna admitting a few teammates couldn’t resist using his well-travelled tattoo gun at the Tigers’ hub on the Gold Coast to get a permanent reminder of their year.
“I’ve done a few. If you look closely you might spot a few of the boys [with them],” Castagna said.

What can never be erased is the role Castagna has played in helping Richmond to three flags, one of 14 Tigers to play in the three, and the first rookie in AFL history to play in three inside 100 games, his shy, steely expression now as much a Castagna feature as his road-runner gait.
He’s hit 100 games. He’s got a few premierships. His legs tell a story. And he’s a Richmond man.
 
The work of flawed genius is one that dares to push away some so it can delight others. It's a particular taste, even an acquired taste, but when you've got it, it engenders nothing but love. It's a story, a game, a man all the greater for its flaws, because those are what make it feel real. Characters are like this too. Richmonds George Castagna is a perfect example, he is the GOAT of this.
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Use to be one of those harsh critics of George.
Has seen the light and now has become a vital cog in how we setup & play.
When we struggle to bring the ball out quick of defence.Dimma throws George on the ball.
He has little idea when he gets the ball,But more importantly neither does the opposition.
Hence the chaos king.
 
Doesn't get involved enough and when he does, lets himself down with poor goalkicking. For someone who hasn't had many looks at goal this year, he cannot afford to be missing ones he should kick.
 
He had to try be the hero and blaze away in dying minutes. 2 WCE players on last line marked it easily and repelled it. This little c@#t never passes no matter what. Wish we dropped him a fortnight ago now after kicking 3 last week he's untouchable and can stink it up all year. But heaven forbid Aarts has a couple lean ones on trot he'll be straight out.
 
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