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Mature age small forward, I like I like.
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List Mgmt. 2016 AFL Draft
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Leaving clarke on the board!! KMN
Matele
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Im so ****ing happy. 2017 is gonna be ****ing deluxe Lads!
You'd be 100% correct based on nothing.
Forward Press
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Venables still a bit left field but I have faith in the recruiters.
Dibs on Willie for player sponsor.
Dibs on Willie for player sponsor.
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Meh we need a goalsneak not another mid
Here2tellyouwhy
SA GREAT
Not anymore. Was the best small forward in the entire SANFL this year. I'd back him to play games in 2017.
Who was that fat campaigner at essondon . any relation
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Don't need your trolli... oh thanks
Forward Press
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I call mine Naitanui - has dreads and sidelined for most of 2017.
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50 year old Michael Long?
Still? Lost 15kgs recently (from afl website).
Quigley phantom draft:
53. Willie Rioli
I go back a fair way and remember when Charles Barkley was called the "round mound of rebound" and for much of Rioli's career this seemed to be his role model. I have watched Willie since he was 16 and he was always overweight and out of shape. It was a real shame as it was clear that there was a talented player in there but his lifestyle was not going to allow him to play AFL level football.
At the beginning of last year however, Rioli was pushed to go to Adelaide and actually give football a good go. Credit to him he ditched the junk food and went all out to get fit. He came in halfway through the preseason but he worked hard and over the last two seasons he has turned himself into probably the best small forward in the SANFL. He has lost 16kgs since he arrived at Glenelg and his new self-discipline has gotten the attention of the AFL teams. He always had talent and now people can actually see that talent fully applied in game situations. Rioli tested at the State Screening and his 2.98 in the 20m and 13.2 in the beep were personal bests. He still has a way to go but he has shown a dedication to getting there that had not been there before.
Rioli is a small forward and there is a bit of Cyril in the way he plays. He has always been good defensively and since he has dropped the weight he applies elite pressure in the forward half. He has really good closing speed and is good coming from the blind spot with a burst of pace. The defensive side of the game is probably where he most resembles Cyril and he burst onto the SANFL scene on the back of this with 10 tackles in his first SANFL game. The other aspect where there is a definite resemblance is with his hands below the knees. I read somewhere that Willie just vacuums up the ball when it is on the ground and that evocative statement is probably very apt. Whether at speed or under pressure, Rioli is very clean below the knees and makes a lot of things happen with his ability to collect and get the ball away quickly.
Rioli is very clever with the ball in dispute. He is excellent at getting a hand in and knocking it away or too himself. It is similar in marking contests where if he is not going to mark the ball he will deflect or spoil it and control where it goes very nicely. This is just one of the small little things that I have noticed Rioli do and I am sure I have missed a lot more. He is a clever, instinctive player who does a lot of things which helps himself and teammates. He finds space well up forward and will exploit seams and drop off contests smartly to make himself available and in a dangerous spots.
He only managed 25 goals in his 16 games this year but he is dangerous around goal and his 4 goals for SA against Victoria in the interstate game earlier in the year will certainly have helped him get attention. He is a good finisher around goal and a very nice field kick. Some rate his skills as elite but I would put him a bit below that. He executes pretty well but I do not think his vision is as good as the likes of Cyril and others and he lacks a bit of zip on both his kicks and handballs.
Rioli turned 21 this year so he is young enough although it is getting to the now or never period of his career. He has done a lot to give himself an opportunity and I think a few teams will be interested in giving it to him. He has skills which are valuable and translatable to the AFL and it is probably not going to cost teams much to see if he can translate his game to the big league.
53. Willie Rioli
I go back a fair way and remember when Charles Barkley was called the "round mound of rebound" and for much of Rioli's career this seemed to be his role model. I have watched Willie since he was 16 and he was always overweight and out of shape. It was a real shame as it was clear that there was a talented player in there but his lifestyle was not going to allow him to play AFL level football.
At the beginning of last year however, Rioli was pushed to go to Adelaide and actually give football a good go. Credit to him he ditched the junk food and went all out to get fit. He came in halfway through the preseason but he worked hard and over the last two seasons he has turned himself into probably the best small forward in the SANFL. He has lost 16kgs since he arrived at Glenelg and his new self-discipline has gotten the attention of the AFL teams. He always had talent and now people can actually see that talent fully applied in game situations. Rioli tested at the State Screening and his 2.98 in the 20m and 13.2 in the beep were personal bests. He still has a way to go but he has shown a dedication to getting there that had not been there before.
Rioli is a small forward and there is a bit of Cyril in the way he plays. He has always been good defensively and since he has dropped the weight he applies elite pressure in the forward half. He has really good closing speed and is good coming from the blind spot with a burst of pace. The defensive side of the game is probably where he most resembles Cyril and he burst onto the SANFL scene on the back of this with 10 tackles in his first SANFL game. The other aspect where there is a definite resemblance is with his hands below the knees. I read somewhere that Willie just vacuums up the ball when it is on the ground and that evocative statement is probably very apt. Whether at speed or under pressure, Rioli is very clean below the knees and makes a lot of things happen with his ability to collect and get the ball away quickly.
Rioli is very clever with the ball in dispute. He is excellent at getting a hand in and knocking it away or too himself. It is similar in marking contests where if he is not going to mark the ball he will deflect or spoil it and control where it goes very nicely. This is just one of the small little things that I have noticed Rioli do and I am sure I have missed a lot more. He is a clever, instinctive player who does a lot of things which helps himself and teammates. He finds space well up forward and will exploit seams and drop off contests smartly to make himself available and in a dangerous spots.
He only managed 25 goals in his 16 games this year but he is dangerous around goal and his 4 goals for SA against Victoria in the interstate game earlier in the year will certainly have helped him get attention. He is a good finisher around goal and a very nice field kick. Some rate his skills as elite but I would put him a bit below that. He executes pretty well but I do not think his vision is as good as the likes of Cyril and others and he lacks a bit of zip on both his kicks and handballs.
Rioli turned 21 this year so he is young enough although it is getting to the now or never period of his career. He has done a lot to give himself an opportunity and I think a few teams will be interested in giving it to him. He has skills which are valuable and translatable to the AFL and it is probably not going to cost teams much to see if he can translate his game to the big league.
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