Coughlan in great shape
12:57:27 PM Tue 30 November, 2004
Paul Gough
Sportal
Forgotten Richmond star Mark Coughlan is in "great physical shape" and will be ready to play in the pre-season in a major boost to the Tigers' hopes of improving under new coach Terry Wallace in 2005.
Coughlan, the Tigers' best and fairest winner in 2003 and the public face of the club's membership campaign last season, endured a disastrous 2004 - playing just seven games due to on-going groin problems.
And when the tough midfielder was absent from the Tigers' launch of their new 2005 jumpers last week, it raised suspicions the 22-year-old was again battling injury problems.
Even when he did play last season, Coughlan was a shadow of the player who emerged as the Tigers' great hope in 2003, and was eventually rested for much of the season after being diagnosed with "pubic instability."
However Richmond football director Greg Miller told Sportal on Tuesday that Coughlan was progressing well and had suffered no more groin problems.
"He is in great physical shape," Miller said of Coughlan.
"He is not doing all the ball work at the moment but it won't be long before he is."
When asked if Coughlan would be ready for play in the Tigers' Wizard Cup on February 18, Miller replied: "Definitely."
Meanwhile the Tigers will tomorrow meet with disgruntled defender Ty Zantuck in a bid to sort out his future.
Zantuck, who has a year of his contract still to run, wants to leave Punt Road but was left stranded at Richmond when a proposed trade deal with Essendon was only minutes away from being completed before the end of the October trade period.
With all clubs having to finalise their playing lists by Friday - ahead of the December 14 pre-season draft - Miller said Zantuck's future would be known by the end of the week.
If the Tigers and Zantuck are able to come to an agreement over the remaining year of his contract and he is delisted, the 22-year-old would be free to nominate for the pre-season draft where the Bombers will be one of only a handful of clubs likely to participate.
At this stage the Bombers are likely to have pick five in the pre-season draft but with Richmond having pick one and Collingwood expected to take former Essendon and Brisbane premiership star Blake Caracella at pick two, Zantuck is likely to be available for the Bombers unless either Carlton (pick three) or Fremantle (pick four) decide to snap him up.
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12:57:27 PM Tue 30 November, 2004
Paul Gough
Sportal
Forgotten Richmond star Mark Coughlan is in "great physical shape" and will be ready to play in the pre-season in a major boost to the Tigers' hopes of improving under new coach Terry Wallace in 2005.
Coughlan, the Tigers' best and fairest winner in 2003 and the public face of the club's membership campaign last season, endured a disastrous 2004 - playing just seven games due to on-going groin problems.
And when the tough midfielder was absent from the Tigers' launch of their new 2005 jumpers last week, it raised suspicions the 22-year-old was again battling injury problems.
Even when he did play last season, Coughlan was a shadow of the player who emerged as the Tigers' great hope in 2003, and was eventually rested for much of the season after being diagnosed with "pubic instability."
However Richmond football director Greg Miller told Sportal on Tuesday that Coughlan was progressing well and had suffered no more groin problems.
"He is in great physical shape," Miller said of Coughlan.
"He is not doing all the ball work at the moment but it won't be long before he is."
When asked if Coughlan would be ready for play in the Tigers' Wizard Cup on February 18, Miller replied: "Definitely."
Meanwhile the Tigers will tomorrow meet with disgruntled defender Ty Zantuck in a bid to sort out his future.
Zantuck, who has a year of his contract still to run, wants to leave Punt Road but was left stranded at Richmond when a proposed trade deal with Essendon was only minutes away from being completed before the end of the October trade period.
With all clubs having to finalise their playing lists by Friday - ahead of the December 14 pre-season draft - Miller said Zantuck's future would be known by the end of the week.
If the Tigers and Zantuck are able to come to an agreement over the remaining year of his contract and he is delisted, the 22-year-old would be free to nominate for the pre-season draft where the Bombers will be one of only a handful of clubs likely to participate.
At this stage the Bombers are likely to have pick five in the pre-season draft but with Richmond having pick one and Collingwood expected to take former Essendon and Brisbane premiership star Blake Caracella at pick two, Zantuck is likely to be available for the Bombers unless either Carlton (pick three) or Fremantle (pick four) decide to snap him up.
http://afl.com.au/default.asp?pg=news&spg=display&articleid=179203
not another zantuck thread! 
