Mark Ricciuto

[adelaide]

Mark Ricciuto what a grat career.

Mark Ricciuto:

PLAYER STATS​

AFC Premiership Matches - 286
Total Premiership Matches - 286
Career Goals - 235
SANFL Club - West Adelaide
Brownlow Medal - 2005 votes 11; career votes 136

PLAYER HONORS​

Best and fairest 1998, 2003, 2004;
3rd best and fairest 1994, 1997, 2000;
Best Team Man 1994, 2003;
All-Australian 1994, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004 (captain), 2005 (captain);
International Rules Series 1998, 2000;
AFL Rising Star nominee 1993;
Premiership player 1998;
Brownlow Medallist 2003;
Pre-season premiership player 2003;
Runner up Brownlow Medal 2004;
AFLPA Best Captain 2005;
Club captain since 2001.

 

[darren pfieffer]

very grat player...

 

[Adam BK]

a grat thread as well

 

[Stiffy_18]

Hopefully, he has at least another AA season in him and another premiership with the Crows

 

[Gets!]

conGRATs Mark

 

[outback jack]

very grat player...

a grat thread as well

You two morons are being mean

Sum005, mark ricciuto is coming to the end, i think he has maybe 1 season left in the middle and 1-2 depending on how effective he is up forward and thats it. We are lucky to have so many champions at our club.

 

[Truck Rutten]

I think we should trade him while he still has some value.

Only joking. Where would we be without this man? An absolute ornament to the game.

 

[outback jack]

I think we should trade him while he still has some value.

Only joking. Where would we be without this man? An absolute ornament to the game.

macca is probably the better player over their whole careers though. Its only the last 2-3 yrs that roo has really stepped up, while macca went the other way. When the club was doing poorly though you could see the difference in attitude between perhaps roo and some of the other 'leaders'.

 

[Markthirtytwo]

conGRATs Mark

Thank you Gets.

 

[Adam BK]

You two morons are being mean

Sum005, mark ricciuto is coming to the end, i think he has maybe 1 season left in the middle and 1-2 depending on how effective he is up forward and thats it. We are lucky to have so many champions at our club.

You would know a lot about that wouldnt you jack?

 

[Truck Rutten]

macca is probably the better player over their whole careers though. Its only the last 2-3 yrs that roo has really stepped up, while macca went the other way. When the club was doing poorly though you could see the difference in attitude between perhaps roo and some of the other 'leaders'.

Both magnificent, but very different footballers. No doubt Macca is the more freakishly skilled player, but if I had to choose one of them to play for my life it would be the Roo.

 

[Cove Cobra]

Yep, go the ROO.

Stats aint the man though, he probably doesn't even want to see them. All his stalking and talking is done on the field.

The best player the AFC has produced so far by a mile.

 

[Adam BK]

Both magnificent, but very different footballers. No doubt Macca is the more freakishly skilled player, but if I had to choose one of them to play for my life it would be the Roo.

Yes I would choose Roo as well but luckily we have had both. I wonder if we will have another player in the next 15 years of the calibre of Roo.

 

[WhyAlwaysMe]

average at best

 

[rayven]

macca is probably the better player over their whole careers though. Its only the last 2-3 yrs that roo has really stepped up, while macca went the other way.

i would tend to disagree with that

early on in his carreer our captain played in defence and made the state side in 94 playing a very repectable game against vic at 18 or 19, in the dying seconds guess who jumped backwards into ablett?
when shaw come along ricciuto became a "hitman" for those two seasons under the instruction to take a player out rather than win the ball and ive yet to see player smash so many guys up on the field without getting a reputation with the tribunal, people go on about other hardmen but roo was clean and fair and very effective
when that woodville bloke took over roo was unleashed as a ball winner and at rnd 16 1997 when his groins packed up he was leading the brownlow by 4 votes and had more possesions than anyone and was a mile in front of our best and fairest
his record since speaks for itself, including a b and f in a premiership year


i mean no disrespect to mcleod but roo is probably the best player in the league and i feel not recognised as he plays for us,if he played in victoria this would be different

 

[Alex99]

Mark Ricciuto has to be spoken about in the same circle of football talent as the Barry Robran and the Russell Ebert’s.


In 20 year he will still be a legend of this club not just a name on a locker who we were lucky to see play 300 odd times.

 

[outback jack]

Both magnificent, but very different footballers. No doubt Macca is the more freakishly skilled player, but if I had to choose one of them to play for my life it would be the Roo.

for consistency and courage without a doubt, but i think until three yrs ago macca would be considered the greater player/ game breaker. Ppl forget very quickly. If you watch the GF's again you remember how much better macca was as a pure midfielder than anyone else there really.

 

[outback jack]

i mean no disrespect to mcleod but roo is probably the best player in the league and i feel not recognised as he plays for us,if he played in victoria this would be different

Atm he would be up there, probably behind pav and judd. You raise some good points about roo's achievements, but personally i think macca was always considered the better player until recently. Roo's only added some polish to his kicking esp within the last 3 yrs. Without a doubt roo also had that tough guy image too, but hits like that dean kemp one would get byron like suspensions these days. The difference is byron has remained a sniper, while roo gets the hard ball himself too. Thats why hes so respected. Never seen him unfairly hit anyone for a long time (exclude selwood) and he could really hurt some of the younger players if he wanted to you'd think.

In their primes macca and roo are pretty even though, its just that roo's has been more recent and macca really has fallen away to being virtually ineffective in the middle now days. Lucky to have both play for us though!

 

[Stiffy_18]

Jack even in McLeod's prime, the club still named Mark Ricciuto as the player of the decade.

McLeod at his best is an unbelieveable game breaker and match winner but Roo is far more consistent and can be just as damaging. Do I need to remind you about that game at Optus Oval going back a few years??????

Roo has been a champion throughout his career. He has been far more consistent which is shown by his AA selections. McLeod has been AA 3 times compared to Roo's 8 AA jumpers. Roo has only had one average season in his career and thats going back a couple of years when he had trouble breathing. He came back really strongly the following year.

Roo has been exceptional player year in year out. McLeod might be more exciting on his day but if I was picking a side, Roo would be the one first picked every time.

 

[- PC -]

Atm he would be up there, probably behind pav and judd.

I would argue that

You raise some good points about roo's achievements, but personally i think macca was always considered the better player until recently

. I think you are right. Macca is flash and Roo is the worker, and people remember flash.

In their primes macca and roo are pretty even though, its just that roo's has been more recent and macca really has fallen away to being virtually ineffective in the middle now days. Lucky to have both play for us though!

Agreed

 

[darren pfieffer]

I think you are right. Macca is flash and Roo is the worker, and people remember flash.

I still think Roo will be remembered pretty highly.

I think a good way to get an idea on this one is by asking non Crows supporters who sticks in their mind better.

 

[tredders16]

I still think Roo will be remembered pretty highly.

I think a good way to get an idea on this one is by asking non Crows supporters who sticks in their mind better.

Would love to have him in my side.
Absolute Champion of the highest order.
And hes from Waikerie, even better!!!

 

[Markthirtytwo]

Without sounding biased, ehm, cough, Roo is the best player the AFC has had up to date, without a doubt. His courage, his ability to win the hard ball, to kick that goal when the side needs it, his leadership is the best in the league.

To me he is Bickley and Mcleod rolled into one. And Im glad we have him and I was there to see him play.

 

[noddy]

Without sounding biased, ehm, cough, Roo is the best player the AFC has had up to date, without a doubt. His courage, his ability to win the hard ball, to kick that goal when the side needs it, his leadership is the best in the league.

To me he is Bickley and Mcleod rolled into one. And Im glad we have him and I was there to see him play.

What Mark says.

 

[Powerstufff]

Needs to play more finals.