Training Richmond 2020 Preseason training

[Sir_Loin]

Pre-season injury update

Official AFL Website of the Richmond Football Club

www.richmondfc.com.au

Good to see our injured players tracking well. Sounds like Nank had groin relocation surgery. That was a joke from the 12th man but it actually happened in this instance. FMD.

Higgo the best news though. Great to see he has the all clear. Pumped to see him back

 

[TigerMoz1973]

Stoked for Higgo. I watched a few matches from during the season and forgot how good he is.
And how good is it gonna be with Rance, Marlion, Higgo and Jack playing. Jack Graham that is

 

[Punt rd end]

Tigger interview

Why Richmond’s 2019 flag felt “completely different” to 2017

"First time we did it, everything was new, we wanted to touch everything."

www.sen.com.au

 

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We have 2 2020 potential draftees currently training with us.

Zavier Maher 183 82kg Midfielder
Elijah Hollands 188cm 80kg Midfielder

AFL Draft Central had this to say about both boys in the U17 game on Grand Final Day. Hollands played for Team Brown who won by 8 goals. Maher played for Team Dal Santo

#20 Elijah Hollands (Murray Bushrangers)
It was a very near-complete performance from the Team Brown captain, who booted two classy goals in his time between the midfield and forward line. His work rate in the engine room was top notch, digging in to win the ball himself and tackling hard going the other way with the opposition breaking. Hollands also impacted the centre bounces from his starting position on the wing early on, proving clean and composed when the footy was hot. His first goal was a typical one, propping after he collected the loose ball and snapping home. The second was a show-stopper, slamming the ball through the big sticks from 55m out off a couple of steps. Is one of the leading prospects at this early stage, and narrowly missed out on best afield honours. Had 24 disposals 5 clearances 4 I50s & 2 goals on the day.


#7 Zavier Maher (Murray Bushrangers)
Was one of the better Team Dal Santo players and when with time and space, knows how to use it. He was continually running along the wing pumping it inside 50, setting up scoring opportunities for his teammates. He got the ball to Oliver henry inside 50 and hit up Nathan O’Driscoll at half-forward, then had a couple of scoring chances himself with a bounding shot late in the second term and later on a flying shot on the goal but just missed both. When under pressure he rushed his kicks at time to try and get it forward, but was generally eye-catching and showed good strength around the stoppages.

Maybe a couple of boys to keep on eye on through out 2020

 

[Wrenny]

We have 2 2020 potential draftees currently training with us.

Zavier Maher 183 82kg Midfielder
Elijah Hollands 188cm 80kg Midfielder

AFL Draft Central had this to say about both boys in the U17 game on Grand Final Day. Hollands played for Team Brown who won by 8 goals. Maher played for Team Dal Santo

#20 Elijah Hollands (Murray Bushrangers)
It was a very near-complete performance from the Team Brown captain, who booted two classy goals in his time between the midfield and forward line. His work rate in the engine room was top notch, digging in to win the ball himself and tackling hard going the other way with the opposition breaking. Hollands also impacted the centre bounces from his starting position on the wing early on, proving clean and composed when the footy was hot. His first goal was a typical one, propping after he collected the loose ball and snapping home. The second was a show-stopper, slamming the ball through the big sticks from 55m out off a couple of steps. Is one of the leading prospects at this early stage, and narrowly missed out on best afield honours. Had 24 disposals 5 clearances 4 I50s & 2 goals on the day.


#7 Zavier Maher (Murray Bushrangers)
Was one of the better Team Dal Santo players and when with time and space, knows how to use it. He was continually running along the wing pumping it inside 50, setting up scoring opportunities for his teammates. He got the ball to Oliver henry inside 50 and hit up Nathan O’Driscoll at half-forward, then had a couple of scoring chances himself with a bounding shot late in the second term and later on a flying shot on the goal but just missed both. When under pressure he rushed his kicks at time to try and get it forward, but was generally eye-catching and showed good strength around the stoppages.

Maybe a couple of boys to keep on eye on through out 2020

Hollands will be well gone by our 1st pick.

 

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Hollands will be well gone by our 1st pick.

As it stands now, probably right, but there is a whole season to unfold so who knows.

 

[Wrenny]

As it stands now, probably right, but there is a whole season to unfold so who knows.

2020 premiers carton on it?

 

[_RT_]

2020 premiers carton on it?

He probably goes top 5 going by early rankings. All I'm saying is that like Kemp/Stephens an injury that ruins a season could change that.


Hopefully I haven't cursed him now.

 

[THE_GUN]

pick #19 doesnt get you much these days , Do we miss the top end pick



Hell No

 

[mhill]

Oleg Markov gifted 5 years on an afl list

Yeah but this year he’s promised to break O-leg

 

[Infamy]

Hollands will be well gone by our 1st pick.

Maybe we trade Pick 19 & Saint's Pick 24 for an early selection before we take our NGA kids
Lots of other teams will be trading for more draft points

 

[Tiger_Of_Old]

Tigger interview

Why Richmond’s 2019 flag felt “completely different” to 2017

"First time we did it, everything was new, we wanted to touch everything."

www.sen.com.au

Dil Santo-"Different feeling between 3yrs ago and the season just gone"
2yrs ago ya Dick.

 

[Tiger_Of_Old]

Hollands will be well gone by our 1st pick.

Tank

 

[THE THIN MAN]

Markov looking fit as always
Hope he can put it all together this year has the toolset just needs to work out how to apply it

Remember Post, he only needed 6 more games!

 

[Oprah From Tigerland]

Delicious

Richmond spoiled for choice to replace Brandon Ellis as Maurice Rioli Jr joins Tigers stars at training

If Richmond’s latest pre-season training session is any guide, coach Damien Hardwick faces a selection logjam in 2020 that will surely ignite talk of a Tigers’ dynasty. And the sight of Maurice Rioli Jr was another reason for fans to get excited.

Jon Ralph, Herald Sun

December 12, 2019 8:14pm

Maurice Rioli Jr’s presence at Richmond training on Thursday was the perfect symbol for coach Damien Hardwick’s challenges ahead.

The stars on show ahead of the Christmas break revealed why pundits will spend the summer talking about the dynasty that awaits.

Alex Rance was surging through repeat sprints, Dustin Martin and Trent Cotchin were inseparable on the track, and the Tom Lynch-Jack Riewoldt dream duo continued their summer education.

But around them were a dozen young players desperate to break into a side striving for its third flag in four seasons.

The selection logjam looks to be one of Hardwick’s greatest challenges.

The Tigers will have to wait until November next year to choose Rioli Jr as a father-son selection amid conjecture about where he lays in the draft pecking order.

Draft watchers don’t yet have him high or even mid-table in the draft but, as AFL talent manager Kevin Sheehan said, his cousin Daniel emerged only in his final draft year.

With Brandon Ellis gone to the Gold Coast, half a dozen players on show are already eyeing his spot.

Talented kids Patrick Naish, Sydney Stack and Derek Eggmolesse-Smith, all of them 2019 debutantes, will push for that position, alongside Oleg Markov and 2017 premiership player Kamdyn McIntosh.

The idea of a fit Lynch setting his sights on 80 goals after a full pre-season will terrify defenders.

And then there’s other key forwards Noah Balta, Mabior Chol and Callum Coleman-Jones who were blending into match-play drills after showing glimpses of their potential last season.

Add in the returning Jack Higgins, Norm Smith contender Marlion Pickett, VFL grand final revelation Riley Collier-Dawkins, and second-year midfielder Jack Ross and there is genuine intrigue going into season.

Higgins won’t integrate into full training until after Christmas, but the effervescent forward was bouncing around in repeat-effort drills with the look of a player set for a Round 1 return following brain surgery.

The mere mention of Rioli Jr’s name is enough to make Tigers fans weak at the knees, given a pedigree that saw his father win the 1982 Norm Smith 33 years before cousin Cyril’s best-afield display in the 2015 Grand Final.

Maurice Jr will spend his year with Richmond steering a program that will include school games at Scotch College, the NAB League with Oakleigh Chargers and the under-18 championships with the Northern Territory.

“I remember with Daniel Rioli it wasn’t until about July of his 18th year where he played a game for NT and you thought: ‘This kid’s future is unfolding in front of our eyes’,” Sheehan said.

 

[Charlie Pannam]

That’s great to hear that Higgins is bouncing around and set for a R1 return.
really thought he may struggle to play again after a second lot of surgery

 

[Al Heimer]

Delicious

Richmond spoiled for choice to replace Brandon Ellis as Maurice Rioli Jr joins Tigers stars at training

If Richmond’s latest pre-season training session is any guide, coach Damien Hardwick faces a selection logjam in 2020 that will surely ignite talk of a Tigers’ dynasty. And the sight of Maurice Rioli Jr was another reason for fans to get excited.

Jon Ralph, Herald Sun

December 12, 2019 8:14pm

Maurice Rioli Jr’s presence at Richmond training on Thursday was the perfect symbol for coach Damien Hardwick’s challenges ahead.

The stars on show ahead of the Christmas break revealed why pundits will spend the summer talking about the dynasty that awaits.

Alex Rance was surging through repeat sprints, Dustin Martin and Trent Cotchin were inseparable on the track, and the Tom Lynch-Jack Riewoldt dream duo continued their summer education.

But around them were a dozen young players desperate to break into a side striving for its third flag in four seasons.

The selection logjam looks to be one of Hardwick’s greatest challenges.

The Tigers will have to wait until November next year to choose Rioli Jr as a father-son selection amid conjecture about where he lays in the draft pecking order.

Draft watchers don’t yet have him high or even mid-table in the draft but, as AFL talent manager Kevin Sheehan said, his cousin Daniel emerged only in his final draft year.

With Brandon Ellis gone to the Gold Coast, half a dozen players on show are already eyeing his spot.

Talented kids Patrick Naish, Sydney Stack and Derek Eggmolesse-Smith, all of them 2019 debutantes, will push for that position, alongside Oleg Markov and 2017 premiership player Kamdyn McIntosh.

The idea of a fit Lynch setting his sights on 80 goals after a full pre-season will terrify defenders.

And then there’s other key forwards Noah Balta, Mabior Chol and Callum Coleman-Jones who were blending into match-play drills after showing glimpses of their potential last season.

Add in the returning Jack Higgins, Norm Smith contender Marlion Pickett, VFL grand final revelation Riley Collier-Dawkins, and second-year midfielder Jack Ross and there is genuine intrigue going into season.

Higgins won’t integrate into full training until after Christmas, but the effervescent forward was bouncing around in repeat-effort drills with the look of a player set for a Round 1 return following brain surgery.

The mere mention of Rioli Jr’s name is enough to make Tigers fans weak at the knees, given a pedigree that saw his father win the 1982 Norm Smith 33 years before cousin Cyril’s best-afield display in the 2015 Grand Final.

Maurice Jr will spend his year with Richmond steering a program that will include school games at Scotch College, the NAB League with Oakleigh Chargers and the under-18 championships with the Northern Territory.

“I remember with Daniel Rioli it wasn’t until about July of his 18th year where he played a game for NT and you thought: ‘This kid’s future is unfolding in front of our eyes’,” Sheehan said.

Hefty erection article.

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[Tiger_Of_Old]

AFL might have to give us Norfs licence.
Naming is the biggest headache
Punt Road ?????

 

[JAKLAUGHING]

AFL might have to give us Norfs licence.
Naming is the biggest headache
Punt Road ?????

The Proos or Pros!

 

[Marcel Proust]

Pre-season injury update

Official AFL Website of the Richmond Football Club

www.richmondfc.com.au

Good to see our injured players tracking well. Sounds like Nank had groin relocation surgery. That was a joke from the 12th man but it actually happened in this instance. FMD.

Higgo the best news though. Great to see he has the all clear. Pumped to see him back

itd be brilliant if our spine/core could have a good run with injury

Rance
Grimes/Astbury
Martin/Cotchin
Lynch
Riewoldt

obviously the other important bits too Prestia, Vlastuin, etc.

will be dynamite with some luck. Even winning the flag it was cruel to have rance go down

 

[This Is Anfield]

AFL might have to give us Norfs licence.
Naming is the biggest headache
Punt Road ?????

The Proos or Pros!

 

[Coach_Required]

Hollands will be well gone by our 1st pick.

Carlton will pick him and claim they got him because he was our preferred choice.

 

[Not Important]

Stoked for Higgo. I watched a few matches from during the season and forgot how good he is.
And how good is it gonna be with Rance, Marlion, Higgo and Jack playing. Jack Graham that is

agree. great to see him doing so well. the kids been to hell and back.

 

[Oprah From Tigerland]

Richmond AFL and AFLW players hit the training track for a joint session before Christmas

They might be the reigning premiers but there are no signs of slowing down at Punt Road. Ahead of the Christmas break, find out which AFL and AFLW players are putting together monster pre-seasons.

Lauren Wood, Herald Sun
December 17, 2019 6:56pm

Richmond is expecting Damien Hardwick to pull something new out of his Santa sack this pre-season as the Tigers hunt a third premiership in four years.

And defender Dylan Grimes says returning backman Alex Rance is the one leading the team’s barrelling sleigh into 2020.

Rance, who missed the entire 2019 season – including the team’s premiership glory – after a knee reconstruction, appears in better condition than he was before the devastating injury, Grimes said, and has the entire club in tow behind him.

“He’s such a great leader for us and has been such a good player for such a long time,” Grimes said.

“He was really unlucky not to play in the later stages of this year. He’s been building now for 12 months for the season to start, so I think he’s going to be in terrific condition.

“Seeing him move around the track, he’s honestly moving better than he was before the knee, it looks like. So I think the whole club is really behind him at the moment.

“Riding that emotional wave of seeing a player work so hard to get back on track and to get those rewards, hopefully, on field next year would be absolutely terrific.”

The Tigers embarked on their first joint training session with their new AFL Women’s team at Punt Road on Tuesday night, with a mass team meeting before combined running and skills in balmy weather.

Tigers recruit Akec Makur Chuot said the men’s team had been “awesome” in their support and would be a driving force for the team’s inaugural season of AFLW, which begins in February.

“For us, to go off the back of what the boys have been able to achieve this year gives us a really strong momentum and a really good backing for us to go and put our best foot forward for the 2020 season,” she said.

Grimes, who is almost in full training in his 11th pre-season after wrist surgery, said double premiership coach Hardwick – who had the whistle for a number of the women’s team’s drills on Tuesday night – was keeping his charges on their toes.

“Dimma’s a guy that really prides himself on his personal development and really evolving as a coach,” he said.

“He acknowledges that if we play the exact same as we did in 2019, it’s not going to be good enough in 2020.

“He’s always looking for innovative ways to grow, and that growth stems from himself. He’s off overseas always doing the next big thing in coaching or personal development, and he’s really invested in himself first.”

Grimes said he had “no doubt” that something would change for the Tigers as they launch their assault on back-to-back premierships, but as for what that would be remained to be the ace up Hardwick’s sleeve.

“He always brings a fresh energy to each pre-season … to know that a coach throughout the course of the pre-season is going to keep things fresh and vibrant and different and not repetitive and boring means a lot to us,” he said.

“It’s such a long pre-season, so to have a coach that’s going to grow themselves and looking to grow the program year-in, year-out is really positive.”

 

[Oprah From Tigerland]

Livewire Tiger flying, star 'moving better than he was before the knee'
Livewire Richmond utility Sydney Stack is at his bouncy best ahead of his second AFL season



By Sarah Black - 3 hrs ago

Teammate Dylan Grimes said Stack – who wasn't officially added to the Tigers' list until March of this year, through the supplemental selection period – was moving well on the track.

To help with his off-season back home in Perth, the youngster was given incentives in his contract to return in tip-top shape.

Stack captured the imagination of the football world with his fearless attack on the ball, high-flying traits and neat ball skills at both ends of the ground, playing 17 games before an untimely syndesmosis ankle injury saw him miss the AFL finals.

"He's come back absolutely as we could have hoped, really. He hasn't missed a beat, he's running well, and as you'll see tonight, he's training well," Grimes said.

"We know our players are going to return in good nick, regardless where we finish in the season prior or how strict or lax the off-season programs are, we've had players come back in good nick for a long time now.

"'Stacky' is no exception, so it's good to see him meet those targets in his contract and be ready to tackle the year from the right space.

'Stacky' came into the program as a pretty well-made AFL player. His personality type is that he's full of confidence, he's a confidence player. He hasn't changed his personality or the way he goes about his off-field or on-field game at all, since the moment he came.
- Dylan Grimes

Champion defender Alex Rance is edging closer to full training after an arthroscope on his reconstructed knee.

"He's been building now for 12 months for the season to start, so I think he's going to be in terrific condition. Seeing him move around the track, he's moving better than he was before the knee, it seems to me," Grimes said.

Grimes has had a minor operation on his wrist but said he is very close to a return to full training, only missing out on certain contact work.

"It's a great thing for footy to be able to combine the two teams together for a session. We pride ourselves on being a united club, and this is another way we can show that and build the connection a little bit more between the AFL and AFLW programs," Grimes said.

AFLW defender Akec Makur Chuot said her teammates were eager to take on the boys.

"We've got a really competitive bunch, so I'll put my money on it … so the boys better bring it," Makur Chuot said with a laugh.

"We are not going to be backing down. We're going to be enjoying ourselves, but this is a training session just like every other session."