Toast Robbie Gray announces his retirement

[Captain_Bender]

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I have nothing really to add here but this just popped up on my Facebook, cheers

Just drank one good bloody drop

 

[Truckosaurus]

I desperately wanted him as part of the Ebert trade. Amazing how good he was with the injuries he had.

 

[Lex22]

Absolute gun, as good a player as I’ve seen represent Port Adelaide. All class.

Whether you think he’s a flog or not is another thing, but by geez there’s some underrating of Kane Cornes

Kane Cornes

Age

41

Ht

183cm

Wt

78kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

23.5

5star

K

12.5

5star

HB

11.0

5star

M

5.2

5star

T

3.3

5star

CL

2.6

4star

No current season stats available

D

13.0

4star

K

7.6

3star

HB

5.4

4star

M

3.0

3star

T

1.2

3star

as a player on here.

 

[JimmyBC]

Whether you think he’s a flog or not is another thing, but by geez there’s some underrating of Kane Cornes as a player on here.

He was a tagger with the ability to stat rack there was no x-factor or class which the very elite have.

 

[Lex22]

He was a tagger with the ability to stat rack there was no x-factor or class which the very elite have.

Wasn’t always a just a dour tagger. Won 4-5 B&F’s, multiple All-Australian etc.

I agree he’s no superstar, but he’s a much better player than he’s getting credit for.

 

[GhostofJimJess]

Brilliant player, magnificent competitor. Played it fair and classy, and just about always found a way to terrorise my team. Even when we were at the top of our game, if I looked at the team sheets and saw "R. Gray" in the Port team I knew we were probably less than 50-50 to come away with the points.

Ornament to the game, and will be greatly missed by all lovers of footy.

 

[endure]

It feels like just yesterday that he was being put on on a pedestal by the media as the next legendary player. I always enjoyed watching him play and regret not seeing more of his games. Whilst he was capable and executed brilliance on the field, he came across as humble in a sincere way.

 

[Rod Stroker]

Absolute elite champion. Been one of my favourite non-North players over the last decade.

 

[tangolikelama]

One of my favourite plays

 

[Angus Young]

That goal he kicked after the siren at the Gabba during covid. Totally clutch. That´s what I will remember.

 

[Rod Stroker]

Why is he retiring now? Seems a bit sudden. Does his form not warrant him to go on?

 

[It Just Is]

His 3rd quarter in the 2014 semi final against Freo at Subi was as good as it gets. Turned a final off his own boot.

Edit: Should note that he did all this as a late draft pick, suffered one of the most grotesque ACLs imaginable at 24 and also beat cancer.

 

[HugeJohnson]

Why is he retiring now? Seems a bit sudden. Does his form not warrant him to go on?

He's well past it, his time has definitely come and no his form barely warrants being selected at all.

Nevertheless he has well and truly earned a farewell game, an absolute legend of Port Adelaide and one of my favourite players ever. It's just not going to be the same without him. One of my favourite memories of which there are countless is the four goals he kicked against Essendon in his 3rd game. The first goal in this video you could see straight away this kid was going to be something very special and had that rare ability to be two steps ahead of anyone else around him.
What a steal at pick 55 too, just quietly....

 

[Roobs321]

One of the Power's most universally admired players, was just increasingly harder to dislike as he was a treat to watch, cream in motion.

 

[Papa G]

Robbie could have played on perhaps another year and eeked out another years salary, but had the good grace to know when it was time.

Yet we still have the the 2 impoater frauds in Hinkley and Koch at the club. Sickening.

 

[JimmyBC]

Wasn’t always a just a dour tagger. Won 4-5 B&F’s, multiple All-Australian etc.

I agree he’s no superstar, but he’s a much better player than he’s getting credit for.

Kane was the reason we changed the way the B&F is calculated.

He was a good player with longevity, I'm sure you have had examples of that at the Dogs but it wouldn't sit them at Bonts table.

 

[Anja_Nees]

Total gun. He got to play in a few prelims but it’s a shame he came a bit too late to play in Port’s GFs. Deserved a few more big finals.

 

[Jibroni]

Along with T Boak he is my favourite Port footballer, would have to be Ports top 5 players since inception.

 

[Neese]

Enjoy watching him. Except for that after the siren goal against Carlton.
Farewell Robbie.

 

[Romeoh1]

Terrific footballer and I enjoyed watching him over the years, even when he was giving us a lot of trouble. All the best to him.

 

[VinnieB]

Thanks Robbie, you deserved more team accolades to go with the personal ones.
Will always be a great of our club.

* you Collingwood for not allowing him to wear the prison bars in his final game.

What type of message are we sending the kids out there talking about the want for 'prison bars'?
It may be of comfort to the kids of Port, but not the rest of the country.

I think it's great he gets to play in the same colours he has in his whole career. Don't ruin it for him.

 

[VinnieB]

Blame Hinkley. Ironically, more than any other play Robbie has kept Ken in a job with the number of games he won off his own boot.

Should be mentioned that in 2014 he did win the coaches MVP award and had a good claim to being the best player in the comp. As usual the dullard umps had no idea though.

I agree he should have been right up there for the Brownlow. How he wasn't even in the top 10 was ridiculous.

 

[JimmyBC]

What type of message are we sending the kids out there talking about the want for 'prison bars'?
It may be of comfort to the kids of Port, but not the rest of the country.

I think it's great he gets to play in the same colours he has in his whole career. Don't ruin it for him.

Don't be a moby this isn't the thread for it.

 

[VinnieB]

Don't be a moby this isn't the thread for it.

Just responding to your mate. He brought it up.