From his Instagram yesterday:
From his Instagram yesterday:
Just want to say a big thank you to the @richmond_fc for giving me the chance to live out my boy hood dream to play AFL. I will always be grateful for the club and everything they’ve done for me over the past 3 years.
Looking forward to starting a new chapter in my career as a @stkildafc player, who I grew up supporting. I can’t wait to get started
by the way for anyone who hasn't seen it, here's that famous footage of the 2009 PF between Saints and Bulldogs, featuring a lively St Kilda crowd including a very young Jack Higgins cheering St Kilda on from the front row!
Two things to note here; first is that one of the players in the Bulldogs team that day was his namesake Shaun Higgins; 11 years later Shaun is still playing and that little kid in the crowd is too!
2nd thing is that Andrew McQualter was also playing that day in his number 32 jumper. Being that he's a popular assistant coach at Richmond now, it would be a nice touch for Snags to inherit his number.
Gotta love that slowmo of the seagul at the end. Spiritual.
I'm not against it. It'd be a great story.
I thought he'd signed a contract extension for next year.
* him, win it for me
Yep that's why I said it. I'm not greedy.
Don't mind him.
Yep. But that sort of ignores the individual. I was born 92 and honestly thought I'd die before I even saw Richmond make a Grand Final. Even after 2016 when I was most optimistic about our chances.
little drunk also. This halfhearted melt has been a long time coming.
Yep. But that sort of ignores the individual. I was born 92 and honestly thought I'd die before I even saw Richmond make a Grand Final. Even after 2016 when I was most optimistic about our chances.
During the dark days of Richmond as I was growing up I had great empathy for the Saints, even as a kid I knew that what I was going through was a fraction of what some saints were experiencing.
Recent tiger success or not, I would have come in here and said exactly the same.
I know you weren't abusing me or jumping down my throat or anything, it was a good post, but the inclination to respond in that way can get a little tiring as a tiger supporter.
I value good sportsmanship over being a flog or even straight banter and I'm a little weary from everyone bringing up other Richmond supporters when all I was doing was voicing my positive sentiments for the saints and my joy at seeing higgo happy.
Genuinely like every club except collingwood and I'm not every single Richmond supporter. I'd like to have a conversation with another supporter without my clubs success being brought up as a cause for my comments or the fact that we have some ferals.
We might not have the length of pain that you guys have, but growing up and up until a few years ago Richmond were a joke. A brutal joke. My magnanimous nature is 100% more attributed to growing up in dark days rather than because of recent success.
Weird rant I know... And probably given to the wrong person but I would just like to be able to voice an opinion without others attaching qualifiers to it. I didn't come in here to talk about Richmond, our recent success or our supporters.
I'm just ******* stoked for Higgo and the Saints. I don't believe in 'deserve' in footy but by fu** do the saints deserve a Flag. And a premiership photo where the captain isn't in bloody pies colours.
I'm not ignorant to your pain.
Not having a go either
Fair do's. All that to say thanks for being an earnest well wisher and please excuse any bitterness or lack of class on our part.Yep. But that sort of ignores the individual. I was born 92 and honestly thought I'd die before I even saw Richmond make a Grand Final. Even after 2016 when I was most optimistic about our chances.
During the dark days of Richmond as I was growing up I had great empathy for the Saints, even as a kid I knew that what I was going through was a fraction of what some saints were experiencing.
Recent tiger success or not, I would have come in here and said exactly the same.
I know you weren't abusing me or jumping down my throat or anything, it was a good post, but the inclination to respond in that way can get a little tiring as a tiger supporter.
I value good sportsmanship over being a flog or even straight banter and I'm a little weary from everyone bringing up other Richmond supporters when all I was doing was voicing my positive sentiments for the saints and my joy at seeing higgo happy.
Genuinely like every club except collingwood and I'm not every single Richmond supporter. I'd like to have a conversation with another supporter without my clubs success being brought up as a cause for my comments or the fact that we have some ferals.
We might not have the length of pain that you guys have, but growing up and up until a few years ago Richmond were a joke. A brutal joke. My magnanimous nature is 100% more attributed to growing up in dark days rather than because of recent success.
Weird rant I know... And probably given to the wrong person but I would just like to be able to voice an opinion without others attaching qualifiers to it. I didn't come in here to talk about Richmond, our recent success or our supporters.
I'm just ******* stoked for Higgo and the Saints. I don't believe in 'deserve' in footy but by fu** do the saints deserve a Flag. And a premiership photo where the captain isn't in bloody pies colours.
I'm not ignorant to your pain.
Not having a go eitherlittle drunk also. This halfhearted melt has been a long time coming.
Nah all good mate, no lack of class on your end. Just a tipsy sense of indignancy on my end. I am a tiger supporter after all. I can only keep it at bay for so long
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little drunk also. This halfhearted melt has been a long time coming.
