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David Astbury, Thank You
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Haha, I just had to edit my post above so as not to plagiarise
as I had also included a 'we should send the video to Carro' comment.
My favourite astbury story ....
gf week 2017. We just happened to hire an Air b&b in south yarra beside daves sister. That week was relentless tigerland co-incidences. Any way were out one night in richmond, full as boots, and we see daves sister and she calls us over to meet the whole family. The Astburys.
Daves olds knew me and snakes nana and pop from ararat.
side note: @tigersnake has a dramatic tipping point, and rum tips the scales dramatically.
anyway, were getting on great with The Astburys, so i go and get another round .... of rums. guatemalan 12 yo from memory.
get back and snake is deep into the family trees with the Astbury patriarch and i hand them both a rum. snake downs his in one excited gulp. Everything was exciting and gulped that week. Mr Astbury took a sip on his, and asked snake a question about our Pop,
but snake had tipped. He appeared normal. He had a composed, if glazed, look and was looking Mr. Astbury in the eye. But he went completely non-responsive.
Mr.Astbury looked at me puzzled?
its a kind of a rum locked-in syndrome, i explained, he can hear you and understands everything, he just cant responds. Its ok, it happens often.
so mr. astbury finished a story about Ararat and Tattyoon, and we all sang tigerland again, with our arms around snake,
who was happy, and understood everything.
lovely mob, the Astburys
gf week 2017. We just happened to hire an Air b&b in south yarra beside daves sister. That week was relentless tigerland co-incidences. Any way were out one night in richmond, full as boots, and we see daves sister and she calls us over to meet the whole family. The Astburys.
Daves olds knew me and snakes nana and pop from ararat.
side note: @tigersnake has a dramatic tipping point, and rum tips the scales dramatically.
anyway, were getting on great with The Astburys, so i go and get another round .... of rums. guatemalan 12 yo from memory.
get back and snake is deep into the family trees with the Astbury patriarch and i hand them both a rum. snake downs his in one excited gulp. Everything was exciting and gulped that week. Mr Astbury took a sip on his, and asked snake a question about our Pop,
but snake had tipped. He appeared normal. He had a composed, if glazed, look and was looking Mr. Astbury in the eye. But he went completely non-responsive.
Mr.Astbury looked at me puzzled?
its a kind of a rum locked-in syndrome, i explained, he can hear you and understands everything, he just cant responds. Its ok, it happens often.
so mr. astbury finished a story about Ararat and Tattyoon, and we all sang tigerland again, with our arms around snake,
who was happy, and understood everything.
lovely mob, the Astburys
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Dave say it isnt so.
The Tigers are not ready for you to leave.
They knew it too hence they wanted him to go around again and tried to convince him to stay.
What a wonderful servant a Premiership hero but more than all that.
An amiable intelligent and down to earth and all round good bloke.
PLUS ....One of the Cultural Leaders at the club humble and dour, steadfast and strong.
We are going to miss this guy in many ways at the RFC just the same as we will should Bash retire.
Some blokes have a major impact on the field but an even bigger one off it.
David Astbury is the epitome of one of those guys.
I always knew he'd be a better defender than forward always moved like a defender, how good he has been alongside Rance and Dylan is measured with Premiership cups and within the renewed culture of success at Tigerland.
Great Speech one of the best most emotive and heart felt speeches Ive seen.
Congratulations David Astbury on a wonderful career built up from many periods of adversity.
The RFC will miss you and I thank you and applaud you for what your efforts delivered to this Tiger Fan.
Many were unsure, some annoyed when he was given the #12 guernsey.
Now we are saddened as he hands it back.
Thank You Dave !!
Enjoy your retirement and the best for the future. !!
Tiger Tough #12
The Tigers are not ready for you to leave.
They knew it too hence they wanted him to go around again and tried to convince him to stay.
What a wonderful servant a Premiership hero but more than all that.
An amiable intelligent and down to earth and all round good bloke.
PLUS ....One of the Cultural Leaders at the club humble and dour, steadfast and strong.
We are going to miss this guy in many ways at the RFC just the same as we will should Bash retire.
Some blokes have a major impact on the field but an even bigger one off it.
David Astbury is the epitome of one of those guys.
I always knew he'd be a better defender than forward always moved like a defender, how good he has been alongside Rance and Dylan is measured with Premiership cups and within the renewed culture of success at Tigerland.
Great Speech one of the best most emotive and heart felt speeches Ive seen.
Congratulations David Astbury on a wonderful career built up from many periods of adversity.
The RFC will miss you and I thank you and applaud you for what your efforts delivered to this Tiger Fan.
Many were unsure, some annoyed when he was given the #12 guernsey.
Now we are saddened as he hands it back.
Thank You Dave !!
Enjoy your retirement and the best for the future. !!
Tiger Tough #12
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One of my best memories of DTLD. Showed Greene that no one is going t get away with cheap shots on a team mate. Severely underrated by everyone outside the RFC.
Dave has been the ultimate club man who gave everything to the club and his teammates. Going out at the top is just typical Dave. Going to miss him but hope whatever and wherever his future takes, I hope he will have success
What a down to earth person Dave is. Thank you so much for your contribution which has led to Richmond's success. You praise your peers, your current and retired team mates, you talk about our winning culture, you undertake learnings from our leaders, team mates (young and old), you acknowledge the hard work you put in and the understanding you gained from your band of brothers. You are truly a great Richmond Man. Well Done Dave and our very best wishes and blessings to you and your wonderful family. Number 12 lives on!
I meant across all the premierships, regardless of how many won. Rance too. Townsend still going.
Jack, Cotch, Nank,, Grimesy, Bachar, Shedda, Lambo, George, Daniel, Shorty, Vlossy, Dion and oh that's right,Dusty.
14 triples!
In good company is our Dave...
14 triples!
In good company is our Dave...
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