2009 Player Mentors

[Freezer]

The full 2009 RFC player-mentor list is:

Will Thursfield – Matt Rogers
Brett Deledio – *smile* Clay
Andrew Raines – Nick Daffy
Troy Simmonds – David Honybun
Graham Polak – Nathan Bower
Nathan Brown – John Nix
Jack Riewoldt – Eric Leech
Trent Cotchin – Barry Rowlings
Shane Edwards – Bruce Tempany
Joel Bowden – Michael Green
Matthew Richardson – Mike Perry
Jordan McMahon – Trevor Poole
Dean Polo – Tim Powell
Kayne Pettifer – *smile* Clay
Luke McGuane – Jeff Hogg
Chris Newman – Barry Young
Alex Rance – Peter Williams
Dean Putt – John Ronaldson
Mitch Morton – Stephen Ryan
Shane Tuck – Andy Goodwin
Jarrad Oakley-Nicholls – Phil Egan
Daniel Jackson – Des Ryan
Mark Coughlan – Graeme Bond
Jay Schulz – Jon Howat
Adam Pattison – Brendon Gale
Tom Hislop – Francis Bourke
Kane Johnson – Gerald Betts
Tyrone Vickery – Todd Menegola
Richard Tambling – Phil Egan
Adam Thomson – Laurie Fowler
Ben Cousins – Kevin Sheedy
David Gourdis – Barry Cameron
Cleve Hughes – Barry Richardson
Matt White – Cameron Clayton
Jarrod Silvester – Mark Summers
Jayden Post – Andrew Kellaway
Robin Nahas – Barry Rowlings
Daniel Connors – Tony Free
Kelvin Moore – Nathan Bower
Nathan Foley – Justin Pickering
Andrew Collins – Chris Naish
Andrew Browne – Kevin Fitzgerald
Angus Graham – Neville Crowe
Alroy Gilligan – Phil Egan
Jake King – Wayne Walsh

 

[Baloo]

Good to see Brendon Gale is still involved with the club.

 

[Tigerfan]

Jay Schulz – Jon Howat

:headscratch

 

[BBC]

Good to see Bones Richardson and Jeff Hogg back at the club too. :clap

 

[ToraToraTora]

What a stunning mix of a couple of champions, good honest triers, perennial underachievers, and straight up duds. The mentors are about the same as well.

 

[Knighta]

nice to see andy kellaway mentoring mr rance!
look out for some bone crushing backing into oncoming packs!

 

[Col.E.Kurtz]

Good to see Brendon Gale is still involved with the club.

Isn't it? He's mentoring the right player too. I've always been a bit annoyed with the club they didn't give Patto the number 25

 

[Big Cat Lover]

Isn't it? He's mentoring the right player too. I've always been a bit annoyed with the club they didn't give Patto the number 25

Might teach him to mark?

 

[Tigers2011]

What's Vickery going to learn from Todd Menegola? Similarly Howat with Schulz.

They must have been unbelievably successful in some field/business away from football because as ex-players (and average ones at that), I can't see what they can offer. This is especially true when you see Sheedy mentoring Cousins; Free with Dan Connors and many of the others where there seems to be a better logic.

 

[Col.E.Kurtz]

What's Vickery going to learn from Todd Menegola? Similarly Howat with Schulz.

I reckon Jay could learn a lot from Howat's approach on the training track. If Sarge got as much much from his talent as Howat did he's be a a much better player.

 

[Broadsword95]

Only the other day I was thinking about David Honeybunn.

"Honeybunn kicks...Honeybunn goals!" is from a match we played against Carlton one year. Has always stuck in my memory.

Also on the Schulz-Jon Howat partnership, I think you have to be very suspicious of a man who's name is made up of JON and HOWAT... (cheap joke)

 

[lukeanddad]

No Sheedy? I thought he may have asked for a special project - JON, Jacko, Raines, Edwards...

By the way, I loved reading what Francis Bourke had to say about Richo in the Tigers mag. Seems very genuine. On the other hand, I thought that my childhood hero (Royce) was just a little churlish.

 

[Rosy]

Sheeds is mentor for Ben Cousins lukeanddad

 

[IanG]

A very interesting mix. Patto and Hislop have appropriate mentors. Good to see some of the faces back at the club.

 

[josey]

Jeez Chris Newman drew the short straw.

Whats BY going to offer as a mentor?

 

[IanG]

I would have thought Barry Young would be better than say Todd Menegola. Thats one that flabbergasts me on the face of it especially for a first year player.

 

[josey]

I would have thought Barry Young would be better than say Todd Menegola. Thats one that flabbergasts me on the face of it especially for a first year player.

Lets just say BY would stuggle to understand the word empathy.

Which would make the mentoring process a little difficult.