Jacob Townsend

[caesar]

Will forever be known as a Tigerman!

Ultimate journeyman takes final bow as wild, four-club ride ends

Jacob Townsend talks to Cal Twomey about his incredible career and why he's finally calling it a day

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[eZyT]

The greatest cult hero of all time has officially pulled the pin on he’s AFL career .

love the Towner , certainly none any tougher

tiger immortal.

I wouldn't bat an eyelid if they cast him in bronze and planted him at The G

 

[Mr Brightside]

tiger immortal.

I wouldn't bat an eyelid if they cast him in bronze and planted him at The G

I think bronze would be an injustice

 

[eZyT]

"Everyone asks me, 'Which team was the best?' and I can't really pinpoint one.

just blew the statue.

 

[tigerman]

Well done Towner, not just a premiership player, a premiership hero

 

[bigwow]

"Everyone asks me, 'Which team was the best?' and I can't really pinpoint one.

just blew the statue.

Might like to rephrase that last bit.....

 

[TrialByVideo]

Part of the reason I reckon we love him is because we all see a bit of ourselves in Jacob. ... a battler living out a childhood dream. Even when he went to the darkside for a year, I couldn't hate him!

 

[Tigers of Old]

He was a gift from the Gods at exactly the time we needed him. The purplest of purple patches.


Will never want for a beer in tigerland for the rest of his days. Go well Jacob.

 

[tigertim]

Never heard anyone say a bad word about JT.

Geez he did it the hard way, 62 games over 10 seasons.

 

[Leysy Days]

Tiger Premiership Legend!

 

[RoarEmotion]

How good was that end to 2017 and started well in 2018 too if I recall. He just was slotting them and not missing.

 

[Mr Brightside]

Part of the reason I reckon we love him is because we all see a bit of ourselves in Jacob. ... a battler living out a childhood dream. Even when he went to the darkside for a year, I couldn't hate him!

Imho TBV ,Towna is a bloody good footballer , dosent have the natural gifts of most AFL midfielders, however throw him in the middle of any other league and he’s a star . In saying that it was his heart that made him a Premiership player .

Lets not forget he won the JJ Liston as well as a Premiership medallion

 

[Ridley]

Love Towner. Will never forget the role he played in that drought breaking 2017 premiership. For the last 5 games of that season he was incredible. How reliable was he in front of goal? It seems he just never missed.

Thanks Towner and good luck for the future.

 

[JimJessTorp]

Never heard anyone say a bad word about JT.

Yep.

Mind you a few Crows players from the 2017 GF are still curled up under their doonahs at home gibbering with fear that Towner might be lining them up again for some hard body contact, tackling or a good old fashioned rag-dolling!

Well played Jacob! Well played!

 

[Baloo]

That tackle changed the game. It won us a Premiership.

 

[5SKULL5]

Well played Jacob! Forever a part of Tiger folklore with that run of goals and games in 2017.
Life Member! We salute you.

 

[tigersnake]

Most loved and famous tiger 20 game player?

Got me thinking of others. I couldn't think of anyone who comes close. I'm sure there are a few famous, or infamous sub 20 gamers, but not as loved, Mal Brown, Stephen Jurica maybe. A few loved 50-odd gamers, Woosha Welsh, Laurie Fowler, but 50 is a long way from 20.

I'd say he is in a league of his own.

 

[CarnTheTiges]

Well done Towner, not just a premiership player, a premiership hero

And a life member.

 

[tommystigers]

He was a gift from the Gods at exactly the time we needed him. The purplest of purple patches.


Will never want for a beer in tigerland for the rest of his days. Go well Jacob.

Here's cheers to NSW Tiger for his unfailing love and promotion of Towner when we all had no idea who he was.
And then the legend emerged. Thanks Towner. Always and forever a Richmond Premiership Man.

 

[Mr T.]

One of my most loved players of the 2017 season. Always a Tiger! Go well Towna!