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IMPORTANT // Please look after your loved ones, yourself and be kind to others. If you are feeling that the world is too hard to handle there is always help - I implore you not to hesitate in contacting one of these wonderful organisations Lifeline and Beyond Blue ... and I'm sure reaching out to our PRE community we will find a way to help. T.
PUNT ROAD END | Richmond Tigers Forum
My local take-away joint has a framed 2002 team photo, and it was interesting to see that two-thirds of the list 4 years ago is no longer at the club. And all of the coaching staff except Dave Weadon.
Just starting with the back row, eight of ten have gone. In all, 28 of the 42 on the list have retired or been pushed into retirement (Knights), delisted or traded.
And of the 14 still on the list, the names of most remaining since 2002 bring about much gnashing of teeth on this forum. I'd expect at least four will retire or be traded, delisted or retired at the end of this season.
It's an amazing stat given that the photo was taken only a few months after a Prelimary Final when hopes were high for success.
It's also a reminder to the teeth-gnashers that the culling has been on in earnest for some time, but the result is a lost "generation" of players that has left us with a gaping hole in the age structure of our list.
Just starting with the back row, eight of ten have gone. In all, 28 of the 42 on the list have retired or been pushed into retirement (Knights), delisted or traded.
And of the 14 still on the list, the names of most remaining since 2002 bring about much gnashing of teeth on this forum. I'd expect at least four will retire or be traded, delisted or retired at the end of this season.
It's an amazing stat given that the photo was taken only a few months after a Prelimary Final when hopes were high for success.
It's also a reminder to the teeth-gnashers that the culling has been on in earnest for some time, but the result is a lost "generation" of players that has left us with a gaping hole in the age structure of our list.