Shane Tuck.
Height 188cm
Weight: 89kg
DOB: 24 December 1981
Shane Tuck's statistics for 2006
career total stats in brackets
17 games.............. (42)
202 kicks.............. (546)
79 marks................(192)
147 handballs.........(358)
349 disposals.........(904)
20.53 av disp...........(21.5)
10 goals................. (21)
6 behinds................ (20)
23 taps....................(61)
54 tackles.............. (127)
9 frees for............... (32)
17 frees against.......(35)
Shane is 24 having been born on Christmas Eve of 1981. As a junior he played for the Dandenong Stingrays before he was recruited in 2001 to Hawthorn, the club his dad played for. Shane wasn’t rated that highly by Hawthorn who didn’t use a Father/Son selection to grab him but when he was still available in the rookie draft, they selected him. Unfortunately Shane had injury issues and didn’t get selected to play for Hawthorn or upgraded to the senior list . In fact he was cut after just two seasons.
Shane was then lured to West Adelaide by coach former Adelaide and Hawthorn ruckman Shaun Rehn. It was there that Shane demonstrated his hard at it, physical attack on the football and his big kicking. He worked hard and eventually became a key member of the team which played off in the 2003 SANFL Grand Final. Shane then decided to nominate for the AFL national draft.
Richmond recruiter Greg Miller was well aware of Shane’s nomination and achievements at West Adelaide. When Shane was still available at pick 73 Richmond took a ‘punt’ on the mature bodied lad in the hope of boosting it’s midfield depth.
However Danny Frawley had dificulty squeezing Shane Tuck into the wooden spoon team. However as one door closes another opens. In the week following round 13 there were two announcements which both significantly benefited the Richmond Football Club. The first was Danny Frawley's resignation as coach effective after round 22. The second announcement was that Shane Tuck would make his AFL debut at the Gabba. Playing from the interchange, Shane collected posessions and demonstrated his hard running, long kicking and his passion for the contested ball. Shane played the following two weeks and was inexplicably dropped despite playing his best game and scoring a fine goal. However Shane's exemplary attitude shone through as he responded to his demotion by maintaining his consistent Richmond form for Coburg. In a possible twist of luck for Shane he did not reappear for Richmond in 2004.
The arrival of Terry Wallace was a blessing for the now uncontracted Shane Tuck. Wallace had played much of his career with Shane's father Michael and was well aware of how long Michael took to mature and just how good a footballer he became. However Shane Tuck would have to develop his own luck as Wallace wasn't going to give Sahne a ticket just because of his pedigree. And develop his own luck is exactly what Shane did by running the Punt Road Oval and working in the gym on his own. Terry Wallace couldn't help but notice the player working hard, on his own, as Terry was also working hard, on his own: cleaning Possum dirt from the walls and painting the player's rooms. This inspired Terry to make a decision on whom got the last place on the list. At Tim Fleming's expense, Shane Tuck was given another contract.
Three games for thirt seven disposals in 2004. Not bad. But we hadn't seen anything yet. It all began in Traralgon when Wallace wanted to find out what Tuck could do in the engine room. Wallace actually found out from that game that David Rodan's encouraging pre-season was finished along with his knee and the rest of his season. Wallace also found he had a taller replacement as Tuck finished as best player on ground. However Shane hadn't finished there. He took his form into the season proper. His form was quite good between as the shell shocked richmond team began to grow in belief under Wallace. Shane's stats were pleasing and no supporter had anything to complain about. Shane's game was good without troubling the Brownlow bookmakers too much.
Then came the Port game in round 6. Richmond were in familiar territory against Port being already well behind on the scoreboard before half time. But something happened to spark the Tiger team. An errant pass from a Port defender was intercepted by Shane and converted into 6 points. Shane came again not long after. Tuck inspired his team mates and some magic from Johnson and Richardson to take the lead back in just 20 minutes. Richmond went on to dominate the remainder of the game, nearly doubled Port's score and won by 11 goals. Richo took three Brownlow votes and Tuck claimed two but Richmond supporters were all talking Tucky after the game. Tuck went on to some more Brownlow votes that year claiming two 3 pointers against Brisbane at the Gabba where he made his debut, and the other BOG was against his former team Hawthorn, just for poetry.
Shane Tuck went on to play all 22 games and racked up 518 posessions, more than 23 average disposals a game including three 30+ games. Shane ranked third in the AFL for clearances with 112 and first for possessions with 127. Along with team mate Mark Coughlan, Shane dominated league statistics ranking second with 98 contested possessions and third with 91 hard-ball gets.
Shane has been consistent yet again in 2006 by playing all seventeen games and accumulating 350 posessions at over 20 touches a game. Shane admits to feeling that he gets more attention on the field now. With Mark Coughlan missing the opposition find it easier to keep Shane a bit closer. However with support form Wallace, his dad Michael and mentor Andy Goodwin, Shane is keeping his eye on the ball.
More to come as information becomes available.
thank you all
DDT
Height 188cm
Weight: 89kg
DOB: 24 December 1981
Shane Tuck's statistics for 2006
career total stats in brackets
17 games.............. (42)
202 kicks.............. (546)
79 marks................(192)
147 handballs.........(358)
349 disposals.........(904)
20.53 av disp...........(21.5)
10 goals................. (21)
6 behinds................ (20)
23 taps....................(61)
54 tackles.............. (127)
9 frees for............... (32)
17 frees against.......(35)
Shane is 24 having been born on Christmas Eve of 1981. As a junior he played for the Dandenong Stingrays before he was recruited in 2001 to Hawthorn, the club his dad played for. Shane wasn’t rated that highly by Hawthorn who didn’t use a Father/Son selection to grab him but when he was still available in the rookie draft, they selected him. Unfortunately Shane had injury issues and didn’t get selected to play for Hawthorn or upgraded to the senior list . In fact he was cut after just two seasons.
Shane was then lured to West Adelaide by coach former Adelaide and Hawthorn ruckman Shaun Rehn. It was there that Shane demonstrated his hard at it, physical attack on the football and his big kicking. He worked hard and eventually became a key member of the team which played off in the 2003 SANFL Grand Final. Shane then decided to nominate for the AFL national draft.
Richmond recruiter Greg Miller was well aware of Shane’s nomination and achievements at West Adelaide. When Shane was still available at pick 73 Richmond took a ‘punt’ on the mature bodied lad in the hope of boosting it’s midfield depth.
However Danny Frawley had dificulty squeezing Shane Tuck into the wooden spoon team. However as one door closes another opens. In the week following round 13 there were two announcements which both significantly benefited the Richmond Football Club. The first was Danny Frawley's resignation as coach effective after round 22. The second announcement was that Shane Tuck would make his AFL debut at the Gabba. Playing from the interchange, Shane collected posessions and demonstrated his hard running, long kicking and his passion for the contested ball. Shane played the following two weeks and was inexplicably dropped despite playing his best game and scoring a fine goal. However Shane's exemplary attitude shone through as he responded to his demotion by maintaining his consistent Richmond form for Coburg. In a possible twist of luck for Shane he did not reappear for Richmond in 2004.
The arrival of Terry Wallace was a blessing for the now uncontracted Shane Tuck. Wallace had played much of his career with Shane's father Michael and was well aware of how long Michael took to mature and just how good a footballer he became. However Shane Tuck would have to develop his own luck as Wallace wasn't going to give Sahne a ticket just because of his pedigree. And develop his own luck is exactly what Shane did by running the Punt Road Oval and working in the gym on his own. Terry Wallace couldn't help but notice the player working hard, on his own, as Terry was also working hard, on his own: cleaning Possum dirt from the walls and painting the player's rooms. This inspired Terry to make a decision on whom got the last place on the list. At Tim Fleming's expense, Shane Tuck was given another contract.
Three games for thirt seven disposals in 2004. Not bad. But we hadn't seen anything yet. It all began in Traralgon when Wallace wanted to find out what Tuck could do in the engine room. Wallace actually found out from that game that David Rodan's encouraging pre-season was finished along with his knee and the rest of his season. Wallace also found he had a taller replacement as Tuck finished as best player on ground. However Shane hadn't finished there. He took his form into the season proper. His form was quite good between as the shell shocked richmond team began to grow in belief under Wallace. Shane's stats were pleasing and no supporter had anything to complain about. Shane's game was good without troubling the Brownlow bookmakers too much.
Then came the Port game in round 6. Richmond were in familiar territory against Port being already well behind on the scoreboard before half time. But something happened to spark the Tiger team. An errant pass from a Port defender was intercepted by Shane and converted into 6 points. Shane came again not long after. Tuck inspired his team mates and some magic from Johnson and Richardson to take the lead back in just 20 minutes. Richmond went on to dominate the remainder of the game, nearly doubled Port's score and won by 11 goals. Richo took three Brownlow votes and Tuck claimed two but Richmond supporters were all talking Tucky after the game. Tuck went on to some more Brownlow votes that year claiming two 3 pointers against Brisbane at the Gabba where he made his debut, and the other BOG was against his former team Hawthorn, just for poetry.
Shane Tuck went on to play all 22 games and racked up 518 posessions, more than 23 average disposals a game including three 30+ games. Shane ranked third in the AFL for clearances with 112 and first for possessions with 127. Along with team mate Mark Coughlan, Shane dominated league statistics ranking second with 98 contested possessions and third with 91 hard-ball gets.
Shane has been consistent yet again in 2006 by playing all seventeen games and accumulating 350 posessions at over 20 touches a game. Shane admits to feeling that he gets more attention on the field now. With Mark Coughlan missing the opposition find it easier to keep Shane a bit closer. However with support form Wallace, his dad Michael and mentor Andy Goodwin, Shane is keeping his eye on the ball.
More to come as information becomes available.
thank you all
DDT
