Great post, but i am not convinced.. I'm prepared to give tommy another go but in the end its him, d-rod or tiv.... we cant be a good side with all three on the list (solely my opinion folks).
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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
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
A fortnight ago I watched the Bulldogs triump over the Magpies and I couldn't help being impressed by the form of Faren Ray.
It's taken three seasons for Ray to cement a spot in the doggies line-up. Recruited for his ball winning ability & exceptional endurance at TAC level, Ray struggled in his first few years, largely attributed to the lack of body strength.
Enter Danny Meyer. Unfortunately Meyer didn't recieve the same attention from most football scouts like Ray, but after watching him on several occasions at Coburg and with Richmond, Meyer is poised to take the same journey.
Danny Meyer was shown alot of respect by opposition coaches this year, particularly in games with Coburg. His opponents were significantly bigger, stronger & experienced. He spent more time playing up forward and had short stints in the middle.
In 2005, he was used cautiously in the Back Pocket. He looked focused and very intent on minding his opponents. Twelve months later, Meyer was assigned the role of scouting the forward line & learning to get front & square. It was another tough assignment.
Whilst his stats at Coburg and Richmond dont indicate that Meyer made an impact like the Raines, Polo's & Tambling's, his work ethic & desire to learn suggested he had done enough to be rewarded with another contract.
Similarly to Ray, Meyer must continue to learn the ropes. He needs to get fitter & stronger. His greatest assets include sharp disposal of the football and his ability to become elusive. On some occasions, we have seen him display an impressive ability to chase down opponents or take a strong grab for his size.
In 2006, the highlight for Danny Meyer was his game against Geelong - He showed poise well beyond his years, particularly under the extreme pressure Geelong displayed in the 2nd half that day.
It's difficult to say whether Danny Meyer will reach the heights shown by Deledio, Raines &/ or Polo thus far, but, if he can improve to a similar point like Ray, we might well see a performance equal to Ray in an AFL final next year.
It's taken three seasons for Ray to cement a spot in the doggies line-up. Recruited for his ball winning ability & exceptional endurance at TAC level, Ray struggled in his first few years, largely attributed to the lack of body strength.
Enter Danny Meyer. Unfortunately Meyer didn't recieve the same attention from most football scouts like Ray, but after watching him on several occasions at Coburg and with Richmond, Meyer is poised to take the same journey.
Danny Meyer was shown alot of respect by opposition coaches this year, particularly in games with Coburg. His opponents were significantly bigger, stronger & experienced. He spent more time playing up forward and had short stints in the middle.
In 2005, he was used cautiously in the Back Pocket. He looked focused and very intent on minding his opponents. Twelve months later, Meyer was assigned the role of scouting the forward line & learning to get front & square. It was another tough assignment.
Whilst his stats at Coburg and Richmond dont indicate that Meyer made an impact like the Raines, Polo's & Tambling's, his work ethic & desire to learn suggested he had done enough to be rewarded with another contract.
Similarly to Ray, Meyer must continue to learn the ropes. He needs to get fitter & stronger. His greatest assets include sharp disposal of the football and his ability to become elusive. On some occasions, we have seen him display an impressive ability to chase down opponents or take a strong grab for his size.
In 2006, the highlight for Danny Meyer was his game against Geelong - He showed poise well beyond his years, particularly under the extreme pressure Geelong displayed in the 2nd half that day.
It's difficult to say whether Danny Meyer will reach the heights shown by Deledio, Raines &/ or Polo thus far, but, if he can improve to a similar point like Ray, we might well see a performance equal to Ray in an AFL final next year.
As the VP of Greg Tivendale i have the task of writing a season report on the R.O.C. Rocket, now i know hundreds of you and Ian i'm looking squarely in your direction would love to do the job for me or as claw & diggler would put it in one word "Dud"
But not me I thought for the first half of this season Greg would've been in the top 5 players at the club he was consistently winning the ball and more importantly his disposal was good. Although the flipside is his second half of 2006 did not much the improvement we saw in the first half. People were calling for his head even when he was playing well and others deserved to be mentioned but were not. He won't be dropped or traded unless we get offered a deal for him and we'll have the same people complaining about him being there.
All it gets down to is he wears yellow & black he's played over160 games of football for the club and as a Richmond player i'm behind him 110%. He has a professional attitude in the manner he approaches the game and he'd be the last person to get in trouble off the field. If our young players followed his off-field and pre-game preparations then they have a good role model to look to as a way of developing their own rituals for before and after games.
From now on he will not be known as Tiv, Tivva or whatever let's just call him scapegoat as most people here point the finger at him when the team get's belted. When we win we win together we, when we lose we lose together it's too harsh to single players out for ridicule when we couldn't do better ourselves.
But not me I thought for the first half of this season Greg would've been in the top 5 players at the club he was consistently winning the ball and more importantly his disposal was good. Although the flipside is his second half of 2006 did not much the improvement we saw in the first half. People were calling for his head even when he was playing well and others deserved to be mentioned but were not. He won't be dropped or traded unless we get offered a deal for him and we'll have the same people complaining about him being there.
All it gets down to is he wears yellow & black he's played over160 games of football for the club and as a Richmond player i'm behind him 110%. He has a professional attitude in the manner he approaches the game and he'd be the last person to get in trouble off the field. If our young players followed his off-field and pre-game preparations then they have a good role model to look to as a way of developing their own rituals for before and after games.
From now on he will not be known as Tiv, Tivva or whatever let's just call him scapegoat as most people here point the finger at him when the team get's belted. When we win we win together we, when we lose we lose together it's too harsh to single players out for ridicule when we couldn't do better ourselves.
Great report Skills I have always linked Meyer with Ray too, must be there look,though I think Ray has a much bigger motorSkills said:
It is my honour to do a president report on our club captain and now club champion Kane Johnson.
Kane played 19 games this year for 5 goals.
Missing 3 games mid season against Bombers, Swans and Crows with a hamstring. Kane was devasted to miss the upset win against his former team.
Kane has now played a career total of 180 games and kicked 67 goals and has now won his first Best & Fairest.
Kane also on Jack Dyer night came second in the Francis Bourke award and won the most valuable person within the football club. His Jack Dyer win came as a surprise as most people had him outside the top 3 (I had him 4th, finished 6th in pre votes of the year) but those that perform their tasks succesfully are usually well rewarded on Best & Fairest nights.
As captain Kane has grown really well during the year to become one of the better and respected leaders within the AFL. This is shown by the support from the coaching panel, his team mates (several thanking him in their acceptance speech) and from the media is well thought of.
Kane does not come across as a typical leader like recent great on field leaders like Voss, Carey, Buckley, Ricciuto and Hird. Kane though leads by sacrificing aspects of his own game for the benefit of the team and firing on all cyclinders whether the team is up or down. I cannot judge Kane's leadership off the field but there is a high opinion of him at the club and hopefully he is passing his leadership skills to future leaders of the club like Newman, Coughlan, Raines, Foley and Delidio. Several times this year Kane has spoken to players at half time on the field to gee them up and is always willing to put his body on the line and these leadership skills are more important than whether the player is a marquee player should be a leader. In my opinion Kane comes as a leader similar to his old premiership captain Mark Bickley.
Kane this year changed his role to one of the prime midfielders to a negating accountable midfielder who still averaged 17 touches a game.
Some of the scalps Kane collected this are
Luke Power
Simon Black 6 kicks
Nick Stevens first time until injured second time held him to 7 touches
Chris Judd first time 16 touches, second time evn until moved off him at half time
Josh Carr 12 touches
Luke Hodge
Travis Johnstone 13 touches
Brent Harvey
Shaun Burgoyne 5 touches
Nick Dal Santo 9 touches
Brett Kirk 10 touches
and broke even with Hird and West
Some stats on Kane season
averaged almost 11 kicks a games 6 handballs, 17 touches
he was behind Tuck 21 Coughlan 20 Delidio 18 Tivendale 18
Kicking efficiency
80.8% behind Joel Bowden 85.1% P.Bowden 81.4% Kellaway 81% Newman 83% Polo 81% White 82%
led the midfielders who player 10 games+ Tambling was 78%
Handball efficiency 80%
Hyde 88% White 86% Brown 92% all the backline were about 80%
Disposal efficiency
80.2% Hyde 83.9% White 84% Brown 92% backline were around 89%
Possesion
73% uncontested
Hyde 73.7% Raines 75.9% J.Bowden 71.%
27% uncontested
Tuck 37.2% Coughlan 36% Tivendale 33% Foley 37%
Inside Fifties
2.2 per game
Tuck 3.6 Delidio 3.4 Tivendale 4.8
Clearances
2.0
Tuck 3.5 Coughlan 2.5 Tivendale 2.9 Foley 2.8
tackles
2.5 per game
Tivendale 3.4 Tuck 3.2 Coughlan 3
Stats show Johno reduces his input possesion wise to previous years due to his negating role, never got too much of the ball inside fifty compared to other midfielders and had only 6 goals but when you are playing more defensive this will happen. All up Kane has had a fantastic season and was well rewarded with his efforts on Best & Fairest night. I hope Kane continues to perform up to the expectations he set himself this year and leads the club next year into a finals campaign.
Well done to everyone else president reports so far especially to Ready who put a strong and desrving defense of a malinged player.
Kane played 19 games this year for 5 goals.
Missing 3 games mid season against Bombers, Swans and Crows with a hamstring. Kane was devasted to miss the upset win against his former team.
Kane has now played a career total of 180 games and kicked 67 goals and has now won his first Best & Fairest.
Kane also on Jack Dyer night came second in the Francis Bourke award and won the most valuable person within the football club. His Jack Dyer win came as a surprise as most people had him outside the top 3 (I had him 4th, finished 6th in pre votes of the year) but those that perform their tasks succesfully are usually well rewarded on Best & Fairest nights.
As captain Kane has grown really well during the year to become one of the better and respected leaders within the AFL. This is shown by the support from the coaching panel, his team mates (several thanking him in their acceptance speech) and from the media is well thought of.
Kane does not come across as a typical leader like recent great on field leaders like Voss, Carey, Buckley, Ricciuto and Hird. Kane though leads by sacrificing aspects of his own game for the benefit of the team and firing on all cyclinders whether the team is up or down. I cannot judge Kane's leadership off the field but there is a high opinion of him at the club and hopefully he is passing his leadership skills to future leaders of the club like Newman, Coughlan, Raines, Foley and Delidio. Several times this year Kane has spoken to players at half time on the field to gee them up and is always willing to put his body on the line and these leadership skills are more important than whether the player is a marquee player should be a leader. In my opinion Kane comes as a leader similar to his old premiership captain Mark Bickley.
Kane this year changed his role to one of the prime midfielders to a negating accountable midfielder who still averaged 17 touches a game.
Some of the scalps Kane collected this are
Luke Power
Simon Black 6 kicks
Nick Stevens first time until injured second time held him to 7 touches
Chris Judd first time 16 touches, second time evn until moved off him at half time
Josh Carr 12 touches
Luke Hodge
Travis Johnstone 13 touches
Brent Harvey
Shaun Burgoyne 5 touches
Nick Dal Santo 9 touches
Brett Kirk 10 touches
and broke even with Hird and West
Some stats on Kane season
averaged almost 11 kicks a games 6 handballs, 17 touches
he was behind Tuck 21 Coughlan 20 Delidio 18 Tivendale 18
Kicking efficiency
80.8% behind Joel Bowden 85.1% P.Bowden 81.4% Kellaway 81% Newman 83% Polo 81% White 82%
led the midfielders who player 10 games+ Tambling was 78%
Handball efficiency 80%
Hyde 88% White 86% Brown 92% all the backline were about 80%
Disposal efficiency
80.2% Hyde 83.9% White 84% Brown 92% backline were around 89%
Possesion
73% uncontested
Hyde 73.7% Raines 75.9% J.Bowden 71.%
27% uncontested
Tuck 37.2% Coughlan 36% Tivendale 33% Foley 37%
Inside Fifties
2.2 per game
Tuck 3.6 Delidio 3.4 Tivendale 4.8
Clearances
2.0
Tuck 3.5 Coughlan 2.5 Tivendale 2.9 Foley 2.8
tackles
2.5 per game
Tivendale 3.4 Tuck 3.2 Coughlan 3
Stats show Johno reduces his input possesion wise to previous years due to his negating role, never got too much of the ball inside fifty compared to other midfielders and had only 6 goals but when you are playing more defensive this will happen. All up Kane has had a fantastic season and was well rewarded with his efforts on Best & Fairest night. I hope Kane continues to perform up to the expectations he set himself this year and leads the club next year into a finals campaign.
Well done to everyone else president reports so far especially to Ready who put a strong and desrving defense of a malinged player.
Player President report for:
Luke McGuane
Despite being virtually a year behind in his development due to a serious arm inury in 05, Luke managed to play most of the season in the Coburg seniors this year. Acquitting himself well in mostly defensive roles, he showed he could also be a damaging and creative forward when sent there.
Luke managed 14 goals for Coburg seniors this year and 4 for the Coburg reserves. He made his debut with the Tigers seniors in rnd 7 to try and cover a series of injuries to our KP backmen. Unfortunately that was the last we saw of him in the senior Tigers side until rnd 22 when the justifiably angry A Kellaway reportedly refused to play a farewell game. Thus giving Luke his second taste of senior action.
Luke is still very slight and at times his kicking can let him down. However I dont doubt that both he and the club will be working very hard on his definciences both in the past and in the future.
Luke definitely has the 'X" factor. He is capable of standing on a blokes head to take a screamer and is also surprisingly agile for a man of his height.
He definitely has a huge fan in David "The OX" Shwartz, who described him as being the next Richo amongst other lavish praise, after having seen him play a few times this year.
Playing in defence is good for Lukes development, but I can't help but think like *smile*, the forward line is where he will play his best footy into the future.
Looking forward to a big pre-season in the gym from Luke over summer and for him to play a few more senior games next year, before arriving on the scene in 08.
Keep up the good work Luke. :clap
Luke McGuane
Despite being virtually a year behind in his development due to a serious arm inury in 05, Luke managed to play most of the season in the Coburg seniors this year. Acquitting himself well in mostly defensive roles, he showed he could also be a damaging and creative forward when sent there.
Luke managed 14 goals for Coburg seniors this year and 4 for the Coburg reserves. He made his debut with the Tigers seniors in rnd 7 to try and cover a series of injuries to our KP backmen. Unfortunately that was the last we saw of him in the senior Tigers side until rnd 22 when the justifiably angry A Kellaway reportedly refused to play a farewell game. Thus giving Luke his second taste of senior action.
Luke is still very slight and at times his kicking can let him down. However I dont doubt that both he and the club will be working very hard on his definciences both in the past and in the future.
Luke definitely has the 'X" factor. He is capable of standing on a blokes head to take a screamer and is also surprisingly agile for a man of his height.
He definitely has a huge fan in David "The OX" Shwartz, who described him as being the next Richo amongst other lavish praise, after having seen him play a few times this year.
Playing in defence is good for Lukes development, but I can't help but think like *smile*, the forward line is where he will play his best footy into the future.
Looking forward to a big pre-season in the gym from Luke over summer and for him to play a few more senior games next year, before arriving on the scene in 08.
Keep up the good work Luke. :clap