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Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: mightytiges on November 12, 2009, 09:21:23 PM
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Richo kicking 8 against the Dogs in first round of 94 at the Western Oval.
The goal he kicked on Jonathan Hay where he was tackled over the line but just got his foot in bounds to kick it through :lol.
That speccie he took over the pack in the goalsquare in his 200th against Port at the Dome.
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Richo kicking 8 against the Dogs in first round of 94 at the Western Oval.
lol, this was the day when richo learned he could run his opponent into a pack, then quickly duck back towards goal for the easy handball over the top. iirc he took a great speccy that day too and it wasn't filmed.
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The 7 he kicked on SOS in the early days, the 10 he kicked against the doggies, the 6 he kicked against the bombers when coming back from the reco and the 17 marks and 2 goals 8 he kicked against the roos a few years ago (including the winning goal). Great memories and so manymore. A pity trolls on this board like fat tone can't put the urge to troll to one side and share some positive memories of a great career. Maybe he is a Carlton supporter.
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Yeah the 10 against the Doggies. The 200th game (I actually got squashed with him in a doorway after the game)
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The 200 th for me too as well as the Hawks game where he nearly stuffed that goal up! The game where he played a week after breaking his cheek too! Was that the infamous hands in the back game?
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Was that the infamous hands in the back game?
Dreamtime game (Round 9) 2007
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Was that the infamous hands in the back game?
Dreamtime game (Round 9) 2007
The way they are umpiring that rule now and letting it go unless there's an obvious push or double movement, Richo's mark and would've been winning goal would've stood.
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A couple of things:
1. The staying behind after fan days and training etc to sign autographs - he always had the longest line by far, and always stayed the longest. Never wanted to leave a kid unhappy.
2. A couple of years back, playing against Freo at Subiaco. The game was dead, but still right to the end he was running all over the place. Got deep in defence to stop a couple of late Freo goals. Then to hear the crowd start chanting, and hear Gerard Healy say "There's a Richo chant at Subiaco" pretty much sums it up, no other player would ever get that sort of response on opposition turf.
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The game where he kicked 5 against Hawthorn including the goal when he was on the ground and his games against the bulldogs and collingwood.
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I don't know if it is one moment that is my fovourite.
But I loved watching come of the half forward line and run to the goals and take the mark.
To see the big fella leave younger one's than him in his wake was just great.
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Best Memories i have
* 2008 Brownlow Medal Count. The place was erupting at the though of what could have been
* Today- The day the big man gave the game up and put club ahead of himself
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l have a few
have to say the most surprising was his big mark against Collingwood which everyone thought he could not launch himself anymore
Missing a goal against the skunks from 10m out directly in front kicking on the full & getting it from the skunks supporters only to kick a ripper goal later in the game from 55 on the run on the boundry & giving it back to the skunks supporters
& the most memorable at a Grand Final breakfast nearly dropping my son & catching him by the leg before he hit the ground the look on his face & the wife ;D priceless
So many great high contested marks is what l will remember & a odd side step. Not forgetting some freak goals
The $800+ l paid for the door with a huge Richo on it ;D priceless now
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It was a Friday night against North - he's taken about 15 marks but couldn't kick straight ;D Final quarter the Roos I think hit the front, we managed to get back in front. Richo marked just our from the goal square. He lines up... people have heads in hands, can't bear to watch and he....................slams it through .. Tigers up by 2 kicks.... WE WON
But probably the game against the Dons the week he played with the smashed checkbone (had surgery on the SUnday played the following Saturday)- the most courageous thing I've ever seen.. think it was the game with the notorius "hands in the back" free...
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Many of my favorite Richo memories have already been mentioned but I will add a few more to the mix.
* That Monday night game against the Roos in 95....Richo took a Screamer in the 3rd Quarter.(I remember thinking at the time that this guy was going to win us a premiership)
* The night he kicked 6 goals on Ashley McIntosh back in 1999.
* That goal he kicked after the 3/4 siren (from the boundry line) vs Essendon rd 22 2001.(A spot in the top 4 was on the line)
I will miss the way Richo got so pumped up after kicking a big goal....He was OUR super star.
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I also remember a purple match of form he had in the middle rounds of 1999 where he was carrying the side basically singlehandedly. Arguably the best player in the comp. during those winter months that year. Opposition coaches had to drag him outside 50 and away from the goals he was marking everything that came his way. Even then he kept getting a tonne of footy but we didn't have anyone for Richo then to kick to to finish off his dominance. The story of his career really. The side built around him was nowhere good enough to make the most of his talent and athleticism :(.
But probably the game against the Dons the week he played with the smashed checkbone (had surgery on the SUnday played the following Saturday)- the most courageous thing I've ever seen.. think it was the game with the notorius "hands in the back" free...
Yep WP it was the "hands in the back" game. Gutsy as by the big fella to even play and he was ripped off.
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Here are mine.
11. He kicked 7 in the last game of 1993 against the Saints in Waverley. Knew we had a champion. Followed it up by kicking 8 against the Dogs in Rd 1 1994 at the Western Oval and another 7 against Brisbane Bears at the G in rd 2.
10. We all lamented his kicking but till he did his knee in 1995 he had kicked 27.3 in 9 games. He could kick straight and in those games he was taking avg 12 marks a game and tearing defences apart with his running.
9. He has come back from injuries twice and given the team we have played first up a real scare. 6 against the Bombers in rd 1 1996. 7 out of 10 against the Swans in 2004 at the SCG.
8. The 7.6 he kicked on SOS at the G in rd 10 1996. Took 18 marks and gave him a bath. Pity an ineffective Gale kick out from the backline and Heavers one and only touched sealed the win for the Scum that day.
7. The 22 marks he took against the Roys in their last Melbourne game. Sure we were playing lame ducks that day but he was professional and clinical and did what he had to do.
6. In 1998 we played Carlscum mid season on a Friday night. Others may remember that game as Justin Plapp's first or second game when he kicked 5. Richo kicked 5 or 6 too but what I found funny was kid was eating Skittles or Mand M's behind the goals and was throwing them at Kouta who was daring him to eat them off the turf which left Richo in stitches. At the end of the game Richo shook Kouta's hand walked to the fence and the kid promptly opened his hand and gave him some sweets.
5. Dreamtime 2007, the courage he showed that night after being injured the Friday night before against the Crows and the game he played that night was just superb and its just a shame the umps will be remembered more for one pivotal decision to most people who were there or watching on telly.
4. His 200th game against Port at the Dome. We were 28 points down during the 2nd quarter. Richo takes a speccy in the square and we hit the front at half time and go on with it to register a 56 point win against the reigning champs. Richo inspired.
3. The rd 21 2001 game. Richo has kicked 7 points for the night. We are 2 points down after we led by 33 early on and the clock is ticking. Up steps the big fella. He pushes Teague of North in the face and takes a big back mark 15 out Punt Rd end. He puts it through and we win by 4 points.
2. His 10 goals against the Dogs and the Richo roar that erupted across the terraces at the MCG. I always knew he would do it one day and I was just grateful as it turned out in the end that I was privileged enough to be there on that Saturday afternoon in round 8 2004. Pity it was our last win of the year.
1.His entire 2008 season. From kicking 5 in the 2nd half against the Cheating Lying Scum in rd 1 to his transformation to deadly midfielder that showcased all his skills and all his qualities throughout the remainder of that season.To the night we all hoped he would get 2 more votes and he would have gone home with Charlie around his neck. I don't think there EVER would have been a more popular winner.
Richo a champion for 17 years. :bow :cheers :clapping :gotigers
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so many to think of!
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Great post Tucky :thumbsup
Another one for me is the win at Waverley in 95 against Hawthorn. Shocking conditions all day and we won kicking 4.16 with Richo kicking two of them, taking 10 marks and handling the ball like it was a dry day.
A heartbreaking one was another game at Waverley in 96 where the ball was going through for what would've been the winning goal and the ump pulled as crap free kick against Richo for shepherding Dunkley when Dunkley had no chance in hell of reaching the ball. In the end it proved costly as we missed the finals by half a game.