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Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: gerkin greg on December 15, 2011, 02:03:14 PM
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A Frenchman, an Irishman, a Samoan, and a Moroccan walk into a football club...
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A Frenchman, an Irishman, a Samoan, and a Moroccan walk into a football club...
...and are greeted by 2 Lebanese and 2 Croatians...
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The Tigers’ draft selections have a diverse international flavour, with Piva Wright (Samoan), Ben Darrou (Moroccan), Gibson Turner (Indigenous), Addam Maric (Croatian), John Heslin (Irish), Brett O’Hanlon (Irish), and Steven Verrier (French), joining the likes of Ivan Maric (Croatian), Dustin Martin (Maori), Bachar Houli (Lebanese), Robbie Nahas (Lebanese), Reece Conca (Italian), Brett Deledio (Italian), Tom Derickx (Dutch), Shane Edwards (Indigenous), Jack Riewoldt (German), Brad Helbig (German), Luke McGuane and Dean MacDonald (Scottish).
http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/6301/newsid/127256/default.aspx
Edit: added link from source
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Punt Road lookin very multicultural these days. :thumbsup
Now we just need Dimma to rock up to training with a coconut bra and a bone through his sniffer and we'l have the full set! :lol
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Richmond Tigers' mixed stripes
by: Matt Windley
From: Herald Sun
December 16, 2011
HAVE you heard the one about the Samoan, the Moroccan and the Irishman? Maybe not yet.
But new Tigers Ben Darrou, Piva Wright and John Heslin have added a multicultural flavour to Punt Rd this week after being selected as rookies in Tuesday's draft.
Darrou and Wright have joined former Melbourne forward Addam Maric, fellow rookies Steven Verrier and Gibson Turner, and pre-season draft selection Brett O'Hanlon at Tigerland.
Heslin, who had been training at the club, will link with his teammates in the new year after heading to Ireland for his Christmas break.
Richmond's membership department must be thanking its lucky stars the club's recruiting staff saw fit to select Samoan Wright, given the Dandenong Stingrays product has four brothers and four sisters.
He doesn't even know how many cousins he has given that his father is also one of 14 kids.
"I know I've got a lot of girl cousins, one of my uncles has six daughters and I think another has five daughters, but I'm not sure about guys," Wright said.
"I was telling my aunty that she needed to get everyone to sign on and she asked me what a membership was.
"I said, 'I'm not sure', and she said, 'Well you can pay for it now can't you?', and I'm like 'Well OK, I'll pay for all 40 of you, will I?'."
Darrou's father, born in Morocco, can speak nearly as many languages as Wright has brothers and sisters.
"Dad's whole side of the family is from North Africa, mum is from Australia," Darrou said.
"He came over about 20 years or so ago, but he's lived in Italy, France, Spain and he speaks five languages.
"I tried French at school, but that wasn't for me. Arabic has a completely different letter and number system, I just thought I better get through school doing English."
Wright said watching Tuesday's rookie draft via computer was a surreal experience.
"I watched it away from my family because my mum gets a bit crazy, I think everyone knows that," Wright said.
"I just watched it at my mate Michael's house."
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/richmond-tigers-mixed-stripes/story-e6frf9jf-1226223490802
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"I watched it away from my family because my mum gets a bit crazy, I think everyone knows that," Wright said.
:lol
we do now
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Love in the comments section:
Mafi of Noble Park Posted at 8:51 AM Today
Im Samoan, I love Rugtby and League but if one of the Brothers is playing AFL Im becoming a member of the Richmond Tiger Club. All of Afiga will become Tigers supporters.
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Love in the comments section:
Mafi of Noble Park Posted at 8:51 AM Today
Im Samoan, I love Rugtby and League but if one of the Brothers is playing AFL Im becoming a member of the Richmond Tiger Club. All of Afiga will become Tigers supporters.
LOL :cheers
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The wog revolution that will save Richmond will be completed next year when Jimmy Toumpas comes to Punt Road after the National Draft :lol
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The wog revolution that will save Richmond will be completed next year when Jimmy Toumpas comes to Punt Road after the National Draft :lol
I've been saying it for years. We need more wogs down at punt rd :thumbsup
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I reckon it's awesome that the Tigers are seen as the multicultural club.
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I reckon it's awesome that the Tigers are seen as the multicultural club.
Same, it reflects the city they represent.
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I reckon it's awesome that the Tigers are seen as the multicultural club.
:thumbsup