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Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: one-eyed on September 03, 2015, 02:11:19 PM
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Ricky Petterd has announced his retirement from AFL football, effective immediately
http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2015-09-03/petterd-retires
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The indefinite curse continues.
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Foley Newman Knights Pettard - salary cap space being opened up all over the place. ;D
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Foley Newman Knights Pettard - salary cap space being opened up all over the place. ;D
Look at them goooooooo!
:dancing
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Good decision. Wish him well for the future.
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Had a good career played some good games for us and tried hard ... I hope he has a successful future outside of playing footy. Well done to him and Good luck for the future.
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Foley Newman Knights Pettard - salary cap space being opened up all over the place. ;D
Look at them goooooooo!
:dancing
yessssssssssssssss Big man :clapping
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Foot injury forces Tiger Petterd to retire at just 27
afl.com.au
September 3, 2015 2:13 PM
A SERIOUS foot injury has forced Richmond utility Ricky Petterd to announce his immediate retirement.
The 27-year-old had surgery earlier this year after suffering the injury in the round two loss to the Western Bulldogs and has been unable to recover sufficiently to return to the field.
Petterd retires after 84 games across nine season with Melbourne and the Tigers.
"I had pondered it for a while now, even before the foot injury. At the start of the year I was thinking whether it was going to be my last year or not," he said.
"It hasn't healed as well as we thought it was going to. I ran for the first time on the weekend, and it pulled up pretty ginger again, so that was kind of the last straw for me.
"The docs and the physios were doing everything right to get it there, but it's just not going as quick as we thought.
"To get the opportunity to be in the system for nine years, I consider myself very lucky."
Petterd joined the Tigers as a rookie at the end of 2012 after six seasons at the Demons.
He impressed 2013 and enjoyed his career-best season last year before injury derailed his 2015 campaign.
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-09-03/foot-injury-forces-tiger-petterd-to-retire-at-just-27
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In other news AFL website says sub rule will be abolished next year.
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Ricky Petterd has announced his retirement from AFL football, effective immediately
http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2015-09-03/petterd-retires
good
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Tapped the ball to Lennon that resulted in a crucial goal against Adelaide last year - His finest moment as a Tiger.
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Thanks Ricky, all the best and take care. :thumbsup
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Hardwick would be crying!
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Hallelujah
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Wish Ricky all the best and thank him for his efforts at Tigerland.
A fantastic bloke too.
Caught up with him down in Tassie where he explained his injury and how it happened
Have to say having him explain it ; it was gruesome to the say the least. Not surprised it hasn't healed.
That he managed to play out the game (his final game) after it happened just typifies his courage.
I wish him nothing but the best for his future
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Hardwick would be crying!
Hardwick hasn't bothered with him since he realised he had newer toys with better skills lol
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Well done Ricky , gave it your all and played some pretty handy football just quietly :shh was an an honour and a privilege to see you represent the RFC :clapping
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Really liked how he played. Wasn't all that skilled but hard at it and made the most of what he had. Would be some players better off with his attitude
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Thanks for the service. :cheers I believe we got the most out of him and can't knock his effort.
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Agreed :thumbsup
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Foley Newman Knights Pettard - salary cap space being opened up all over the place. ;D
Look at them goooooooo!
:dancing
yessssssssssssssss Big man :clapping
Yessssssssssssssssssssssssss :clapping :clapping :clapping :clapping :clapping
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4 spots on our list for next year already and the side hasn't been weakened one bit :clapping
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Thanks for the service. :cheers I believe we got the most out of him and can't knock his effort.
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All the best to Ricky post-footy.
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Good foot soldier.
Was handy and did some nice things at the club.
Good luck to him in the future.
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Thanks for the service. :cheers I believe we got the most out of him and can't knock his effort.
x2.
All the best to Ricky post-footy.
x 3
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All Petterd out.
Thanks Ricky.
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Wish Ricky all the best and thank him for his efforts at Tigerland.
A fantastic bloke too.
Caught up with him down in Tassie where he explained his injury and how it happened
Have to say having him explain it ; it was gruesome to the say the least. Not surprised it hasn't healed.
That he managed to play out the game (his final game) after it happened just typifies his courage.
I wish him nothing but the best for his future
:thumbsup
Cheers, Rick. Good luck.
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Chop Chop Continues. :snidegrin Old News move along Tigers. More to come. No-one is safe in this chop chop :snidegrin