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Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: one-eyed on April 08, 2016, 02:50:02 AM
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Brett Deledio has been training with a miniature sized football to overcome quad injury
Sarah Olle
Foxsports
8 April 2016
RICHMOND star Brett Deledio has been training with a miniature sized football in his quest to overcome a quad injury.
The injured Tiger is yet to play a senior game this year, after being managed through the preseason.
While he said he was doing everything within his power to fastrack his return, his quad was struggling with the weight of a regular sized footy.
“I’m running, no worries, but kicking is holding me back,” he told AFL Tonight.
“If the AFL would change the rules and change to a kid’s sized footy, I’m right to go. But unfortunately, we’ve got to kick with a full sized footy.”
“I’m just progressing with a little footy, then I’ll go to a big one and kick 10m, 20m, 30m — it will just heal slowly.”
The 28-year-old’s absence has done little to quash the notion that without Deledio, the Tigers are easy beats.
Despite winning, Richmond were unimpressive against Carlton in Round 1. But the Tiger’s failure to capitalise on their momentum against Collingwood last weekend remains the most disappointing.
Deledio said he was desperate to get back on the field and take the hits with his teammates.
“I don’t think I’m that far away,” he said.
“I did 40-odd kicks today and I didn’t feel too much pain, I felt pretty good.
“It’s very frustrating at the moment. When I first did (my quad), I thought hopefully two weeks. But it’s taken a little bit of time to heal.”
http://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-media-watch-brett-deledio-has-been-training-with-a-miniature-sized-football-to-overcome-quad-injury/news-story/4e256a64e092cf1510cd08a6dab4a57c
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Cutting edge therapy.
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Cute
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If a show of support for their fallen comrade
Hamspud, Chappy and grigg are training with miniature brains
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Auskick starts this weekend, perhaps they can learn how to ice the clock there :snidegrin
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Can not wait for Lids to be fit and firing again. God i miss what he brings to the team
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Lids has upgraded to kicking the adult footy now ...
But Hardwick said Deledio was only a "slim" chance of taking on the Eagles.
"He did kick the big ball today, which is a little bit exciting for us," Hardwick said, referring to Deledio's tailored rehab program where he had been limited to kicking child-size footballs.
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2016-04-09/tigers-found-short-again-hardwick
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WGAF, in this day and age if any team in the comp has to rely on one player to win a game then they are in a world of pain.
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WGAF, in this day and age if any team in the comp has to rely on one player to win a game then they are in a world of pain.
Good point and I think that is why in this rebuild phase they are blooding a whole lot of kids together eg Cellis, Menadue, Rioli,Short etc etc