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Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: one-eyed on May 13, 2019, 08:30:57 PM
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Premiership player Shaun Grigg considers retirement to allow Tigers a mid-season draft pick
JON RALPH
Herald Sun
May 13, 2019 6:27pm
Richmond will be without premiership ruckman Toby Nankervis for up to two months as teammate Shaun Grigg considers retirement to allow the Tigers a mid-season draft pick.
Premiership hero Grigg is battling knee and hip injuries and at 31 is unlikely to go on next year.
The Herald Sun understands conversations are taking place with Grigg about his future and whether he might potentially pull the pin mid-season.
He is not being forced to make that call but with an AFL recall looking unlikely given his injuries retirement is one option.
It would clear the way for the Tigers to take a pick in the May 27 mid-season draft.
The club has already interviewed Coburg small forward Sam Lowson.
Midfielder Grigg has played 214 games with Richmond and Carlton and was a key factor in the 2017 premiership win as a midfielder and part-time ruckman.
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/teams/richmond/premiership-player-shaun-grigg-considers-retirement-to-allow-tigers-a-midseason-draft-pick/news-story/47c6beb71e439511eb5db7c78f86a1cd
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..wouldn't be suprised if Grigg retires... :shh
:shh :shh
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Such a great clubman
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Hutchy reckons it will be announced in the next 24-48 hours.
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A very good man if true.
Deserves to be remembered even more fondly if this occurs.
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RFC website has posted a 'best of Grigg' video. I wonder if that's a sign an announcement is imminent.
https://www.richmondfc.com.au/video/2019-05-14/best-of-grigg
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Ah it is. Grigg has retired.
Richmond premiership player, Shaun Grigg has announced his retirement from AFL, effective immediately.
Recent knee and hip injuries have prevented Grigg from playing in season 2019.
“It’s been amazing to play 13 seasons of league football with two great clubs,” Grigg said.
“I’ve loved my football journey, and feel incredibly grateful for the opportunity to play this great game.
“Although it’s difficult to make the decision to call time on my own career, it may give the Club a chance to provide someone else an opportunity.”
Richmond General Manager – Football, Neil Balme said Grigg has been a class-act throughout his career.
“Shaun has been a wonderful contributor to our football club on and off the field,” he said.
“We’ve loved the way he’s gone about his football – always bringing a team-first attitude to the roles we’ve asked him to play.
“He brings a lot of fun to the Club, and has built great connections to his teammates, staff and coaches, and we will miss him.
“We wish Shaun, his wife Sarah, and their two boys Sonny and Spencer all the best in their next chapter, and they’ll always be part of the Richmond family.”
Grigg will continue to work closely with the club both on and off-field as he prepares for the next chapter in the AFL industry.
https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2019-05-14/grigg-announcement
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..wouldn't be suprised if Grigg retires... :shh
Obviously another thing I just pretended to know to feel relevant ...or something..... :shh :shh
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Sensational clubman and a bloke who made the most of his abilities. Deserves his medal and I'm glad we traded him in. Fond memories and best wishes mate.
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..wouldn't be suprised if Grigg retires... :shh
Obviously another thing I just pretended to know to feel relevant ...or something..... :shh :shh
So a guy who is 31 and got long term injuries that cannot get onto the park to even train retires and you think you are breaking the news to us all.
Edit: Leave out the insults and namecalling. OE.
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:shh :shh :shh
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his legend grows
:thumbsup
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I know he wasn't everyones favourite but he leaves Richmond a better place than when he started. Richmond won 57% of the games Grigg played which considering where we came from is impressive.
He kicked two goals in the 2017 final series including a very important crunch goal when it mattered most in the Grand Final.
I wish him all the best. Anyone who played in the premiership will always be a hero to me.
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Griggy announcing his retirement: https://www.richmondfc.com.au/video/2019-05-14/grigg-announces-retirement
Gallery of Grigg pics over his career: https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2019-05-14/gallery-grigg
(https://s.afl.com.au/staticfile/AFL%20Tenant/Richmond/Images/GFAdRi17SB_2236.JPG)
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Too bad, was looking forward to him coming back into the side come finals to add some experience and run. A very good accumulator of possessions with questionable disposal by foot but obviously a great club man. Good luck Shaun and let's hope your sons are absolute superstars.
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Congratulations Grigga on a good carer
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Just a great clubman. A premiership player and premiership ruckman!
Thank you Grigga!
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I don't know how you can watch that retirement speech and not get emotional . The club is brilliant.
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Wish him all the best for the future and thank him for his role in getting us a premiership.
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He is a Tigers premiership player who helped end the misery and made me feel like a kid again for a glorious moment so he is awesome. All the best Grigga!
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his legend grows
:thumbsup
A bit too much figjam for my liking.
65 (from hospital recovering from influenza & pneumonia)
Sorry if I confused anyone but I wasn't talking about Grigg.
It must of been pretty bad if your in hospital.
I hope you get well soon ‘65. All the best.
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Please don't take away from Grigga's retirement with this.
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We traded him in for Andrew Collins from memory so a massive win for us. Premiership ruckman with a great tank. His kicking was hearts in mouth stuff but he was instrumental in getting us off the bottom of the ladder. All the best to Grigg
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Invaluable contribution to one of the greatest days in this clubs history and one of the best days of my life! :clapping
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Well done Grigg.
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Invaluable contribution to one of the greatest days in this clubs history and one of the best days of my life! :clapping
X2 :clapping
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Thank you Grigga
Premiership Rickman, midfielder and part time helicopter kicker :shh
Never wouldve thought when he came to us how his career would look when it's done but his done done an excellent job
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Grigga, one of those wonderful players that you see week in week out and just expect to keep on seeing and enjoying to watch.
Good luck Grigga and thanks for the memories on a great career.
Cheers big fella :clapping :cheers
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Not one of my favourite players to watch but there is no doubting that he was really well liked by his teammates which generally means he is a good fella.
By the way Jack was talking tonight on AFL360, Grigg will have plenty of offers from footy clubs for coaching rolls if he decides to go down that path.
Jack said he was the smartest player he had ever played with and I have heard similar from Chris Newman in the past.
That is just about the best thing any teammate could say about you if you are looking to stay in footy when your time is up as a player.
Will he potentially become an AFL coach one day??
Good luck to him on whatever he does and he will always been known as a Tigers Premiership player.
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Thank you Grigga
Premiership Rickman, midfielder and part time helicopter kicker :shh
Never wouldve thought when he came to us how his career would look when it's done but his done done an excellent job
Black Hawk downs were often compared to Grigga’s i50 kicks. It was good for both of their reputations.
Opposition defenders scampering like Somalian villagers whenever he kicked a chaos helicopter inside 50 making a scrubby kick a quasi set play might now become a thing of the past.
In all seriousness, the guy could run all day and stepped into an impossible role as 2nd ruckman in 2017 that led to a flag. He was actually one of our better players on the day.
An exemplary team man and a lovely bloke. Thanks Grigga.
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Quirky meaningless stat:
Carlton: 1104th player to appear for the club.
Richmond: 1104th player to appear for the club.
https://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/S/Shaun_Grigg.html
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“I just knew I couldn’t get back to play good enough footy and get my body right,” Grigg told SEN Afternoons.
“It was time to call it quits on my career which hopefully opens up a door and someone else can realise their dream with the Tiges.
“I had a horrible pre-season to be honest, I didn’t get much work in at all, and then came back to training and had a couple of setbacks.”
With the Tigers set to be an active player in the mid-season draft later this month, Grigg revealed conversations surrounding his future took place weeks prior to his decision.
“The conversation started a few weeks ago about if I could get back and it was totally up to me to think if I could or not,” he said.
“I had meetings with Dimma (Damien Hardwick), Blair Hartley (Richmond list manager) and also our doctor and head physio as well as family and friends.
“I just had to look deep down in myself and just be honest. As much as I would love to get back out there … I just couldn’t do it.”
https://www.sen.com.au/news/2019/05/15/how-premiership-tiger-grigg-came-to-his-retirement-call/
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Thanks Griigga.
I'm going to miss those helicopter kicks. ;D
Seriously, though last Saturday in September 2017, you stood up and helped us win a premiership. And for that we should all be eternally grateful
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Frustrated me at times but his performance during 2017 was simply outstanding. A very popular Richmond Man!
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Premiership midfielder Shaun Grigg announced his immediate retirement on Wednesday after persistent knee and hip injuries, with an emotional Hardwick praising him as an "outstanding footy brain".
"He probably came and saw us last week. The type of guy 'Grigga' is, he knew where he was at, probably had a good understanding of what would be required to get back," he said.
"He's always a team-first player, Shaun. Look at when he first came into the footy club, and he's a big part of the reason we're at a place where we are now. He's been so important to the fabric of our club, not only him, but his family. They come to every game and they're part of the Richmond crew.
"It's going to be a big loss, not only on-field because he's incredibly smart, but just his ability to bring the club together off-field is incredibly important.
"The funny thing about Shaun is he's an incredible player who's played over 200 games, but he's one of the smartest coaches in waiting I've ever seen.
"I'm not sure if he's going to go down that path, but he's got an incredible ability to see what's happening on the field and translate it to the players and coaching staff as well. I think he's only scratching the surface with his career."
Source: AFL website (https://www.afl.com.au/news/2019-05-17/flying-soldo-injury-creates-opportunity-for-tiger-tall)
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Nice to see the boys tribute to Grigg at the end of the game today.
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He spoke well at the president’s function. Liked the fact he was a premiership ruckman with 148 taps to his name, lol.
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It was great to see the boys chair Griggy off the ground today, very deserving!
But can we please stop Jack from chairing people off the ground with his wonky knee?
Gees .... *shudder .... :o
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The boys also included Grigg in the circle for the team song after the win :thumbsup.
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Source: RFC twitter.
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'Footy is a bloody emotional game'
by Shaun Grigg
playersvoice.com.au
23 May 2019
Overwhelming, humbling, confronting and enjoyable with a few beers along the way. That’s been my week since I retired from footy. It’s a fair way to sum up my 13 years as an AFL player, too.
I have let my mind wander through the different stages of my career and life in the game since I told my teammates that I couldn’t go on any longer.
Jack Riewoldt spoke last week about the sacrifice I’ve made to open up a spot for a player to join the Tigers in the mid-season draft. I didn’t think twice about it. I was done, my body meant I couldn’t get out there and help the boys, so giving them the chance to add to a really good playing list was an easy decision for me to come to.
There’s been so many people and moments and memories. Like any job, it’s hard to leave some of them behind.
I haven’t figured out what I will miss most yet because I have still been in and out of the club and around the players. But the things that are most vivid in my mind at the minute are the wins on the road, the locker room banter, and being around your best mates every day at work.
A lot of great mates have popped up with some nice things to say about me in the past week or so. That has been really humbling.
I read Bryce Gibbs suggesting that when I was drafted alongside him to the Blues that his first thought about me was: “He seems like an idiot.”
He’s carried that secret since 2006 when the Carlton Football Club granted our childhood wish to join the AFL.
I remember the first day we arrived at the club pretty clearly and by the time we left the place we were best mates.
Apparently, in our junior days, I had given Gibbsy a hard time with a little bit of friendly sledging.
I can’t remember specifically targeting Gibbsy when we played our Under-18 footy. But I can’t deny it, either.
That side of the game has always been something I liked. It was never personal or really nasty, but I was pretty good at it.
There’s still room in footy to try and get into the bloke you’re playing on and I loved going at it all day with someone then shaking hands and hopefully having a beer with them at some stage later on.
Brendon Goddard used to play footy in the same way. He was real good at it. We played on each other a few times and went pretty hard. I loved those battles with him because he was always competing at 100 per cent and he’s actually a funny bastard, too.
Brent Harvey was another who liked to chirp away. It was definitely going both ways and I copped some good stuff from him.
I think the three of us would have been well suited to footy in the 1970s and 80s when you played hard on the field and then all the players from both teams wandered up to the social club for a laugh and a couple of drinks.
If I was running the AFL that would be the first thing I would change.
Back to Gibbsy. He was one of six of us drafted to Carlton at the same time who became a tight group as soon as we arrived together at the club.
I moved in with Sam Jacobs and Michael Jamison to a place in Essendon. For a boy from Ballarat it was a life-changing experience.
We had to learn straight away how to fend for ourselves and some of the best life lessons I had were in that house.
‘Sauce’ Jacobs was fresh out of country Adelaide and had a hard time working out how to turn the TV on himself. ‘Jamo’ was a computer wizard but struggled as well around the house.
Those boys were lucky they had me around to keep them on the straight and narrow.
Apparently, in our junior days, I had given Gibbsy a hard time with a little bit of friendly sledging. I can’t remember specifically targeting Gibbsy. But I can’t deny it, either.
Some of the other boys at the club like Gibbsy and Shaun Hampson lived not far away.
We used to meet on Puckle Street in Moonee Ponds for a caramel latte from Gloria Jean’s.
This was back in the day when you had to go out to meet a girl. Not surprisingly, Shaun Hampson was probably the most successful in that department back then.
They are some of my fondest footy memories now and I encourage the young blokes that arrive at Richmond now to come together off the field to make them tighter on it.
11 minutes & 20 seconds
I had great times at Carlton as a teenager but playing AFL was the reason I was there.
That first game came midway through 2007 when the legendary – and old school – Denis Pagan was our coach.
Denis called me into his office on the Thursday morning before Round 14 of my first season.
He sat in his chair and looked me dead in the eye and asked: “In pre-season Shaun, what time did you run around Princes Park for the time trial?”
I told him it was around 11 minutes and 20 seconds.
“Righto, son, if you can go and run around Princes Park quicker now, then you’re in and playing your first game on Saturday.”
I went out with Tony Liberatore on a push bike riding around barking at me, waving the stopwatch in my face to get me to go faster.
I managed to beat my time, do a two-hour main training session on the same day, then played (not very well) against Melbourne on the Saturday.
https://www.playersvoice.com.au/shaun-grigg-footy-bloody-emotional-game/