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Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: one-eyed on August 20, 2019, 12:40:35 PM
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A stunning two-point victory over last season’s premiers Collingwood has propelled Richmond to a second consecutive Victorian Wheelchair Football League Grand Final.
Richmond will meet Essendon or the Magpies again in the decider in a fortnight’s time, with the fellow big Victorian clubs to clash this weekend in a final-round clash to decide who makes the Grand Final.
Richmond’s Grand Final will be played on Sunday September 1 at Boorondara Sports Complex.
Read more: https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2019-08-20/tigers-qualify-for-second-consecutive-vwfl-grand-final
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'Best thing ever': Tigers and Pies clash in Wheelchair AFL grand final
Sumeyya Ilanbey
The Age
30 Aug 2019
It was a typical Sunday afternoon in the life of a typical 22-year-old before it ended in the brutal and cowardly assault of an innocent young man.
In the car with a few mates, Vincent Naidu was driving around Dandenong, in Melbourne’s south-east, when he was set upon by a group of strangers with pizza cutters, machetes and knives.
As he tried to flee on foot, one of the attackers stole Naidu's Holden Commodore and pinned him against a parked car.
The pain, he says, was excruciating. And “10 seconds later” he lost all sensation in his legs. Naidu is now a T12 paraplegic and in a wheelchair.
“First three years after that was just hell, literally hell,” the now 30-year-old says. “Negative thoughts, suicidal thoughts; I felt like no one mattered anymore, my life’s over.”
Alone with his dark thoughts, Naidu gained more than 50 kilograms within nine months. But eventually found resilience and strength within himself to do things he used to love, such as play sports.
Rules of Wheelchair AFL
* The game is played on an indoor basketball court divided into thirds
* A handball is the equivalent to a kick
* An underarm throw is the equivalent to a handball
* There are five players on court: two forwards, two defenders and a centre
* Men and women can compete on one team
* Up to two players without a physical disability are allowed on the squad
* Only one player without a disability is allowed on the court
First he signed up to tennis and played in national competitions at Hisense Arena. And then became involved with AFL Wheelchair – a league still in its infancy.
The game is an adapted version of the iconic Aussie rules, played between two teams of five (plus interchange players) and the court divided into thirds (like netball) with goal posts at either end of the court.
A handball replaces the kick and an underarm throw replaces the mainstream handball.
“It’s still footy,” Naidu says. “It’s just footy on wheels.”
The Lyndhurst man was drafted to St Kilda in the mid-season draft and picked up by Richmond earlier this year where he’ll be playing in the grand final clash with Collingwood on Sunday.
The 10-round competition kicked off on May 12 with Essendon, Hawthorn, Collingwood, St Kilda and Richmond the teams involved.
“It’s been awesome – seriously the best thing ever,” Naidu says. “Being affiliated with the club, you feel like you belong to a part of something.
“Richmond has made me feel so welcome, made me feel important and as an important member of the club.”
The Pies beat the Tigers in last year’s grand final, so Naidu, a forward, is hoping he and his teammates can reverse that result this weekend.
Richmond’s Yasmina McGlone and Collingwood captain Brendan Stroud battling it out.Credit:Nerissa Turner
AFL Wheelchair is still a relatively new concept and everyone – the clubs, players and the league – is "still learning", Naidu says.
An AFL Victoria spokesman said the game was created to provide more opportunities for people with a physical disability to take part in footy.
“Following on from the success of the first season of the league, the AFL is continuing to work with Disability Sport and Recreation, and the five AFL clubs involved to develop more opportunities for people to play,” the spokesman said.
“This will include more come-and-try opportunities and social programs as a pathway to the league.”
The AFL Wheelchair 2019 grand final between Collingwood and Richmond starts from noon, Sunday, September 1, at Boroondara Sports Complex, Balwyn.
https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/best-thing-ever-tigers-and-pies-clash-in-wheelchair-afl-grand-final-20190830-p52met.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed
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Better news for our wheelies - they won the premiership!!! :gotigers
2019 VWFL Premiers 🏆 💛
Congratulations, team! #gotiges
Bursting through the banner: https://twitter.com/ranahuss/status/1167982970449252352
Singing the theme song as premiers: https://twitter.com/Richmond_FC/status/1168017911165771778
:clapping :winner
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stuff yeah! The spirit they show is truly commendable. Massive congrats
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VWFL Tigers clinch premiership -
Tate Spiteri
AFL media
Sep 2, 2019 12:35PM
Richmond’s Wheelchair Football Team has overcome two early-season losses to claim their inaugural Robert Rose Cup as Victorian Wheelchair Football League premiers.
The Tigers, who fell one step short last season with a Grand Final loss to Collingwood, came out firing in the 2019 edition, to slam on four first-quarter goals to the Magpies’ one, eventually winning 9.7 (61) to 7.5 (47).
Vincent Naidu was everywhere, scoring three majors including a long-range effort that set the Richmond crowd alight.
But the second term didn’t go to plan, as Collingwood quickly diminished Richmond’s 19-point buffer with three goals in six minutes.
Tim Nield, who was fantastic all day in defence, was able to stem the flow with repeat intercept marks, but Richmond went into half-time seven points down.
Needing a spark after the break, Nield was again involved, weaving a beautiful pass to Chris Henderson, who was the eventual Robert Rose Medalist for best on ground.
Henderson marked strongly on the lead and slotted through the Tigers’ first major since the seven-minute mark of the first term.
As the Grand Final intensity turned up, Naidu won a contested ball and it spilt out to Nield, who again hit up Henderson, who from range put the Tigers back in front.
His third goal had the Boroondara Sports Complex buzzing, as the Tigers went into three-quarter time one goal in front.
The elusive Naidu slipped out the back to score the first goal of the final quarter, but Collingwood’s Brett Newman instantly responded, getting on the end of a brilliant long pass.
Again, the Tigers’ star forward pair, Naidu and Henderson, wreaked havoc for Collingwood. Naidu, with incredible speed, intercepted a Collingwood pass and put the football on a platter for Henderson.
Henderson made no mistake with his set-shot and Richmond opened up a 13-point lead with just six minutes to play.
The game was then almost put to bed, as ruckman Nathan Wilburn spiked the centre clearance to Henderson, who whipped the ball around his body on his non-preferred hand. But it trickled into the post.
The stadium let out a collective sigh as the Magpies then moved the ball forward to get the margin back to just eight points.
Tough nut captain-coach Matt Morris was knocked from his chair in a heavy collision with two opponents but stayed on the court for the frenetic final stages.
Fittingly, it was Henderson who scored the sealer, with the Tigers’ leading goal-scorer securing a 14-point win.
Speaking post-game, Morris described his emotions as “transcendent”, the skipper taken aback by the incredible atmosphere.
“I’m feeling so good, we’ve worked so hard for this…we’ve just got on so well this season, (there’s been) not one fight amongst us,” he said.
“We just said before this game, 'let’s do this for each other' and now here we are.
“There was unfinished business without a doubt, we used last season’s loss as motivation without a doubt this week.
"But mostly, we just tried to come into the game pumped and eager to just stick to our structures.”
Richmond 4.1 4.3 6.5 9.7 (61)
Collingwood 1.0 5.4 5.5 7.5 (47)
GOALS
Chris Henderson 5, Vincent Naidu 4
Premiership Team
3 Yasmina McGlone (VC)
4 Vincent Naidu
5 Tim Nield (VC)
10 Miranda Charlton
13 Nathan Wilburn
15 Adam Georgelin
18 Chris Henderson
22 Matt Morris (captain/coach)
41 Teisha Shadwell
43 Ben Milton
https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2019-09-02/vwfl-tigers-clinch-premiership
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Hey #TigerArmy my friend and @Richmond_FC Wheelchair Premiership player Adam Georgelin is taking on the Vic Rail Trail in his chair to raise funds for Wheelchair Sports:
https://www.stuff.com/groups/657950141370593/
https://twitter.com/_theCAVman_/status/1191564755124666369
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The Community Award winners in 2021:
2. Access and Inclusion Champion – Adam Georgelin (Wallan)
Adam Georgelin, a Richmond Tigers Wheelchair Footy Player, defied the odds and pushed his wheelchair the entire length of the Great Victorian Rail Trail. His inspirational story connected with the community in a big way – and he wants to now use his platform as Champion to gain more interest in wheelchair footy from football clubs.
https://www.mcivortimes.com.au/news/2021/02/03/2890173/mitchell-comes-together-for-community-celebration
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Tigers into another Grand Final :clapping.
The 2022 Robert Rose Foundation Victorian Wheelchair Football League senior premiership will be decided this Sunday, September 18 when Richmond and Essendon clash in the Grand Final at Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre, starting at 12pm.
Richmond earned its place in the decider after finishing on top of the ladder with 10 wins, one draw and a loss to proceed directly through to the Grand Final.
Read the full article about the team and GF info: https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/1221923/tigers-set-for-vwfl-grand-final
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Deserves far more coverage than it gets
VWFL daylights ahead of AFLW in every way
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2022 VWFL Premiers (https://abs-0.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f42f.png) (https://abs-0.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f3c6.png)
Singing the song: https://twitter.com/ranahuss/status/1571339587590684677
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https://twitter.com/Richmond_FC/status/1571360070616879106
:clapping
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We won both the seniors and development team VWFL flags. So that's two flags :thumbsup.
Seniors:
Richmond 17.8-110
Essendon 12.8-80
G B
V.Naidu 9 2
C.Henderson 8 4
J.Antony 0 0
A.Mavroudis 0 0
M.Stretton 0 0
C.Arulnesathasan 0 0
https://websites.mygameday.app/round_info.cgi?a=MATCH&fixture=126434317&c=0-11774-0-606780-0&pool=1001
Development League:
Richmond 12.4-76
Essendon 9.4-58
G B
C.Kotsanas 7 2
B.Parsons 3 0
F.Munzel 0 0
M.Morris 0 0
https://websites.mygameday.app/round_info.cgi?a=MATCH&fixture=126434313&c=0-11774-0-606779-0&pool=1001
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Congrats to all :cheers
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https://www.richmondfc.com.au/video/1225712/vwfl-i-wouldn-t-want-to-play-anywhere-else-shadwell
Good crowd there too by the way all in their Richmond gear :thumbsup.
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This is awesome. Congrats to vwfl team. They show tremendous ticker and I think a lot of our senior boys could learn a lot.
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Richmond will be out to defend their Victorian Wheelchair Football League (VWFL) premiership when they take on Hawthorn in the 2023 Grand Final at Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre on Sunday, September 17 from 1pm.
As a curtain-raiser to the VWFL decider, a Richmond side will also be in action against St Kilda in the Community Wheelchair Football League Grand Final.
Sunday 17 September 2023
Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre
11.00am - NAB AFL Wheelchair Auskick match
12.00pm - Community Wheelchair Football League Grand Final
St Kilda v Richmond
1.00pm - Victorian Wheelchair Football League Grand Final
Hawthorn v Richmond
Click here to secure your FREE tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/2023-victorian-wheelchair-football-league-grand-final-tickets-716906415387
https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/1431199/tigers-to-meet-hawks-in-vic-wheelchair-grand-final
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We're playing Collingwood in the Victorian Wheelchair Football League (VWFL) Grand Final this weekend.
Sunday, 04 Aug 24 @ 1.30 PM
Melbourne Sports & Aquatic Centre / Melbourne Sports & Aquatic Centre
https://www.playhq.com/afl/org/victorian-wheelchair-football-league/victorian-wheelchair-football-league-and-community-wheelchair-football-league-2024/2024-victorian-wheelchair-football-league/5b9f570b/GF
https://www.stuff.com/VicWheelchairFL/
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Good luck team
Such a great thing
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VWFL Grand Final | Tigers to face Pies in finale
Richmond and Collingwood will fight it out in both the Victorian Wheelchair Football League and Community Wheelchair Football League Grand Finals on Sunday.
By Austen Krueger, AFL Victoria
7 hrs ago
The Victorian Wheelchair Football League (VWFL) is gearing up for a super Sunday of Grand Final action, with Richmond and Collingwood fighting it out for the 2024 premiership in both the VWFL and the Community Wheelchair Football League (CWFL) at Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre (MSAC).
Richmond have been dominant all season, finishing top of the ladder in both competitions and progressing directly to the Grand Final after winning their qualifying finals in the first week of the finals series.
Collingwood's VWFL and CWFL team's secured their places in Sunday's Grand Finals after strong preliminary final wins last Sunday at the State Netball and Hockey Centre against St Kilda's VWFL and CWFL teams.
This will be the third time that Richmond and Collingwood have met in the VWFL Grand Final, with both teams winning one apiece as they met in back-to-back years in 2018/19. Richmond and Collingwood are both looking for their third Grand Final win (RICH in 2019 and 2022) (COLL in 2018 and 2021) and Richmond have now been in five of the past six Grand Finals, with this year their third consecutive GF appearance.
• 2018: Collinwood: 13.4 (82) def Richmond: 2.10 (22) - COLL by 60pts
• 2019: Richmond: 9.7 (61) def Collingwood: 7.5 (47) - RICH by 14pts
Richmond have now been in all three of the CWFL Grand Finals, defeating Essendon in 2022 and losing to St Kilda in 2023. This is Collingwood's first Grand Final appearance within the CWFL.
The day will kick off with a curtain raiser game of NAB AFL Victoria Wheelchair Auskick, giving aspiring wheelchair footy players the chance to battle it out in front of their wheelchair footy heroes.
Grand Final Match Day Schedule
10:30am - Doors open
11:00am - NAB AFL Victoria Wheelchair Auskick - Curtain Raiser Game
12:15pm - CWFL Grand Final
1:30pm - VWFL Grand Final
Both games will be live streamed via the Victorian Wheelchair Football League stuff page.
Reserve a spot at MSAC with a FREE ticket here.
Victorian Wheelchair Football League – Grand Final Preview
Richmond Football Club v Collingwood Football Club - 1:30pm at MSAC
Ladder Positioning
Richmond: 1st – (7W, 1L – 208%)
Collingwood: 3rd – (5W, 3L – 135%)
Previous Encounters
Rd4: Richmond: 16.4 (100) def Collingwood: 9.4 (58) – RICH by 42pts
Rd9: Richmond: 18.11 (119) def Collingwood: 10.1 (61) – RICH by 58pts
Key to victory
Richmond: If it isn’t broke, don’t fix it: The Tigers don’t need to make any drastic changes coming into their third consecutive Grand Final. They are an experienced side with every player having played in a Grand Final before. Led by Matt Morris, they are arguably the best coached side within the VWFL, and they have found a game plan and role for every player that has proven to be very difficult to stop. Richmond won their seven home and away games throughout the year by an average margin of 74pts and have only lost one game this year. There is a reason that they have had years of continued success, so why change anything now?
Collingwood: A four quarter performance. In the two games that Collingwood played Richmond in 2024, they were kept completely scoreless in two of the eight quarters, which proved to be the difference in the game as Richmond scored 60 unanswered points across both games. Going against such a quality side in Richmond, the Pies will have to be completely focused for every second of this game as the Tigers have proved throughout 2024 that they can put together goals in very quick succession to take away the game within a quarter.
Player to watch
Richmond: Tiesha Shadwell
Tiesha who won the best on ground medal in Richmond’s 2022 Grand Final win over Essendon, has established herself over many years as the premier centre player of the league. She is an absolute game winner, and it starts with her in the middle. Watch out for the centre ruck battles, she often crafts the ball down beautifully to James Weinert who streams past and serves their forwards on a silver platter. If Richmond are to win their second Grand Final in two years, I would have Tiesha Shadwell as a strong chance to win another best on ground medallion.
Collingwood: Ben Jankovski
The captain of this side has been in career best form within the 2024 finals series. Through both the elimination and preliminary final’s, Jankovski had scored the first five goals of both games combined. In the preliminary final, he had four goals inside the first quarter and backed it with four more in the last term. His form is huge reason into why Collingwood has been able to make it into the 2024 Grand Final and they will be looking at their leader once again to potentially finish off what has been a dream-run for the Collingwood Football Club.
Community Wheelchair Football League – Grand Final Preview
Richmond Football Club v Collingwood Football Club - 12:15pm at MSAC
Ladder Positioning
Richmond: 1st – (8W, 0L – 477%)
Collingwood: 3rd – (4W, 4L – 165%)
Previous Encounters
Rd4: Richmond: 9.11 (65) def Collingwood: 2.7 (19) – RICH by 46pts
Rd9: Richmond: 4.6 (30) def Collingwood: 1.6 (12) – RICH by 18pts
Key to victory
Richmond: Scoreboard pressure – Richmond’s two lowest scores in their undefeated 2024 season have both come against Collingwood and their closest winning margin of 18 points was also against the Pies. The Tigers, who for the most part have been able to score at will this year, have had some slight struggles with Collingwood. If the Tigers can put some early scoreboard pressure on the Pies that will go along way in securing another Grand Final victory in the CWFL.
Collingwood: Defence – Collingwood’s strongest part of their unit within the Community League is their defence. They have multiple players that they can put into the back half. Brad Axford & Tim O’Connor are both going to be pivotal players in trying to shut down Richmond’s scoring, to go along with Alex McKay and whoever else they decide to put down there. Luckily for the Pies, due to their deep list they will be able to move the magnets around if certain players aren’t working and their ability to chop and change different defenders might just be the catalyst into victory.
Player to watch
Richmond: Gabe Sharp
Gabe has had a stellar second half of the season within the Community League and has proven to be a dangerous forward. Her forward companion in Bryant Parsons who finished first in the league for goals, will be garnering a lot of attention from the Collingwood defenders. This could open up space in the forward line for Gabe who has proven throughout the year that she can and will pounce on opportunities in front of goals.
Collingwood: Matthew Blunt
Collingwood’s #1 centre position player has been fantastic throughout the finals series and has been a big reason to their success. He will have a tough day matching up against Mark Titford, Miranda Charlton and potentially Daniel Yore but Blunt has plenty of experience in big games for the Pies and RSL Active in the National Championships. It’s not just the middle part of the ground he excels at, Blunt drops down defensively and with his long reach has been the perfect almost goalkeeper role in defence and assists beautifully within the forward line.
https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/1615900/vwfl-grand-final-tigers-to-face-pies-in-finale
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2024 VWFL PREMIERS :gotigers :clapping :highclap
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https://x.com/Richmond_FC
Final Score
Richmond 3.2 4.3 11.3 13.4-82
Collingwood 3.0 5.3 5.4 9.5-59
Goals: Angelo Mavroudis 7, Chris Kotsanas 4, Chris Henderson 2.
Premiership team:
3. Ben Noble
6. Chris Kotsanas
7. James Weinert
9. Judeland Antony
12. Angelo Mavroudis
17. Mitchell Stretton
18. Chris Henderson
41. Teisha Shadwell (c)
https://www.playhq.com/afl/org/victorian-wheelchair-football-league/victorian-wheelchair-football-league-and-community-wheelchair-football-league-2024/2024-victorian-wheelchair-football-league/game-centre/890ca1d9
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Brilliant
If this doesn’t put a smile on your face , nothing will
Sensational job Tiges
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Great stuff tiges :cheers
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Brilliant
If this doesn’t put a smile on your face , nothing will
Sensational job Tiges
👆👆 this
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https://x.com/Richmond_FC/status/1820009789830971726
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Woke BS. We are a men’s footy team. the end.
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Woke BS. We are a men’s footy team. the end.
rubbish
I hate the fact Australia has gone soft that much that I left the country never to return
But calling a form of wheelchair sport woke?
Can’t be serious
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Our wheelchair team has made the Grand Final in both divisions.
VWFL Tigers Grand Final bound
Richmond will now face St Kilda in the Grand Final this Sunday from 2:00pm at the State Netball Hockey Centre.
The Community Division will also play their Grand Final match against Essendon from 1:00pm.
Full article here: https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/1858746/vwfl-tigers-grand-final-bound