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Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: one-eyed on October 27, 2020, 04:56:22 AM
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Riewoldt confirmed on Fox Footy the act was a deliberate way to ensure the moment was purely about Ablett.
“I spoke to Danger and just said, look, we’d really like to do this,” he said on AFL 360.
“To be honest the medal idea came from when Dustin did it in 2017. He didn’t wear his Norm Smith around when all of us had our premiership medals on and he didn’t want to be the only one out with two medals.
“This isn’t a moment for us, we paused our celebrations, this was actually about respecting and honouring a champion of the game. I’d hate for Gary to look back on those images and see all of us standing there with the spoils of victory, and take the shine away from what has arguably been the greatest career in AFL history.
“A small gesture but we’ve had some correspondence with Geelong and they really appreciate it. As Dustin said in his speech, he’s one of the greatest players to ever play the game and he deserves the respect. We were happy to give that to him and to send him the love.”
https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/richmond-players-made-extraordinary-gesture-in-gary-ablett-farewell-tribute/news-story/cd1cebd9c08c9cf7fddab7a1278bce06
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Well done to our players. Humble and respectful champions. Sadly others are not like that especially opposition supporters who are once again disgracing themselves.
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Liked this a lot.
Gaz is a champ. Deserved it.
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Like Adam Goodes in his last few years, Ablett became more of a free kick milker with the umpires which grated on fans of his.
He was never the same player after that shoulder injury and probably went a year too many.
Before 2014, he was probably as good a pure footballer I’ve ever seen play the game.
His kicking action is perfect.
After that, I can’t remember his legend growing at all which is a shame but separates the all time greats from the champions
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Liked this a lot.
Gaz is a champ. Deserved it.
Yeh apart from dumping the club that made him and going to GC for more $$$ and then refusing to play for the GC when he had a niggle.