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Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: one-eyed on May 24, 2021, 07:07:00 PM
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VFL Round 7
Frankston (3-3, 14th) vs RICHMOND (3-2, 8th)
Thursday night, 27th May @ Skybus Stadium (Frankston Oval)
Start time: 7.10 pm
Broadcast: Kayo & Foxtel.
https://websites.sportstg.com/round_info.cgi?a=MATCH&fixture=125685637&c=1-118-10472-579271-0&pool=1
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Reminder this is on Kayo & Foxtel tomorrow nigh, some interesting outs
B: Bigoa Nyoun Ben Miller Joel Nathan
HB: Lachlan Street Derek Eggmolesse-Smith Rhyan Mansell
C: Garrett McDonagh Jack Ross Bailey Henderson
HF: Riley Loton Brad Melville Angus Hicks
F: Matt Barlett Jack Scanlon Noah Cumberland
R: Samson Ryan Fraser Elliot Sydney Stack
Int: Sam Durham Nathan Oakes Will Bravo Jack Sexton
IN: Rhyan Mansell, Jack Ross, Riley Loton, Jack Scanlon, Sam Durham, Nathan Oakes, Will Bravo
OUT: Josh Caddy, Callum Coleman-Jones, Mabior Chol, Will Martyn, Thomson Dow, Maurice Rioli, Cam Olden
https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/945525/vfl-team-mansell-and-ross-to-play-trio-of-debutants
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Doesn't make any sense to have all the Emergencies miss this game. Players like Dow, MJR and Martyn aren’t going to play seniors and should play this game
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Doesn't make any sense to have all the Emergencies miss this game. Players like Dow, MJR and Martyn aren’t going to play seniors and should play this game
I suppose it does if we end up travelling interstate and being forced out of Vic for an extended period of time e.g. the next 2 weeks before the bye
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Didn’t AFL announce vfl has to be kept seperate from AFL so anyone that was named in the vfl side can’t play seniors until advised otherwise
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Didn’t AFL announce vfl has to be kept seperate from AFL so anyone that was named in the vfl side can’t play seniors until advised otherwise
Correct, AFL listed players have to isolate from the VFL listed players for the next 7 days.
That’s why we’ve kept a bigger squad with the AFL boys.
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Ok makes sense. Makes a nonsense of the competition though given half the teams aren’t aligned with an AFL club
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The VFL is still aiming for the round to go ahead in the present situation of the COVID-19 outbreak, with a decision on this game to be made in the morning.
https://www.afl.com.au/news/620998/vfl-teams-big-ins-for-dolphins-as-tigers-change-seven
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“IT’S A BIT OF A NIGHTMARE": BALME FRUSTRATED BY NEW-LOOK VFL
By Nic Negrepontis
SEN
27 May 2021
Richmond senior advisor Neil Balme is frustrated with the revamped VFL and the fixturing of Thursday night games.
The Tigers have been scheduled to face Frankston on Thursday night in the ‘prime-time’ game that will be shown on Fox Footy.
Richmond’s AFL team doesn’t play until Sunday however and Balme said the gap made it almost impossible to manage.
“Tomorrow we go to Frankston to play them and the rest of our team doesn’t play until Sunday,” he told SEN SA on Wednesday.
“How the hell do you think we’re imagining that? Not too well. I think they’ve gone mad, personally.
“To me we should have just played Victorian VFL teams against each other and let Sydney and Brisbane look after themselves in a way. I think they were worried about the level of competition so we’re all in this East Coast thing or whatever the hell it’s called.
“It’s a bit of a nightmare and it’s quite difficult to manage, I must say.
“I get it, but it’s really difficult to manage. We’re probably only going to play eight of our kids in it because we don’t know who is going to be needed for Sunday yet. You can’t play them on Thursday and then on Sunday. It’s quite a challenge.
“We did talk to the AFL about it several times, but they said, ‘too bad, so sad, we’ve got the TV game and you’re playing’. Ah well.
“We’re not that happy with it, but it’s probably better than what we’ve had with the COVID stuff in the last year, but it is a challenge.”
Richmond sits 8th on the VFL ladder, with three wins from five games.
https://www.sen.com.au/news/2021/05/26/its-a-bit-of-a-nightmare-balme-stuff-vfl/
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Our VFL match tonight has been postposed.
https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/945636/vfl-round-7-match-postponed
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Cancelled officially, no VFL games at all this week
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Thursday night's clash between Frankston and Richmond that was set to begin at 7.10pm but will not be played.
Although the game would have been played before the lockdown begins, the AFL believed it was in the best interests of the safety of the community to not go ahead with the game, as well as challenges with Richmond’s playing list with the Tigers bracing to head to Sydney.
https://www.afl.com.au/news/621126/vfl-w-on-hold-all-games-postponed-due-to-covid-chaos