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NAB AFL Rising Star: round 15
By Jennifer Witham
9:09 AM Tue 15 July, 2008
RICHMOND forward Jack Riewoldt has the unique opportunity of emulating his cousin Nick's feat of claiming the NAB AFL Rising Star award in his second season, following the young Tiger's round 15 nomination.
Riewoldt, 19, booted five goals in the Tigers' 77-point win over West Coast at Subiaco on Sunday, which was his biggest bag as an AFL player.
Riewoldt said he enjoyed the role he played during the weekend's match, and praised the team for giving him consistent delivery.
"I had a good time out there, a lot of fun, and I just enjoyed playing with all of the guys," he told afl.com.au.
"I was against Adam Hunter for most of the day, but our midfield dominance really helped us out, and it led to me kicking five and Nathan Brown kicking four and Mitch Morton three.
"Our clearance work really helped out the whole side, and it helped us out having more inside 50s than them."
Riewoldt has played 19 senior games in total – 11 of which have come this year – and credits Coburg coach Jade Rawlings as the biggest influence on his improvement so far.
He also said gaining a sense of solidity as a senior player has helped his form, as he doesn't worry as much about getting a run in the firsts.
"This year, I've had two stints in the seniors where I've played eight games in the first stint, and then I went back to Coburg for a week and then came back in," he said.
"It's a bit more settling to know, coming into the weekend, that I'm going to be playing in the seniors and not being hesitant about it.
"It's good that have that stability."
Cousin Nick won the NAB AFL Rising Star in 2002 in what was his second season after being drafted in 2000.
Riewoldt, who found his way to Punt Road via the 2006 NAB AFL Draft, now has an opportunity to do the same following his nomination, although he doesn't rate his chances.
"I'm not really too fussed on individual recognition. It's nice to be rewarded, but you'd do anything for the team to win," he said.
"I'm just happy that we're winning games at the moment, and I'm really enjoying playing footy with the younger guys at the club."
The cousins see each other more outside the season than during, but the younger Riewoldt maintains their lack of socialising during the home-and-away calendar does not indicate a heavy competition.
"I don't think there's any rivalry between us," he said.
"We're pretty individual people, and we get along pretty well and are pretty close.
"During the season we don't talk a lot, but out of season we generally catch up and talk a fair bit on the phone.
"When we get together, we don't talk about footy – we just talk about life, really."
Riewoldt moved from his family home in Tasmania to take up his role at Richmond, and is enjoying the opportunity to live on the "mainland" where he believes he has made a comfortable base.
"I'm pretty well adjusted. I've got a house over here now and I'm enjoying living here," he said.
"The first six months was hard, but I've settled and I'm really enjoying my time here. My girlfriend has moved over from Tassie as well.
"I've got a lot of things going for me here. Nick lives down the road and it's an easy flight for mum and dad to come over and see us."
Riewoldt joins Bachar Houli (Essendon), Josh Hill (Western Bulldogs), Rhys Palmer (Fremantle), Kieren Jack (Sydney), Ben McKinley (West Coast), Cyril Rioli (Hawthorn), Austin Wonaeamirri (Melbourne), Kurt Tippett (Adelaide), Garrick Ibbotson (Fremantle), Nathan Brown (Collingwood), Matthew Kreuzer (Carlton), Trent Cotchin (Richmond), Jarryd Morton (Hawthorn) and Colin Garland (Melbourne) as contenders for this year's prize.
http://afl.com.au/tabid/208/default.aspx?newsid=63340
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That's very cool. Well deserved. Glad he was still eligible.
Well done Jack. :clapping
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Jack's highlights
http://bigpondvideo.com/afl/66150
He is involved in a lot of goals.
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nice package the boy deserves the Star ;D his still a babyface :lol
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Nice surprize. I wasn't expecting any nominations for our young fellows this week but in hindsight I problem should have. Well done Jack, extremely well deserved.
One thing I love about Jack is that he is a leader who is extremely team orientated and unselfish. He is as happy setting up and goal as kicking one himself. Makes for a very strong forwardline with him working together with Cleve, Mitch and Shane in the future.
:congrats
Stripes
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Shane who ;D
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Jack Riewoldt gets Rising Star nod
Herald-Sun
July 15, 2008
“Jack, along with our other young forwards continues to rise to the challenges week in week out. He is a good influence among the group and he is highly regarded by his peers,” Richmond coach Terry Wallace said.
Riewoldt is Richmond’s second Rising Star Nominee in 2007 following Trent Cotchin in Round 12.
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24022215-19742,00.html
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After todays training there was a camera crew there and Richo did an interview with Jack.
ala Browny and Cotchin
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Congrats to Jack. Well deserved. Not just for the 5 goals but also the couple he gave away too :clapping.
Jack is coming up on SEN shortly with Francis and Schwarz.
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Riewoldt on SEN just before 5pm.
* We didn't start well but after quarter time got on top in the midfield and we up forward benefitted.
* No Richo - Yeah it's a bit different not having a 190kg lol in front of you. It's been easier to get a kick with him on the wing.
* With Cleve and Mitch we're starting to build a bond in the forward line that hopefully will last for the next 5-6 years. Midfielders also coming down and pinching goals.
* Eagles in the same postiion we were in. Got good kids like Kennedy and McKinnley.
* McRae has been a big help. Jack said he reassessed where he was at the end of the year playing some senior footy and playing finals at Coburg. We've beneditted from having a good core group at Coburg - Connors, Cleve, Edwards, Whitey, etc winning games. Kept the old guys (spirits) up.
* Connors brings a bit of grunge to the side. Him standing up to Barry Hall which a lot of senior guys wouldn't do. Got a lot of young guys who are characters. Cotchin is one.
* This week get another chance to play attacking footy and show what we've got. We're not talking finals or anything. Taking it one week at a time.
* Tassie team - it will have to cross his mind but right now he's happy at the Tiges. It would be great for Tassie to get a side.
* Lids - yeah copped a knock and will do the usual rehab and we hope to see him out there this week.
* Schwarz said Jack's the good type of "smart@rse" that all clubs need. Vibrant character, playing pranks etc.
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A good interview from Jack. Very comfortable and confident with the media. He really praised the other young cubs that he's come through with via Coburg which was a nice touch :clapping. Hopefully he's right about Lids being okay.
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Well done Jack :bow
Kicked 5 straight on the weekend. Already a better shot at goal than his sooky wayward cousin. :thumbsup
Seems to have a good head on his shoulder. Two nominations in the one year aint too shabby with the possibility of maybe snatching one or two more nominations by the end of the year. :clapping
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Nice surprize. I wasn't expecting any nominations for our young fellows this week but in hindsight I problem should have. Well done Jack, extremely well deserved.
One thing I love about Jack is that he is a leader who is extremely team orientated and unselfish. He is as happy setting up and goal as kicking one himself. Makes for a very strong forwardline with him working together with Cleve, Mitch and Shane in the future.
:congrats
Stripes
Yes, its starting to take shape.
Edwards Reiwoldt Morton
Brown* Hughes x
x = resting ruckman Patto/Simmo, or resting midfeilder; Cotchin/Deledio/Tambling/Connors/White
I reckon Brown has another 3 years at least left in him.
Still need to focus on getting more forward KPP, perhaps with our first pick next draft. Losing polak hurts our deapth. Schultz looks like he plays better in defence.
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Jack Riewoldt stars in Richmond's half hour of power
Mark Stevens | July 16, 2008
WHY make a grab for cash at venues like Manuka Oval and Carrara when you can do it at the "House of Pain"?
If Richmond was pondering selling a bundle of home games interstate now, surely Subiaco would be top of the list.
The Tigers have won as many games at Subi this year as the MCG.
That has much to do with Fremantle and West Coast being on the nose, but you can't deny Richmond's numbers way out west.
Richmond has a percentage of 195.3 from two games on the open expanses of Subiaco.
The Tigers have kicked a whopping 289 points for and 148 against in their games with Fremantle and West Coast.
And the party peaked in the 11-goal second term against the Eagles on Sunday.
After a ho-hum first quarter, there was little evidence the perfect storm was brewing.
It is easy to miss twilight Sunday games on pay-TV when they are on the other side of the country.
If you missed that half hour of power, the following stats might give you a feel for the domination:
THE Tigers' total of 11.1 was their best quarter since Round 21, 1996 -- against a Fitzroy side about to be lowered into a grave.
On that sad day, the Lions' last outing in Melbourne, the Tigers kicked 11.7 in the final term.
THE Subiaco slaughter was also the Tigers' third-best second quarter and their best since 1970.
IT was Richmond's fourth-best quarter since its last premiership in 1980.
IT was the best score in a quarter of any team this season.
Jack Riewoldt helped himself to three goals in the second term, earning a Rising Star nomination.
As it unfolded, the emerging key forward's mantra was simple: Just enjoy it.
"They don't come very often, those situations where everything's going right for you," Riewoldt said.
"You just get on the bandwagon and really ride it.
"We've proved we can play now. It would be nice if we could string four of those (quarters) together in a game."
Riewoldt has no doubt Richmond's Subiaco success is built around selfless physical exertion.
"I think it's our will to run. Last year, we probably didn't have a lot of unrewarded running . . . guys willing to push themselves for the team," Riewoldt said.
"Now with Shane Edwards, Daniel Connors, Trent Cotchin, Kane Johnson, Nathan Foley and other midfielders, we have guys really willing to push their bodies and thrive on hard work. Playing over there just really suits us."
West Coast vice-captain Dean Cox was moved to dub his team's performance as "disgraceful".
And the stats back that up.
Richmond was very good. West Coast was deplorable . . . last-legs Fitzroy deplorable.
West Coast's 53 disposals in the second term was its lowest in a quarter since Round 13, 2004.
Richmond had 105 disposals - 52 more - and the Eagles defence had no answers when the Tigers pumped it in.
The Tigers had 16 inside-50s (nothing too out of the ordinary) yet had 12 shots on goal. The Eagles could repel only four times.
Directly from clearances, the Tigers kicked 8.0 (48). West Coast managed one behind.
Richmond coach Terry Wallace is no stranger to the spooky side of Western Australia.
Back in 1999 at the WACA Ground, Wallace coached the Bulldogs to an eight-goal lead at quarter-time against the Eagles.
From out of nowhere, the Eagles hit back in the second term to lead by a point at halftime.
This second term was even more amazing.
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sport/afl/story/0,26576,24026707-19742,00.html
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Richo's move makes forwards stand tall
richmondfc.com.au
By Mic Cullen
12:11 PM Wed 16 July, 2008
RICHMOND key forward Jack Riewoldt credits Matthew Richardson's move up the ground for the rapid development of the team's forward line.
Riewoldt snaffled this week's NAB AFL Rising Star nomination after five goals in the team's 77-point smashing of West Coast at Subiaco Oval on Sunday.
After more than a decade as Richmond's key forward, Richardson has changed to a role that includes starting on the wing, sweeping across the half-back line and drifting forward to boot goals.
The Rising Star nominee said Richardson's move put the responsibility on the younger brigade to step up and produce.
"Matthew making the personal sacrifice to go up on the wing is something that myself and Cleve (Hughes) have held pretty close," he said. "We're pretty tight-knit, the guys that play up forward, the key-position players.
"So when he went out of his way to do that for us – to make us better players and to start to learn how to play centre half-forward and full-forward – it was a pretty good honour.
"Coming from Terry's side of it, he just wanted us to start trying to take hold of the forward line together, and I think over the last four or five weeks we're really started to do that, along with Mitch (Morton) as well.
"It's still a long way to go for us to become confident and regular power forwards where we're playing good senior games week-in, week-out, but these are the first steps to hopefully a long career as a forward line together."
And Richardson's help has extended to off the track as well.
"Richo's been helping us out with our tapes at the end of every game, whether we play bad or whether we play well.
"For example, he didn't play on the weekend, so when we came into Melbourne he called me up and he said there were a few things I probably could do a little bit better, and he's done the same with Cleve, so we probably couldn't have a better coach, really."
http://www.richmondfc.com.au/Season2007/News/NewsArticle/tabid/6301/Default.aspx?newsId=63437
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Hungry Jack
Chloe Saltau | The Age | July 16, 2008
IN JACK Riewoldt, Richmond has a self-confessed "ratbag", but also a rising star with a heap of ambition. And Tasmania's bid for an AFL team has a passionate supporter.
Richmond fans will be pleased to hear Riewoldt and his girlfriend have put down roots in Melbourne, and that the 19-year-old's attachment to the Tigers has grown so strong that he cannot imagine himself one day holding down centre half-forward for his native state in the national competition.
Put simply, the younger cousin of St Kilda captain Nick is having the time of his life at Punt Road, and took another encouraging step in his evolution as a key forward for the post-Richardson era when he booted five goals against West Coast last Sunday.
Riewoldt joked yesterday that he may never have been conceived if his father, Chris, had accepted an offer from St Kilda in 1980 rather than remain on the Apple Isle, where he married Lesley and carved out a distinguished career with Clarence.
Riewoldt believes there are many more young footballers where he came from who are lost to the AFL system, and mounted an articulate argument for a Tasmanian team.
"I am really hoping that Tassie gets a team up, just for the fact that there are so many talented kids in Tasmania that are not probably getting a look in," he said.
"If there was a team down there I would be in full support of it, but I wouldn't be in a hurry to be moving back there. Right now, I'm just really settled at Richmond. My whole life is over here now. I've got a girlfriend here who has come over from Tassie and I've got a house here, so I'm settled and really enjoying it."
Riewoldt is "not too fussed" about comparisons with his more famous cousin, who is the reason he gave up soccer and got serious about Aussie Rules at the age of 15, and admitted the name might have helped him gain the exposure needed to be selected by the Tigers at No. 13 in the 2006 national draft.
There were some early concerns about his speed, but he has since refined his running technique and built on his innate talents — the impressive leap, strong mark and a natural spunk evident in his slightly goofy grin.
When coach Terry Wallace took Riewoldt, Cleve Hughes and Mitch Morton aside earlier this season, and told them of his cunning plan to set Matthew Richardson free of the forward line, Riewoldt knew it was time to step up.
"For starters, Matthew making the personal sacrifice to go up on a wing was something myself and Cleve have held pretty close," he said. "We're pretty tight-knit, the guys who play up forward, so when he went out of his way to do that for us, to make us better players, it was a pretty good honour.
"The responsibility was big. When Plough (Wallace) got us all together he said he needed to find out whether we could play as key forwards, and I'd like to think we've shown him that we can."
He loves watching Nick play, and sometimes gets so caught up that he forgets he is a footballer, too.
"Every time we get a chance to see each other, we're eating out of each other's hands and asking what the other person's doing," he said.
"We know we're different players, and we've both got attributes that suit our games. He is a champion footballer, and I'm hoping to be a champion footballer. It would be great to be the same sort of player he is, but I've got my own little traits."
For Nick, watching football can be a frustrating experience, but he makes an exception for Jack, whose career he is watching closely.
"He played really well," Nick said of Jack's breakthrough performance against the Eagles, which attracted the Rising Star nomination for round 15. "I texted him yesterday and said 'Well done'. It's a great bit of recognition for him."
Recognition that Nick is sure to be reminded of at the right time. The cousins have played against each other twice, and while the second encounter felt "a bit weird" on account of an injury to Nick and a long, faded shot for goal after the siren from Jack, on the first occasion Jack, the ratbag, couldn't help himself. "I reminded (Nick) that I actually baulked around him and made him look silly," recalled Jack, grinning broadly. "It's always good fun."
http://www.realfooty.com.au/news/news/hungry-jack/2008/07/15/1215887630780.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1
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babyface Rewoldt a 1 game wonder turned to poo against a club that wanted to rape us
pressure got to him & got dragged. l still dont think his got the cards am l wrong
>>>> ?????? let rip
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Jack's only 19 so you've got to expect his performances will be up and down from week to week. Essendon paid greater attention to him yesterday too. If Jack had kicked that goal early on which ended up hitting the point post that could have helped carry his form on from last week. Our sloppy disposal and decision making to our forwards didn't help either.
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Cocky players & the RFC should shut thier mouths & play football
Job was done today it took 22 players against a good Bomber side, they wanted to win but so did the RFC players and that they did no matter by what the margin the result was 4 points to RFC
still alot of work to be done & by saying that l will wait till next week cause this week is over ;D
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None of our tall forwards did well yesterday. Hughes & Riewoldt were well covered by Michael & Ryder.
It's always been one of the three (including Morton) that's stepped up and grabbed a bag in each game.
It makes us unpredictable which is good
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None of our tall forwards did well yesterday. Hughes & Riewoldt were well covered by Michael & Ryder.
It's always been one of the three (including Morton) that's stepped up and grabbed a bag in each game.
It makes us unpredictable which is good
Spot on Infamy. The multiple options have produced the unpredictability and made us a much more competitive and dangerous side. Essendon just didn't have the cattle to cover Hughes, Riewoldt, Morton and Brown, and they paid the price. Compare that to our previous decade of 'kick it long to Richo'.
And the upside is that all 3 (except Brown) are just kids growing and learning and you can only realistically see them getting better.
And more upside is that we can throw Deledio down there at any point to create even more options and unpredictability and he is still a kid.
And even more upside is that we still have Richo creating all sorts of mayhem for another year or 2, especially while these kids are still learning.
Thats why it is imperative that we build an elite midfield with many components. We need to supply these forwards with so many scoring options that it will be impossible to defend against. A few won't do it - we need a midfield 6 to 8 deep, with all of them considered good as a minimum and at least a couple classed as elite. And thats why I think we will continue our push for midfielders as a priority at this year's draft.