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Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: Diocletian on November 24, 2018, 01:45:28 PM
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Hmm maybe we weren't keeping the free spot for the mid-season draft after all.... :shh
WA’s clouded draft crop could have a silver lining with Sydney Stack set to receive a lifeline from Richmond.
Stack was one of the most high-profile names overlooked in the national and rookie drafts yesterday, as the State recorded its lowest haul since 2002.
But The Weekend West understands Richmond is poised to invite the Perth midfielder to train at the club in the coming weeks. It is believed Stack — an All-Australian in the national carnival from just three games — would live with Tigers coach Damien Hardwick while he is in Melbourne and could be listed by March 15 under new rules if he impresses.
WA had just one player taken in the first round of the national draft, Jordan Clark (Geelong), on Thursday night, with highly-rated forward Ian Hill slipping to Greater Western Sydney at selection 24 yesterday.
Twelve players found their way onto lists during the two-day event — seven in the national draft and five as rookies.
https://thewest.com.au/sport/afl-draft/afl-draft-2018-richmond-set-to-offer-sydney-stack-an-afl-lifeline-ng-b881030755z
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The guy is a jet. Must have behavioural issues not to get picked.....
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gee he looks good from that highlight reel
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My uneducated guess is that at least 16 clubs passed because he was considered a real flight risk so by doing it this way we can assess whether or not he he can adapt to living interstate without costing a list spot if it looks like he can't....of course the fact that both WA clubs also overlooked him might mean there are some deeper issues involved but it also may just mean they had other needs.....Freo already have a couple like him while WC were forced to take Jarrod Cameron with a higher pick than they probably anticipated....(mind you, they both could've just rookied him too)... . :shh
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He's not a flight risk. In fact, he has said he would love to get away from his home state and start his life afresh.
He was overlooked due to off-field/behavioural issues. The same thing happened when he was first overlooked for WA in the U18 Champs.
“It’s more like off-field and what your character is like and what you are willing to do to develop as a person and player,” Stack said.
“Footy is like kind of an escape for me. I grew up moving a lot and grew up around violence ... and never really had stability, so I just find footy as just a way out, to get out of trouble and things like that.
“I just really find my peace there, on the footy field. Just that physical side, I really take my anger out at footy sometimes and it just helps me, to release stress and stuff.”
“I just have a lot of family issues and stuff like that. I just really focused on myself and putting my best foot forward this year.
“A lot of credit to my manager Paul Peos. He helped me on the mental side of things and got my head screwed on and just focused day-in, day-out, week-in, week-out. Not thinking too far ahead.”
Stack lived with Peos at the start of the year but ended up spending the rest of the year staying with former Western Bulldogs player Brennan Stack, who has also helped him off the field. Brennan and Sydney’s great grandfathers were brothers.
He is close with his four sisters, but would love the chance to move interstate.
“Just a whole new start and just to get away from everything and live my life,” he said.
https://thewest.com.au/sport/afl-draft/afl-draft-2018-sydney-stack-finds-peace-in-footys-rough-and-tumble-ng-b881023654z
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Not saying he's not being truthful but we all know that what these kids say publicly and what they really feel aren't always the same thing and clubs can usually see right through it during the pre-draft screening interviews.....just like everyone could tell Ben King was absolutely shattered by being drafted to GC despite everything he said... GC knew it too but they also know it wouldn't matter who they picked atm...:shh
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Not saying he's not being truthful but we all know that what these kids say publicly and what they really feel aren't always the same thing and clubs can usually see right through it during the pre-draft screening interviews.....just like everyone could tell Ben King was absolutely shattered by being drafted to GC despite everything he said... GC knew it too but they also know it wouldn't matter who they picked atm...:shh
A great story to give young Stack a chance and a chance in life :clapping King's old man told his boys should they end up interstate they must give a 4 year commitment to forge a career with a view of being a one club player.
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Easier said then done.....never seen a more forced smile than the one on Ben's face on Thursday night.....with Lukosius & Rankine's not far behind.... :shh
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Dud. delist..... sounds like a young Chris Yarran
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Happy to take the minimal risk.
Club, once again, knows what it is doing.
In Balmey we trust.
:bow
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Big upgrade on Stengle??
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For those follow the draft can he play ?.3 best for WA in under 18.
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https://bpmultihlsvods257.ngcdn.telstra.com/vod/ingest_aflfilms_vod/2018/11/975931/VOD_Source/2018-11-02_03-14-50-0366/output_2400kbps_720p.mp4
:shh
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He can play, watch his highlights.
Got nothing to lose giving this kid a chance
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I have this posted on here elsewhere, but I reckon he has more potential than Hill.
Hasn't had a lot of opportunity in life, and getting him into a full time professional program will do wonders for him as a footy player.
Happy with this pick-up, but still think Tyron Smallwood is another who deserves a chance. Great kicking skills, great hands, hard as a cats head.
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Dud. delist..... sounds like a young Chris Yarran
Except we'd be giving up consierably less than pick 19 and 500k a year.... :shh
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Those two picks added up to pick 12. :( :( :(
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Coming to melb, living with Dimma, I am sure we have a pretty good idea of the risk reward, Plus imagine the headline, Sydney beats Sydney
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Dud. delist..... sounds like a young Chris Yarran
Except we'd be giving up consierably less than pick 19 and 500k a year.... :shh
2 wrongs don’t make a short stack
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RICHMOND is hoping to offer talented WA teenager Sydney Stack an AFL lifeline, with the Tigers inviting him to train at Punt Road.
The Tigers submitted a request to the AFL over the weekend and is waiting for League approval.
If given the green light, Stack will arrive at Tigerland on December 1, and can train with Richmond during the pre-season supplemental selection period until March 15.
He could then join Richmond's list under the new rookie rules.
The speedy midfielder was regarded as one of the most talented of WA's draft hopefuls but was overlooked in last week's NAB AFL Draft and Rookie Draft.
Stack missed the first round of the NAB AFL Under-18 Championships following failure to meet training standards, but quickly made up for lost time with an impressive carnival for WA.
His good form earned him selection in the Under-18 All Australian team, as well as a debut for Perth's Colts side in the WAFL in round 19.
(https://s.afl.com.au/staticfile/AFL%20Tenant/StackU18AlWAMD0121.jpg)
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-11-26/tigers-seek-draft-lifeline-for-overlooked-wa-star
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Worth the risk IMHO
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whats the risk? we wouldn't be giving up anything to get him apart from a spot on our list and he would be on the most minimum short term contract available.
if hes got the talent, go for it and back our culture and structure to settle whatever hes got going on away from the field. if it doesn't work out then simply delist him at the end of the season.
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Worst case scenario we could even delist him mid-season and replace him in the mid-season draft if need be...... :shh
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Tiger cub says potential new teammate would stack up
AFL.com.au
Jennifer Phelan
Nov 28, 2018
NEW RICHMOND midfielder Luke English believes his Perth teammate Sydney Stack will "thrive" at Punt Road should the Tigers take a chance on the overlooked teenager next month.
Stack, 18, is set to train with the Tigers from December 1 after being passed on in last week's NAB AFL Draft and NAB AFL Rookie Draft, with the hope of joining the club under the new supplement list rules.
The midfielder's talent is unquestionable but he has admitted to an unstable upbringing in Western Australia, where he grew up around violence.
He was left out of Western Australia's first game in the mid-year NAB AFL Under-18 Championships because he failed to meet training standards, before he came back into the side and earned All Australian honours for the rest of his carnival.
English might only have been at Punt Road himself for two days but he believes his former state-level teammate will benefit from the support the Tigers can offer.
"He's obviously a ripping footballer, an All Australian and really handy around the club," English said on Tuesday.
"He's a real hard player. You can back him in to do the one-percenters and shepherd for you, so I think he's just a team player and just real hard at getting the contested footy.
"I think he'll really thrive in an environment like this, it's such a supporting environment so I think it will be really good, and also for me to see another familiar face around the club."
Stack can't officially train with the Tigers until after December 1, when he and ex-Saint and Sun Mav Weller will be eligible to join the club as rookies under the new rules.
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-11-28/tiger-cub-says-potential-new-teammate-would-stack-up
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I'm confident there with Clark and Dimma and Rioli and Edwards we can get this kid right.Highlights look really good talent to burn.
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I feel key to all this is what happens when young Sid goes back home for the Christmas break.....and hopefully he doesn't decide to ring in the new year with the old Welcome Spring Butterflies & eight-ball shooters Troy Taylor-style........ :shh
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So is he coming or what? Has to be here by tomorrow if he is....did the AFL approve or stuff us over as usual? :shh
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So is he coming or what? Has to be here by tomorrow if he is....did the AFL approve or stuff us over as usual? :shh
Was it ever suggested that we’d sign him today or just have him train with us first to see how he goes before we commit to contracting him?
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Don't actually have to sign him until March (same with Weller)but the AFL still have to give us permission first which I presume also includes permission to train... also heard we'd have to pay him a grand a week allowance while he trains with us which gets included in the salary cap regardless of whether we eventually sign him or not.... :shh
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Hopefully it will all Stack up? :shh
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Hopefully it will all Stack up? :shh
If it doesn’t a few on here will blow their stack.
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these jokes are stacks bad
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well if u dont like them find a Sydney forum
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I could link you to a stack of Sydney forums...
herherher
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I could link you to a stack of Sydney forums...
herherher
The only forum is want to see for Sydney is when he tags Callum next year - we will then see Stacks on the Mills
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chimney...
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Stack was at Punt road training today. :clapping
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Stack was at Punt road training today. :clapping
Yep, next to Fraser Turner in this pic:
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DtctyrAU0AAVOl0.jpg)
https://twitter.com/BecHeraldSun/status/1069373793569714176
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(https://cdndata.bigfooty.com/2018/12/591050_65378117718ed76cd56daddc4d420110.png)
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Ah, balance the water bottle on your head drill. One of WAT's ideas he emailed to the club. Great to see it being implemented.....:shh
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Then they have to kick a footy without spilling a drop - helps train them not to look at it.... :shh
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WA prospect Sydney Stack – who is in contention for the Tigers' final list spot via the new pre-season supplemental selection rule – also joined in most of the conditioning drills and showed off some impressive skills.
Source: AFL website (http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-12-03/change-is-as-good-as-a-holiday-cotch-on-forward-line)
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Stack was out with Shai, Garth, Rioli & Mia, Chol & Eggmolesse celebrating Bolton's birthday:
https://www.instagram.com/stories/shaibolton/?hl=en
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Stack was out with Shai, Garth, Rioli & Mia, Chol & Eggmolesse celebrating Bolton's birthday:
https://www.instagram.com/stories/shaibolton/?hl=en
(https://proxy.bigfooty.com/forum/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdndata.bigfooty.com%2F2018%2F12%2F593018_985dea5526b36c3d3352db573f713023.JPG&hash=cb6e788ed7b62f706cb21402e2fc639e) (https://cdndata.bigfooty.com/2018/12/593019_5cc0a9c4dab1d98e75eb53c133aea3f9.JPG)
(https://cdndata.bigfooty.com/2018/12/593012_2de34e80448626aa4b3dfee3559d18fb.jpeg)
Apparently, Stack went out to dinner with Dusty tonight.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9vRMn9M6gE
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Anyone know how the young fellas going so far?
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TK, Stack is impressing those at the Club so far.
Will Tigers sign WA teen as a rookie?
Jon Ralph,
Herald Sun
15 December 2018
Exciting West Australian teen Sydney Stack is already winning plaudits for his Richmond training form as he seeks to impress coach Damien Hardwick.
Hardwick is not only assessing the form of the livewire indigenous teen but giving him room and board after Daniel Rioli moved into the Fevola house to live with his girlfriend.
Stack has until March 15 to prove his professionalism and win a rookie spot after being the most talented player overlooked in the national and rookie drafts.
He missed a national championships game after failing to meet training standards then responded with exceptional form to become an All-Australian.
Richmond assistant coach Justin Leppitsch said on Friday the Tigers had already been impressed with his football acumen in his time at the club.
“All I have seen is his talents and his competitive nature and the reason why he was All-Australian,” Leppitsch said.
“Those things are already evident on the training track. He is living with Dimma, so maybe give him a call but he seems good.
“It has only been a week so it’s very hard to judge and time will tell. But as a footballer he looks very much an accomplished young player, so if that’s the reason he stays on the list he is going about it the right way. The other stuff is for our management to take care of.”
Stack said in the lead-in to the draft that he saw football as an escape after a turbulent childhood growing up around violence.
“I just really find my peace there, on the footy field,” he said.
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/teams/richmond/sydney-stack-impressing-at-richmond-training-but-is-yet-to-be-signed-as-a-rookie/news-story/8a6ebf93278ddd052346bc5419fa297a
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Early days but sounds promising...
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Good to hear, will be an absolute steal if it works out.
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Great opportunity for the kid, we have a great culture so no excuses.
Take it with both hands balls in his court really!
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All I hope they invest in the young mans well being with some professional help. Seeing he's living at the Dimma's it would be surprising if they weren't.
It's tough to escape a tough childhood!
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Great opportunity for the kid, we have a great culture so no excuses.
Take it with both hands balls in his court really!
As we discovered with Yarran, it takes more than culture to transform a kid. Something has to burn within him to make that enormous transition to professional sport from such a difficult background. I have enormous respect for Jeff Garlett who was living in a car and going without regular meals while playing WAFL. He is an inspiration for kids like Stack who can hopefully emulate what he’s achieved
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What's our hit ratio with bad kids troubled young men. About 50 50?
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What's our hit ratio with bad kids troubled young men. About 50 50?
IMO less than 50/50.
Dan Connors
Troy Taylor
Ben Cousins
Chris Yarran
The difference here though is Stack costs us nothing in term of picks and we get 4 months to trial him out on and off field before we have to decide to sign him up as a rookie or not.
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Technically Dusty was a troubled kid right ? Does Dusty and Cousins make up for our misses?
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Does that blonde half forward we recruited 2 or 3 years back who cried foul count too? Forgot his name never played a game. So if we have really low expectations of this guy and say 25% chance then it's probably realistic.
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Does that blonde half forward we recruited 2 or 3 years back who cried foul count too? Forgot his name never played a game. So if we have really low expectations of this guy and say 25% chance then it's probably realistic.
Clayton Collard
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Nah he had mental health problems which is why we drafted him late and no one else went near him. Was a risky pick in its own way.
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Reece McKenzie?
Although I wouldn't call him a half forward
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Yeah that's the one. I thought he was a half forward or a forward tall at least but it's moot now.
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Don't forget Davis Gourdis & Dean McDonald..... :shh
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Yeah that's the one. I thought he was a half forward or a forward tall at least but it's moot now.
He was Plugger MkII
Full forward or bust for old Reece. Pity he had the problems he did.
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Don't forget Davis Gourdis & Dean McDonald..... :shh
Gourdis. Amazing athlete. Average footy player.
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Don't forget Davis Gourdis & Dean McDonald..... :shh
Gourdis. Amazing athlete. Average footy player.
Yep. One of the worst kicking techniques ever. He couldn't hit a barn by foot.
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Don't forget Davis Gourdis & Dean McDonald..... :shh
:lol good memory, is that the bloke they called the Greek? :shh
Also Dmac, Rob Schneider mk II :shh
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Don't forget Davis Gourdis & Dean McDonald..... :shh
:lol good memory, is that the bloke they called the Greek? :shh
Yep EEA, that's the one.
In those days (2007) pure athleticism was trendy and IIRC before he was drafted some phantom drafts even had him going in the first round lol. They just ignored his total lack of a basic kicking technique. No surprise he slid to the PSD.
Thank gawd we got our first two picks right in the 2007 draft because we bombed out on the rest :help.
2. Cotchin
18. Rance
19. traded for Jordan McMahon
35. traded for Mitch Morton
51. Dean Putt
PSD: Dave Gourdis
Rookie draft:
1. Clayton Collard
17. Jarrod Silvester
33. Tristan Cartledge
47. Cameron Howat
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_AFL_draft#2008_pre-season_draft
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Gourdis was talked up as being everything from the next Richo to the Greek Buddy... :shh
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Dave Balta
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Gourdis was talked up as being everything from the next Richo to the Greek Buddy... :shh
Yeah, I remember it well, I was one of those caught up in the hype. Back in the day when x-factor was the buzzword in recruiting.
To be fair, he was an exceptional athlete. But I think I remember him best for having Jessie Habermann (now Marc Murphy's missus) as his girlfriend when he played for us.
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Alex Baltafides
e.f.a. :shh
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But Jordy Mahon won us a game after the siren. Hoe could he be a bust? All 25kg of him😇
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But Jordy Mahon won us a game after the siren. Hoe could he be a bust? All 25kg of him😇
And let's not forget that it ultimately delivered us Dustin Martin!
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What's our hit ratio with bad kids troubled young men. About 50 50?
Yarran was an adult. Kids can be salvaged, adults are usually harder to repair.
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But Jordy Mahon won us a game after the siren. Hoe could he be a bust? All 25kg of him😇
And let's not forget that it ultimately delivered us Dustin Martin!
Geez your right we could have had scully ffs or trengpve.
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But Jordy Mahon won us a game after the siren. Hoe could he be a bust? All 25kg of him😇
And let's not forget that it ultimately delivered us Dustin Martin!
Geez your right we could have had scully ffs or trengpve.
Good old Melbourne
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Stack is one who could go either way, but he's the next closest thing to Rankine on talent. A few cm shorter, not as damaging forward of centre. But through the midfield he influences games like few others. First possession winning, has the burst of acceleration at stoppages and gets around opponents with ease, has the skills. If he works, he can be better than Josh Thomas. Perhaps as a sub 180cm mid you'd like for him to develop the capacity to play more forward, but he's one where if he develops, he can be a monster. A poor man's Sam Petrevski-Seton is what I'd be hoping.
https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/hinesight-v-knightsight-v-hindsight-2018.1209520/page-8#post-59049825
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Stack is one who could go either way, but he's the next closest thing to Rankine on talent. A few cm shorter, not as damaging forward of centre. But through the midfield he influences games like few others. First possession winning, has the burst of acceleration at stoppages and gets around opponents with ease, has the skills. If he works, he can be better than Josh Thomas. Perhaps as a sub 180cm mid you'd like for him to develop the capacity to play more forward, but he's one where if he develops, he can be a monster. A poor man's Sam Petrevski-Seton is what I'd be hoping.
https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/hinesight-v-knightsight-v-hindsight-2018.1209520/page-8#post-59049825
Is Edwards like with his hands. Great reader of the play in traffic and doesn't mind having a crack with the physical stuff. A mate has seen him box in a gym and reckons his hands are lighting quick. I personally think he will be more of a forward player early in his career with us and will be given time to transition into the middle of the ground.
I posted in the draft thread that I think he is a better prospect than Ian Hill.
My only concern on the highlights I have seen is that he makes quick decisions but not always good ones. Often wins the footy in a pack but often dishes it to the wrong option, a player under pressure. That could well be less of an issue in an AFL environment where set-up around contests and support from other players tends to be more predictable.
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when will we sign this kid?
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I hope he's a bit more than a poor man's SPS..... :shh
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I hope he's a bit more than a poor man's SPS..... :shh
Yeah that was a strange line. SPS has been poop so far.
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when will we sign this kid?
We've got to March 15 to sign him. IMO we'll take the full time to assess him to test his attitude and commitment and how he trains and fits in with everyone else inside the Club. If we're satisfied he's willing to be a full-time professional career footballer then we'll sign him.
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I hope he's a bit more than a poor man's SPS..... :shh
Well the poster goes for collingwood so probably has NFI like the rest of them.
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Here is Stack's WAFL profile and stats:
http://www.wafl.com.au/players/view/6834
Those tackle stats at colts level are off the charts :o. Decent senior level stats too for a young player.
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I hear that unless these you boys have been through the private school system there is a very small chance of success.
Still would by happy for Sydney to prove them wrong
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Who's sps
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Who's sps
Petrevski-Seton
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Goes from saying he’s the second most talented player in the draft to a poor mans sps real quick.
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Couple of posters on BF reckon Stack's old man is in a pretty bad way - one said he was on his death bed in hospital and also that Stack's been sleeping all day and been at the "cas" (Burswood Casino I presume they mean) every night......:shh
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Couple of posters on BF reckon Stack's old man is in a pretty bad way - one said he was on his death bed in hospital and also that Stack's been sleeping all day and been at the "cas" (Burswood Casino I presume they mean) every night......:shh
Casino's really take it out of you, no wonder he's sleeping all day.
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From Big Footy :
Know him though a friends kid. So I’ve listened to what they’ve been up to all summer and was introduced in passing to him as Syd along with a few other local WAFL indigenous players. But never really gave it much thought.
Didn’t really click on him being Sydney Stack, until someone mentioned he was meant to be heading back to live with Hardwick a week ago but his dad was sick. Someone added that it was looking terminal.
His Girlfriend is apparently heading back to NT soon to start Uni.
I won’t ask my friend about him but if they mention anything I’ll keep you posted if I think it’s appropriate to pass on.
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Well Stack last night on instagram posted a pic of himself partying back on the 29th Dec:
https://www.instagram.com/sydneystack2000/
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Stack has created an new Instagram account called Stackman_44 with Tigers on it.
The #44 is an unused guernsey number of ours out of interest.
(https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/attachments/aa4437ed-3767-4ba9-b61d-def5aaa057a0-png.605840/)
https://www.instagram.com/stackman_44/
https://www.instagram.com/sydneystack2000/
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:shh
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44 - from Stengle to Stack.... :shh
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On the flight up to the Gold Coast pre-season camp....
(https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/attachments/ac4211d2-65d3-4799-9185-352d1e9fdf4b-jpeg.606528/)
:shh
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On the flight up to the Gold Coast pre-season camp....
(https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/attachments/ac4211d2-65d3-4799-9185-352d1e9fdf4b-jpeg.606528/)
:shh
interesting, isn't there an open training session 830 tomorrow morning ?
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Where? Punt Road?
Hope he didnt catch the wrong flight then.... :shh
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Things look like they are starting to stack up :shh
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Where? Punt Road?
Hope he didnt catch the wrong flight then.... :shh
yep PRO, tomorrow 8.30, the camp on GC runs from this Sunday to Friday
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Things look like they are starting to stack up :shh
Me thinks they have stacked up :thumbsup
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He comes across as a flog.
He shouldn’t worry about this documenting his journey crap and make it happen!
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He comes across as a flog.
He shouldn’t worry about this documenting his journey crap and make it happen!
Yeah does a bit, the younger generation seem to get a bit ahead of themselves.
Richmond as a club seem to have a pretty focussed resolved group all credit to them.
Was listening somewhere the other day where they were talking about this new generation of me me me hmmm no likey...we'll see
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Sounds like he is excited and enjoying being at the RFC to me.
I hope he gets it right because he has the skills to make it.
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Was training this morning, the group huddled together & let out a big cheer at 1 point so may be confirmed as joining us ??
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Was training this morning, the group huddled together & let out a big cheer at 1 point so may be confirmed as joining us ??
Just check his instagram - it’ll be there if it relates to him in any way
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Was training this morning, the group huddled together & let out a big cheer at 1 point so may be confirmed as joining us ??
Just check his instagram - it’ll be there if it relates to him in any way
He is in this group pic of training this morning.
(https://s.afl.com.au/staticfile/AFL%20Tenant/Richmond/Images/IMG_4690.jpg)
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Was training this morning, the group huddled together & let out a big cheer at 1 point so may be confirmed as joining us ??
Just check his instagram - it’ll be there if it relates to him in any way
You do realise that’s come from jack ross’ social media not Sydney’s.
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Was training this morning, the group huddled together & let out a big cheer at 1 point so may be confirmed as joining us ??
Just check his instagram - it’ll be there if it relates to him in any way
He is in this group pic of training this morning.
(https://s.afl.com.au/staticfile/AFL%20Tenant/Richmond/Images/IMG_4690.jpg)
Really? I thought Stack was going to wear 44, not 4.
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That's short stack not Sydney Stack in that photo.....
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I think that is Stack under Caracellas left hand
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(https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/attachments/20190121_093453-jpg.608242/)
Source: BigFooty (https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/pre-season-18-19.1208741/post-59363499)
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Will be signed up by next week.... :shh
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(https://instagram.fmel2-1.fna.fbcdn.net/vp/afb90cf5bda9d177833e2eb5d5ad11a8/5CC20668/t51.2885-15/e35/49784274_387498645342516_5025900664929045244_n.jpg?_nc_ht=instagram.fmel2-1.fna.fbcdn.net) (https://instagram.fmel2-1.fna.fbcdn.net/vp/938e94a484906c6c0740861eef28c32b/5CC9E197/t51.2885-15/e35/p1080x1080/50019901_526884161138017_6548584225809203170_n.jpg?_nc_ht=instagram.fmel2-1.fna.fbcdn.net)
Source: Rioli and Stack's instagram accounts.
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Will be signed up by next week.... :shh
Good get, YaBB :thumbsup
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Looks like it's been confirmed he's a Tiger.
From Stack's instagram:
stackman_44
Couldn’t be any happier 💛🖤 (mind my ugly head)
https://www.instagram.com/stackman_44/
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Recruited/developed as trade bait for Cerra.
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Bolton is the Cerra carrot.....and Hackintosh will be the steak knives... :shh
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If I could grow a beard like @alexrance I should be set?? 😂💛🖤
(https://scontent-syd2-1.cdninstagram.com/vp/fbfaef283ee0ab407243c41a003a8201/5CF4ECC1/t51.2885-15/e35/49664418_305823416739169_7651249264615303585_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent-syd2-1.cdninstagram.com)
https://www.instagram.com/stackman_44/
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I assume that until he has actually signed with us, there is the potential for another club with a spot on their list to nip in and sign him instead.
So my question is, does another team have a spot they could slot Stack into?
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I assume that until he has actually signed with us, there is the potential for another club with a spot on their list to nip in and sign him instead.
So my question is, does another team have a spot they could slot Stack into?
They would as other clubs can use the pre-season supplemental selection period (SSP) up until March 15. However, another club would be taking the risk of signing Stack unsighted and in any case I'd doubt Stack (based on how he seems to be fitting in at Tigerland) would now want to sign with another club if we want him.
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I assume that until he has actually signed with us, there is the potential for another club with a spot on their list to nip in and sign him instead.
So my question is, does another team have a spot they could slot Stack into?
They would as other clubs can use the pre-season supplemental selection period (SSP) up until March 15. However, another club would be taking the risk of signing Stack unsighted and in any case I'd doubt Stack (based on how he seems to be fitting in at Tigerland) would now want to sign with another club if we want him.
We're paying him a grand a week and it's included in the salary cap, so you'd imagine that at least affords us first right of refusal... :shh
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Stack is still training with us today (#44):
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DyWjUhdVAAEznWX.jpg)
https://twitter.com/CherylCritchley/status/1091458075918196736
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Skills look sublime, first time I've seen him live.
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How can we fail this year we have the lone ranger on our side or is it Zorro?
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How can we fail this year we have the lone ranger on our side or is it Zorro?
Hannibal Lecter
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http://m.afl.com.au/news/2019-02-05/sydney-stacks-up-for-tigers-final-list-spot
:cheers
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WA mid reportedly earns Tigers gig
Perthnow
5 Feb 2019
WA prospect Sydney Stack is reportedly set to become a Richmond player after impressing during a two-month trial at Punt Road.
The Tigers are poised to sign Stack as a rookie under the league’s new recruitment rules which allow clubs to fill list vacancies until March 15, according to AFL Media.
While widely viewed as one of the more talented junior footballers in the country, queries over Stack’s professionalism saw him overlooked in last year’s national and rookie drafts.
But the Perth product - who has been living with Damien Hardwick since moving to Melbourne in December - responded well to feedback surrounding his fitness and held his own during Richmond’s training camp in Queensland last month.
The powerhouse club has also taken note of Stack’s game sense and ball skills; traits that earned him all-Australian selection despite managing just three games during the national carnival.
If recruited, Stack will be the second player to join Richmond during the pre-season supplemental selection period after former Gold Coast and St Kilda player Maverick Weller became a Tiger in November.
Under the new rules, clubs can sign players as rookies between December 1 and March 15 to replace retired or seriously injured players, or if they have a free spot available on their rookie list.
Eligible players must have previously nominated for the national draft or been on the list of an AFL club.
https://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/afl/sydney-stack-set-for-richmond-tigers-lifeline-reports-ng-b881095542z
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:clapping
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Appears to have that happy knack of being where the ball is
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It's a lock all :clapping
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Its widely regarded as being racist in saying this but the best place for this kid is away from his relatives and friends.
Knew a bloke in my game and he worked his guts out to try and get ahead but his family and mates who did nothing for themselves just sponged off him and dragged him down.
He secretly organised a job in melbourne through his boss and just up and went with his missus without telling any of his relatives or mates it was the only way he could see himself getting ahead in life.
Seems Sydney is in the same boat. With the right people and environment this kid will thrive and he sure as hell can play. Ross RC-D, Stack and English all good gets imo and Stack is probably the most talented of them all.
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its official
http://www.richmondfc.com.au/video/2019-02-11/stack-receives-exciting-news
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Will wear the No.44?
Is it a year contract like Weller?
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Great pick up Tigers.
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Bring in the X-Factor!!!!
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Steal of the century.... :shh
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Dio's mail is correct once again....:shh :shh
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Made to earn it the hard way and it's a well deserved contract :clapping
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http://www.richmondfc.com.au/video/2019-02-11/stack-receives-exciting-news
http://www.richmondfc.com.au/video/2019-02-12/stack-on-becoming-a-tiger
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"I'd like to thank the club for giving me the opportunity to come and train, (a) great bunch of blokes and I couldn't picture myself at any other club," Stack said.
"Thanks for making me feel comfortable over the last couple of months and can't wait to play alongside you and have a good time this year."
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“We’re delighted to welcome Sydney to the club, he’s worked really hard to secure a spot on the list, and we know he’ll continue to work hard to develop his football,” Richmond football boss Balme said.
“Sydney’s got great speed, skill, and competes really hard, so we’re excited by what he’ll bring to the team.
“We think that Richmond is a positive environment for him, and we’re pleased with how he’s settling into the club and our football program.”
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Respected recruiter and former Hawthorn list guru Gary Buckenara had the West Australian rated at the 36th best player in last year’s draft pool.
He has been likened to West Coast excitement machine Liam Ryan.
“Stack is a very balanced midfielder who’s hard on the inside and electrifying on the outside,” Buckenara wrote in a Herald Sun column before the draft.
“He’s undersized for an inside midfielder, so I would expect him to spend more time on the outside at AFL level to apply his defensive pressure on the ball carrier.
“Stack can play other roles too, and can hit the scoreboard but his balance between offence and defence is the most impressive aspect he’ll bring to the club that drafts him.
“He’s a project player at his size but there is an x-factor about him that will surely excite clubs in need of this type of player.”
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2019-02-11/stacks-on-speedy-young-mid-officially-becomes-a-tiger
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/teams/richmond/richmond-has-signed-sydney-stack-as-a-rookie-for-season-2019/news-story/94b715286fb24eb35c7b7a2252a58c36
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“Not getting drafted was a big disappointment but the opportunity to come train (at Richmond) with the AFL new rules was terrific and I just really had to earn my spot,” Stack said.
“It got a bit stressful at times as training got harder… but all the hard work paid off and now I’m on the list.
“It’s a fantastic club and I couldn’t be happier.”
Stack, who lived with senior coach Damien Hardwick when he first arrived in Melbourne, said he was instantly welcomed into the Tigerland family.
“The first week I came here the boys really got around me, and got me up and about,” he said.
“(They) just made me feel at home and to see the Club as family.”
On the field, Stack boasts versatility. While he has spent time in the midfield and up forward in the past, he has been training with Richmond’s backline.
“I grew up as a backman so I don’t mind playing back,” he said.
“The senior boys have really helped me with structure and defence.”
He credited Richmond defenders Alex Rance, Dylan Grimes and Nathan Broad for their guidance as he developed the discipline and professionalism required at the top level.
One Tiger who was adamant on Stack's potential at Punt Road Oval was draftee Luke English, who also hails from Perth.
The pair were both named in the Under-18 All-Australian team last year and were teammates at Perth and Western Australia.
“It’s terrific, me and Lukey have been on this journey since we were 15 or 14,” Stack said.
“Just seeing him develop through Perth and the development squad there and playing (WAFL) Colts footy together and State 18s as well…he really worked hard to get (to Richmond).”
The speedster, who is known for his hardness at the ball and competitive nature, said the two-month trial at Tigerland taught him the importance of hard work and persistence.
“I got a bit teary when the coaches talked about my work ethic… it took a long journey to get here,” Stack said.
“It’s not the end, it’s just the beginning of the AFL journey.”
http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2019-02-11/sydneys-hard-work-stacks-up
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stackman_44
Like to thank @richmond_fc for giving me the opportunity to experience the Afl life and also for giving me a contract. Couldn’t be any happier living my dream with a bunch of great blokes, staff and corporates at this amazing football club #Thrilled #AFL
https://www.instagram.com/stackman_44/
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When he kicks the sealer in the last quarter of this years granny we can steal the Sydney Swans chant of “Sydney”
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The boys enjoying the #AFLAllStarsSummit in Adelaide 🤙🏽
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dz0ONn9U8AA0lhv.jpg)
https://twitter.com/Richmond_FC
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http://www.aflplayers.com.au/article/stack-it-was-a-long-journey-to-get-here/
I like this part:
Growing up in WA, Stack idolised Port Adelaide’s Sam Powell-Pepper, who also played for WA in the under-18 national championships.
The two played for the national team when Stack was in his under-16s year, before Powell-Pepper was drafted to the Power.
#tradetarget :shh
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:shh :shh
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The positive impact Sydney Stack has made on Richmond coach Damien Hardwick
The West Australian
Saturday, 9 March 2019 3:21PM
Richmond coach Damien Hardwick has sung the praises of Sydney Stack, declaring himself “fortunate” to have lived with the gun WA junior.
Stack stayed with Hardwick and his family over summer, while auditioning for a place on Richmond’s rookie list.
The 19-year-old officially joined the Tigers last month, having allayed fears over his professionalism during a three-month period at Punt Road.
And a stint living with the 2017 premiership mastermind appears to have helped his cause.
“Sydney is incredible,” Hardwick told Fox Footy.
“I hadn’t met him before. I didn’t even interview him at draft camp - I saw an interview - and then when he came into our house he fitted in really well.”
Stack follows in the footsteps of new teammate Daniel Rioli, who recently moved out of Hardwick’s house to buy his own property.
The pair share a few traits on-field; both are clean below their knees, explosive in short bursts and have a knack for pulling off the mercurial.
Away from the game, it’s a different story.
“It’s amazing how different those two boys were. Daniel is very shy and unassuming and Sydney was completely the opposite.
“Both of those lads have had a great impact on our family.”
Stack’s dedication to training has also impressed Hardwick.
Queried over his endurance, the Perth product has pushed himself to the brink of exhaustion during several fitness sessions.
And his efforts might soon yield dividends.
Asked if Stack was ready-made for senior action, Hardwick responded: “Yeah he is, he’s been really good.”
“I must admit, our coaches were saying ‘why haven’t we signed this kid?’ but obviously he had a few things (to work through).”
Stack didn’t feature during Richmond’s 12-point JLT Community Series win over Melbourne last week.
https://thewest.com.au/sport/afl/the-positive-impact-sydney-stack-has-made-on-richmond-coach-damien-hardwick-ng-b881130194z
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New Tiger's rags to riches story
Jon Ralph,
Herald Sun
5 April 2019
Sydney Stack will complete a rags to riches story which seemed unlikely as recently as three months ago when he debuts for Richmond against GWS this weekend.
The talented WA teenager was overlooked in both the national and rookie drafts last year, but earned a supplementary rookie listing at Richmond in February.
Injuries to key personnel including Alex Rance and Jack Riewoldt and Dylan Grimes' suspension have opened the door for Stack to become one of the bolters of the year.
In February, Stack’s manager Paul Peos paid tribute to Richmond coach Damien Hardwick for opening his family home to the gifted WA product.
The Herald Sun revealed that Carlton also showed strong late interest in rookie-listing the young indigenous talent.
Stack was ranked just outside Champion Data’s top-30 players in last year’s national draft talent pool but was shunned by all 18 clubs.
Stack lived with former West Coast and Brisbane Bears footballer Peos at stages this year after being cast out of the AFL Academy and WA state academy.
He also missed the first game of the Under-18 championships for over-celebrating his birthday.
But Peos said the penny finally dropped for 179cm Stack when he was overlooked by every club at the draft because of his off-field concerns.
He boarded with the Hardwicks pre-Christmas and for a week in January and is expected to live with development coach Xavier Clarke this year as he attempts to win a contract past the one-year rookie deal.
Stack said last year he used football as an escape after growing up around violence and lacking stability for most of his childhood.
“He is a very good story,” Peos said.
“There have been a mountain of challenges along the way for Sydney since he’s been a young boy.
“He’s a pretty street-smart kid and for a long time he was making decisions on the run.
“And the best he could possibly do was keep himself fed and sheltered and participating in the sport he loved.
“He started the year in my house, he was turfed from the AIS (AFL Academy) and turfed from the state academy and he lost his licence early in the piece after just getting hold of it. “He was in a pretty low spot. And we put a few things in place and he slowly worked to get himself back in the state academy.
“He didn’t play the first game of the championships but from then onwards his football ability was clearly on show.”
Stack was an Under-18 All-Australian and averaged 138 rankings points per game in 11 WA Colts games, averaging 24 disposals, 15 contested possessions and eight tackles.
But he did not prepare well physically for the AFL combine and with Peos believing some clubs had interviewed him to confirm reasons to overlook him, he knew Stack might be in trouble.
The Tigers have signed Stack as a rookie. Picture: Getty Images
“Some principal members of his family were with him on draft day at the Perth football club and it would have been many years since those members of Syd’s family were all in the same room together,” Peos says.
“Late in the piece that night he held his head up high but he was pretty embarrassed. His sporting ability had always been able to get him in the team and get him loved and for the first time ever he realised that it wasn’t going to.
“I spoke to (Richmond list boss) Blair Hartley late on draft day and there was a potential consideration for a train-on option and to come into Damien’s house leading up to Christmas.”
Stack found the fitness work exhausting — but thrived on the match practice and scrimmages.
“He was pretty much throwing up every day, that was the feedback,” Peos said.
“He is a good kid, easy to like and pretty talkative and friendly. There is no bad streak in Sydney and Damien got the chance to understand him a lot better.
“Mostly he had got through on his charm but he had realised this was almost the last window for him.
“The Under-18s game came around after his birthday party the week before and he came back after his party with a tooth missing.
“He had to face a team sanction where the players said he shouldn’t be included so he hasn’t done it perfectly.
“It’s not a standard upbringing for a young kid coming through but he worked out a way to get by.”
Sydney Stack has been training with Richmond since December. Picture: Michael Klein
Richmond football boss Neil Balme said Stack had worked hard to win his spot on the Tigers list.
“We’re delighted to welcome Sydney to the Club, he’s worked really hard to secure a spot on the list, and we know he’ll continue to work hard to develop his football,” Balme said.
“Sydney’s got great speed, skill, and competes really hard, so we’re excited by what he’ll bring to the team.”
Respected recruiter and former Hawthorn list guru Gary Buckenara had the West Australian rated at the 36th best player in last year’s draft pool.
He has been likened to West Coast excitement machine Liam Ryan.
“Stack is a very balanced midfielder who’s hard on the inside and electrifying on the outside,” Buckenara wrote in a Herald Sun column before the draft.
“He’s undersized for an inside midfielder, so I would expect him to spend more time on the outside at AFL level to apply his defensive pressure on the ball carrier.
“Stack can play other roles too, and can hit the scoreboard but his balance between offence and defence is the most impressive aspect he’ll bring to the club that drafts him.
“He’s a project player at his size but there is an x-factor about him that will surely excite clubs in need of this type of player.”
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/teams/richmond/richmond-has-signed-sydney-stack-as-a-rookie-for-season-2019/news-story/94b715286fb24eb35c7b7a2252a58c36
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Barrett saying something positive about us. Better frame it! :laugh:
IF ... there's one thing we really like ...
THEN ... it's a talented kid getting a chance after a serious reality check. Sydney Stack gets his chance against the Giants.
https://www.afl.com.au/news/2019-04-05/sliding-doors-round-three
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The young Tiger who reminds Hardwick of Byron Pickett
By SEN
5 April 2019
Richmond coach Damien Hardwick sees a bit of Byron Pickett in a young Tiger.
Sydney Stack will make his AFL debut in the Round 3 clash with GWS on Saturday after impressing the Tigers coaching staff.
Teenager Stack was overlooked in the 2018 national and rookie drafts but won a spot on Richmond’s list via the pre-season supplemental selection period (SSP) and will now run out at the elite level for the first time.
Hardwick won the 2004 premiership alongside the physical and skilful Pickett at Port Adelaide and feels there is a bit of the Norm Smith Medallist in new Tiger Stack.
"I played with a guy, Byron Pickett, and he reminds me a little bit of him,” Hardwick told AFL.com.au.
"He is genuinely tough and he's excited our coaches.
"With a little bit of refinement, I think he's got a really long career ahead of him, which is exciting.
"It's a great thing our club has done in giving this kid a chance, because the easy thing to do is to sweep him aside."
Stack spent time living with his new coach earlier this year and the Western Australian has been described as a “revelation” since gaining an opportunity with the 2017 premiers.
"Our recruiting team talked about Sydney and the talent he had and where they ranked him in the draft, and there were obviously some question marks with regard to 'Could he cope in the AFL environment?'," Hardwick added.
"I thought, 'Well, the only way we're going to be sold on this is if I feel he can cope'. So we opened up our home again.
"I've never been more surprised. I'd never met Sydney. I saw an interview with him on our database and then when he arrived… I was expecting the complete opposite.
"(I was surprised at) how engaging he was and how embracing he was of the family and I just thought, 'Who is this kid?' – he's been a revelation."
https://www.sen.com.au/news/2019/04/04/the-young-tiger-who-reminds-hardwick-of-byron-pickett/
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I hope he comes out today and kills it.
From the tiny bit of I have seen of this kid he just loves the contest and doesn’t seem to get overawed by it all which is extremely rare.
Good luck to him as it sounds like he has earned it.
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SS very very highly rated on field by WCE, just off field in WA an issue. Good luck to him :thumbsup
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Last year the WA Under 18s coach was asked which WA player is most likely to get picked in the AFL Draft, and Peter Sumich talked up Perth product, Sydney Stack.
Today, Stack makes his AFL debut for the Richmond Tigers. Brad Hardie and Kim Hagdorn caught up with Sumich on 6PR’s Front and Centre to get an update on the promising WA player.
“You’ll see a player that will be very hard at the contest, he physically loves the tough stuff,” Sumich said about Stack.
“I don’t know if he will play half back or half forward, but I think eventually he’s a midfielder in the making.”
Click link to listen to the audio: https://www.6pr.com.au/wa-youngster-makes-afl-debut/
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Well done young man - awesome
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Our best player by far
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Probably best thing about todsy
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Probably best thing about todsy
the only good thing about today you mean.
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Probably best thing about todsy
the only good thing about today you mean.
He was very good today. I think weve found a good one. Hopefully we can find 3 or 4 more.
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:clapping
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Houli out for another week....#StackAttack :shh
:shh :shh
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What an indictment it is on some of our established player that a first gamer showed more courage, gave 2nd, 3rd efforts time and time again
Great first game
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He has peaked, will only decline from here
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What an indictment it is on some of our established player that a first game showed more courage, gave 2nd, 3rd efforts rime and time again
Great first game
exactly
https://omny.fm/shows/saturday-morning-at-the-football/peter-sumich-on-sydney-stack
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:clapping
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While the Tigers have slipped to 1-2, Hardwick extracted some positives from Saturday's game.
He feels they've unearthed a legitimate AFL player in Sydney Slack.
The 18-year-old West Australian tallied 17 possessions, eight marks and a booming 50-metre plus set shot goal and put a big hit on lively Giants forward Brent Daniels.
"We probably picked him tonight on a little bit of a speculative vibe, but the reality was he was fantastic," Hardwick said.
"He's very clean with the ball in hand, he makes terrific decisions and he's powerful and strong."
http://africa.espn.com/afl/story/_/id/26456594/hardwick-not-worried-rusty-dusty
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Out of all the negatives ATM, this is a very big positive
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Looking forward to him crossing paths with Marshall when we play St.Kilda... :shh
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Looking forward to him crossing paths with Marshall when we play St.Kilda... :shh
(https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a550f2abe42d6b613c9157e/5b63cdee03ce641d3e9b5c7d/5b68921803ce649b2d420e5f/1533579802064/amp.jpg?format=500w)
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Awesome debut! Put others to shame.
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Where does Sydney’s SuperCoach debut stack up?
Tim Michell,
Herald Sun
April 8, 2019
Sydney Stack’s eye-catching Richmond debut ranked among the best recorded by Champion Data in recent years.
Stack, a $102,400 SuperCoach rookie, went at 82.4 per cent from 17 disposals and had eight marks in the Tigers’ 49-point loss to GWS on Saturday.
The 18-year-old rookie’s performance equated to 108 ranking points and earned praise from coach Damien Hardwick.
“He was terrific. We have always known that this kid could play and we probably picked him tonight on a little bit of a speculative buy,” Hardwick said.
“The reality was he was fantastic. Some of the things that he did, he is very clean with the ball in hand (and) makes terrific decisions.
“He’s powerful and strong. We have got a player who has got to understand that he has got to continue to work hard and continue to work on his craft, but we think we have found a player.”
Stack’s 108 points was 45 less than the debut record, which is held by former Richmond and St Kilda player Dean Polo.
Polo, who played 77 games during a seven-year AFL career, had 28 disposals (11 kicks, 17 handballs) and booted three goals when he debuted in Round 6, 2006, against Essendon.
Polo’s first game for the Tigers was worth 153 ranking points, which highest recorded 13 years later.
He averaged 68.3 from 17 games in his maiden season and enjoyed a career-best campaign in 2009, averaging 79.7.
Stack’s 108-point game ranks 35th on the overall list.
Stack was added to the Richmond list as a supplementary rookie in February after he was overlooked in last year’s national and rookie drafts despite being selected as an All-Australian and gaining senior experience in the WAFL.
SuperCoaches will have another week to assess whether to add Stack to their midfield before his price jumps.
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/supercoach-news/sydney-stacks-108point-supercoach-debut-ranks-35th-on-champion-datas-list-of-best-first-games/news-story/e034234b71702dde598ef153697f7976
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Watson on Talking Footy was full of praise of Stack last night and for Richmond keeping the kid in the system so he could prosper. Loved Stack's fearless attack on the footy and composure holding his defensive marks especially one late in the game.
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He seems a natural footballer has so much time poise and flair.
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Really impressed by his courage. Took a really good mark as well as against Port.
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I really liked when he took the game on and went forward and caused the interception for bakers goal.
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One special courageous Tiger cub. In our bests again :clapping.
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Been the steel of the year, rising star this week Imho
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Total gun !!
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Hats off Dio, you called it....,
:shh
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How long did we give him?
Reckon Freo and West Coast would be chasing hard, ya reckon he'll stay?
An absolute natural.....
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I cannot remember a better start to a career by a Tiger than Sydney’s first 3 games.
He was brilliant last night.
Just an natural smart footballer.
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Stack reminds me of Wirrapanda but quicker with better evasive skills.He is going to be a wonderful player for the next 10 years.
A brilliant pick up by the club.
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Stack reminds me of Wirrapanda but quicker with better evasive skills.He is going to be a wonderful player for the next 10 years.
A brilliant pick up by the club.
Wirrapanda is a good analogy.
They both have elite natural instincts for the game. The stuff you can't teach. Stack does so much of the little stuff that often goes unnoticed it is actually quite mind boggling to think he has only played 3 games. His decision making is amazing.
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How long did we give him?
Reckon Freo and West Coast would be chasing hard, ya reckon he'll stay?
An absolute natural.....
Stack is very happy at the Tigers. Have it from a source very close to Shai Bolton.
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I reckon his fitness is not a peak yet, think he can get even better
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Steal of the century :shh
Looks a genuine three line player too.... :shh :shh
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Through his first three games at the top level, Stack is averaging 16.7 disposals to go with six marks and 2.3 tackles. While it's still the early goings of what he hopes becomes a long and prosperous AFL career, Stack has certainly made a strong first impression with the Tigers.
https://www.avonadvocate.com.au/story/6083157/stacking-up-sydney-continues-to-shine-on-the-afl-stage/?cs=1643
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Talking Footy tonight gave Stack it's defensive play of the week for winning back the ball against two Swans on the wing when Sydney was on a fast counterattack.
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200 game player right here on talent alone.
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Tiger sensation in talks over new contract
Jon Ralph,
Herald Sun
24 April 2019
Sydney Stack’s manager and mentor Paul Peos believes he is made for the big stage that awaits on the MCG on Anzac eve.
Coach and former landlord Damien Hardwick pays him the ultimate tribute of declaring he plays the Richmond way.
Yet Hardwick has a bone to pick with the first-year phenomenon, a player considered so high maintenance every other club except Carlton ran away at a rate of knots.
“He’s not shy in confidence. He texts me every day to ask what time training is. I tell him I am the coach, I am not the training coordinator……” Hardwick said today.
“But he has just been a breath of fresh air for our footy club.
“It’s a remarkable story, isn’t it. That he went past all players in the draft.
“How clean is he with the ball? We showed some vision to our players where he stood over the ball when oncoming traffic was coming and he didn’t flinch. That’s the kind of Richmond player we want and he fits the mould really well.”
If Stack isn’t the best story in the AFL this year he’s on the podium.
Kicked out of the AFL Academy and WA state academy rep squads despite his immense talent, he was overlooked in 78 national draft picks and 40 rookie selections last year.
Then, as Carlton also circled, he bunked in with coach Hardwick over summer and proved he had the fortitude and professionalism to make in AFL ranks.
So far in three AFL games a player finally picked through the new rookie rule has mixed composure with rugged defence, winning 22 poised possessions in the victory over Sydney.
Peos told the Herald Sun his client was thriving on the routine of AFL after moving to the home of development manager Xavier Clark.
So much so that he has already had discussions with list manager Blair Hartley about extending his contract past the current rookie deal of $75,000 plus match payments.
“You can reference it in regards to footy character and personal character,” he said.
“The footy character has never been any different. When he has a footy schedule he has never wavered much if at all. When he hasn’t got that in his life he finds it a bit tougher with how to fill time. But he loves being part of a team and he is a really driven player.
“Richmond were one of the clubs that did some due diligence work around Sydney and I think like all boys it was pretty hard early but Sydney has been on the move a bit for most of his life anyway. He did miss some elements of his family knowing they were a long way away.
“His dad has been unwell and he has strong family connections but he is really engaged about what is in front of him, and I think the MCG is going to suit this boy very well indeed.
“He has a real knack for the occasion and I reckon he will be looking forward to this one very much.”
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/more-news/afl-daily-live-rolling-footy-news-from-around-australia-for-tuesday-april-23-2019/live-coverage/ab17636bea3f0989d55eb80ad865e97e
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How often does a kid tank after getting a bit of media adulation?
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Doubt he'll tank against Melbourne. There will be a time
When there is a form lull but he will be fine.
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Tiger sensation in talks over new contract
Jon Ralph,
Herald Sun
24 April 2019
“How clean is he with the ball? We showed some vision to our players where he stood over the ball when oncoming traffic was coming and he didn’t flinch. That’s the kind of Richmond player we want and he fits the mould really well.”
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/more-news/afl-daily-live-rolling-footy-news-from-around-australia-for-tuesday-april-23-2019/live-coverage/ab17636bea3f0989d55eb80ad865e97e
Then why are we playing B. Ellis? :rollin
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....or Lambert... :shh
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Amazing for an 18 year old to be so composed, clean and tough as nails. Loved his good old fashioned hip and shoulder on Viney. All fair and Syd sure didn't miss him.
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Commentator - (I think it was Ling?) "I hope Viney was wearing his Stack hat"!
A rare gem from the 'tator' team ... :lol
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Amazing for an 18 year old to be so composed, clean and tough as nails. Loved his good old fashioned hip and shoulder on Viney. All fair and Syd sure didn't miss him.
It’s up there with the best 4 first games I’ve ever seen from a Tiger, Jack Ross isn’t far off!
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Highlight reel tonight was amazing.
Speccie, torpedo out of defense, bone jarring bump on the Melbourne self confessed tough guy captain to name a few.... :bow :bow
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‘They’ll be building a statue’: New Tigers cult hero Stack arrives with a bang
April 24, 2019 11:22pm
Anna Harrington
FOX SPORTS
Jack Viney looked like he couldn’t believe it.
The bullocking Melbourne midfielder was making his way along the MCG flank when he was left sprawling by the full force of a Tiger playing just his fourth game of AFL football.
If Sydney Stack hadn’t already announced himself to the AFL world with a superb flying mark earlier in the game, he’d made a name for himself with his crunching hit in the fourth term of the Tigers’ win on Anzac Day eve.
“It (the bump) was unbelievable, you sort of heard it before you saw it, he was that quick,” Richmond coach Damien Hardwick told reporters post-match.
“And we all know how tough Jack Viney is too and both those boys aren’t going to take a backwards step.
“And it was funny, we were probably summing up Sydney’s game – he’s slowly become a fan favourite, he’s taken a hanger, he did a massive bump and he’s kicked a torpedo.
“They’ll be building a statue of him across the road, shortly, the Richmond faithful.”
But if Stack had announced himself to the footy world that day, he’d made an impression on all and sundry at Tigerland long before that.
Only signed as a supplemental list rookie in February, having been overlooked in the national and rookie draft, Stack kicked on from earning a Tiger contract to making his debut – then making a serious impression.
“I suppose he’s (taken) everyone by surprise,” Tigers star Shane Edwards told Foxfooty.com.au post-match.
“You don’t really expect a first-year player to play like he does in such a crucial position – he plays in defence and not high-up, he plays on a lot of players.
“Let alone, he didn’t even get drafted or rookied … his composure and skills under pressure are amazing.
“We knew early in the pre-season how tough he was and a hit like he did tonight you don’t see very often nowadays in the game and he just attacks the ball so hard that he was bound to do something like that eventually.
“But it’s the skills under pressure and just how switched on he is when he doesn’t have the ball is really, really impressive and I can’t wait to see what sort of player he becomes.”
Stack had 12 disposals, three marks, three inside-50s, three rebound-50s and four tackles against the Demons – but his influence went well beyond stats.
In a similar vein, it’s the confidence and personality of the young Tiger that’s won over all and sundry at Richmond – not just his footballing ability.
“Well he’s one of the most confident kids that I’ve ever seen walk in the door,” Edwards said.
“One of his first days, straightaway he connected his iPhone to all our Bluetooth speakers and normally you don’t really touch the speakers unless you’ve played about 10 years – so that was a sign that he was probably going to be alright on the big stage.
“And he’s just so open – he’s had a few hardships in his life and the fact that he’s battled through all that to make it here, it’s almost like this is easy compared to that, so he’s so impressive.”
And the type of music Stack blasted through those speakers?
“It was just trap music and some of the dirtiest beats I’ve ever heard,” Edwards said with a rueful grin.
Meanwhile, Hardwick – who had the pleasure of hosting Stack early in his Richmond days – reminisced on another classic memory of the young gun.
“He wasn’t too bad. I remember my daughter had some friends over and she made like one of those plates with salami and all that on … and cheeses and that sort of thing,” Hardwick said.
“And the next day I see him out the back around the pool and he’s got the same thing by himself.
“It’s like he’s just one of those sort of guys but he’s playing some really good footy at the moment, he’s very grounded as well – he knows what makes him a good player.”
Hardwick also confirmed the “relentless” character often called him to check what time training was on.
The Richmond coach credited Stack’s early success to the open and welcoming approach at Tigerland.
“Relentless, relentless he is,” Hardwick said.
“But our players love him, he’s that sort of character and he’s got a real persona about him in the footy club and we’re very, very fortunate at this footy club that we embrace those type of characters and we allow them to be who they are.
“Are they annoying every now and then? Yeah, but the reality is, they are who they are.
“And that’s one thing Trent (Cotchin) and his leaders have really stood for, about embracing all personalities and diversities and once again, we feel that gets the best out of all our players and we’re very lucky to have him.”
And based off four short games, the AFL world could be lucky to watch Stack for a long time to come.
https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-2019-richmonds-new-cult-hero-sydney-stack-arrives-with-a-bang-bumping-jack-viney-and-taking-a-screamer/news-story/a989756ce142b2de457a19dbacd39428
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SYDNEY? MORE LIKE BYRON
Sam Landsberger
Herald-Sun
25 April 2019
Jack Viney won’t forget Sydney Stack anytime soon. In fact, the co-captain will probably wake up with Stack’s imprint on his right arm after a hip-and-shoulder for the ages.
Stack picked off Viney with a perfect bump to start the last quarter that was straight out of the Byron Pickett playbook.
Lucky for him Stack weighs just 72kg, although that lighter frame helped him soar over Tim Smith for a second-quarter speccy. Stack, who has moved out of Damien Hardwick’s house and into Xavier Clarke’s, was overlooked by all 18 clubs (including by Richmond five times) despite his obvious talent last year.
But, since winning his chance under the new pre-season list rules, the West Australian has grabbed it and run.
His cult status was confirmed with a roaring applause when he game to the bench in the final term. A credit to Stack, the Tigers and the AFL’s new rules.
“I’m just giving my best effort out there and putting my body on the line for the team and just playing my role,” Stack told Channel 7 after the match.
“I just feel like I have something to prove missing out on the draft and showing the other clubs how good I am. That’s about it really.”
Source: Herald-Sun (https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/more-news/richmond-tears-melbourne-apart-to-finalquarter-burst/news-story/ecb8497ff741a791336bf7b96442a614)
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Amazing for an 18 year old to be so composed, clean and tough as nails. Loved his good old fashioned hip and shoulder on Viney. All fair and Syd sure didn't miss him.
It’s up there with the best 4 first games I’ve ever seen from a Tiger, Jack Ross isn’t far off!
Same. He brings a lot of joy watching this kid doesn't he. He is incredible and so calm and clean with ball in hand.
The bump wow
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Highlight reel tonight was amazing.
Speccie, torpedo out of defense, bone jarring bump on the Melbourne self confessed tough guy captain to name a few.... :bow :bow
All in a night's work :thumbsup
Stack highlights: https://www.richmondfc.com.au/video/2019-04-24/round-6-stack-lights-up-anzac-eve
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https://twitter.com/WLudbey/status/1121036920430010370
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Photo: Michael Klein.Source: News Corp Australia
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Photo: Michael Klein.Source: News Corp Australia
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I didn’t think it possible but he got better again.
Easily the best start to a career I have ever seen.
His fist 4 games have been incredible.
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Great game. Well done to him.
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Fantastic effort from a kid who started his career “ from the back of the grid “ ..No favours , no private school scholarships etc
Plenty of hurdles in his life and has reached the elite level
Fingers crossed he has a 10 year career 🐯👍
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Fingers crossed he has a 10 year career 🐯👍
At Richmond
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I didn’t think it possible but he got better again.
Easily the best start to a career I have ever seen.
His fist 4 games have been incredible.
He is great but Jack Graham's first 5 games take a bit to get past
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Syd is a better player than Jack Graham. Syd has lots of tricks in the kit bag. Going to be one helluva player if he fulfils potential.
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Wow. How good is he. We all loved the specky, the hip & shoulder, the barrel, but I also like his sure one grab hands. It doesn’t matter if the ball is high or on the ground, last night it seemed whilst we were watching players consistently fumbling the ball time after time, Stack just grabbed it.
He doesn’t flinch, he isn’t scared, he likes to take risks and he also listens to his senior teammates that make sure he is standing in the right spots and keeping to team structures.
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(https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/attachments/stacked-gif.661344/)
:shh :shh :shh
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https://twitter.com/RalphyHeraldSun/status/1121023670065872897?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1121023670065872897&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fs9e.github.io%2Fiframe%2F2%2Ftwitter.min.html%231121023670065872897
Apparently that's Ed & Charlie's old man getting all salty in the replies... :shh
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Stack ‘was calling himself Byron Pickett’
CHRIS CAVANAGH,
Herald Sun
25 April 2019
He was overlooked by all 18 clubs during the draft period, “cleaned up” vice-captain Jack Riewoldt at a Sunshine Coast training camp in January and is said to have made himself physically ill multiple times during pre-season as he gave his all to impress Richmond in search of a spot on the club’s list.
Last night, another chapter was written in the remarkable tale of Sydney Stack, who is quickly taking on cult hero status at the Tigers.
Stack, who doesn’t turn 19 until Sunday, wore a mouth guard with his last name written on it last night — and it’s lucky he did.
The rookie cleaned up Melbourne co-captain Jack Viney — who weighs in 12kg heavier than Stack — with a bone-crunching bump during the last quarter, which only won him more admirers after an impressive first month of his AFL career.
“He was calling himself Byron Pickett after the game there,” Riewoldt told Fox Footy last night.
“He cleaned me up on the Sunshine Coast, actually.
“He tried to take on Mummy (Greater Western Sydney’s Shane Mumford) in his first game and Mummy sort of chased him for a little bit.
“That (bump on Viney) is obviously a big hit in a big game with a lot of people watching it but it’s nothing new to his game. It’s something we weren’t expecting when we saw him. He’s light of frame.
“All you ask for is them (young players) to come in, put their head over the ball and play their role in the team and those guys (Stack and Jack Ross) are doing it to a T at the moment.”
Western Australia under-18 coach Peter Sumich rated Stack a top-10 draft pick last year and believed the young star’s off-field issues which scared off clubs were “an easy fix”.
Stack eventually won his chance under new pre-season list rules and lived with Richmond coach Damien Hardwick during his audition.
“All the clubs knew he had a few issues off the field but he wasn’t a kid that went out and got drunk and carried on or anything like that,” Sumich said on SEN radio this morning.
“It was just a minor thing in my opinion which the AFL inner sanctum and clubs, it was an easy fix in my opinion because once he was going to be in an AFL club all that would have been fixed up very easily because his attendance and his training and all that would have been an easy one.
“We pushed hard for him to get a job which he quit, or virtually got the sack from, because of his attendance. So his off-field in that area was fairly poor but we were working really hard with him and it wasn’t his fault a lot really because his upbringing, he’d come from Northern which is about an hour and a half north of Perth and no family, living in three or four houses.”
Sumich, a two-time West Coast premiership player, said the bump on Viney last night had come as no surprise to him either, rating Stack one of the toughest indigenous players he had ever seen.
“Stephen Michael back over here in Perth, a Western Australian, he was one of the toughest indigenous players ever to go around,” Sumich said.
“I watched him, I was fortunate enough to play one game with him. I rate Sydney on that par in toughness. I’d never seen a kid go through and if it’s a ground ball, he’ll just go through and try and get it and whoever’s in his way he just keeps going.
“Then on top of that he’s got silky skills, which most indigenous players do have.”
Stack’s manager Paul Peos told the Herald Sun this week that Stack had “a real knack for the occasion”.
He wasn’t wrong.
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https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/teams/richmond/richmonds-sydney-stack-making-waves-in-the-afl-calling-himself-byron-pickett/news-story/039168b8f281ecc714768963c6f52181
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The bump, the speccy & the torp were all great but I think this was actually my favourite piece of play from him last night:
https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/welcome-to-richmond-sydney-stack.1209410/page-90#post-60536841
:shh
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The bump, the speccy & the torp were all great but I think this was actually my favourite piece of play from him last night:
https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/welcome-to-richmond-sydney-stack.1209410/page-90#post-60536841
:shh
Yep. At the ground we were all gobsmacked at his timing and evasiveness in that clash...... :shh
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As per the article above, Peter Sumich rated Stack the best WA prospect in last year's draft.
He kept spruiking Stack when everyone else fell off him.
So maybe we should have a good look at another kid who he rated very highly, Tyron Smallwood.
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If we just go for talent in the mid-season draft I'd go for Smallwood or Marlion Pickett ... club said they probably won't use the pick though as there's a slight chance Rance might be fit again for finals....which I reckon is just wishful thinking ....... :shh
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Doesn’t stack up: Why cult hero went undrafted
Sam Edmund,
Herald Sun
26 April 2019
The final straw for one club came when Sydney Stack failed to show up for work.
Stack had last year started a bank traineeship in Perth, but his sudden no-show was enough for this club’s recruiting team.
“You’re just thinking, ‘Gee whiz mate, footy is a grind. You can’t just not turn up whenever you feel like it’,” the recruiting chief said.
“You obviously start asking: ‘How will he go meeting the requirements and punctuality at AFL level?”
In a year in which Stack was turfed from the AFL Academy, kicked out of the WA State Academy, stood down for the first game of the under 18 championships and lost his licence, AFL clubs assessing his draft worth didn’t need Sherlock Holmes to discover his wayward nature.
Despite possessing an on-field talent many clubs rated as first-round worthy, they were outweighed by the off-field problems.
It goes some way to explaining the now inconceivable — how Richmond’s four-game, 18-year-old cult-hero could be ignored in last year’s national and rookie drafts.
The Tigers themselves didn’t take him with any of their four national draft picks and then overlooked him with their five rookie draft picks before choosing the ‘try before you buy’ approach in the new supplemental selection period.
Rival recruiters contacted by the Herald Sun praised Richmond for taking the risk they were never going to.
“I still remember when he left our interview thinking, ‘S. t i’d love to take a punt on this kid’. You realised footy could change his life, but we didn’t have the foundations set up enough to support him off-field,” one talent spotter said.
“It’s not a cheap exercise relocating a kid and you’re trying to evaluate where will they live and who will they mix with. There’s a lot that goes into it.
“Full credit to Richmond … but keep in mind they’ve got 100,000 members so budget isn’t such a big deal. For other clubs you’re weighing up risk versus reward.
“You hope it does all hold together because if it’s not footy there is no future for this kid. He’s not going to become a builder or something like that because he lacks the discipline.”
One club’s list manager said: “He’s at the lower end in terms of his IQ off-field, but there was never any doubting his IQ on-field.
“You have to be able to sit back and ask, ‘Does the talent stack up and is the off-field stuff going to affect the on-field?
“You then have to assess your own club. Have we got the resources to give this a chance?
“This is where Richmond have done really well. They’ve clearly put things in place to minimise that risk.”
Incredibly, Damien Hardwick took Stack under his roof in December and for a week in January. He now lives with former Saint and Lion and development coach Xavier Clarke.
“It was massive for ‘Dimma’ to take him in,” one recruiter said.
“Daniel Rioli was completely different. He’s got a good sense of humour and is quite cheeky, whereas Sydney was a bit of a hard-arse … and didn’t trust many people and you can’t blame him for that because that’s what he’d grown up with.”
One recruiter who had followed Stack’s journey said idle time had been the danger.
“He comes from a really tough background, but during the footy season he always had focus. When there was no footy was the big worry,” he said.
“But perhaps the only way he was going to make it was how Richmond did it.”
DOESN’T STACK UP
AFL Academy
Not wanted
WA State Academy
Dumped, then reinstated
National Draft
Ignored
Rookie Draft
Overlooked
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/teams/richmond/how-sydney-stack-went-from-being-ignored-in-two-drafts-last-year-to-cult-hero-status-in-four-games/news-story/810cef6a6f18d0553b3fd2f8810fcba5
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Very positive article.
My favourite parts:
"He’s at the lower end in terms of his IQ off-field"
"if it’s not footy there is no future for this kid"
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that article is disgraceful.
How do people get away with writing that garbage. lets let millions of people know what some think of the kid.
Sam Edmund you are pathetic and i dont care who he quoted. Garbage
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The bump, the speccy & the torp were all great but I think this was actually my favourite piece of play from him last night:
https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/welcome-to-richmond-sydney-stack.1209410/page-90#post-60536841
:shh
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You simply cannot teach that.
The handball over the top for a player to run onto was a thing of beauty.
They call boxing the sweet science and soccer the beautiful game, but when you see plays like that, you see why we've got those sports covered.
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That was a beautiful piece of play by Stack. He could have given the handball to Grimes at least twice before that but he had the presence to wait and allow Grimes to get free. And then to put the handball so Grimes did not have to break free. Masterclass
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Very positive article.
My favourite parts:
"He’s at the lower end in terms of his IQ off-field"
"if it’s not footy there is no future for this kid"
I think it is a pathetic article
But ....
the 2 things the 2 quotes you've highlighted wayne show to me at least
- is how far we've come as a club in that we were willing to take this kid on and back our ability and culture to get the best out of him; and
- how gutless (cowardly) other clubs were (are) in not wanting to take a risk and taking the easy way out...
Well done Tiges; you've done us PROUD again :clapping
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From Barrett's Sliding Doors column today.
IF ... you remember back to the 1980s, specifically Kevin Sheedy's pet project obsession with the regularly-criticised Kevin Walsh ...
THEN ... we reckon we've got an even bigger coach-player obsession right now - Dimma's with the young man every club didn't want, Sydney Stack. Sheedy got all doe-eyed when talking about Walsh. Dimma gets borderline teary over Stack. Love it.
https://www.afl.com.au/news/2019-04-26/sliding-doors-round-six
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@10NewsFirstPER always knew he had a STACK of talent - here's a look back at @ScubaStv story on @Richmond_FC Sydney Stack pre draft 2018.
📺🔟🎙️📽️ @TimGossage
Watch here: https://twitter.com/Lachy_Reid/status/1121232146885009409
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https://twitter.com/SydneyStackClub/status/1121595589769121792
;D
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Story of the year for me this kid.
He plays the game like most of us want to see it played.
I hope the fairytale for us and more importantly this kid continues.
The best start to a career I have ever seen.
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Seismic Sydney Stack bump forces Jack Viney onto the sidelines with shoulder injury.
https://www.sportingnews.com/au/afl/news/sydney-stack-bump-jack-viney-injury-richmond-melbourne/hdxzc2em8yev1r1k2297o9yxk
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Vote for Stack for this week's Mark of the Week: https://markoftheyear.afl/vote/round/6
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The AFL’s best-ever No. 170 recruit
Michelangelo Rucci,
Sports Editor At Large,
The Advertiser
1 May 2019
EVERY year there is a player who defies - if not makes a mockery - of the notion the best prospects in the AFL draft are called early.
Port Adelaide defender Dan Houston is now a first-choice player at Alberton. He was claimed by the Power at No. 45 in the 2016 rookie draft - among the last 21 offered a place in the AFL that year.
The rookie draft has for some time proven the dream of every AFL recruiting manager - that 10-year, 200-game veteran - need not be a first-round or second-round national draftee. Adelaide’s honour board has three rookie draftees in the 200 Club - Michael Doughty (231 matches), Ben Rutten (229) and Nathan Bassett (210, after being rookie listed by Melbourne). And there is club champion and two-time All-Australian Rory Laird (127) to come to this parade.
But for all the great success stories outside the AFL national draft there is one “diamond from the rough” this season that goes beyond even the rookie draft.
Sydney Stack at Richmond.
The West Australian teenager was not called in the AFL national draft that closed at call No. 78 (with the Western Bulldogs signing Will Hayes).
He was not claimed in the pre-season draft (in which all clubs were idle).
He was not wanted in the rookie draft that filled another 65 spots on AFL lists.
After 163 places were filled across the 18 team lists by Christmas - 78 in the national draft, 15 with rookie-list elevations, 65 with rookie draft calls and five with special-assistance picks for Gold Coast and Carlton - Stack remained on the outer.
It was not until February 11 that Stack had his AFL dream fulfilled by being added to Richmond’s rookie list with the new pre-season supplementary recruiting rules. And even then he was the Tigers’ second pick in this system after former Gold Coast and St Kilda midfielder-forward Maverick Weller was given a lifeline at Punt Road.
After just four AFL games, Stack is a cult hero at Richmond with Tigers premiership coach Damien Hardwick noting his club’s fans are ready to build a statue to honour the teenager.
And he surely, on form, will become a Rising Star contender. Quite impressive for the 170th pick to enter the AFL this season.
In the lead-up to the AFL national draft in November, Stack’s under-18 state coach, West Coast premiership hero Peter Sumich, told AFL recruiting managers they would regret ignoring Stack’s undeniable talent when sorting their options.
They were “spooked” - and now they are haunted by opportunity missed.
“The recruiters had a lot of question marks on his off-field demeanour,” Sumich recalls.
“It wasn’t so much going out drinking or anything like that, it was more rocking up to training.
“The kid’s done it hard, really hard. I felt for him throughout his younger age - no parents, he lived in probably four or five different homes over the last two or three years because he never had a settled home, he struggled to get to training a lot of the time.”
When Stacked missed training before a national championship match before SA, Sumich banned him.
“The kid nearly got down on his knees and was begging me to play him; he was crying,” Sumich said. “I didn’t play Sydney so he would realise that you’ve got to do the right thing ... or the AFL system will eat you up.”
Stack did take note, correcting his way to become an All-Australian under-18 ... but not a national draftee nor a rookie draftee. He certainly will be the best player ever taken at No. 170.
https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/afl/expert-opinion/michelangelo-rucci/sydney-stack-is-a-richmond-cult-hero-perhaps-a-rising-star-contender-and-certainly-a-reminder-to-never-ignore-talent-in-afl-recruiting/news-story/298278f474dd6f90af4e87ba9beb9775
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The AFL website gave Stack best on ground for us.
19 disposals (8k, 11h, 7c, 12u, 90% eff.)
7 marks
4 tackles
2 one%ers
3 inside F50s
1 goal
2 assists
1 clanger.
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Stack didn’t get injured in the last did he?
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A bright light in an otherwise bleak, dismal night
A few senior blokes could learn a lot of this kid
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STACKS OF TALENT
HE caught the attention of the football world with a bone-crunching bump on Jack Viney on Anzac Eve and Richmond’s Sydney Stack produced another eye-catching performance against the Bulldogs — complete with another nice bump on Bulldog Caleb Daniel.
In just his fifth AFL game, Stack was the equal-third ranked player on the ground with 14 disposals and 72 SuperCoach points at halftime.
He went on to kick a booming goal in the third term and finish with 19 touches.
A Rising Star nomination can’t be far away.
Source: Herald-Sun (https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/more-news/western-bulldogs-pull-off-stunning-upset-with-47point-victory-over-richmond/news-story/26fbde789fe841dbb345ac8d09781c73)
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So far in his 5 game career Sydney Stack averages the following per game:
16.2 disposals
5.6 marks
3 tackles
5.6 contested possessions
10.4 uncontested possessions
87.7% disposal efficiency
https://twitter.com/BFtigercast/status/1126334673150365698
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So far in his 5 game career Sydney Stack averages the following per game:
16.2 disposals
5.6 marks
3 tackles
5.6 contested possessions
10.4 uncontested possessions
87.7% disposal efficiency
https://twitter.com/BFtigercast/status/1126334673150365698
He is one player that stats don’t tell the entire story.
Absolute champion this kid.
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he is as clean and uses the ball both sides as well as anyone on the list.I hope we dont pencil him in as a permanent defenderthis kid should be being groomed to play mid field.
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he is as clean and uses the ball both sides as well as anyone on the list.I hope we dont pencil him in as a permanent defenderthis kid should be being groomed to play mid field.
Agreed
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he is as clean and uses the ball both sides as well as anyone on the list.I hope we dont pencil him in as a permanent defenderthis kid should be being groomed to play mid field.
HBF is one of the most important positions on the field in modern football to springboard attack.
Not sure why everyone’s in such a hurry to move a future AA defender into the middle as if it’s waisting his talent? Maybe Rory Laird should move there too?
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he is as clean and uses the ball both sides as well as anyone on the list.I hope we dont pencil him in as a permanent defenderthis kid should be being groomed to play mid field.
HBF is one of the most important positions on the field in modern football to springboard attack.
Not sure why everyone’s in such a hurry to move a future AA defender into the middle as if it’s waisting his talent? Maybe Rory Laird should move there too?
He never said round 8
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Stack’s on! WA youngster ready to shine in homecoming
West Australian
12 May 2019
Sydney Stack will make a triumphant homecoming when he plays his first AFL game in his home State today.
Having been the last player added to Richmond’s list in February, the 19-year-old WA product will play his sixth straight game since making his debut in round three.
Stack’s Perth-based manager Paul Peos said there would be a yellow and black army at Optus Stadium to support him against Fremantle.
“There will be a grandstand full of Stacks by all accounts, so he will be pretty excited to come out and play in front his people. The club’s been pretty helpful and we’ve all come to the party to try and accommodate as many as we can,” Peos said.
“They spread far and wide and whilst most people are not in your everyday life, there’s a connection that exists and is pretty strong. I think a lot of those family members and friends understand Syd’s journey and feel that they really want to be part of it with him.”
Fellow West Aussie Tigers Shai Bolton (13th game) and Liam Baker (8th game) will also play back in Perth for the first time.
Stack’s cousin Phil Walley-Stack conducted a Welcome to Country ceremony for the Richmond players in the middle of Optus Stadium before they trained at the ground yesterday.
The crowd of several hundred Tigers fans at training included former West Coast captain Ben Cousins, who played his last 32 AFL games for the club.
Stack posted an Instagram photo alongside the 2005 Brownlow Medallist, with the caption ‘The greatest’ and a love-heart emoji.
Cousins was snapped boundary-side as the Tigers trained, accompanied by a child who had a stint kicking the ball with Dustin Martin. Cousins’ father Bryan was also at training.
Stack said he was excited to be back in Perth after he trained in front of friends and family.
“It’s good to be back at home, see the family and it’s Mother’s Day as well tomorrow so it should be great,” he said.
“The club is sensational the way they took me in and went about it. It’s a great environment. Great bunch of blokes to train with and play with.”
Under-18s coach Peter Sumich labelled Stack the most talented West Australian in last year’s draft before he was overlooked in both the national and rookie drafts due to off-field concerns.
The Tigers threw him a lifeline when he was invited to train with them over the summer while living with coach Damien Hardwick. Richmond then added the tough utility to the rookie list through the pre-season supplemental selection period in February.
Stack has slashed his skin fold measurements and found a niche in defence.
“I never had any doubt about his talent. Whether he was going to get an opportunity or not, I had plenty of doubt as the last couple of years unfolded,” Peos said.
“But I was pretty confident that once he got the opportunity that it would come together pretty well. It’s come together very quickly, I must admit. Some holes opened up and opportunity did land and I’m really pleased to see he has made the most of it.”
https://thewest.com.au/sport/richmond-tigers/stacks-on-wa-youngster-sydney-stack-ready-to-shine-in-homecoming-ng-b881196223z
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he is as clean and uses the ball both sides as well as anyone on the list.I hope we dont pencil him in as a permanent defenderthis kid should be being groomed to play mid field.
HBF is one of the most important positions on the field in modern football to springboard attack.
Not sure why everyone’s in such a hurry to move a future AA defender into the middle as if it’s waisting his talent? Maybe Rory Laird should move there too?
I’m with you on this one. I think Andrew McLeod and how much of a jet he was off half back. He can rotate through the midfield but someone as clean as Stack who doesn’t poo himself in the backline is hard to come by
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1 step torry for goal :clapping
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Brilliant again...
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Brilliant again...
Will watch the replay when I get home tomorrow
But from the game I thought his first qtr was poor, seemed to be overawed playing at home.
Settled late in the 2nd and was yes brilliant agian
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1 step torry for goal :clapping
Me as he kicked it --> :gobdrop
That was out of this world :thumbsup.
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VIDEO: https://twitter.com/Richmond_FC/status/1130032778613891072
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https://www.richmondfc.com.au/video/2019-05-20/stacks-journey-to-tigerland
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https://www.richmondfc.com.au/video/2019-05-20/stacks-journey-to-tigerland
That is a ripper video. Great young fella.
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A great footy story we are the lucky beneficiary of.
Would never have happened 5 or 10 years ago as we had no idea of the support structures required to foster these players.
Well done RFC.
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+1 to that. Kudos to Richmond and Hardwick to be able to take someone in and give them a real crack at life. I’m super proud of the club for still offering a helping hand to players like Stack. It didn’t work out with Yarran and Bennell but then you think jeez I am so proud of RFC to be able to look at someone like Stack and provide a nurturing environment for him
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Or Cousins
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Or Cousins
How rude
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I was really in favour of Cousins joining RFC actually. I still to this day regard him that at his prime the best of the Cousin, Judd, Kerr trinity. I'm also pretty certain that both Judd and Kerr attributed their game going up a level from Cousins' mentorship. I know he's made some horrible lifestyle choices but I am proud that he was able to leave a mark on our players and I'm sure Deledio, Cotchin and Martin still hold his time at the club in high regard.
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Stack, who has played seven games for the Tigers after being recruited via the AFL’s supplemental selection period, is averaging 16.6 disposals, 6.0 marks and 3.1 tackles per match.
Among the competition’s eligible rising star contenders, he is ranked fourth in marks, fourth in intercepts, fifth in effective disposals per game, eighth in tackles, eighth in rebound-50s and ninth in uncontested possessions.
Read more at: https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2019-05-22/stack-a-real-rising-star
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Stack, who has played seven games for the Tigers after being recruited via the AFL’s supplemental selection period, is averaging 16.6 disposals, 6.0 marks and 3.1 tackles per match.
Among the competition’s eligible rising star contenders, he is ranked fourth in marks, fourth in intercepts, fifth in effective disposals per game, eighth in tackles, eighth in rebound-50s and ninth in uncontested possessions.
Read more at: https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2019-05-22/stack-a-real-rising-star
And still isn’t eligible yet to win it....
Go figure!
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Sydney Stack: Childhood violence to Tigers cult hero
Jon Ralph
Herald-Sun
24 May 2019
Sydney Stack was once rejected by every AFL club and a footy career looked unlikely. A born survivor, he has overcome a broken home, unimaginable hardships and rejection. Jon Ralph tells his extraordinary story.
Sydney Stack was late, and he was hungry.
It was the 2016 post-season and the brilliant WA teen had an induction meeting with footy’s most senior under-age coach in AFL Academy boss Brenton Sanderson.
The brilliant young colt from Northam via the Perth Demons was making waves for his stunning football ability and a background with its share of “issues”.
If the 16-year-old junior prodigy truly wanted to progress into AFL ranks, Sanderson was the man to impress.
So instead of hastily eating his lunch in the car, he took it into the meeting.
On the menu that day in front of Sanderson?
A box of Colonel Sanders’ finest KFC.
Exactly two years later, Stack sat in the presidents lounge of the Perth football club awaiting judgement day - the 2018 national draft.
Alongside him were Perth football club CEO Marty Atkins, his manager, some mentors and two dozen Stack relatives eager to celebrate his elevation to the AFL.
What should have been a riotous celebration turned into a wake for Stack’s AFL career.
Stack was officially a football pariah, after a million stories like that meeting with Sanderson spread through the recruiting community.
His brilliant talent couldn’t overcome the back story - dumped from the AIS and state squads, a series of poor draft combine interviews, banned for a national championships game, a licence lost through drink-driving.
“We sat through it and as you know with the draft coverage there is a list of what order they think a player will get picked and Sydney was listed at 34,” recalled Atkins this week.
“After about Round three Sydney’s name was at the top of the board of available players, and it just stayed there for the rest of the day.
“When it finished I turned off the TV and said to the family that it had nothing to do with his football skills, you guys and the club need to help this kid to make sure one day he does get drafted.”
What Stack needed was a football club prepared to peel back the layers of his extraordinary story.
To accept his limitations and absorb in the full context of the stories like that KFC anecdote.
Because, as former Perth football club talent manager Peter Brear says, few AFL clubs apart from Richmond have been prepared to invest the time into finding out about the real Sydney Stack.
To sort the fact from fiction.
“Sydney is one of the greatest AFL stories going around not just this year, but for the past five or six years,” says Brear, one of Stack’s closest confidantes and mentors.
“For a kid like him with no airs and graces, no benefit of a leafy tree-lined suburb and private school existence to break the mould through all his knock-backs and play exceptional football for a premiership contender is amazing.
“He is so resilient. Life has smacked him in the face most days and some kids don’t come back from that. His character and mental strength is exceptional.
“When he turned up with that bucket of KFC, he was working with a concreter and living with his boss at the time and had knocked off after working all morning and travelled an hour to get there from Northam. If you don’t work you don’t get money and there was nothing untowards in it.
“He was hungry and the smart move would have been to eat in the car on the way but that was his mistake. He wasn’t being a smart-arse, that is just him.”
‘THAT KID IS CRAZY’
As fate would have it, only hours after the tumbleweeds blew through that Perth room after last November’s draft, Richmond list boss Blair Hartley was on the phone with a proposition.
Richmond was exactly the kind of club with a tolerance to the kind of risk Stack represented — if he could prove himself over a summer.
He literally proved it by vomiting all over Punt Rd, cementing him as a defensive star-in-the making.
Ask his defensive coach Justin Leppitsch why the inside midfielder was repurposed as a small defender and he references those long summer training sessions.
“The back story is that when he rocked up at training he didn’t go 20 minutes without a spew. We learnt pretty quickly he didn’t have the endurance to cut it in the midfield so we put him back,” Leppitsch told the Herald Sun this week.
Tigers assistant coach Xavier Clarke, Stack’s newest landlord after several months in Damien Hardwick’s spare bedroom, says those training sessions are the stuff of legend.
“In the first few months of training it was unbelievable. He would be doing match simulation and be running and spewing and running and spewing and he just wouldn’t stop.”
“It was pretty funny to watch, but he just kept training.”
As Richmond’s injury toll grew he was handed a debut in Round 3, with Leppitsch only just back into the coaches box in Round 6 when Stack’s brutal hip-and-shoulder on Jack Viney made the competition stand up and take notice.
“I was walking back to my seat and the box just erupted. You don’t see that very often. It’s normally a pretty calm place when the senior coach isn’t there,” Leppitsch laughs.
“But everyone went up and it wasn’t because Viney was hurt, it was just because he had the guts to want to push off his man aggressively to close down space. It was like, ‘Wow, that kid is taking on one of the best, he is crazy’.
“A lot of people don’t see that as an opportunity. Sydney sees it and takes it. He eats it up. With his composure, he sees bodies flying at him. He doesn’t flinch, he makes good decisions and he likes to add his own contact as well. He just loves that part of the game.“
AFL talent manager Kevin Sheehan’s prophecy of a young Byron Pickett prototype emerging upon AFL ranks had been realised.
“He is a good, respectful kid,” says Leppitsch.
“Sometimes guys come in with off-field issues and don’t train hard or don’t give everything they have. That’s not Sydney. He has that of it well and truly covered.
“He is a real jokester, a really funny kid.”
Clarke might have had to think twice when asked to take on Stack given he and wife Laura had their hands full with daughter Zena, now eight months old.
“He (Stack) is a great kid … He is out there,” says Clarke.
“He is not a shy kid, that’s for sure. He likes to put himself out there and he’s actually brought out a lot in the other guys, like Shai Bolton and Derek Eggmolesse-Smith.
“He is a pretty good (house guest), our little eight-month-old is a handful and he is great with her. He comes home from training, plays with her on the floor, is very respectful and has been great so far.”
Yet to regain his licence, Stack cadges a lift off Clarke or the band of Tigers living nearby in Kew including Craig Macrae and Dan Butler.
Hardwick raves about Stack’s playing manner and his character after the perfect two-month audition in his own home.
“For the Hardwick family to do that, it is a real credit to Dimma,” says Clarke.
“He doesn’t shy away from texting Dimma about when the team is selected. I have seen first-year players scared to walk past his office but Sydney can be sitting there with his legs on the couch having a chat to Dimma. He is a confident kid and it shows in the way he plays his footy.”
NOT YOUR USUAL DRAFTEE
Football recruiters like their potential draftees tied up in nice, easy packages with few rough edges.
As manager Paul Peos says, Stack’s background is “unique”.
It is why all 18 clubs overlooked him in the national and rookie drafts before Richmond handed him an overture with the league’s new summer rookie window.
“It’s not the standard upbringing for a young child to come through,” says the financial planner and inaugural member of the 1987 West Coast Eagles..
“He has had to rely on other people to get him to sporting events, to feed him and shelter him.
“As a young boy he has been making decisions on the run. And he did the best he possibly could to keep himself fed and sheltered and participating in the sport he loved.”
Stack first came onto the radar of WAFL club Perth’s recruiters as early as 13 as he and cousin Ian “Bobby” Hill, now a GWS player, dominated local grades in Northam.
Stack’s parents and four sisters were hours south of Perth in Bunbury and, as Brear says, Stack’s childhood has been particularly challenging.
“We were lucky enough to come across Ian and Sydney at 13 and they were thick as thieves coming through development squads, but Sydney lacked support and a role model,’’ says Brear, now working with Cricket Victoria.
“He wasn’t with his mum and dad and he was being looked after by family and a grandma and a number of aunties, one of which was Bobby’s mum.
“Life hasn’t been easy for him. He has had to be a survivor.”
Football was the easy part for Stack, but just finding a roof over his head and three meals a day was a constant challenge.
Out of school early, he bounced through a series of homes and jobs through his teenage years as friends and football support staff desperately tried to add a layer of support.
RECRUITING RED FLAGS
Stack thrilled recruiters in the under-16 championships and was inducted into the AFL Academy as talent scouts went weak at the knees for his skills as a tough inside midfielder.
Then his life began to spiral out of control again through a series of events in the 12 months leading into the national draft.
As manager Peos says, “it was at a point in time where Sydney was very isolated”.
He broke up with his girlfriend and moved out of her father’s house, began to live with his sister in Bunbury and by early 2018 had been dropped from both the AFL Academy and WA state squad.
He would live with Peos, with relative and former Dogs player Brennan Stack, with Brear at a Perth Football Club house for country kids and many other places.
Some issues raised legitimate red flags with recruiters.
He lost his newly-acquired licence after drink-driving on the way home to Northam, he missed an under-18 championships game after losing a tooth in a fight while celebrating his birthday.
As one recruiter says, those scuffles weren’t with strangers in bars but instead over long-standing family issues of vast complexity.
Stack spoke last year of how “footy is a kind of escape for me”.
“I grew up moving a lot and grew up around violence ... and never really had stability, so I just find footy as just a way out, to get out of trouble and things like that,” he said.
“I just really find my peace there, on the footy field.”
But mainly a kid who had irregular access to transport, no regular schooling and sometimes no fixed address would miss training sessions or fail to meet complex squad requirements.
On a New Zealand academy trip the entire squad waited on the bus for Stack, who was missing in action as the group grew nervous about where he might be.
Low and behold, Stack - already to a day late to that camp - bounced out of a hairdressing salon newly shorn and oblivious to the situation, still flashing that toothy grin.
A NEW BEGINNING
It was hard to stay mad at Sydney.
Still, a series of issues meant new AFL Academy boss Power had to move him on from the squad in what is understood to be the toughest decision of his tenure so far.
With Peos entering his life and Brear providing support, Stack gradually dragged himself back into draft calculations as the 2018 national hampionships proved.
But WA coach Peter Sumich dropped him after his over-exuberant birthday celebration.
He went back and played Colts that weekend, then peeled off a trio of brilliant under-18 games and was selected as an All-Australian by the same coaches who had let him go from the AFL Academy.
Says Perth football club’s Brear: “He is quite an intelligent kid and he is a fantastic personality.
“He is his own man and the good thing about him is he is such an honest kid. He doesn’t lie, he tells it all — good and bad.
“When he makes mistakes he sticks his hand up and takes responsibility. There is that survivor in him. He was non-compliant on some things (when dropped from both academies) and he missed some training sessions, but he had to fill out electronic diaries on wellness.
“If you start digging deeper, he didn’t have a home base or internet, or a living away allowance. Sometimes it all proves too hard.”
Says Peos: “If clubs had worked harder to really investigate his background they would realise he was never in real strife. A lot of the issues were because he didn’t have a fixed address. He was not very confident in his reading and writing. He had unreliable transport options. But with his training and footy, he had a long history of being pretty diligent.”
Now Stack is at Richmond, he is working hard to improve his literacy skills like several other players who faced challenges in their upbringing.
Contract talks beckon through the split round, with friends thrilled he has found a club across Australia to allow himself to forge a new path away from some of those intense distractions.
Says Brear, who flew to Sydney to watch that remarkable debut: “When the cards have fallen they have always seemed to come up for Sydney.
“I always say to him that my hope is that he establishes himself, gets his own house and career and has something that no one can take off him.”
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/how-sydney-stack-overcame-rejection-to-find-afl-stardom/news-story/c27dd9fef463248a31e16d696ebdf05a
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PMSL at the mental image of Syd tucking into a box of KFC while Sanderson's trying to interview him.... :shh
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The Tigers have just signed up Noah Balta and Jason Castagna, with talks with Sydney Stack not far away.
Their rookie revelation has set the competition alight, with his manager Paul Peos to hold talks with Richmond list manager over the split round.
Source: Herald-Sun (https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/more-news/moneyball-latest-trade-whispers-contract-news-on-james-sicily-adam-tomlinson-brandon-ellis/news-story/6814111a735255d90a65a4882d9870e3)
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Uh oh..trouble in paradise....
https://tenplay.com.au/sport/sport-news/2019/5/24/hardwick-gives-spray-to-rising-star
:shh
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Hmmmm wonder what he said?
Wonder what Stack did? Late?
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Let’s hope that’s all it was.
To be honest I don’t mind seeing that from Hardwick- nothing wrong with a bit of a “wake up call”
Just a “pull your head in” young fella.
He looks like the sort of kid that would take that in his stride and learn from it.
Looking forward to seeing how he responds tonight.
Love this kid.
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Fantastic Hardwick :thumbsup
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Lets hope young Sydney takes the criticism and uses it to advance his football.
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A nothing story so Ten News could have a story
So the kid was late, he copped a spray
Big deal.
But at least the media has got what it wanted = REACTION (over reaction)
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A nothing story so Ten News could have a story
So the kid was late, he copped a spray
Big deal.
But at least the media has got what it wanted = REACTION (over reaction)
I wouldn’t say it’s a nothing story WP.
A kid that was overlooked by every club in two drafts due to potential behavioural issues is seen to have angered his coach to the point of being physical with him.
You cannot blame the media for reporting it.
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Stack was part of the war cry in the indigenous ceremony and ended up right in the face of the Bombers :lol.
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Stack was part of the war cry in the indigenous ceremony and ended up right in the face of the Bombers :lol.
Here's the vision of it: https://www.richmondfc.com.au/video/2019-05-25/round-10-war-cry
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Stack had 16 disposals (8 contested) at 100% efficiency.
https://www.afl.com.au/match-centre/2019/10/rich-v-ess
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Just an extraordinary pick up. A 200 game player in the making.
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A nothing story so Ten News could have a story
So the kid was late, he copped a spray
Big deal.
But at least the media has got what it wanted = REACTION (over reaction)
I wouldn’t say it’s a nothing story WP.
A kid that was overlooked by every club in two drafts due to potential behavioural issues is seen to have angered his coach to the point of being physical with him.
You cannot blame the media for reporting it.
And interestingly, Dimma said in his presser least night he did the wrong thing and had apologised :huh3
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A nothing story so Ten News could have a story
So the kid was late, he copped a spray
Big deal.
But at least the media has got what it wanted = REACTION (over reaction)
I wouldn’t say it’s a nothing story WP.
A kid that was overlooked by every club in two drafts due to potential behavioural issues is seen to have angered his coach to the point of being physical with him.
You cannot blame the media for reporting it.
And interestingly, Dimma said in his presser least night he did the wrong thing and had apologised :huh3
Maybe some people want this to be a story.
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A nothing story so Ten News could have a story
So the kid was late, he copped a spray
Big deal.
But at least the media has got what it wanted = REACTION (over reaction)
I wouldn’t say it’s a nothing story WP.
A kid that was overlooked by every club in two drafts due to potential behavioural issues is seen to have angered his coach to the point of being physical with him.
You cannot blame the media for reporting it.
And interestingly, Dimma said in his presser least night he did the wrong thing and had apologised :huh3
The thing I take from it is we are lucky to have Sydney Stack. Some kids would go to water if they were in Sydney’s shoes but he showed last night why he is worth the investment.
And like I said in my first post, I liked that Dimma had a crack at him, nothing wrong with taking them down a few notches if needed.
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Stack has been an added spark for Richmond due to his hardness, athleticism and natural football ability. Averaging just under 17 disposals in his eight matches this season, the 19-year-old ranks ninth amongst the league in effective disposal percentage per game.
https://www.nmfc.com.au/news/2019-05-28/opposing-threat-richmond
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‘It takes a lot of courage to do that’: Star praises young Tiger
May 29, 2019
Josh Gabelich
FOX SPORTS
It was one of the most memorable moments of Sir Doug Nicholls Round.
Sydney Stack — the teenager overlooked by every club at last year’s National Draft before Richmond signed him in February — leading the Tigers war cry ahead of last Saturday night’s Dreamtime at the ‘G.
While the rest of his teammates linked arms behind him, Stack ran towards the 22 Essendon players he was about to face off against for the next two hours.
Injured Richmond star Jack Riewoldt was sitting in the coaches box and couldn’t believe what he was witnessing from a 19-year-old who was minutes away from playing just his eighth game.
“I was sitting in the coaches box and there was just an absolute roar when he went through and had a go at it. He is a great young kid,” Riewoldt said on AFL 360.
“It takes a lot of courage to do that and a bit of spunk, which he has got plenty of don’t worry about that.”
Stack has made a major impact since making his debut against Greater Western Sydney in Round 3, playing eight consecutive games for Damien Hardwick’s side to prove he is up to the level.
https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/richmond-star-jack-riewoldt-praises-sydney-stack-for-his-memorable-moment-at-dreamtime-at-the-g/news-story/ad3d04787cb1b4a5a58975c39354a308
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‘It takes a lot of courage to do that’: Star praises young Tiger
May 29, 2019
Josh Gabelich
FOX SPORTS
It was one of the most memorable moments of Sir Doug Nicholls Round.
Sydney Stack — the teenager overlooked by every club at last year’s National Draft before Richmond signed him in February — leading the Tigers war cry ahead of last Saturday night’s Dreamtime at the ‘G.
While the rest of his teammates linked arms behind him, Stack ran towards the 22 Essendon players he was about to face off against for the next two hours.
Injured Richmond star Jack Riewoldt was sitting in the coaches box and couldn’t believe what he was witnessing from a 19-year-old who was minutes away from playing just his eighth game.
“I was sitting in the coaches box and there was just an absolute roar when he went through and had a go at it. He is a great young kid,” Riewoldt said on AFL 360.
“It takes a lot of courage to do that and a bit of spunk, which he has got plenty of don’t worry about that.”
Stack has made a major impact since making his debut against Greater Western Sydney in Round 3, playing eight consecutive games for Damien Hardwick’s side to prove he is up to the level.
https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/richmond-star-jack-riewoldt-praises-sydney-stack-for-his-memorable-moment-at-dreamtime-at-the-g/news-story/ad3d04787cb1b4a5a58975c39354a308
Up to the level?
That's a fair understatement
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It was pre planned. Players and cheer squad knew
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Needs to signed asap. Clubs circling with big offers.
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Freo to offer us Fyfe, Cerra & their first pick for Bolton, Stack & Pickett... :shh
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Needs to signed asap. Clubs circling with big offers.
What, all the clubs who overlooked him? You reckon he'd bugger off after one season playing for the club that has actually backed him in?
Come on
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Not saying he'll leave... but he will get offers that will be tempting. Carlton, North and Collingwood all rumoured and ready to stitch us up if they can. The sooner we sign him the better.
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Not saying he'll leave... but he will get offers that will be tempting. Carlton, North and Collingwood all rumoured and ready to stitch us up if they can. The sooner we sign him the better.
Great rumour. When did you start it?
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Not saying he'll leave... but he will get offers that will be tempting. Carlton, North and Collingwood all rumoured and ready to stitch us up if they can. The sooner we sign him the better.
Great rumour. When did you start it?
:rollin
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It was pre planned. Players and cheer squad knew
And practiced during the week :shh
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Lol you could have atleast thrown in the WA clubs so you could lean on the tired ‘go-home’ factor when questioned :rollin
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Stack's manager is Paul Peos, who played for the Eagles and Brisbane Bears, and who has a reputation in WA of being as much a mentor as a manager. He has a long history of nurturing young talent at both the teams he played at and coached, and helping kids who need a hand make the most of their potential.
Peos is apparently a big wrap for the work Xavier Clarke has done with Stack and that respect should not be underestimated.
I have no doubt that Peos would prefer for Stack to stay at Richmond for the time being.
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Lol you could have atleast thrown in the WA clubs so you could lean on the tired ‘go-home’ factor when questioned :rollin
So from what I have heard, West Coast can't afford him because they are paying a lot for the good players on their list.
And Fremantle can't afford him because they are paying a lot for a heap of crap players on their list.
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Not saying he'll leave... but he will get offers that will be tempting. Carlton, North and Collingwood all rumoured and ready to stitch us up if they can. The sooner we sign him the better.
Great rumour. When did you start it?
Lets hope he is a loyal kid or that the club gets into gear and signs him. Info came from someone who in the past has had good information. If you think other clubs are not looking at how to wreck the fabric of our club then your kidding yourself. They hate us and will do whatever they can to bring us down.
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Liam Twomey
Herald-Sun
30 May 2019
A week is a long time between games and it is also a long time between training sessions.
After copping a spray from head coach Damien Hardwick for being late to last week’s training session, Sydney Stack wasn’t about to let lightning strike twice.
Our man on the ground at this morning’s training session, SAM BUNN tells us Stack was among the first players out on the track this morning.
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/afl-daily-rolling-footy-news-from-across-australia-for-thursday-may-30-2019/live-coverage/e2887d9030a581b17aeb6e9b7df9ee86
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Not saying he'll leave... but he will get offers that will be tempting. Carlton, North and Collingwood all rumoured and ready to stitch us up if they can. The sooner we sign him the better.
Great rumour. When did you start it?
Lets hope he is a loyal kid or that the club gets into gear and signs him. Info came from someone who in the past has had good information. If you think other clubs are not looking at how to wreck the fabric of our club then your kidding yourself. They hate us and will do whatever they can to bring us down.
Yeah think Collingwood are having enough trouble scraping every dollar out of the barrel to retain Grundy, Moore and De Goey over the next couple of years.
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Gee Stack is good.
Some of his team mates could learn from his work ethic and coolness under pressure.
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We could do with a whole stack of Stacks.... :shh
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Stack is averaging 17.3 disposals, 5.8 marks and 3.1 tackles in his inaugural season at the game’s highest level.
Among the competition’s rising star contenders, he is ranked first in intercepts, second in marks, seventh in disposals and seventh in tackles.
https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2019-06-01/stack-continues-to-sparkle
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Stack is averaging 17.3 disposals, 5.8 marks and 3.1 tackles in his inaugural season at the game’s highest level.
Among the competition’s rising star contenders, he is ranked first in intercepts, second in marks, seventh in disposals and seventh in tackles.
https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2019-06-01/stack-continues-to-sparkle
Yet still not nominated
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The big one for me is the disposal efficiency of the new kids.
Stack - 84.65 (9 games)
Garthwaite - 82.93 (5)
Short - 78.43 (3)
Ross - 76.4 (5)
Baker - 68.92 (8)
Butler - 64.86 (8)
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The player shaping to be the "biggest draft steal in the history of the AFL"
By SEN
14 June 2019
Kane Cornes believes Richmond young gun Sydney Stack is shaping up to be the “biggest draft steal in the history of the AFL”.
After being selected by the Tigers in the pre-season supplemental selection period, Stack has been highly impressive, averaging 17.3 disposals and 5.6 marks from his first 11 games.
Cornes believes the 19-year-old is already the “complete player”, which he exemplified in Thursday night's 33-point loss to Adelaide.
"Sydney Stack is shaping up to be the biggest draft steal in the history of the AFL,” the Port Adelaide great told The Captain’s Run.
“Last night on the big stage away from home, he was clean at ground level, deadly when he had the ball in his hands and he went at 82 per cent disposal efficiency from his 22 touches.
“We know that he’s tough, just ask Jack Viney that, and defensively, he’s sound.
“Besides one brief moment of Eddie Betts brilliance, he had the superstar small forward covered.
Cornes says every club would be regretting not selecting Stack in the 2018 AFL Draft.
“Due to Sydney Stack’s off-field issues, he was overlooked by every club at the draft last year,” he said.
“But now, there isn’t a club in the competition that wouldn’t kill to have him on their list.
“In fact, if last year’s AFL Draft was re-done, Stack would be a top five pick. He may even go top three.”
https://www.sen.com.au/news/2019/06/14/the-player-shaping-to-be-the-biggest-draft-steal-in-the-history-of-the-afl/
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The player shaping to be the "biggest draft steal in the history of the AFL"
By SEN
14 June 2019
Kane Cornes believes Richmond young gun Sydney Stack is shaping up to be the “biggest draft steal in the history of the AFL”.
After being selected by the Tigers in the pre-season supplemental selection period, Stack has been highly impressive, averaging 17.3 disposals and 5.6 marks from his first 11 games.
Cornes believes the 19-year-old is already the “complete player”, which he exemplified in Thursday night's 33-point loss to Adelaide.
"Sydney Stack is shaping up to be the biggest draft steal in the history of the AFL,” the Port Adelaide great told The Captain’s Run.
“Last night on the big stage away from home, he was clean at ground level, deadly when he had the ball in his hands and he went at 82 per cent disposal efficiency from his 22 touches.
“We know that he’s tough, just ask Jack Viney that, and defensively, he’s sound.
“Besides one brief moment of Eddie Betts brilliance, he had the superstar small forward covered.
Cornes says every club would be regretting not selecting Stack in the 2018 AFL Draft.
“Due to Sydney Stack’s off-field issues, he was overlooked by every club at the draft last year,” he said.
“But now, there isn’t a club in the competition that wouldn’t kill to have him on their list.
“In fact, if last year’s AFL Draft was re-done, Stack would be a top five pick. He may even go top three.”
https://www.sen.com.au/news/2019/06/14/the-player-shaping-to-be-the-biggest-draft-steal-in-the-history-of-the-afl/
One of the very few times I’ve agreed with Cornes..... :whistle
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Thing is, I firmly believe less than a handful of clubs actually could develop him. We’re just one of them. I mean, imagine where he’d be at if he went to Carlton or Gold Coast?
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From Robbo's "Likes" column:
2. THE KID HIMSELF
Sydney Stack is a revelation and perhaps a leader of a revolution. The argument that he is a serious rising star contender can’t be ignored. He’s explosive, fearless and creative. His footy IQ for a 19-year-old is off the charts. When he gets his fitness to the necessary levels he will be a brutal weapon in the midfield.
As for being a leader of a revolution, and as Gorman pointed out, Stack will express himself how he wants to and when he wants to without fear of criticism or ridicule. His war dance at the Dreamtime game was powerful and authoritative and his embrace with Eddie Betts was much the same. You’ve got to admire his dash.
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/expert-opinion/mark-robinson/the-tackle-mark-robinsons-likes-and-dislikes-for-round-13/news-story/adecf3cbc46108f0987a11e62dad3f8a
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Moved forward and kicks a lazy 4 goals :bow :thumbsup. 17 other clubs kicking themselves.
15 disposals (8k, 7h, 6c, 9u, 73% eff.)
5 marks (1 contested)
4 In50s
1 Re50
4 tackles
1 clanger
4 goals
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Gun.
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SEN just said Stack went at 88% by foot.
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Told Dimma during the week that he should play him forward..... :shh
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That mark!
VIDEO: https://twitter.com/AFL/status/1145173960323059712
(https://s.afl.com.au/staticfile/AFL%20Tenant/AFL/Files/Images/stacksplitscreen1024.jpg)
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Told Dimma during the week that he should play him forward..... :shh
:clapping :clapping :clapping
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Told Dimma during the week that he should play him forward..... :shh
Played forward in the match simulation last Monday
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Told Dimma during the week that he should play him forward..... :shh
Told him at pre-season training... :shh :shh
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Told Dimma during the week that he should play him forward..... :shh
Told him at pre-season training... :shh :shh
You win :bow
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Told Dimma during the week that he should play him forward..... :shh
Told him at pre-season training... :shh :shh
:shh :shh :shh
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Blues fans are getting nervous, they thought their man had the rising star in the bag :lol
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The next Andrew McLeod!!!!!
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GUN
Hands off to the club for the balls to pick him up and then nurture him. Maybe even old man francois may have had a hand in it too
Seriously what a find
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Blues fans are getting nervous, they thought their man had the rising star in the bag :lol
It’s hard to believe that he won’t win as his game goes to new levels each week
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What a player, could be one of the very best... a rare talent :clapping
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Blues fans are getting nervous, they thought their man had the rising star in the bag :lol
It’s hard to believe that he won’t win as his game goes to new levels each week
Down to $3.50 but Walsh remains heavy favourite at around $1.30
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'He's a very good player': Dimma lauds sensational Stack
AFL.com.au
Ben Collins and Callum Twomey
July 1, 2019
RICHMOND prodigy Sydney Stack continues to show up recruiters who overlooked him in last year's NAB AFL Draft.
The exciting young Tiger further enhanced his claims on the NAB AFL Rising Star award with a brilliant three-goal first half that has kept his team in the contest against St Kilda at Marvel Stadium on Saturday.
The Saints, smarting from their shattering loss to Brisbane at the same venue, burst out of the blocks with the first three goals before Stack, 19, again displayed maturity beyond his years to almost single-handedly drag the Tigers back into the game.
Swung forward by coach Damien Hardwick, the explosive West Australian soared to take a screamer late in the first term and coolly converted Richmond's first goal from close range.
Early in the second quarter, with St Kilda defenders becoming increasingly nervous around him, Stack showed considerable nous to conjure a free kick for holding the man, and he had no problems with a regulation set shot.
Late in the second term came an even better effort, when he received a handball outside 50, danced around an opponent and kicked truly from 45 metres to bring Richmond within four points at half-time.
He finished with four goals for the game, including a late sealer in the final term.
Hardwick credited the decision to play Stack in the forward line to a member of the club's administration outside of the coaches' box.
"It was funny, our head of integrity Steve Wyatt half suggested it to me and it grew from there. We did briefly toy with [Shane Edwards] moving back through the middle, but we thought his head down back is really important and Sydney we always feel can play forward," he said.
"He also played through the middle again today which we think is going to be his go going forward.
"Whether it stays the same next week we're not too sure but we did see (Brisbane's) Charlie Cameron have a similar type of impact against the Saints last week so that had something to do with it as well."
Stack doubled his career goal tally in the first half, after kicking just three goals in his previous 11 games.
He has played every game since making his debut in the round three loss to Greater Western Sydney and continues to capture plenty of buzz as a possible winner of the Rising Star award.
"He's a very good player. At the end of the day, other people pick that award but if we go through the draft, I'm picking my guy," Hardwick said.
https://www.afl.com.au/news/2019-06-30/sensational-stack-puts-on-a-firsthalf-masterclass
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From Robbo's "Likes" column:
5 Sydney Stack
In his first season and in his first foray forward, Stack kicked four goals, had 15 disposals and eight score involvements, which was the third most for Richmond. It’s getting real serious, this Rising Star award. Carlton’s Sam Walsh is still favourite, but Stack has jumped over Port’s Connor Rozee to second spot. Stack is rated above average as a defender and then he shows his versatility by going forward and kicking a goal. It was canny coaching from Damien Hardwick. He dumped Liam Baker and Jack Higgins while Dan Butler looks cooked. It means Stack could stay forward in the run home. Twenty goals would be an awesome return and, if he does that, he’s hands down the Rising Star winner.
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/expert-opinion/mark-robinson/the-tackle-mark-robinsons-likes-and-dislikes-from-round-15-2019/news-story/9d4fcb9e98d4217b6f2020024c706cb2
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I think he is the best first year Richmond player I have seen in my time of watching the Tigers.
He is a complete player already imo.
I think he would be top 3 in the B&F at the minute.
He has been outstanding and the highlight of the year for me.
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Could go close to winning the B&F in all honesty. I'd have Grimes ahead of him at the minute but after that there would be a few of the boys not far off
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great call boys. Agree
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I think he is the best first year Richmond player I have seen in my time of watching the Tigers.
He is a complete player already imo.
I think he would be top 3 in the B&F at the minute.
He has been outstanding and the highlight of the year for me.
Dusty’s first year was pretty special
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Lids
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I think he is the best first year Richmond player I have seen in my time of watching the Tigers.
He is a complete player already imo.
I think he would be top 3 in the B&F at the minute.
He has been outstanding and the highlight of the year for me.
Dusty’s first year was pretty special
I thought about Lids and he did have a good first year but IMO Stack has easily past that.
Dusty too...,
What Stack is doing isn’t what 99% of first year kids do. The impact he is having on games is significant. Not just cheap kicks on the outside like a few others.
He is putting to shame some higher profile players like Rioli and Caddy.
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Very true.
Kid plays at the level like he's been doing it for 10 years. The way he reads the play & competes is what most kids take many years to learn. Just a natural highly skilled, tough & versatile footballer this kid.
I wonder where he would have went in the draft if clubs didn't have off-field concerns? In hindsight, he'd have to be top 5 wouldn't he? But this time last year, where was he ranked talent wise?
Dunno if anyone ever expected this. Unbelievable how well it's worked out for us
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Won't make it. #flashinthepan #oneseasonwonder :shh
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Trade whilst value is highest
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:shh :shh
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Very true.
Kid plays at the level like he's been doing it for 10 years. The way he reads the play & competes is what most kids take many years to learn. Just a natural highly skilled, tough & versatile footballer this kid.
I wonder where he would have went in the draft if clubs didn't have off-field concerns? In hindsight, he'd have to be top 5 wouldn't he? But this time last year, where was he ranked talent wise?
Dunno if anyone ever expected this. Unbelievable how well it's worked out for us
General consensus is a top 3 of walsh, stack and rozee with the order dependent on who you barrack for. We wont know for sure how much of a steal he is until 3-5 years down the track when we can judge the draft crop better but atm we got a top 3 player without even using a draft pick.
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Sydney has been a steal.
But how does Jack Ross (pick 43) stack up against him?
and Marlion Pickett is the great unknown.
Good times ahead.
:cheers
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Agree with comments would be in top three of best and fairest. Really good attitude on the field. His marking, courage and football nous has been outstanding.
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His bump on Viney still gives me wet dreams
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Don't care if he wins it, just rapt we got him and for sweet fa, will enjoy watching him tear it up for us going forward setting the tone
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Don't care if he wins it, just rapt we got him and for sweet fa, will enjoy watching him tear it up for us going forward setting the tone
Doesn't mean a lot in the end, Lewis Taylor won it over Bontempelli... who would you prefer now :shh
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I hope he does win it as I’ve got $50 on him at $26. (Already offering me $325 to cash out)
And I’ve got another $10 on Stack to win the Rising Star and Fyfe to win the Brownlow to win nearly $3k
Come on Stacky!
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Probably cash out if that offer gets to 500. Walsh won it in pre-season
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That goal: https://www.richmondfc.com.au/video/2019-07-14/round-17-stack-with-a-goty-contender
SCINTILLATING STACK
Who else would it be to get the ball rolling for Richmond other than Sydney Stack? At the six-minute mark of the first term, the excitement machine collected the loose ball, engaged in a one-two with Jack Riewoldt, effortlessly sold some candy to an opponent and dobbed it from 45 metres out with class. Eight minutes later, Stack prematurely celebrated what he thought was another goal, but comically had to be told by Bachar Houli that he in fact hit the post – much to his dismay.
Source: The Age (https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/richmond-show-their-credentials-with-strong-win-over-gws-20190714-p5273t.html)
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If only he'd kicked the next one too oh my...
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Ed & Charlie's old man melting down again....idiot's obsessed and has been freaking out for months that Stack might steal the Rising Star trinket from Walsh:
https://twitter.com/jaycee0202/status/1150260900097679360
:shh
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Class can't teach that first goal and poster.
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Ed & Charlie's old man melting down again....idiot's obsessed and has been freaking out for months that Stack might steal the Rising Star trinket from Walsh:
https://twitter.com/jaycee0202/status/1150260900097679360
:shh
That's not their dad.
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That's a pretty serious aspersion to be casting on their mother.... :shh
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:shh :shh
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Not sure what John is talking about.
Stack had 18 touches, rarely a "cheap" one, and layed 3 tackles - in what was a slightly "unders" performance for him, relative to his season so far.
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How Richmond plotted to secure rising star Sydney Stack
Zero Hanger
17 July 2019
After being overlooked in both the national and pre-season draft, one of the country’s top junior talents, Sydney Stack has found himself with a spot on Richmond’s list.
New AFL rules allow clubs to leave a vacant spot on their list and sign players in the pre-season supplementary selection period, and after months of planning, Richmond jumped at the opportunity to bring Stack on board.
“The new rules opening up gave us great flexibility to say, ‘Hey, we can try before we buy’ in a sense,” Richmond recruiting manager Matt Clarke said.
“We were on the front foot early which he was really happy with, and his manager as well, to get him over and train.
“We had some really good advice from the WA talent guys as well around what that would look like if he did come over — where he would live, who he would live with and all those types of things — so we had a plan in place pretty quickly and set it in motion as quick as we could.”
Stack was one of the most exciting junior talents heading into the 2018 draft. However, despite making the 2018 U18 All Australian team and performing strongly in the 2018 National Carnival for Western Australia, Stack was overlooked but soon found himself at Richmond as a 2018-19 Pre-Season Supplemental selection.
When speaking on the Road to the Draft podcast, Clarke revealed that Richmond had been tracking Stack since he was 16 years old. The Tigers assumed that Stack would slip through both drafts last November, sending their plan into action.
“Sydney had some challenges in his life growing up. His talent was always there, there was no questioning that, and obviously we can see that now, it was just whether his commitment to football outside the football environment was at the level required,” Clarke said.
“He’d made some mistakes along the way.
“It was just a matter of finding the balance for him of actually saying … can I stay committed to football, and they were probably the doubts we had and other clubs obviously had those as well.
“Getting to the draft we had a plan that if he had got through, and our information was that he was likely to get through the national draft, not sure about the rookie draft, but we’d made some contact with his manager between both those drafts, on the night and the day after, that if that did occur he could come and train under the new rules, so we were happy to leave a spot open and go that way.
“As we got to the rookie draft once again our information was that he was going to get through and we’d offer him a lifeline to come over and train just to see how committed he was to the program.”
Immediately impressing, Stack has gone on to be a key player for Richmond this season and become the second favourite to win the Rising Star Award following his nomination after his strong performance in round 11.
https://www.zerohanger.com/how-richmond-plotted-to-secure-rising-star-sydney-stack-32177/
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I read stack has re-signed, to be announced tomorrow, on one of the tigers FB supporter pages! Great news!
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Sydney Stack has signed-on for two more years at Tigerland.
Talented utility, Stack, is committed until 2021.
The talented WA product made his way onto Richmond’s list via the AFL’s new pre-season supplemental selection period, and has thrived since arriving at Tigerland.
Starting his AFL career in defence, Stack has recently moved to the forward line, and has made his presence known, booting 10 goals so far in season 2019, including a four-goal haul in Round 15 v St Kilda.
Earning a NAB Rising Star nomination in Round 11, Stack has so far delivered a season that is both exciting and consistent, averaging 17.5 disposals, 3.2 tackles and five marks.
https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2019-08-01/richmond-contract-extensions
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Just heard on SEN, that we went off from training early with a possible calf injury??
Anyone else know anything? Jackstar were you there?
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Just heard on SEN, that we went off from training early with a possible calf injury??
Anyone else know anything? Jackstar were you there?
Done calf
Lasted 5 mins
Won’t play
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Just heard on SEN, that we went off from training early with a possible calf injury??
Anyone else know anything? Jackstar were you there?
Done calf
Lasted 5 mins
Won’t play
Bugger
Thanks
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“He’s an incredible talent on the field. The one thing we always talk about is the ability of players to win the ball and that’s what Sydney can do," coach Damien Hardwick said.
"More importantly, when he wins the ball he uses it incredibly well.
"If you had of said to me at the start of the year we’d draft this kid as the last pick in the draft and he’d play every single game and be a Rising Star candidate, I’d look at you as if you were crazy. But he’s been nothing short of outstanding."
Hardwick sounded a warning to Richmond's rivals that Stack would only get better.
"If he continues to work hard and continues to decide this is what he wants to do and this is who he wants to be, the world’s his oyster," he said.
"The ball’s entirely in his own court. He can be as good as he wants to be."
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/more-news/afl-daily-rolling-footy-news-from-across-australia-for-thursday-august-1-2019/live-coverage/e4fd2bffcbfbdee910193570836ce993
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Just heard on SEN, that we went off from training early with a possible calf injury??
Anyone else know anything? Jackstar were you there?
Done calf
Lasted 5 mins
Won’t play
Bugger
Thanks
Sydney Stack has sent a scare through the Richmond camp after appearing to suffer a calf injury in the first 20 minutes of training today.
Not long after coach Damien Hardwick was singing his praises and his new two-year deal was announced, Stack limped from the track at Punt Road.
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/more-news/afl-daily-rolling-footy-news-from-across-australia-for-thursday-august-1-2019/live-coverage/e4fd2bffcbfbdee910193570836ce993
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I think Stacky doing his calf overshadowed another great signing by the club.
I have said this before, best first year Tiger I have seen.
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Stack got bad ankle injury
May be long term ?
There's a pic on Twitter showing Stack on crutches, getting hugs form his team mates
(https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/attachments/1566022538721-png.728533/)
Source: Twitter
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This is a terrible result for our club today. Stack could have been a big weapon during September.
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Word is he is gone for the season :(.
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Word is he is gone for the season :(.
That’s correct
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Should have not been dropped in the first place alot worse then him continue to play. Say it again we got to cute and outsmarted ourselves with him the forward line fairy tale while he was killing it as a HBF was nothing more then pinch hitting up there.
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Should have not been dropped in the first place alot worse then him continue to play. Say it again we got to cute and outsmarted ourselves with him the forward line fairy tale while he was killing it as a HBF was nothing more then pinch hitting up there.
We don’t know the reason why he was dropped. It must be more than form.
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That's rubbish Richo
If it was to rest him then don't play him in all forms
They made a massive mistake.
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:facepalm
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Could have happened to anyone
poo happens
He'll be back next year
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This injury gets right up my nose, hopefully the club will now pickett for me... :shh
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Stack blow for Tigers on finals eve
James Mottershead
Herald Sun
18 Aug 2019
Sydney Stack’s stellar debut season appears to have come to an end after he suffered an ankle injury in today’s VFL win over Essendon.
Stack, 19, was unlucky to be dropped from the Tigers’ side to face West Coast tomorrow, and was on his way to a monster game when the injury occurred in the third quarter.
Already with 15 touches to his name after spending time in Richmond’s midfield, Stack went into a contest to bump an Essendon player when his ankle gave way.
Tigers’ VFL coach Craig McRae said the outcome didn’t look good for Stack who left the ground on crutches.
“It’s an ankle injury but it’s too early to diagnose the extent of it, whether it’s a syndesmosis I’m not sure,” he said.
“But it doesn’t look good, he’s on crutches so I would have thought he’s in doubt for the short term.”
McRae said Stack will be sent for scans to assess the damage.
“He went into a contest, he said, and went to bump the bloke and I think his ankle became unstable,” he said.
“Time will tell, that will obviously be one we get scans for and deal with what comes from that.”
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/more-news/richmond-excitement-machine-sydney-stack-suffers-ankle-injury-in-tigers-vfl-win/news-story/616a3fdf7d23bf08cfa4cfa9f4cf8f35
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Well clearly the wrong player got dropped :shh
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Maybe it's just a rolled ankle. It's his first one, he could get back to 90-95% within 3 weeks. He wouldn't get a game in a SF or a prelim but if he can do that, he could press for the squad of 25 for the granny if we make it and stranger picks have happened for GF's.
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stuffit what a waste!!!! Wrecking him on a stuffing VFL game near finals is sheer stupidity
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Was dropped for disciplinary reasons..... :shh
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Was dropped for disciplinary reasons..... :shh
It seems to be the only logical reason.
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Was dropped for disciplinary reasons..... :shh
It seems to be the only logical reason.
Hardwick sort of eluded to it as the reason without stating it explicitly.
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Leppitsch on 3aw just now said Stack probably needs surgery. Injury similar to what Kane Lambert did this time last year.
That could affect his preseason going into 2020.
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lucky we got pickett to replace him
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Hardwick said first-year star Sydney Stack would have surgery after suffering an ankle syndesmosis injury in the VFL but was still a chance to play again this season.
Source: Cessnock Advertiser (https://www.cessnockadvertiser.com.au/story/6334453/hardwick-sees-tigers-of-old-in-big-afl-win/?cs=4783)
Mark Stevens on Ch7 news tonight said Stack will miss the rest of the season and they showed vision of Stack in the rooms today still on crutches.
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In other injury news out of the weekend, Tiger youngster Sydney Stack is expected to undergo surgery on his injured ankle.
The 19-year-old hurt his right ankle during the opening half of Richmond's 12-point VFL victory over Essendon on Saturday and failed to return to the field after half-time.
He was later seen on crutches and Hardwick confirmed on Sunday that the news wasn't good for the highly rated youngster.
"(His season) will be a little bit delayed obviously with the syndesmosis, which is disappointing," Hardwick said.
"He'll have surgery at some stage this week, we've just got to hope for a good response.
"(Kane) Lambert had a similar type of injury possibly a week earlier last year and he got back and played finals.
"Sydney's a really important player to the way we play so we're hoping he'll come back."
https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2019-08-18/grimes-plays-key-role-after-final-quarter-return
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Was dropped for disciplinary reasons..... :shh
Is that a rumour or do you know this as fact?
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Was dropped for disciplinary reasons..... :shh
Is that a rumour or do you know this as fact?
Source: Hardwick (spoke to us pregame)
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Whats his prognosis Doc... any chance to come back before say prelim final?
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Was dropped for disciplinary reasons..... :shh
Is that a rumour or do you know this as fact?
Source: Hardwick (spoke to us pregame)
Why would you edit my post?
That is sad and pathetic!
Hardwick told a crowd of people yesterday according to the Doc, that Stack was dropped for disciplinary reasons and you won’t let people talk about it on a Richmond footy forum.
Get a grip Big Brother :sleep :sleep :sleep
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Calm down guy
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Calm down guy
:lol
I’m calm.
Just staggered why you can’t talk footy on a footy forum when it has nothing to do with any of the “taboo” topics we know we can’t speak about.
Pretty sure the forum won’t get sued for posters speculating on why a player was dropped for disciplinary reasons after the coach has said that.
Are we allowed to boo on this forum or have the bigwigs band that too?
I’ll see how I go.....
Boo WP
Boo oneeyed
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BT, Doc's post hasn't been touched by the mods. Only your dig at WP was removed.
Having said that we don't want people publicly speculating on the forum about the nature of the alleged "disciplinary reason(s)" when it isn't public knowledge. That could potentially put OER at legal risk.
ps. Despite us mods continually getting accused of being over-protective or even mocked as "Big Brother", we know from past first hand experience that legal risk is something to be treated very seriously as those that threaten legal action aren't lenient and the solution to satisfy them even in what may seem trivial or accidental circumstances is more complex than simply saying 'sorry' and/or removing the offending post on the forum.
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I appreciate you gotta protect the forum from any sort of legal action. Has something happened to this forum in the past? Are you allowed to mention publically or DM me the details of what happened?
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BT, Doc's post hasn't been touched by the mods. Only your dig at WP was removed.
Having said that we don't want people publicly speculating on the forum about the nature of the alleged "disciplinary reason(s)" when it isn't public knowledge. That could potentially put OER at legal risk.
ps. Despite us mods continually getting accused of being over-protective or even mocked as "Big Brother", we know from past first hand experience that legal risk is something to be treated very seriously as those that threaten legal action aren't lenient and the solution to satisfy them even in what may seem trivial or accidental circumstances is more complex than simply saying 'sorry' and/or removing the offending post on the forum.
My dig at WP?
Being a little precious there as you let much worse than that go.
We are grown ups surely!
On the other stuff, surely if a posters says I heard Stack was late for training for example, that’s isn’t going to get you sued whether it’s true or not!
Posters post rumours everyday on your site.
Do we still live in a world of free speech?
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BT, Doc's post hasn't been touched by the mods. Only your dig at WP was removed.
Having said that we don't want people publicly speculating on the forum about the nature of the alleged "disciplinary reason(s)" when it isn't public knowledge. That could potentially put OER at legal risk.
ps. Despite us mods continually getting accused of being over-protective or even mocked as "Big Brother", we know from past first hand experience that legal risk is something to be treated very seriously as those that threaten legal action aren't lenient and the solution to satisfy them even in what may seem trivial or accidental circumstances is more complex than simply saying 'sorry' and/or removing the offending post on the forum.
My dig at WP?
Being a little precious there as you let much worse than that go.
We are grown ups surely!
On the other stuff, surely if a posters says I heard Stack was late for training for example, that’s isn’t going to get you sued whether it’s true or not!
Posters post rumours everyday on your site.
Do we still live in a world of free speech?
There'd be witnesses if he had been late to training. Remember the media had footage of Dimma giving Stack a spray at Punt Rd earlier in the season before apologising later on. That is why it's best not to speculate.
We are grown ups and in such a world there isn't unlimited freedom of speech with no consequences. Defamation laws exist for a reason.
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I appreciate you gotta protect the forum from any sort of legal action. Has something happened to this forum in the past? Are you allowed to mention publically or DM me the details of what happened?
Short answer is yes.
We will not be going into details as to what happened for legal reasons and there will be no DM about it either
Put simply, we got contacted and were advised that something had been posted that was defamatory and if it was not t removed the site was going to be shut down and we (mods) would be held personally liable and faced being sued.
It took over a fortnight to get it sorted which involved more than removing what had actually appeared on the site.
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BT, Doc's post hasn't been touched by the mods. Only your dig at WP was removed.
Having said that we don't want people publicly speculating on the forum about the nature of the alleged "disciplinary reason(s)" when it isn't public knowledge. That could potentially put OER at legal risk.
ps. Despite us mods continually getting accused of being over-protective or even mocked as "Big Brother", we know from past first hand experience that legal risk is something to be treated very seriously as those that threaten legal action aren't lenient and the solution to satisfy them even in what may seem trivial or accidental circumstances is more complex than simply saying 'sorry' and/or removing the offending post on the forum.
My dig at WP?
Being a little precious there as you let much worse than that go.
We are grown ups surely!
On the other stuff, surely if a posters says I heard Stack was late for training for example, that’s isn’t going to get you sued whether it’s true or not!
Posters post rumours everyday on your site.
Do we still live in a world of free speech?
I think the point here is that while you might have a point, the guys who administrate this site (and volunteer significant time to do it) don’t want to be exposed legally to something posted that represents a risk of legal action.
As administrators of the site, that is their prerogative which you can hardly complain about given the risk actually sits with them.
It’s their call, not ours, which we should respect
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BT, Doc's post hasn't been touched by the mods. Only your dig at WP was removed.
Having said that we don't want people publicly speculating on the forum about the nature of the alleged "disciplinary reason(s)" when it isn't public knowledge. That could potentially put OER at legal risk.
ps. Despite us mods continually getting accused of being over-protective or even mocked as "Big Brother", we know from past first hand experience that legal risk is something to be treated very seriously as those that threaten legal action aren't lenient and the solution to satisfy them even in what may seem trivial or accidental circumstances is more complex than simply saying 'sorry' and/or removing the offending post on the forum.
My dig at WP?
Being a little precious there as you let much worse than that go.
We are grown ups surely!
On the other stuff, surely if a posters says I heard Stack was late for training for example, that’s isn’t going to get you sued whether it’s true or not!
Posters post rumours everyday on your site.
Do we still live in a world of free speech?
I think the point here is that while you might have a point, the guys who administrate this site (and volunteer significant time to do it) don’t want to be exposed legally to something posted that represents a risk of legal action.
As administrators of the site, that is their prerogative which you can hardly complain about given the risk actually sits with them.
It’s their call, not ours, which we should respect
Well said.
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Has he had surgery yet?
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Was apparently due to have it yesterday.
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yep all done and he is back home, if you are on instagram he is constantly providing his own updates about where he is at
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Burge's update.
Stack has his op last night.
Sydney Stack, ankle
"He needed surgery which he had last night…fairly similar to most other syndesmosis injuries that need the surgery...Right now, he’s in a cast which he’ll have on for the next 7-10 days. Once that’s off, we can make an assessment as to how quickly we can push things. Kane Lambert had a similar procedure last year, he played at four weeks, we’ve had other players with the same procedure who have taken a lot longer…It’s very hard to put a timeframe on it at the moment but we’re relatively optimistic."
https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2019-08-20/round-23-injury-update
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Ch 7 news last night said the surgery went well but Stack will still miss the rest of the season.
Some post-surgery vision of Stack:
Go to 1:30 min mark: https://twitter.com/7NewsMelbourne/status/1163734982117842945
as well as on his instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/stackman_44
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so peeed off... is he gonna lose all that explosiveness and leap now?
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I’ve done a syndesmosis before and you don’t actually lose that much speed or leap. I find recovery the most important because it is a bit more tender after a day of hard down the line sprinting and changing direction. Here’s hoping it’s the same for Stack
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good to know, never had that particular injury, done head shoulders knees and toes though LOL
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Hardwick said while Sydney Stack, who had ankle surgery on Monday night, hopes he'll be right for next week, the reality is the young star is only a small chance of returning this season and won't be risked.
Source: AFL website (https://www.afl.com.au/news/2019-08-23/we-just-have-to-win-hardwick-keeps-it-simple-for-lions)
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How did he finish over 20 votes behind the winner laughable that is and even second place big difference don't worry about winning.Offcourse we couldn't have someone missed both drafts embarrassing the afl and winning it.Was always going to be the number 1 pick.Bunch of clowns to all involved.
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Walsh was may more consistent.
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Don't know about that Stack had way more impact in games compared to him.
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And after today if I was asked if I wanted to swap Stack for any of those other kids, I would still stay with my boy Stacky.
Brilliant first season by the kid... it’s just a shame he got injured and will probably miss out on something really special. :shh
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I felt Stack was our spiritual leader when our injury list was at its greatest. He showed as a first year player what it meant to be a tiger and I think a lot of the more seasoned players would have seen they needed to lift because Stack went hard at it every time he crossed the white line. If we win the premiership he would have been largely responsible and I would feel bummed he doesn’t get to receive a medal
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Stack not giving up on finals
The Age
August 31, 2019
Richmond livewire Sydney Stack has resumed running on an anti-gravity treadmill, taking a small step towards an unlikely finals return.
The 19-year-old underwent surgery early last week after suffering a syndesmosis injury while playing in the VFL.
Richmond are yet to put a line through Stack for the finals, although he is only a small chance of recovering in time and won't be unnecessarily risked.
The hope is he could replicate teammate Kane Lambert, who suffered a similar injury a week earlier last year but managed to return for the finals.
"I'll hopefully be back for finals this year but if not, I'll bounce back next year," Stack told AAP at the AFL Rising Star event on Friday.
"I just got out of the moon boot and now I'm walking, which is good. I'll just keep doing my rehab and see what the doc says."
Having been overlooked in the draft in his native Western Australia, Stack has been outstanding for the Tigers in his debut campaign.
Stack was one of three Richmond players nominated for the Rising Star this year along with Liam Baker and Shai Bolton.
Baker and Bolton are highly likely to play in Saturday week's qualifying final against the Brisbane Lions at the Gabba with the Tigers a good chance to name an unchanged lineup.
"They've been playing pretty good footy," Stack said.
"They play for their roles for the team ... the Richmond club itself is a good environment for the lads."
https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/sport/afl/stack-not-giving-up-on-finals-20190830-p52mht.html
https://www.afl.com.au/news/2019-08-30/ill-hopefully-be-back-young-tiger-not-giving-up-on-finals
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Stack surges into prelim contention
Jon Ralph,
Herald Sun
9 September 2019
Premiership favourite Richmond will give Sydney Stack every chance to make a bold bid for finals selection with the Tigers perfectly placed to surge into their second Grand Final in three years.
Only Alex Rance (ACL), Jack Higgins (heart surgery) and Stack are on the club’s injury list as it rides a 10-win streak in which only West Coast has got within 27 points of the Tigers.
Balme said the Tigers were genuinely optimistic Stack, who finished third in the Rising Star award off 17 games, could at least push for selection after a remarkable recovery from high-ankle surgery.
“He is running this week and he is certainly coming on even better than we thought he might,” he said.
“The doctor is conservative and he is really pleased with him. Initially we might have believed there was no hope, but there is at least some chance.
“We won’t be silly about it, but he is going well. He will train this week but we are not sure how much he will do and when he does change-of-direction (drills).”
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/teams/richmond/richmond-perfectly-primed-for-preliminary-final-with-sydney-stack-pushing-for-selection/news-story/4224630833412088757e7c755e999c22
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Excellent, he can replace B Ellis then.
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He would have to be long odds to come back in surely
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He would have to be long odds to come back in surely
If he's trending in the right direction then Id be optimistic.
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Excellent, he can replace B Ellis then.
So you are saying that Stack can run 16 kms a match?
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Excellent, he can replace B Ellis then.
So you are saying that Stack can run 16 kms a match?
Not exactly, but we could rotate players like Stack, Edwards on the wing. I think Ellis was the worst player and Stack provides upside for a team change going into the prelim.
Are you suggesting we put players on the wing based purely on their endurance?
Because despite being a great runner I have to say Ellis' game was deplorable and for all I care I'd rather have a bloke running 12km but at least having a genuine crack at it.
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I’m leaving Edwards in the middle. Guys magic in there.
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I think we might have learned from last year that unless your 100% fit you don't play.
Stacky would have to play VFL prior to AFL for me so if we make the GF he has to be right for that.
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Stack should be proud of his first year - it's something to build on. I don't think he's getting picked again this season.
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Stack could be our not fat Stuart Dew!
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Stack won't play VFL this week.
Balmey on Ch 7 news said 'Stack's starting to run. Doing better than we expected. He's a chance [to return to the seniors] but it'll be a pretty big call you would think'.
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Would bring him in if cleared by the docs. Hasn’t missed that long to worry about fitness. Can see him absolutely tearing a final apart.
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Would bring him in if cleared by the docs. Hasn’t missed that long to worry about fitness. Can see him absolutely tearing a final apart.
100% agree...
But if it was between Stack and Houli, who do you go?
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Would bring him in if cleared by the docs. Hasn’t missed that long to worry about fitness. Can see him absolutely tearing a final apart.
100% agree...
But if it was between Stack and Houli, who do you go?
It wouldn’t be so no point answering ;)
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Hmm, 2019 All Australian or a rookie. Were not dropping Houli for anybody let alone Stack.
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Would bring him in if cleared by the docs. Hasn’t missed that long to worry about fitness. Can see him absolutely tearing a final apart.
100% agree...
But if it was between Stack and Houli, who do you go?
You would think Houli, as we know what we are going to get and also has finals experience.
Would love to see stack in the side though, but couldn't see houli being dropped for Stack
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If fit should be playing in Shorts spot.Ross should be up the ground on a wing in Ellis spot.
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If fit should be playing in Shorts spot.Ross should be up the ground on a wing in Ellis spot.
Ross ain't fit or quick enough to play wing. He would have to relieve Edwards from midfield etc to play wing.
I think Ross should be a project player for 2020, get him fit and firing
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Ross on a wing. :lol
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Would bring him in if cleared by the docs. Hasn’t missed that long to worry about fitness. Can see him absolutely tearing a final apart.
100% agree...
But if it was between Stack and Houli, who do you go?
It wouldn’t be so no point answering ;)
I get that Houli causes more than his fair share of hair pulling moments, and Stack is the future.
But for gods sake :facepalm :facepalm :facepalm
One bloke has totally unproven health and finals experience. The other probably should have won a Norm Smith.
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Stack for ellis. Ellis is leaving anyway.
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Drop Houli time to watch the GF 2017 :banghead.
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Drop Houli time to watch the GF 2017 :banghead.
agree.
Wouldn’t drop Houli, he’s arguably playing the best footy of his career, for anyone to even suggest it would be ridiculous as he is our primary attacking defender.
Ellis absolutely needs to be dropped and hopefully Stack or Pickett comes in for him.
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We need to get this kid back into the side this year if he can get himself right.
He deserves it as he has been sensational and hopefully will be part of our history.
He brings something not many others can....
We all know who’s spot he should take.... someone who has already signed with someone else apparently :shh :shh
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I think we need to be very careful with Stacky, his injury is enough to carry right now. The thing that could crush him is the weight of expectation & the pressure coming from all around him. The kid is a first year player, even though he has shown tremendous ability & talent he is still just a kid. To expect him to overcome a serious injury in a few short weeks so he can be named in the Grand Final team & take the field with all guns blazing is just a massive ask! He hasn't even played a final yet but some expect him to play & to dominate! He can't even change direction while running yet, but some expect him to play & to star in the Grand Final?
I think it is enough for Stacky to keep up the appearance that he is going to be named, to keep the opposition guessing about our team selections, to actually throw an injured first year player off the deep end into a Grand Final would be just ridiculous!
We played a very proppy Dusty last year & look how that worked out, are we prepared to make the same mistake again?
Yes is a word for the supporters for right now, but no is the right word for the future of the player ...
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Stack would need to play in the VFL Granny to be any chance of a senior recall. However, he's still only running laps based on the vision on the news last night.
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I think we need to be very careful with Stacky, his injury is enough to carry right now. The thing that could crush him is the weight of expectation & the pressure coming from all around him. The kid is a first year player, even though he has shown tremendous ability & talent he is still just a kid. To expect him to overcome a serious injury in a few short weeks so he can be named in the Grand Final team & take the field with all guns blazing is just a massive ask! He hasn't even played a final yet but some expect him to play & to dominate! He can't even change direction while running yet, but some expect him to play & to star in the Grand Final?
I think it is enough for Stacky to keep up the appearance that he is going to be named, to keep the opposition guessing about our team selections, to actually throw an injured first year player off the deep end into a Grand Final would be just ridiculous!
We played a very proppy Dusty last year & look how that worked out, are we prepared to make the same mistake again?
Yes is a word for the supporters for right now, but no is the right word for the future of the player ...
JP as much as we are keen for him to play again this year I believe you will find that he has more desire to get back for the finals than us.
Young players would crawl over broken glass to be involved in finals so this is where the medical staff earn their pay making the right calls.
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Stack won't play.
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Richmond has no such [injury] concerns, with Sydney Stack (ankle) unlikely to be considered after last playing in round 21 and suffering his injury playing in the VFL.
https://www.afl.com.au/news/2019-09-16/injury-wrap-all-eyes-on-coniglio-pies-shuffle-the-deck
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Ch 9 news' sports reporter just said this as they were showing vision of Stack running at training.
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Lets hope so....
Love Stack
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Ch9 said Stack trained today. If he pulls up well and gets through Thursday training too then he'll be penciled in to play in the VFL Grand Final on Sunday.
We're giving him every chance to return to the AFL side for the AFL Grand Final (if we make it).
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Ch9 said Stack trained today. If he pulls up well and gets through Thursday training too then he'll be penciled in to play in the VFL Grand Final on Sunday.
We're giving him every chance to return to the AFL side for the AFL Grand Final (if we make it).
Aarts' suspension opens up a spot for Stack. So it's an easy swap if he Syd does play this week.
Keeps the pressure on senior spots too in the Prelim.
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Here's the Ch 9 sports report about Stack:
With an eye to next week's Grand Final... Richmond could be set to unleash a September wildcard this weekend. @AyrtonWoolley #9News
Watch here: https://twitter.com/9NewsMelb/status/1174245139520348161
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Here's the Ch 9 sports report about Stack:
With an eye to next week's Grand Final... Richmond could be set to unleash a September wildcard this weekend. @AyrtonWoolley #9News
Watch here: https://twitter.com/9NewsMelb/status/1174245139520348161
he is visibly limping in that clip & a mate who watched training today confirmed the limp, be a surprise if he gets up
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Flicker of hope not yet extinguished for Stack
Daniel Cherny
Peter Ryan
19 Sep 2019
Sydney Stack’s manager says the door hasn’t been shut on the Richmond revelation making a stunning grand final return but anticipates a definitive decision on the Tiger’s availability to be made on Thursday.
West Australian teenager Stack - who finished third in the AFL Rising Star Award despite being overlooked by all 18 clubs in last year’s national and rookie drafts - hasn’t played since sustaining a syndesmosis injury in a VFL game last month.
Richmond have listed Stack as unavailable for either this Friday night’s AFL preliminary final against Geelong at the MCG, or Sunday’s VFL grand final against Williamstown at Ikon Park.
That leaves only the prospect of an AFL grand final for Stack, and he would need the Tigers to beat the Cats to even make that a possibility.
It would be an enormous show of faith from Richmond to recall Stack for the biggest game of the year given his length of absence from the side, and the fact he wasn’t actually in the AFL team when he got injured.
But his WA-based agent, Paul Peos of Inside 50 Player Management, said on Wednesday that all hope had not yet been lost about Stack playing again in 2019.
“Much depends on his progress through training thresholds this week. I think we will be in a better position sometime tomorrow to know for sure,” Peos told The Age.
https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/flicker-of-hope-not-yet-extinguished-for-stack-20190918-p52spx.html
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Exciting youngster Sydney Stack is firming to play in the VFL Grand Final on Sunday for Richmond, needing to get through training on Friday before being cleared to play.
He has made a rapid recovery from the ankle injury which looked set to end his spectacular debut season, but Hardwick couldn't be drawn on whether he would select Stack for the Grand Final if the Tigers progress.
"I think I'll cross that bridge when I get to it. He's a great player, he's a big-game player. But he's also coming off a pretty significant injury as well, so we'll cross our fingers and hope he gets through," he said.
"If we get to make that decision it's a good one [we have] to make."
Source: AFL website (https://www.afl.com.au/news/2019-09-19/i-love-the-way-he-goes-about-it-hardwick-responds-to-scott-comments)
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Versatile youngster Sydney Stack is at longs odds to return to the Tigers' line-up after playing in VFL Grand Final triumph on Sunday, just five weeks after undergoing surgery for a right syndesmosis injury. In limited game time, Stack had six touches and appeared to tweak the same ankle but returned to the field.
https://www.afl.com.au/news/2019-09-23/injury-wrap-huge-grand-final-calls-loom-for-tigers-giants
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We learnt last year, don’t play injured players
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I was all for Sydney having va crack but he cant play based on what I saw yesterday,
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Pickett & even RCD would have a greater chance of playing than he does... :shh
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zero chance of playing. Was there yesterday and he looked slow and had a limp.
bad luck he got injured, but a chance for pickett, kmac or ross it seems
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Tigers' left-field contract bonus to keep Sydney Stack in shape pays dividends
Jon Ralph
Herald-Sun
18 November 2019
One of a number of Tigers who will be desperate to win an elusive premiership, Rising Star contender Sydney Stack just failed in his bid to get back into the side this year after ankle surgery.
The Herald Sun revealed this year that the Tigers had inserted an incentive into his contract to reward a return from the off-season in good condition.
He nearly blew his chance at AFL stardom the previous year when he turned up at the draft camp in poor physical shape, with the Tigers eventually rookie-listing him after a summer at Punt Rd.
Balme said it was list manager Blair Hartley’s decision to consider the clause.
Chelsea EPL manager Frank Lampart’s series of fines for even minor infractions were leaked last week, but the Tigers prefer to reward players instead of penalising them.
“We keep helping him and he has got a little bit of work to do (with his fitness) but he has come back strong,” Balme said of Stack.
“We made a positive contract arrangement with him to come back and he can get a bonus if he meets (fitness targets).”
The Tigers felt incentivising fitness targets was a healthier way of ensuring Stack stayed fit, with Stack likely to at some stage become a full-time midfielder.
Source: Herald-Sun (https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/teams/richmond/jack-higgins-could-be-available-for-round-1-after-brain-sugery/news-story/b7d450a180b542607f0695628adb31cf)
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The Data Game: Why a new Tiger's season was truly remarkable
Sydney Stack's impact at both ends of the ground was evident in a premiership year.
Watch here: https://www.afl.com.au/video/2019-11-20/the-data-game-why-a-new-tigers-season-was-truly-remarkable
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I wonder if Stack earned his incentive?
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I wonder if Stack earned his incentive?
He's still in WA for a funeral.
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How Sydney Stack paid tribute to AFL "legends"
By Andrew Slevison
SEN
2 Dec 2019
In his debut season, Richmond’s Sydney Stack was involved in a moment that created plenty of debate.
The talented Western Australian youngster, of Noongar heritage, was playing just his 11th AFL game against the Adelaide Crows when he made the decision to congratulate direct opponent Eddie Betts who had moments prior kicked a stunning goal at the Adelaide Oval.
The embrace between the two was met with differing opinions in the media and general public but to Stack, it was simply his way of paying tribute to one of the game’s best indigenous players.
He did something similar with Geelong’s Gary Ablett the week before the Betts interaction which he explained to Konrad Marshall in Stronger & Bolder - Inside the 2019 AFL Finals Series wth Richmond.
“I’m a Noongar, and Noongars are very competitive,” Stack said when referencing the Betts moment.
“But we all want to bring one another up, and help. We grow up playing against the older brothers and cousins, and get better because they don’t take it easy on us. Eddie’s not a Noongar, but I still see him as a leader and an elder.
“And I’m still in disbelief that I’m playing footy among these legends. We were playing Geelong the other week and I ran past Gary Ablett Junior, and I just tapped him on the back and said, ‘You’re a legend mate’, even though we were down.
“I feel like I’ve gotta let these stars know that I’m excited to be there. Footy is my job now, and I treat it that way, but I don’t feel it that way. So, shaking Eddie’s hand - that’s just about respect.
“Who knows when he’s going to stop playing footy? It was a privilege to play against such a legend like that. I felt honoured.”
After he was picked up by the Tigers via the supplemental selection period, Stack went on to play 17 games in his first season at the elite level, dazzling with his deft skills and delivering destruction with his toughness.
Stack, 19, was a Rising Star nominee, was named Richmond’s best first-year player and won the VFL premiership with the Tigers in his debut season in the yellow and black after he was overlooked in the national and rookie drafts.
https://www.sen.com.au/news/2019/12/02/how-sydney-stack-paid-tribute-to-afl-legends/
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Sydney and Monique Conti.
(https://instagram.fbne2-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t51.2885-15/e35/s1080x1080/75071151_218619532476388_7541969281054859756_n.jpg?_nc_ht=instagram.fbne2-1.fna.fbcdn.net&_nc_cat=104&oh=293d2f64b91d6d401114eb6629b40618&oe=5E685FAB)
https://www.instagram.com/stackman_44/
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Oh man this melts my heart. Go stack and conti!
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AFL, AFLW love match at Tigerland?
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/teams/richmond/richmonds-sydney-stack-and-monique-conti-appear-to-go-public-with-their-romance/news-story/29fe8b7b900f3bbf823657aa102f9807
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half his luck
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half his luck
Certainly not a bad imprint on the retina :thumbsup
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Monique would be one of the top 3 on our AFLW list
Absolute gun
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Hope he doesn't do a Rioli
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Good potential father sons daughters potential here.
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We gonna send them a hamper of essential oils, flowers, chocolates, oysters and cialis?
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Biggest stories of 2019:
25. Brilliant debut year proves Tiger has a Stack of talent
Sydney Stack had already arrived by the time he cannoned into Jack Viney's right shoulder with a brutal – but completely fair – bump from the opposite direction on Anzac Day eve. It was Stack's fourth senior game but he was already a Tiger favourite, rising from the undrafted kid who was considered more trouble than he was worth to most other clubs. Richmond took a shot on him with the new pre-season supplemental selection period rules in a move that is already paying rich dividends. Stack was a NAB AFL Rising Star nominee in round 11 and finished third in the award overall from his 17 games. If his excellent, hard-hitting play wasn't enough to keep him in the headlines, then his on-field interaction with Eddie Betts certainly did. After a typically ridiculous Betts goal went through, the then-Crow pointed in Stack's direction and they had a quick embrace. The exchange polarised opinion but Indigenous Player Alliance chairman and ex-AFL footballer Des Headland put it all in perspective for AFL.com.au.
(https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/attachments/stacked-gif.661344/)
https://www.afl.com.au/news/319876/the-50-biggest-stories-of-2019-30-21
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I wonder if Stack earned his incentive?
Ch 9 news just now said Stack has come back in good shape and earned his incentive :thumbsup.
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I wonder if Stack earned his incentive?
Ch 9 news just now said Stack has come back in good shape and earned his incentive :thumbsup.
Here is the 9 news report:
Richmond youngster Sydney Stack is being praised for returning to Punt Road in 'top nick', after incentives were built into the teenager's new contract. @AliciaMuling9 #9News
Watch here: https://twitter.com/9NewsMelb/status/1206844572145504258
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Livewire Tiger Sydney Stack flying
By Sarah Black
afl.com.au
17 December 2019 7:00pm
LIVEWIRE Richmond utility Sydney Stack is at his bouncy best ahead of his second AFL season.
Teammate Dylan Grimes said Stack – who wasn't officially added to the Tigers' list until March of this year, through the supplemental selection period – was moving well on the track.
To help with his off-season back home in Perth, the youngster was given incentives in his contract to return in tip-top shape.
Stack captured the imagination of the football world with his fearless attack on the ball, high-flying traits and neat ball skills at both ends of the ground, playing 17 games before an untimely syndesmosis ankle injury saw him miss the AFL finals.
"He's come back absolutely as we could have hoped, really. He hasn't missed a beat, he's running well, and as you'll see tonight, he's training well," Grimes said.
"We know our players are going to return in good nick, regardless where we finish in the season prior or how strict or lax the off-season programs are, we've had players come back in good nick for a long time now.
"'Stacky' is no exception, so it's good to see him meet those targets in his contract and be ready to tackle the year from the right space.
'Stacky' came into the program as a pretty well-made AFL player. His personality type is that he's full of confidence, he's a confidence player. He hasn't changed his personality or the way he goes about his off-field or on-field game at all, since the moment he came.
Source: AFL website (https://www.afl.com.au/news/321081/livewire-tiger-flying-star-moving-better-than-he-was-before-the-knee-)
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There’s a Stack of love at Tigerland
Lauren Wood,
Herald Sun
January 6, 2020
The AFL’S newest power couple is in the house.
Monique Conti – one of AFL Women’s top stars heading into 2020 – and her new boyfriend Sydney Stack, who has played 17 games in yellow and black, met at the club and became “Instagram official” last month in the first known relationship between an AFL and AFLW player.
The pair hit the track together for the first time before Christmas when Richmond’s AFL and AFLW outfits trained as a unit at Punt Road.
They have holidayed together in recent weeks before now returning to training.
Conti, who turned 20 in December, said the pair were “really happy”.
“We met here, and now we’re here,” she told the Herald Sun.
“There’s really not much more to it. (I’m) really happy. He is really awesome.”
Conti – a star dual-sport athlete who also plays WNBL for the Melbourne Boomers – played 15 games with the Western Bulldogs, including the 2018 AFLW premiership, before moving to the Tigers at the end of last season.
The 20-year-old was named in the AFLW All-Australian team last year and claimed the Bulldogs’ best and fairest and is widely tipped to have a big impact on the fourth season of the burgeoning competition.
She said she and Stack often talk about football and she can’t wait to see him take his game to the next level.
“It’s good. It’s great,” she said.
“I can’t wait to go and watch him play next year, because he’s going to be such a good player.”
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/more-news/love-in-the-air-at-punt-road-among-richmond-stars-sydney-stack-and-monique-conti/news-story/5a0de8ce2cb8809f88d238845e75763c
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“Sydney Stack is really interesting as well,” Terry Wallace added.
“Does he finish as the small, carrying defender or does he end up as a forward? He played both roles throughout the year but certainly showed enough.”
Stack put together 17 games in the yellow and black before his first season in the AFL was cut short by an ankle injury.
Source: SEN (https://www.sen.com.au/news/2020/01/06/the-young-tiger-athletically-gifted-to-be-anything/)
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Or goes into the midfield. He is our new everywhere man.
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The next Andrew McLeod!!!!
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Put him on the wing. Replacement for Ellis.
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No. :shh
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Love him halfback played his best there.
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Stack has posted vids on his instagram account of him doing individual boxing sessions at the Club. He's looking very fit.
"On that grind."
"Keen for the season let's get it 2020"
Watch the 2nd & 3rd clip here: https://www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/18081781531159090/?hl=en (https://www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/18081781531159090/?hl=en)
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Stack & Conti have got matching tattoos :wub.
(https://instagram.fbne2-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t51.2885-15/e35/s1080x1080/82055257_1046880725695958_8501081312782565700_n.jpg?_nc_ht=instagram.fbne2-1.fna.fbcdn.net&_nc_cat=102&_nc_ohc=hVZnIBcFEJ8AX8XoO81&oh=c76553bbb69850af047d8d258e54408b&oe=5EB4E82B)(https://instagram.fbne2-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t51.2885-15/e35/s1080x1080/80069443_642262139647181_1880519560227703933_n.jpg?_nc_ht=instagram.fbne2-1.fna.fbcdn.net&_nc_cat=105&_nc_ohc=XUfK0b4qXoIAX_qUeqA&oh=e3b35ae9085fff47af07cb2261a15463&oe=5E94A747)
https://www.instagram.com/stackman_44/
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The most intriguing young player at your club
Andrew Slevison
SEN
14 Feb 2020
RICHMOND - Sydney Stack
It may seem a simple choice but it is hard to contain excitement surrounding Sydney Stack.
In 2019, he showed glimpses of what he is capable of in his 17 AFL games, getting the ball rolling on what will eventually be an extensive highlight reel full of massive marks, quality goals, big hits and composed ball use.
Stack, 19, had appeared to establish himself in the Tigers’ best 22 before he was dropped late in the season prior to the ankle injury which derailed his season.
He managed to be part of the VFL premiership and after tasting success, quickly threw himself into pre-season training and is doing everything in his power to force his way back into the line-up in 2020. The sky is the limit for Stack and we can’t wait to see what he delivers.
Tiger fans will also be keen to find out what Jack Ross has to offer upon his return, having opened a small window into his playing ability and footy smarts in his debut campaign.
https://www.sen.com.au/news/2020/02/14/the-most-intriguing-young-player-at-your-club/
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Richmond rising star Sydney Stack has declared his love for his Tigers teammate, AFLW recruit Monique Conti. Their romance has provided plenty of feedback from their teammates, but the pair says they wouldn't have it any other way. http://7NEWS.com.au @Jacquifelgate #7NEWS
Watch here: https://twitter.com/7NewsMelbourne/status/1231126207371997184
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Sydney Stack and Monique Conti open up about their relationship
Fiona Byrne
Sunday Herald Sun
February 23, 2020 1:03pm
Love is in the air at Punt Road with a new young Tiger couple making their romance public at the races yesterday.
Richmond young gun Sydney Stack and his girlfriend, Richmond AFLW player, Monique Conti, swapped footy jumpers for racewear at the Blue Diamond Stakes Day at Caulfield.
“He looks good in his outfit,” Conti said of Stack.
“He has got great taste in fashion; whatever he puts on he looks good in it.”
She said the pair had a great understanding of each other.
“We have a lot in common in all different aspects, especially football,” she said.
“We have a lot of shared interests and are really good for each other and we motivate each other.
“We are both really happy and I think that is what is really important in a relationship is that you are happy.”
“He trains in the morning and throughout the day and I am there in evening so we do cross paths sometimes at the club.
Conti, an ambassador for the All Star Mile, will be back at Caulfield for the race on March 14.
She said after a slow start Richmond’s AFLW team was improving.
Conti and Stack revealed their romance blossomed over shared injury woes.
“I was in doing some rehab for my ankle and Sydney walked in and asked how I was going,” Conti said.
“We sort of had the same injury,” Stack said.
“We understand each other when we come home buggered and we can’t be bothered.”
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/fiona-byrne/sydney-stack-and-monique-conti-open-up-about-their-relationship/news-story/9c7e93ef2b19310444cd8de200f008cd
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That speckie :o :clapping
https://twitter.com/AFL/status/1236485215033294850
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Not sure he’ll be getting dropped anytime soon. The kid’s a star
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The news tonight also had front-on vision of Stack's mark:
[go to 27 sec mark:] https://twitter.com/7NewsMelbourne/status/1236560853811396610
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From flying to crying: Tiger set to bounce back after GF heartache
By Cal Twomey
afl.com.au
10 March 2020
SYDNEY Stack says the disappointment of missing Richmond's premiership last year has been a driving force this pre-season as he aims to back up a stunning debut campaign.
The Richmond youngster burst onto the scene last year as a Pre-Season Supplemental Selection Period signing for the Tigers, becoming a key player in their charge to the finals.
An ankle injury in round 21 threatened to end his year, but he returned to feature in the club's VFL Grand Final win.
However, Stack suffered a slight ankle injury in the contest and was named an emergency for the Tigers' AFL Grand Final thumping of Greater Western Sydney, missing out on the club's historic victory.
"The year turned out pretty quickly. It all happened so fast and the next thing I know I was debuting and then at the end of the year. Unfortunately I got injured, but it was a great team success and win, and a great club to be a part of," Stack told AFL.com.au.
"It was pretty tough for me [to miss the Grand Final], but I couldn't be any happier. I reflected on my life that day and thought back to where I was. [After the game] I was on the field crying with Alex Rance, actually. I was very proud to be a part of the team and help them get there."
The 19-year-old has enjoyed a strong pre-season, including a brilliant high grab over Giant Toby Greene last weekend in the Marsh Community Series.
Stack said the mixed emotions of playing such a part in the Tigers' home and away season but missing the finals had spurred him on over summer.
"I'm definitely at my best fitness wise and feeling good with my form so I'm ticking all the boxes. It definitely makes me a lot more hungry to get back this year and play good footy," he said.
"I'm just hanging out for it now."
Stack was speaking at the launch of Yokayi Footy, a new panel show to feature weekly on NITV, AFL.com.au and the AFL Official Live App, SBS Viceland and SBS On Demand this season. The show will celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander players at all levels and communities.
Stack was one of a number of players from around the AFL to attend the launch in Melbourne, including St Kilda trio Jade Gresham, Paddy Ryder and Bradley Hill and returning Blues forward Eddie Betts.
"It's good to see all the leaders here getting around it here, like Eddie Betts and [Anthony] McDonald-Tipungwuti, so it turned out really well," he said.
"It's great to tell our own story in Australia and listen to different sides of Indigenous culture."
https://www.afl.com.au/news/384199/from-flying-to-crying-tiger-set-to-bounce-back-after-gf-heartache
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Got a question for Stacky? Head to our Instagram Story to join in the Q&A
https://www.instagram.com/richmond_fc/?igshid=187hvwhd3iere
We’ll post some of his answers here as well 👍 #gotiges
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Young Richmond star Sydney Stack opens up to Mark Robinson about his incredible journey.
Paywall: https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/teams/richmond/young-richmond-star-sydney-stack-opens-up-to-mark-robinson-about-his-incredible-journey/news-story/9ec53022e333729af762f95793bc6358
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Article posted in full here :shh:
https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/welcome-to-richmond-sydney-stack-round-11-rising-star-nominee.1209410/post-64928145
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Young Richmond star Sydney Stack opens up to Mark Robinson about his incredible journey.
Paywall: https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/teams/richmond/young-richmond-star-sydney-stack-opens-up-to-mark-robinson-about-his-incredible-journey/news-story/9ec53022e333729af762f95793bc6358
Young Richmond star Sydney Stack opens up to Mark Robinson about his incredible journey
Sydney Stack stands with mesmerising calm behind the line of indigenous war cry dancers.
Painted and naked from the waist up, they move 10m forward to challenge a line of Essendon players standing in the cold drizzle at Dreamtime at the G.
The tension takes your breath away as the warriors retreat to the group of Richmond players. Sydney Stack crouches and joins the dancers as they edge forward.
Full of intimidation and within touching distance of Bombers big man Tom Bellchambers, Stack leaps with his arm raised as if wielding a spear.
It is crazy, powerful and spectacular. The stadium is transfixed. Millions more are watching it on TV.
They are witnessing a young, fearless man — in just his eighth game for Richmond and aged 19 — just being himself.
“That’s all I’m ever going to be, just me,” Stack says,
All those years learning the corroboree in Western Australia, all those years being confronted by violence, drugs and alcohol and all those years being shunted from home to home helped prepare him for the most important moment of his life.
“It was a good opportunity for me to embrace my culture,” he says.
“It’s a war cry, so it’s a dance that shows we’re here and ready, basically going into battle. It’s a dance to show we’re present and we’re ready to play.
“If you’re asking was I nervous, not at all.
“If you watch the video you can tell I’m ready to dance. Look into my eyes. I feel when we’re dancing, we’re dancing with our ancestors as well.
“It’s traditional dance, a cultural dance, a dance which represents us.
“It’s who we are and what we do. Culture is really important to me. I want to be a leader for my community back at home, for every indigenous kid and every Australian as well.
“The cycle we’ve lived in with the indigenous community back home … look at how many indigenous are in jail, how many indigenous people commit suicide, I’m pretty sure we’re the highest rate in Australia, and I just think we have to be strong.
“I look at myself and I want to lift others, especially my indigenous brothers to strive to be who they want to be and embrace their personality.
I’m not going to change who I am. I’m just me. I’m trying to do what I want to do. I’ve been way too hurt and I know what it’s like to struggle, I don’t want to go back to that.’’
The AFL’s general manager of inclusion and social policy, Tanya Hosch, was at the MCG that night last year.
“I loved the war cry,’’ Hosch says. “I thought it was a lovely nod to (Adam Goodes) Goodesy’s war cry moment, whether or not Sydney had that reference at all. I’m just saying how I connected. A lot of blackfellas I know outside of footy commented or text me and said it was beautiful to see.”
Can he change lives?
“Of course, he can. He probably already has. Young aboriginal men and women who saw the war cry got something out of it and will still be thinking about it. What Sydney did I feel is very much still with me, an inspiration to me to keep doing what I’m doing.”
ON THE MOVE
Sydney Stack has lived a lifetime inside of his 19 years.
One of seven — he has three sisters, four brothers and two of his brothers are from different mothers — he was born in Northam, Western Australia, a government agency town between Perth and Kalgoorlie.
Mum and dad split, he said, when he was three or four when dad was sent to prison, and “we moved around from there”.
With mum, he lived in Perth and Bunbury, also lived with mum’s family in Koongamia and for a while in refuge housing.
Aged six, he departed mum and moved back to Northam to live with Aunty May and Uncle Colin to start primary school and he soon started playing footy for the Barons and Federal Football Clubs in the under-9s and then the under-13s.
At 11, he was on the move again, back to Koongamia. which is in the hills near Midland, then he moved in with his brother, George, who was 17, and recently out of juvenile justice. Mum was working and elsewhere.
“It just got too hard with my brother, so I moved in with my older sister down in Bunbury,’’ Stack says.
“It was frustrating for him. He had to get me to school and provide food for the house. He had to look after me.
“He was in and out of jail from when he was 13, 14, and it was just too hard for him I guess.”
He was 12 when he moved with his sister Renee.
At 13, it was back to Northam to live with Aunty May and Uncle Col and for three years life was settled. He played footy and went to high school and learned music and dance.
At 16, that shift was over. when Stack and Aunty May had an argument and life was unsettled again.
He moved in with one of the Kickett families — there were eight in that family — and his life spiralled out of control.
“I stayed there for about a month or so, then went off the rails a bit, stopped going to school. I didn’t know what to do, I was having a hard time.”
Football, though, always welcomed him.
FOOTY AND WORK
A super-talented and tough footballer, he was selected for the state under-16 training squad.
Three times a week he would travel to Perth to train and most times would wrangle a ride halfway and be met by WA welfare official Brad Collard.
Life was good. He made the state team and starred in the championships and he also found a job one day a week as a concreter. Soon, he was living with his boss.
Stack also made the AFL Academy squad at the end of the season, although his induction meeting with academy boss Brenton Sanderson was an eye-opener.
Stack arrived at the meeting eating KFC.
Still 16, he went to Darwin in December for a holiday. “I stayed up there too long. Three months with a mate and his family.”
Short-term planning and general commitment were never a strength.
“Growing up, I didn’t really plan stuff because it never really went to plan. People would always say ‘we’re going to do this and stuff’ — and we’d never actually do it. So, for me, growing up I went with the flow. If I went somewhere I would see where I’d end up.”
His life took a major turn when Peter Brear, from Perth Football Club, flew him down from Darwin in the new year, signed him to play under-19s, and moved him into the “Perth House”, an accommodation for young country footballers.
Curve balls, however, continued to be thrown at him.
At the end of the 2017 after his first season with the colts, his dad living in Bunbury almost died.
His kidneys were destroyed. “It was either death or dialysis. That was pretty scary for me at the time,” Stack says.
At 17, he moved back to Bunbury to be close his dad, lived with Renee again, and was driving his sister’s car to academy training three times a week.
Then everything got too complicated.
CRAZY TIMES
He was dropped from the academy for missing training.
“I just couldn’t really do it. My dad was close to death and I’d rather spend time with my dad than go to training.”
That was the start of a crazy 2018 season.
He won the colts best and fairest that season. He was dumped from the AFL Academy and the state squad. He lost his licence for drink driving and was sacked from his banking job because he didn’t turn up for work.
AFL recruiters started seeing red flags.
“Everything went to s---,” Stack says. “I got dropped from everything and I had nothing else except the Perth footy club. I kind of felt sorry for myself in a way, but I always had Peter Brear there, who was a real old school.
“He told me to just toughen up. He knew I had had a rough life growing up. He’s a good man.”
The red flags soon became grenades when, at the 2018 national and rookie drafts, not a single club drafted him.
This despite winning the B&F, playing for WA in the under-18 championships and being selected in the All Australian team, despite playing only three of the four championship games.
He missed the first game because coach Peter Sumich suspended him for missing yet another training session. He also had a tooth knocked out in a fight on his birthday.
Not being drafted was a dream killer, he says.
“It hurt, it hurt quite a bit. I have the attitude to prove people wrong and me not getting drafted was a big wake up call. Like, what are you doing in your life? You know, I’ve seen a lot of s---. I was raised around violence, drugs, alcohol. To me, footy was an escape. I was a kid that didn’t really trust anyone.
“Throughout my whole life I’ve been self-motivated. I’ve got four sisters, three of my sisters had kids at the age of 15, 16. There were drugs. My brother went to juve, dad was in jail.
“For me, to get where I am today, I think I’m strong-minded. I’ve seen my mum go through a lot, drugs, alcohol, and then dad. … I wanted to be different, I wanted to be a role model.’’
The recruiters, he says, didn’t understand what happened or what was happening in his life. “They didn’t really know me.”
Just days after the draft, Richmond footy boss Blair Hartley called Stack’s manager Paul Peos and told him to tell Stack to start training.
Here was the lifeline. On December 1, 2018, Stack flew to Melbourne without promise but with a prayer.
TAKING A CHANCE
Do you believe in miracles? Stack does.
On his first night at Damien Hardwick’s home, when he put his head down on the pillow and body on the crisp sheets in the spare bedroom, Stack’s mind was racing.
“I can remember it. Here I was in Damien Hardwick’s house. It felt like a miracle. I felt so grateful. I didn’t believe I was in Melbourne.”
The Tigers knew everything about Stack and they still took a chance. Just as they would on another indigenous player named Marlion Pickett in the mid-season draft six months later. If anything, it says plenty about the Richmond Football Club and its people.
Hardwick had rules for Stack. A curfew was set at 11pm and games were to be played in the games room.
“And if I needed anything I had to ask,” Stack says. “The family was amazing and he treated me like his own.”
Stack trained and spewed at training and trained harder and spewed again and along the way found the fitness befitting an AFL player.
The Tigers would eventually sign Stack via the supplementary list and in Round 3 last year, he made his debut against Greater Western Sydney.
Off the field Stack’s confidence grew out of initial shyness. He’s bouncy, energetic, cheeky, funny and a natural performer.
“The club has embraced the person that I am and welcomed me. Sometimes I can be over the top with my excitement and energy, sometimes I can be annoying and the boys accept it. They let me know if I’m over the top, but I feel comfortable that they allow me to be me.”
WHIRLWIND
Off the field, he’s also moved on from the coach and is living with girlfriend and superstar Tigers AFLW player Monique Conti. They live in Avondale Heights and are in isolation.
They train, eat, play board games and watch Marvel movies together.
“I’m loving it,” Stack says.
On the field, Stack wows everyone.
He possesses speed, skill, balance and timing. His bump on Melbourne’s Jack Viney in his fourth game was clinical and breathtaking. At that time, he was 18.
It’s been a whirlwind 18 months, a miracle as he described it, and not once has he forgotten where he’s come from or who he represents.
That respect, first seen at the Dreamtime game and then again in Round 12, when he hugged and high-fived opponent Eddie Betts, is paramount.
“I don’t know how to say this … I look at Adam Goodes and what he did. I watched Australian Dream and just how strong-minded he is. That motivates me. We need more people like Adam Goodes in the community, in Australia and in the world. I look at Eddie Betts, and how many people he’s touched. He’s my idol. I look at Nicky Winmar and how he stood up. If they can do it, why can’t I?”
He hopes young indigenous people can look at him and believe anything is possible.
Even missing last year’s Grand Final was a time of joy and reflection.
“It brought tears to my eyes. It was like, Oh my God, what was I doing this day 12 months ago? Sometimes I have flashbacks about what’s happened, where I’ve been, what I’ve done, what I’ve seen, and now I’m here living my dream. It’s weird.”
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No more a teenager. Syd is 20 today :birthday.
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Hello To AFL Gun Sydney Stack's Iso Hair & AFL Gun Sydney Stack's Iso Hair Only
By Cam Tyeson
pedestrian.tv
20 May 2020
Professional footballers, left to their own devices, are a wild and wooly bunch, prone to truly shocking decisions regarding their own personal appearances. That rule 10,000% does not apply to Richmond cult hero Sydney Stack, whose isolation haircut is a sight to behold.
All AFL players are back at training this week following the lengthy coronavirus shutdown, and more than a handful of them are sporting the kind of haircuts that 10 weeks in solitary isolation can only produce.
Stack, however, bucked that trend by swanning back into Punt Road Oval looking like the finest Willy Wonka treat in the candy store.
Richmond’s own Twitter account highlighted the truly magnificent look, with Stack even going so far as to find the camera like a damned champ.
(https://www.pedestrian.tv/content/uploads/2020/05/20/sydney-stack.jpg)
https://www.pedestrian.tv/sport/sydney-stack-afl-iso-hair/
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I suspect he watched that Michael Jordan doco on Netflix and the main things he took away from it were the scenes involving Dennis Rodman... :shh
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I suspect he watched that Michael Jordan doco on Netflix and the main things he took away from it were the scenes involving Dennis Rodman... :shh
My thoughts exactly. Talk about character!
I like it. Personalities make sports. Look at Senna VS Prost.
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Probably want to:
a. Get a game in the seniors
b. Play well
With that hairstyle.
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"I knew it was going in, what else can you do?! Your idol, your favourite player just kicked a goal on you!" ☺️
- Sydney Stack opens up about playing on his idol Eddie Betts and finding love at Richmond.
🎧 Watch this week's episode of Yokayi Footy: https://www.afl.com.au/video/435187/yokayi-footy-why-sydney-hugged-eddie-finding-love-at-tigerland (https://www.afl.com.au/video/435187/yokayi-footy-why-sydney-hugged-eddie-finding-love-at-tigerland?videoId=435187&modal=true&type=video&publishFrom=1590091200001&tagNames=ProgramType:Programs&references=AFL_COMPETITION:1)
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Stack fined by MRO
Charge Laid:
Sydney Stack, Richmond, has been charged with tripping (fixed financial sanction) Jack Madgen, Collingwood, during the third quarter of the round two match between Collingwood and Richmond, played at the MCG on Thursday June 11.
In summary he can accept a $500 sanction with an early plea.
Based on the available evidence, the incident was assessed as tripping (fixed financial sanction). The incident was classified as a $750 sanction as a first offence. The player can accept a $500 sanction with an early plea.
https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/704854/
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Must improve: Sydney Stack
Stack looked a long way off the player he was when he stormed onto the scene last year. Admittedly, continuity has been an issue for him in just his second season after copping an injury late last year doubled with this delayed campaign. However, he must be better than that to keep his spot in this Tigers side with plenty of talent waiting for a chance. Four possessions isn’t enough.
https://www.sen.com.au/news/2020/06/15/the-players-who-stood-out-and-those-who-must-improve/
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I would drop him. He was hopeless last Thursday.
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I think he has runs on the board. Showed what he was made of when half the team was injured and he kept our season alive. Would let him atone.
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Wasn't completely awful...there was a period, albeit brief, in the first half where he played well...competed hard when he did get involved, just didn't get involved nearly enough.. :shh
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Syd will play back in Bake's absence
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Syd will play back in Bake's absence
What’s happened to Baker?
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In Perth supporting loved ones due to recent loss.
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In Perth supporting loved ones due to recent loss.
Right, so not playing?
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Matthew Lloyd singled out small forward Sydney Stack in a specific piece of play out of Saturday’s game, where he allowed St Kilda forward Jack Lonie to run free and kick an easy goal.
“Sydney Stack was up against (Jack) Lonie," he said.
“Your team is not going well – put an arm across but because you don’t want to do that and you want to play an attacking brand of footy, you get punished.”
Source: SEN (https://www.sen.com.au/news/2020/06/30/he-cannot-play-wing-at-afl-level-ever-again-lloyd/)
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Has his game suffered from being moved through every position since coming back from injury last year? He was a star in defence before injury last year but has looked very ordinary this season.
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Has his game suffered from being moved through every position since coming back from injury last year? He was a star in defence before injury last year but has looked very ordinary this season.
Kicked 4 against Saints in the forward line. He looks down on confidence and a little disinterested
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Back this kid in.
Yes he is down on form but who in our side isn’t.
Houli was much worse last week
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Back this kid in.
Yes he is down on form but who in our side isn’t.
Houli was much worse last week
He plays better desperate BT
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Hardwick said Stack was low on confidence, but would be back.
“Sydney has to rediscover who he is and how he wants to play,” Hardwick said.
“He is lacking a bit of confidence, he’s probably fumbled a ball early in the game which he has dwelled on too much. It’s un-Sydney like.
“He doesn’t normally worry about mistakes, but he’s thinking about the things he’s not doing.”
Source: Herald-Sun (https://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/richmond/afl-2020-richmond-could-reignite-season-in-sunshine-state-hub/news-story/527401ee04df12a2c1d9ae236c81b345)
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According to Jack R, the coaches want Stack in the side but he's still young & learning about himself as a footballer and working on a couple of things.
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Plus dealing with relationship issues of late :shh
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Dimma in today's presser:
He's back! Stacky is a guy we want in our side. He was in good shape pre-covid but found the lockdown period difficult and didn't comeback in a good way and shape.
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It seemed like it. But this is a guy who went from not being able to run for more than 15mins with KFC to AFL standard jet. I believe in the stack man and back him to make an Impact
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Didn’t get a lot of ground time nor much of the ball but I think the coaching staff will like the 7 tackles and the fact the he led not only the team but the whole field with pressure acts tonight.
Let’s hope he gets some confidence from this hit out and we see his self belief return.
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Didn’t get a lot of ground time nor much of the ball but I think the coaching staff will like the 7 tackles and the fact the he led not only the team but the whole field with pressure acts tonight.
Let’s hope he gets some confidence from this hit out and we see his self belief return.
Well that’s something.
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I thought he was OK, not good.
Easy to hide when you're pumping a team.
Bolton has left him and Rioli for dead.
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Stack will build from that.. small steps
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Stack will build from that.. small steps
Yep agreed.
People forget the jump from VFL/training to AFL level.
150 plus game player I reckon.
Give him some time.
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According to Champion Data numbers, Stack lead the way with 47.9 pressure points courtesy of 21 pressure acts and a game high 7 tackles (63.6% tackle efficiency) which was the best tackle return in his 22-game career.
Stack was used mainly as a pressure forward and, although he may have not picked up as much of the ball as he would have liked, he did his job from a defensive viewpoint.
Source: AFL Record Round 10 page 16.
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Agreed.Has build on that and better it in every game.
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How did we all see Stack's game?
16 disposals (6k, 10h, 8c, 7u, 69% eff.)
3 marks
4 clearances
2 centre clearances
2 inside 50s
2 tackles
255m gained
7 score involvements
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Much cleaner, don’t recall any memorable fumbles. Looked good running through the middle. Still not at last seasons level yet....
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slowly getting there...looks better in the midfield.... :shh
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Yep game by game the flow coming back.
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Nice game and another opportunity to get valuable kilometres in the legs :clapping
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Has the final siren sounded on the footy love match between Richmond young gun Sydney Stack and Tigers AFLW star Monique Conti …
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/teams/richmond/richmond-romance-between-sydney-stack-and-monique-conti-appears-to-be-over/news-story/f631ef47267cdfdc1f93e06acc7cd11a
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The siren song of Sappho is strong in the AFLW... :shh
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The siren song of Sappho is strong in the AFLW... :shh
Lol
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If we can get this kid up and going like early last year- look out!!
Keep getting games into him and keep drumming into him the good will come after he gets the team things right.
Stacky’s upside is huge along with the Baker, Bolton, and Bolta.
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Led our team in pressure acts again. :clapping
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Great job Stacky.
Says that even if he's out of touch the effort it there.
More than you can say for Rioli.
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Manager admits Sydney Stack's AFL career at Richmond hangs in the balance
Shayne Hope
7News
6 September 2020
Sydney Stack’s manager concedes the young Richmond player’s AFL career hangs in the balance after his COVID-19 protocol breach on the Gold Coast.
Stack, 20, and teammate Callum Coleman-Jones, 21, have been sent home from Queensland after drinking, attending a strip club and being involved in a fight early on Friday morning.
They were both suspended for 10 matches by the AFL and the Tigers fined $100,000 for a second breach by members of their club travel bubble.
Stack, who was recruited by Richmond as a project player in early 2019 after being overlooked by every club at the draft, is contracted for next season.
But AFL playing lists will almost certainly be trimmed for 2021 as part of drastic league-wide cost-cutting measures and manager Paul Peos conceded his client’s indiscretion will harm his chances of staying with the Tigers.
“Any player that really has got any doubt is going to have a harder conversation to have,” Peos told ABC Perth on Saturday.
“Clubs have been able to persist in development to some degree and persist a bit with character to some degree when you’ve got 44 on your list.
“But if you’ve got a restricted number and you really need the majority of those boys being able to play in any given year, you need to take a group that’s going to be there for you and available for you (consistently).”
Stack later apologised in a statement on Saturday, saying he “can do nothing now but own the consequences”.
Richmond chief executive Brendon Gale initially said Stack and Coleman-Jones would be made to pay the $75,000 portion of the club’s fine directly resulting from their breach.
However, the AFL Players Association was quick to point out on Friday the code of conduct it struck with the AFL prevents clubs from adding extra penalties on top of the league’s sanctions.
“There’s a bit to play out still on that end but it’s pretty clear that the player is not responsible in relation to the fines part of it on the basis that they accept whatever sanctions are set down to them (by the AFL),” Peos said.
“I’m sure the PA and Richmond and the AFL will be able to work through that part of it.
“The simple answer is a second-year player that had to play on half his money anyway (because of pay cuts agreed to in March) can’t afford $37,500 or $75,000 or $100,000 fine.
“That’s why it’s with the club.”
Peos said Stack is “certainly aware of the significance and the repercussions of his actions”.
The 26-game Tiger returned to Melbourne on Saturday but has limited support around him, with Victoria under strict lockdown restrictions.
The longer-term plan is to get Stack back to Western Australia, his home state.
That has not yet been possible in the short time frame since his transgression, given WA’s tight border controls.
https://7news.com.au/sport/afl/sydney-stacks-afl-career-goes-on-the-line-c-1294617
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I hope we don’t trade him.
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I hope we don’t trade him.
Me too- we need to back him in and support him as he is coming from a long way back pertaining to being in a stable environment. He has amazing talent which we need!!
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As the Tigers’ kickstart their quest for a premiership three-peat, their welfare team will ensure Sydney Stack is supported with AFL football still almost five months away.
Stack is in reasonable physical shape but after being booted from Queensland, and missing a possible AFL premiership, he also lost his grandfather soon after returning to WA.
Richmond will surround him with significant support to ensure he remains disciplined and can maximise his AFL career.
The lure of pre-season football is seen as critical for Stack given he will only be allowed to return to elite football in late April after he and Coleman-Jones left a Gold Coast strip club and were involved in a fight outside a kebab shop in September.
But with intra-club games set to start in February for clubs before the pre-season series, that carrot of competitive football will be a strong part of his return.
Source: HeraldSun (https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/afl-draft-2020-why-players-who-miss-out-should-remain-hopeful/news-story/c9036624cce1349cf4b03da9adcce878)
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I hope we don’t trade him.
Me too- we need to back him in and support him as he is coming from a long way back pertaining to being in a stable environment. He has amazing talent which we need!!
We don't need him as we won a premiership without him.
We should support and encourage him as we would any other Richmond player.
2019 Stack would improve our team 2020 Stack was gifted games he didn't deserve.
Lets hope that this incident is the wake up call he needs to focus and be the player that demands a spot in the seniors every week.
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Agree 100% at times should have not been picked in 2020 players ahead of him.
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Richmond Tigers star Sydney Stack, 20, debuts new romance with AFLW player Mikayla Morrison, 18.
(https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/12/05/12/36477672-9021059-image-a-42_1607172934870.jpg)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-9021059/Richmond-Tigers-star-Sydney-Stack-20-debuts-new-romance-AFLW-player-Mikayla-Morrison-18.html
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Yes I'm sure that'll end well.... :shh
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Yes I'm sure that'll end well.... :shh
Like the last one :help
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I reckon that there’s a spot off half back waiting for him if he works hard enough
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Yes I'm sure that'll end well.... :shh
:lol :lol :lol :snidegrin :snidegrin :snidegrin
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If it lasts a year she’ll be at Punt Rd or him at Freo next year
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Straight swap for Cerra.... :shh
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I rate him very highly. Our 2019 season would have gone down the toilet without him so I back him to bounce back for us.
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Apparently back in Perth....no reason given yet...hmmm.... :shh :whistle
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Apparently back in Perth....no reason given yet...hmmm.... :shh :whistle
He is a genuine concern
Absolute boom or bust situation .. there will be nothing in the middle
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I will be real dirty if he let's us down again and we waste a list spot on him.
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Unless its a family issue it appears he's been cut. He's run out of 2nd chances so if he didn't rock up to Preseason is a reasonable condition he has to go.
If some of the reports from his time in WA are true its no surprise.
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Unless its a family issue it appears he's been cut. He's run out of 2nd chances so if he didn't rock up to Preseason is a reasonable condition he has to go.
If some of the reports from his time in WA are true its no surprise.
I'm pretty sure he was at training last week?
Maybe he's been sent back to get himself right and come back post xmas to achieve some targets or he may be done?
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Unless its a family issue it appears he's been cut. He's run out of 2nd chances so if he didn't rock up to Preseason is a reasonable condition he has to go.
If some of the reports from his time in WA are true its no surprise.
I'm pretty sure he was at training last week?
Maybe he's been sent back to get himself right and come back post xmas to achieve some targets or he may be done?
Correct he was in Melbourne last week to the start of pre-season training. It was splattered all over the news
FWIW have not been able to find one article about this supposed return to Perth
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He was definitely back in Perth on his Instagram Stories
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Holidays over Christmas etc?
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What exuse could it be ?. Rocked up unfit or family reasons if the first well he had a good 3 months to get himself right.
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Intriguing- I've reached out to my contacts with no results.
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Tyson Stengle finished
Hopefully Sydney sees that and decides he doesn’t want to be another wasted talent
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When he returns on 6 Jan, the first 2-3 days will be make or break. If i was him i would be running everyday to ensure fitness improves. If not, its see ya :shh
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From 40 seconds in:
https://twitter.com/9NewsMelb/status/1339116437647060992
:shh :shh
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From 40 seconds in:
https://twitter.com/9NewsMelb/status/1339116437647060992
:shh :shh
As i said its make or break. Has he got it in him is the question.
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From 40 seconds in:
https://twitter.com/9NewsMelb/status/1339116437647060992
:shh :shh
They do say he has been given permission to return home due to a death of a close family friend.
And his manager was the one said he came back in not great condition
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From 40 seconds in:
https://twitter.com/9NewsMelb/status/1339116437647060992
:shh :shh
They do say he has been given permission to return home due to a death of a close family friend.
And his manager was the one said he came back in not great condition
Both are true WP. Last chance :shh
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Both are true WP. Last chance :shh
Agree The Machine
Just an observation/opinion but I don't think he's head been on straight since he split with from Mon Conti :huh
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If his manager is saying that says it's all.
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If the penny didn’t drop after his COVID breach and massive fine the club got then he is no chance of making it. It’s only a matter of time before he departs now
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Apparently some legal issues now in WA
Not real clever at all
https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/amp.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/tigers-sydney-stack-allegedly-breached-western-australia-s-quarantine-laws-after-night-out-in-northbridge-20201220-p56p1w.html
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We can save some money on the flight to Melb.
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Stack's footy future may be now out of the RFC's hands anyway. The maximum penalty in WA for this charge is six months. If the reports are true then he was an idiot. Even going out with just 5 days of quarantine left is just plain thick.
ps. It was always a risk allowing him to go back to WA. The best chance for him was to stay in Melbourne far away from former bad influences and temptations. While he should act like an adult he still clearly can't. He really needed a minder to go with him over there.
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It might be best to move him on
If he didn’t learn the first time around he will never learn
Plenty of kids who would give the world for a rookie spot
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The Club and his manager are declining to comment for the time being.
Stack faces court again tomorrow.
He has one year left on his contract.
source: 7news.
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Did delist ????????
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Wow the level of sheer stupidity from this guy. There a reason he was overlooked by the system for a few years. Bye bye Sydney it was good while it lasted. Pity we lost Markov.
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What a crock.
Head he got Covid?
Are there cases in Adelaide?
Stupid dictators in WA that like to control berthing and everyone.
and he just buried his grandfather.
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What a crock.
Head he got Covid?
Are there cases in Adelaide?
Stupid dictators in WA that like to control berthing and everyone.
and he just buried his grandfather.
WA have had the 14 days of quarantine for travellers from SA for a number of weeks due the community transmissions SA had. Actually only opened their borders in the last fortnight.
WA rules been very consistent.
More to the point why did he go back to WA via SA?
If he had gone direct from Victoria, the 14 day rule no longer applies (since abput 9th Dec)
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I think it’s a beat up and I also think that dictator in Western Australia is a bloody idiot.
He should look in the mirror and realise that no one cares what is happening in Western Australia because they are almost as insignificant as Tassie.
I think he gets off at controlling people. If you haven’t got Covid why should anyone be locked up in a house 24/7. He was there for his grandfathers funeral. He should be allowed to grieve after it.
Bloody well get tested and if it’s negative then leave people alone!
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I think it’s a beat up and I also think that dictator in Western Australia is a bloody idiot.
He should look in the mirror and realise that no one cares what is happening in Western Australia because they are almost as insignificant as Tassie.
I think he gets off at controlling people. If you haven’t got Covid why should anyone be locked up in a house 24/7. He was there for his grandfathers funeral. He should be allowed to grieve after it.
Bloody well get tested and if it’s negative then leave people alone!
Agree with this.
Tests now come back in about 3h
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Have you seen the footage of the "scuffle" outside the nightclub?
And read what Stack supposedly told the police as the reason why he was 100km away from where he was supposed to staying at?
Anyways he faces court tomorrow
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What a crock.
Head he got Covid?
Are there cases in Adelaide?
Stupid dictators in WA that like to control berthing and everyone.
and he just buried his grandfather.
He is not special. If it’s good enough for everyone else then should be good enough for this selfish immature flog also.
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I think it’s a beat up and I also think that dictator in Western Australia is a bloody idiot.
He should look in the mirror and realise that no one cares what is happening in Western Australia because they are almost as insignificant as Tassie.
I think he gets off at controlling people. If you haven’t got Covid why should anyone be locked up in a house 24/7. He was there for his grandfathers funeral. He should be allowed to grieve after it.
Bloody well get tested and if it’s negative then leave people alone!
Agree with this.
Tests now come back in about 3h
Not much grieving happens as 1am in Northbridge
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I wonder if he can get off claiming Jesse Hogan broke quarantine twice and only got a fine and taken to a hotel to complete his quarantine. The lack of bail could be construed to be biased against the black guy if you consider the two cases. Maybe some black rights group needs to make it noticed.
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Honestly 2020 cannot end quick enough.. As for Stack I have no words personally. I think we need to leave this to the club to sort out.
The only thing I will say is this, selfish people have a habit of being selfish people for their whole life. Family, Relationships, friends, work colleagues and others will always suffer because of them. poo people...
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I wonder if he can get off claiming Jesse Hogan broke quarantine twice and only got a fine and taken to a hotel to complete his quarantine. The lack of bail could be construed to be biased against the black guy if you consider the two cases. Maybe some black rights group needs to make it noticed.
Hogan breached by getting a girl over. Stack went to a nightclub full of 100s of people. Big difference.
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I think it's time to let this fella go. Such a shame given his 2019.
To what could have been...
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Have you seen the footage of the "scuffle" outside the nightclub?
And read what Stack supposedly told the police as the reason why he was 100km away from where he was supposed to staying at?
Anyways he faces court tomorrow
Was he arrested because of the lame scuffle (even if you could call it that) or the fact he was supposed be in self quarantine for 14 days (rubbish rule) after he came from Melbourne (Covid free) and stopped over at Adelaide airport (didn’t leave the airport at all) and went straight to perth.
Why did he have to quarantine?
It’s a bloody stupid rule if you don’t have Covid and you haven’t been in contact with anyone with Covid nor have you been overseas.
I’d be pretty upset if I had to self isolate when I’ve been careful in Melbourne under the dictatorship of DantheMan and rush to get a flight to Perth for my grandfathers funeral only to be told I have to stay indoors for 14 days when I don’t have Covid.
Are we a bloody communist country now?
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I think it's time to let this fella go. Such a shame given his 2019.
To what could have been...
I reckon it would be like adopting your son after he made a couple of stupid decisions that really at the end of the day didn’t really hurt anyone.
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enough, cut him loose
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Honestly 2020 cannot end quick enough.. As for Stack I have no words personally. I think we need to leave this to the club to sort out.
The only thing I will say is this, selfish people have a habit of being selfish people for their whole life. Family, Relationships, friends, work colleagues and others will always suffer because of them. poo people...
I know what your saying but maybe it just takes some time to realise that it’s not all about you.
A lot of things can help do this and sort of put life into perspective.
Falling in love, getting married and having children brings a lot of perspective in life and many realise it’s time to knuckle down and focus on family and providing for them.
A death of a love one can help bring perspective too especially if it’s someone too young.
Going to jail can also bring perspective and you may realise that you need to grow up.
A spiritual or religious belief can help bring perspective too.
I reckon your correct in terms of selfish pricks but only extends to those who continue to drive a coupe utility after the age of 25. I’m not talking about the dual cab drivers for tradies but those idiots that still persist in driving the SS Holden commodore ute or the Ford falcon ute and continue to act like they own the road.
Absolutely no hope for those characters at all. :rollin
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Have you seen the footage of the "scuffle" outside the nightclub?
And read what Stack supposedly told the police as the reason why he was 100km away from where he was supposed to staying at?
Anyways he faces court tomorrow
Was he arrested because of the lame scuffle (even if you could call it that) or the fact he was supposed be in self quarantine for 14 days (rubbish rule) after he came from Melbourne (Covid free) and stopped over at Adelaide airport (didn’t leave the airport at all) and went straight to perth.
Why did he have to quarantine?
I agree that the Covid rules in WA are draconian but they are the rules, 100kms away from your quarantine site at a night club is not just bending the rules it is breaking the rules and taking a
dump on them.
It’s a bloody stupid rule if you don’t have Covid and you haven’t been in contact with anyone with Covid nor have you been overseas.
I’d be pretty upset if I had to self isolate when I’ve been careful in Melbourne under the dictatorship of DantheMan and rush to get a flight to Perth for my grandfathers funeral only to be told I have to stay indoors for 14 days when I don’t have Covid.
Are we a bloody communist country now?
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Vision has emerged that shows Richmond utility Sydney Stack in a street fight in the Perth party district of Northbridge.
https://7news.com.au/sport/afl/vision-emerges-of-afl-player-sydney-stack-in-wild-street-fight-despite-order-to-quarantine-c-1809022
Stack is claiming he had to move from his original quarantine address to Belmont 100km away after a family fight.
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BREAKING-
Sydney Stack will spend Christmas and New Year in isolation at Hakea prison after his quarantine was restarted yesterday.
@9NewsPerth
https://twitter.com/MiaEgerton
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Stack was charged with failing to comply with a direction and his matter was called in Perth Magistrates Court on Monday.
He was remanded in custody to face court again on January 6.
It means he will spend Christmas and the start of 2021 behind bars.
https://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/afl-star-sydney-stack-to-spend-christmas-in-jail-after-allegedly-breaching-selfquarantine-in-wa/news-story/8606f2fb2a7faaedeb8956907a58981f
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Vision has emerged that shows Richmond utility Sydney Stack in a street fight in the Perth party district of Northbridge.
https://7news.com.au/sport/afl/vision-emerges-of-afl-player-sydney-stack-in-wild-street-fight-despite-order-to-quarantine-c-1809022
Stack is claiming he had to move from his original quarantine address to Belmont 100km away after a family fight.
The family fight was supposedly with his Grandmother :facepalm
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This is the biggest piece of rubbish I’ve ever heard. :banghead
Behind bars (in isolation?) for Christmas - and not able to be released until jan 6th. :banghead
What is this communist China? It sounds like it was when living in East Germany.
“Where are your papers!”
The club should get some lawyers down their immediately to get him out before Friday. :banghead
People get to walk the streets and are actually convicted of major crimes but let’s throw the key at some young bloke that doesn’t even have Covid. :banghead
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Think we get ya point now cobba
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Tom Browne on 7news said he's spoken to Richmond and they are working with Stack's manager to support Sydney as best they can.
On Ch10 news, Stack's manager said Sydney is "distraught" but aware there's consequences for his actions.
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Rising AFL star Sydney Stack is "very distressed and very upset" at the prospect of spending Christmas in jail, his manager says.
"It's been very difficult to have communication and we're very disappointed but we'll continue to try and engage with him as best we can," Stack's manager Paul Peos told reporters.
"He's having a very difficult time but it's the consequences of the times we're in, these are the charges and this is what he has to do.
"He did not sound OK, he sounded very distressed and very upset."
Peos didn't want to speculate on Stack's future with the Tigers.
"Football's a little bit further ahead, we've got to deal with the current matters from now to January 6," Peos said.
Reigning premiers Richmond are yet to comment on the situation apart from a brief statement.
https://wwos.nine.com.au/afl/sydney-stack-covid-19-breach-richmond-tigers-news/cedb6e96-0020-4665-a1b7-36f40f3c8295
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Eagles great Peter Sumich backs Richmond’s Sydney Stack to bounce back from latest indiscretion
By Michael Warner
HeraldSun
December 21, 2020 5pm
West Coast Eagles great Peter Sumich has urged Richmond to stick with troubled Tiger Sydney Stack.
Sumich, who coached Stack for two seasons in the West Australian under-18 team, said the Richmond hard-nut was “a kid who’s done it tough” and deserved another chance.
“I really rate the kid as a person,” Sumich said.
“He’s not a kid that lies and cheats. He makes mistakes because he’s still learning.”
Stack, 20, was arrested in Perth on the weekend for an alleged second COVID breach after being involved in a Northbridge punch-up.
He is already serving a 10-week AFL suspension over a drunken night out on the Gold Coast in September.
“Personally, I think Richmond has done an outstanding job so far,” Sumich said.
“Sydney has mucked up a couple of times, but along the line there are a lot of players in the history of the game that have mucked up who have got second and third chances and have done it well.
“This kid is just needing more guidance.
“He’s still a young kid at heart and he was always going to make some mistakes – I’ve said that all along – but eventually clicking and learning and maturing.”
Sumich believed Stack could still emerge as a genuine star of the game.
“He was with me for two years and he didn’t shy away from saying ‘I’ve made a blue’,” he said.
“He never lied and that to me is a really good trait.
“And I think that is where Richmond is at.
“They are working through issues with him and I’ve got no doubt he doesn’t lie to Richmond. “He’s upfront but he’s making a few blues at the moment.
“I’d love Richmond to do that (to stand by him).
“If they can hold sway and just persist – the kid can play. We’ve all seen that.
“If he got AFL fit, I rate him very highly. He could be a very good player. He’s one of the toughest kids I’ve seen for a long time and he’s got skills on top of that.”
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/afl/eagles-great-peter-sumich-backs-richmonds-sydney-stack-to-bounce-back-from-latest-indiscretion/news-story/6ea19b068751698345c4a63205d6f5c7
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Have you seen the footage of the "scuffle" outside the nightclub?
And read what Stack supposedly told the police as the reason why he was 100km away from where he was supposed to staying at?
Anyways he faces court tomorrow
Was he arrested because of the lame scuffle (even if you could call it that) or the fact he was supposed be in self quarantine for 14 days (rubbish rule) after he came from Melbourne (Covid free) and stopped over at Adelaide airport (didn’t leave the airport at all) and went straight to perth.
Why did he have to quarantine?
It’s a bloody stupid rule if you don’t have Covid and you haven’t been in contact with anyone with Covid nor have you been overseas.
I’d be pretty upset if I had to self isolate when I’ve been careful in Melbourne under the dictatorship of DantheMan and rush to get a flight to Perth for my grandfathers funeral only to be told I have to stay indoors for 14 days when I don’t have Covid.
Are we a bloody communist country now?
Apparently he and that group was called to move on by the cops due to the scuffle but then Stack was noticed, questioned and found to have breached WA's quarantine rules (being out inside his 14-day quarantine period as well as not living at the address he was meant to be staying at). He was arrested for the latter.
He had received special consideration to travel to WA via SA. The covid rules in WA applied to SA arrivals as a result of SA's Parafield outbreak. That's why he had to do 14-day quarantine over there. West Australians don't see these rules as harsh and the WA government is answerable to them not interstaters. It's why the WA government was returned in a landslide election just a few months ago. West Australians are parochial and quite happy to keep pesky travellers from the east out of WA. The latest Sydney outbreak due to a quarantine breach will just reinforce that view again. They'll have no sympathy for Stack and nor should they.
At the end of the day our nation is a federation. Each state has constitutional powers that can't be overridden by the feds or other states. Visitors have to follow each state's laws whether they agree with them or not. Stack knew the rules and agreed to abide by them before going over there. He stupidly broke them with just 5 days of quarantine remaining :facepalm. He would've been free to do what he wanted over there this Christmas if he had used his brain. What ticks me off is not what he actually does to get into trouble but that he is just plain thick! He's put his whole career at risk over needing a 3am kebab and a 1am trip to a nightclub strip during a global pandemic :facepalm. It's laughable if it wasn't so serious for him and his future. He claims to understand there's consequences for his actions after he gets caught but then does something else as equally stupid :facepalm. If he is lucky to get another chance from the Club then he better grow up quick because he won't get another. There are plenty of kids out there this year who have missed out on their AFL dream due to covid and would gladly grab that chance and work their backside off to be on an AFL list.
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Answer this.
Why would you need to quarantine for 14 days if you were in Adelaide airport for a stop over?
What is the logic? Granted a direct flight would have been ideal but the question is valid.
It’s moronic.
I can accept some fines or penalties but locking someone up for it is absolutely ridiculous.
If that’s the case Dan Andrew’s should get locked up for 100 years for stuffing up our hotel quarantine resulting in actual 700 deaths.
Who has died from what any decision stack has made?
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So Tigeritis you are suggesting that if you don't agree with a law then you should be free to ignore it.
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So Tigeritis you are suggesting that if you don't agree with a law then you should be free to ignore it.
No.
I’m suggesting that some states are going overboard with those laws. It’s becoming ridiculous.
We grew up hearing stories in books and movies about this type of crap draconian laws in communist regimes and here we are 2020 in Australia just accepting that someone can be put into jail for a law that makes no logical sense in this case.
I think rapists have more rights. It’s mindboggling.
Apparently he was refused bail. Why? What risk us he to the community?
Who is he hurting or potentially killing? Why was he refused bail? Who the heck is representing him?
https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/amp.abc.net.au/article/13002082
Stack's bail application was refused on Sunday and he is now restarting his 14 day quarantine period in isolation at Hakea Prison.
The case was discussed in Stack's absence at Perth Magistrates Court on Monday but adjourned until January 6.
https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/amp.nine.com.au/article/cedb6e96-0020-4665-a1b7-36f40f3c8295
This is nuts.
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Repeat offender. Got what he deserves. 14 days in the big house.
Let’s see if you’d feel differently if he was responsible for someone in your family getting Corona?
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It’s his 3rd time breaking Covid rules. He’s proven point blank he either can’t or won’t follow simple laws and regulations. Deserves to be locked up till his quarantine has finished. Don’t understand the need to start it again
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Why wasn’t this bloke not thrown in jail for 14 days?
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-08-29/coronavirus-breach-at-northbridge-hotel/12608998
Different rules for different people?
Both lied.
Both didn’t isolate properly.
Both went to Northbridge.
One gets a fine and had to go back into hotel quarantine.
One has bail refused (why) goes to jail for 14 days.
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Repeat offender. Got what he deserves. 14 days in the big house.
Let’s see if you’d feel differently if he was responsible for someone in your family getting Corona?
He’s not nor has he tested positive for Covid so it’s a stupid question.
But I’ve got one for you;
How would you feel if your son did the same stupid thing that Stack has done. Would you be as happy and content he was spending 14 days in prison despite not actually causing any harm or hurt to anyone?
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I reckon he would be fine with it if his son was anywhere near as moronic as Stack.
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Repeat offender. Got what he deserves. 14 days in the big house.
Let’s see if you’d feel differently if he was responsible for someone in your family getting Corona?
He’s not nor has he tested positive for Covid so it’s a stupid question.
But I’ve got one for you;
How would you feel if your son did the same stupid thing that Stack has done. Would you be as happy and content he was spending 14 days in prison despite not actually causing any harm or hurt to anyone?
I'm guessing jail, not prison?
If it was my kid I would say it's time to wake up boy. Look at those walls and think about why you're in there. No individual is bigger than the collective. See you after Christmas.
Don't agree with WA laws re: quarantine etc but thems the laws.
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So Tigeritis you are suggesting that if you don't agree with a law then you should be free to ignore it.
No.
I’m suggesting that some states are going overboard with those laws. It’s becoming ridiculous.
We grew up hearing stories in books and movies about this type of crap draconian laws in communist regimes and here we are 2020 in Australia just accepting that someone can be put into jail for a law that makes no logical sense in this case.
I think rapists have more rights. It’s mindboggling.
Apparently he was refused bail. Why? What risk us he to the community?
Who is he hurting or potentially killing? Why was he refused bail? Who the heck is representing him?
https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/amp.abc.net.au/article/13002082
Stack's bail application was refused on Sunday and he is now restarting his 14 day quarantine period in isolation at Hakea Prison.
The case was discussed in Stack's absence at Perth Magistrates Court on Monday but adjourned until January 6.
https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/amp.nine.com.au/article/cedb6e96-0020-4665-a1b7-36f40f3c8295
This is nuts.
My view will not be popular but I agree with you totally. The law in question is draconian. Remanding a person in custody whilst awaiting trial for an offence should be a last resort. Furthermore it appears he has not yet pleaded guilty to any offences and thus is in custody for an offence/s or offences he has not yet been found guilty of.
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Repeat offender. Got what he deserves. 14 days in the big house.
Let’s see if you’d feel differently if he was responsible for someone in your family getting Corona?
He’s not nor has he tested positive for Covid so it’s a stupid question.
But I’ve got one for you;
How would you feel if your son did the same stupid thing that Stack has done. Would you be as happy and content he was spending 14 days in prison despite not actually causing any harm or hurt to anyone?
I'm guessing jail, not prison?
Hakea Prison.
https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/amp.nine.com.au/article/cedb6e96-0020-4665-a1b7-36f40f3c8295
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Repeat offender. Got what he deserves. 14 days in the big house.
Let’s see if you’d feel differently if he was responsible for someone in your family getting Corona?
He’s not nor has he tested positive for Covid so it’s a stupid question.
But I’ve got one for you;
How would you feel if your son did the same stupid thing that Stack has done. Would you be as happy and content he was spending 14 days in prison despite not actually causing any harm or hurt to anyone?
Stupid post. You’re right up there with Trump and his attitude to the virus. More than 3000 people a day are dying from it in the US
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So Tigeritis you are suggesting that if you don't agree with a law then you should be free to ignore it.
No.
I’m suggesting that some states are going overboard with those laws. It’s becoming ridiculous.
We grew up hearing stories in books and movies about this type of crap draconian laws in communist regimes and here we are 2020 in Australia just accepting that someone can be put into jail for a law that makes no logical sense in this case.
I think rapists have more rights. It’s mindboggling.
Apparently he was refused bail. Why? What risk us he to the community?
Who is he hurting or potentially killing? Why was he refused bail? Who the heck is representing him?
https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/amp.abc.net.au/article/13002082
Stack's bail application was refused on Sunday and he is now restarting his 14 day quarantine period in isolation at Hakea Prison.
The case was discussed in Stack's absence at Perth Magistrates Court on Monday but adjourned until January 6.
https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/amp.nine.com.au/article/cedb6e96-0020-4665-a1b7-36f40f3c8295
This is nuts.
My view will not be popular but I agree with you totally. The law in question is draconian. Remanding a person in custody whilst awaiting trial for an offence should be a last resort. Furthermore it appears he has not yet pleaded guilty to any offences and thus is in custody for an offence/s or offences he has not yet been found guilty of.
Not yet pleaded guilty! Are u stupid? He was in Northbridge fighting at 1am when he was meant to be in isolation in Northam.
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So Tigeritis you are suggesting that if you don't agree with a law then you should be free to ignore it.
No.
I’m suggesting that some states are going overboard with those laws. It’s becoming ridiculous.
We grew up hearing stories in books and movies about this type of crap draconian laws in communist regimes and here we are 2020 in Australia just accepting that someone can be put into jail for a law that makes no logical sense in this case.
I think rapists have more rights. It’s mindboggling.
Apparently he was refused bail. Why? What risk us he to the community?
Who is he hurting or potentially killing? Why was he refused bail? Who the heck is representing him?
https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/amp.abc.net.au/article/13002082
Stack's bail application was refused on Sunday and he is now restarting his 14 day quarantine period in isolation at Hakea Prison.
The case was discussed in Stack's absence at Perth Magistrates Court on Monday but adjourned until January 6.
https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/amp.nine.com.au/article/cedb6e96-0020-4665-a1b7-36f40f3c8295
This is nuts.
My view will not be popular but I agree with you totally. The law in question is draconian. Remanding a person in custody whilst awaiting trial for an offence should be a last resort. Furthermore it appears he has not yet pleaded guilty to any offences and thus is in custody for an offence/s or offences he has not yet been found guilty of.
Not yet pleaded guilty! Are u stupid? He was in Northbridge fighting at 1am when he was meant to be in isolation in Northam.
Are you stupid ? Have you heard about a thing called the presumption of innocence. Guess not. Furthermore you are not in a position to comment on what occurred as you were not a witness to the incident.
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So Tigeritis you are suggesting that if you don't agree with a law then you should be free to ignore it.
No.
I’m suggesting that some states are going overboard with those laws. It’s becoming ridiculous.
We grew up hearing stories in books and movies about this type of crap draconian laws in communist regimes and here we are 2020 in Australia just accepting that someone can be put into jail for a law that makes no logical sense in this case.
I think rapists have more rights. It’s mindboggling.
Apparently he was refused bail. Why? What risk us he to the community?
Who is he hurting or potentially killing? Why was he refused bail? Who the heck is representing him?
https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/amp.abc.net.au/article/13002082
Stack's bail application was refused on Sunday and he is now restarting his 14 day quarantine period in isolation at Hakea Prison.
The case was discussed in Stack's absence at Perth Magistrates Court on Monday but adjourned until January 6.
https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/amp.nine.com.au/article/cedb6e96-0020-4665-a1b7-36f40f3c8295
This is nuts.
My view will not be popular but I agree with you totally. The law in question is draconian. Remanding a person in custody whilst awaiting trial for an offence should be a last resort. Furthermore it appears he has not yet pleaded guilty to any offences and thus is in custody for an offence/s or offences he has not yet been found guilty of.
Not yet pleaded guilty! Are u stupid? He was in Northbridge fighting at 1am when he was meant to be in isolation in Northam.
Are you stupid ? Have you heard about a thing called the presumption of innocence. Guess not. Furthermore you are not in a position to comment on what occurred as you were not a witness to the incident.
LOL - I watched the whole thing on video. The kid is a halfwit and too many people are making excuses for his stupid decisions because he plays footy. The players are sick of him, the club is over him and I doubt he'll ever set foot on Punt Rd oval again.
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He has been remanded in custody and refused bail because this is his 2nd breach of the COVID rules in WA, so therefore his 2nd offence
Not his first
We may not like the rules, agree with them but they are the rules/laws of WA as they stand currently during this pandemic
At what point does Sydney or anyone else for that matter actually take individual responsibility for their actions?
I heard his manager on the news last night saying Sydney "is doing it tough". Maybe now the penny may finally drop. Actions have consequences
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Gez even if there is some issues and water is murky around this new story why would you put yourself in that situation again. His part cost the club $$$ fines, jobs, and nearly points it says to me doesn't learn or buckle down. Went back home and I didn't like the look of that. Rocked up in poor condition his manager confirmed it then left why not put the extra yards and stay with boys extra week like CCJ did.Was family reasons confirmed for him to be in WA ?.We don't need his distractions get a kid who wants it way to many exuses.
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Repeat offender. Got what he deserves. 14 days in the big house.
Let’s see if you’d feel differently if he was responsible for someone in your family getting Corona?
He’s not nor has he tested positive for Covid so it’s a stupid question.
But I’ve got one for you;
How would you feel if your son did the same stupid thing that Stack has done. Would you be as happy and content he was spending 14 days in prison despite not actually causing any harm or hurt to anyone?
By that reasoning I could buy a gun and shoot at you in front of other people but get off Scott free because I missed.
Bloke is an idiot and the intent to break the law is there, caught red handed.
Two weeks in the sin bin will hopefully smarten him up.
Club should send Pickett to give him some perspective.
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Going to Jail for breaching quarantine is ridiculous - look at a holes who king hit people and get probation.
I feel WA have double standards for crime
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Gez even if there is some issues and water is murky around this new story why would you put yourself in that situation again. His part cost the club $$$ fines, jobs, and nearly points it says to me doesn't learn or buckle down. Went back home and I didn't like the look of that. Rocked up in poor condition his manager confirmed it then left why not put the extra yards and stay with boys extra week like CCJ did.Was family reasons confirmed for him to be in WA ?.We don't need his distractions get a kid who wants it way to many exuses.
He was allowed to go back to WA because his Grandfather passed away.
He was supposed to staying with his Grandmother, that's what his permit for entry to WA allowed, with 14 days quarantine to be done her home.
His breach this time is not only being out at 1am in Northbridge when he was supposed to be quarantining but because he was they are saying over 100 Km away from the place he was supposed to be..
It was said in court that back in October he was also found to breaching quarantine rules but at that time he was given a warning. That October breach was just after he had been sent home after the "kebab" fiasco on the Gold Coast.
Sadly, for Sydney he appears to believe the rules don't apply to him because in over 11 week period (acknowledging it is over 2 separate visits on WA) he has broken COVID rules 3 times.
:facepalm
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You forgot the fact that he was actually staying at a place at Belmont at the time he went to Northbridge and not Northam also - that's a 3rd WA breach. The guy is a complete tool and he'll be very lucky if he doesn't get 6mths behind bars which is what others have got for similar complete disregard for the rules
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Tigers providing 'behind the scenes support' to imprisoned Stack
By Daniel Cherny
The Age
December 22, 2020 — 5.32pm
The manager of imprisoned Richmond player Sydney Stack says the Tigers have been privately supporting the troubled West Australian defender as he faces the prospect of seeing in the new year behind bars.
Stack, 20, is serving a 14-day quarantine period in an isolation cell at Perth's Hakea Prison over an alleged quarantine breach.
His agent, former West Coast and Brisbane Bears player Paul Peos, said the Tigers had been supportive of Stack despite the player himself acknowledging that his career hung in the balance.
"Can't say much at this point, but I can say Richmond have been providing considerable behind the scenes support for Syd's welfare," Peos said on Tuesday.
The breach came about after Stack returned to WA earlier this month to attend his grandfather's funeral, having started pre-season training with the Tigers at Punt Road earlier in December.
A brief lay-over at Adelaide airport en route to Perth triggered a 14-day quarantine period in the WA country town of Northam. Police allege Stack breached the conditions of his quarantine by staying in the Perth suburb of Belmont. The alleged breach was picked up in the early hours of Saturday morning when police stopped Stack following an alleged brawl in the Perth nightclub district of Northbridge.
The Tigers have opted against making more than a brief generic statement while the matter remains in front of the courts.
Stack had already found himself in hot water earlier in the year when he and Richmond teammate Callum Coleman-Jones were sent home from Queensland, suspended for 10 games and fined following their involvement in a fight outside a Gold Coast strip club in what was a serious breach of AFL hub protocols.
Stack acknowledged to a court on Sunday via an audio hook-up that "my AFL career is on the line with Richmond".
A Perth magistrate has adjourned the matter until January 6 as the prison's quarantine policy prohibits Stack from leaving his cell to speak to the court via a video link during his isolation period.
Peos on Monday said that his client sounded "very distressed".
Former St Kilda assistant coach Jason Mifsud, who like Stack is Indigenous, questioned the decision to put Stack behind bars.
"Challenge the behaviour, support the person. Not sure incarcerating a vulnerable young person is the only solution in a case such as this. Seems unimaginative and unnecessarily punitive," Mifsud wrote on Twitter.
Despite being rated by some clubs as worthy of a first-round selection on talent alone, Stack was overlooked in the 2018 draft amid concerns about his reliability. He became one of the first players to be signed by the pre-season supplemental selection period after training with Richmond following the draft.
Stack worked his way into the Tigers' senior side in 2019 before being hampered by injury and ultimately missing selection for the AFL grand final. He did however win a premiership with Richmond's VFL side.
https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/tigers-providing-behind-the-scenes-support-to-imprisoned-stack-20201222-p56pm2.html
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Repeat offender. Got what he deserves. 14 days in the big house.
Let’s see if you’d feel differently if he was responsible for someone in your family getting Corona?
He’s not nor has he tested positive for Covid so it’s a stupid question.
But I’ve got one for you;
How would you feel if your son did the same stupid thing that Stack has done. Would you be as happy and content he was spending 14 days in prison despite not actually causing any harm or hurt to anyone?
Stupid post. You’re right up there with Trump and his attitude to the virus. More than 3000 people a day are dying from it in the US
No I hate the virus and the disruption it has caused and the amount of people it has effected all over the world but this actual case is as stupid as all of Stack recent decisions.
McGowan is acting the dictator and is on a power trip.
Stack had a stopover in Adelaide airport and because of this he was required to isolate for 14 days? (Stupid rule) But ok a law is a law, but in this case isolation in a prison cell is overkill and way overboard to the highest degree. He hasn’t actually hurt anyone and he hasn’t got Covid.
Now if someone is actually sick and decided to breach rules knowing that your sick then fair enough because your actually putting lives at risk by not self isolating. That would warrant a tough penalty.
Why not just answer my question? Try again.
Whilst your thinking about it, imagine it’s your son being refused bail and sent to prison and sent to in an isolation cell all alone even though not one person has been infected or hurt by any of your sons stupid actions. Now think of all those real criminals that are a real threat to the community that are actually allowed bail whilst they await their court date.
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Repeat offender. Got what he deserves. 14 days in the big house.
Let’s see if you’d feel differently if he was responsible for someone in your family getting Corona?
He’s not nor has he tested positive for Covid so it’s a stupid question.
But I’ve got one for you;
How would you feel if your son did the same stupid thing that Stack has done. Would you be as happy and content he was spending 14 days in prison despite not actually causing any harm or hurt to anyone?
By that reasoning I could buy a gun and shoot at you in front of other people but get off Scott free because I missed.
Bloke is an idiot and the intent to break the law is there, caught red handed.
Im not saying he isn’t an idiot because clearly his decision making is terrible.
Remember, Stack hasn’t got Covid. If he had Covid then a harsher penalty would be reasonably expected.
It’s more like this scenario, if you were to buy a fake cap gun and were to have that gun in your pocket but the law says no guns allowed.
Bad decision carrying a gun but that gun ain’t ever hurting anyone even if you threw it at them.
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Earlier in the week I said let him go but don't think we will. This says a lot about our culture at the moment.
We all make mistakes, he's made a few but maybe this is the catalyst for a life changing moment
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How many life changing moments does Stack need?
He was ignored in the draft but received a lifeline from Richmond.
He comes back unfit from the layoff but is gifted games that others deserved.
He breeches the hub rules and costs the club 10 of thousands of dollars which results in an employee having to be let go but we still embrace him.
He shows up at training as the most unfit player.
He heads back to WA to attend a family funeral and breeches the Covid quarantine and we still support him.
Stack has been shown more love, support and compassion than any player who has played for our club in recent memory.
We can't continue to do this indefinitely ultimately Stack has to start making good decisions for himself.
As good as Stack was as a player was in 2019 (and we all want that player to return)he has to want to be that player himself, if his apatite is gone, no-one else can do it for him.
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AFL star is in MORE hot water as eagle-eyed fans spot a worrying symbol on his index finger in his latest Instagram post - as he prepares to spend Christmas behind bars over alleged Covid breach
Richmond AFL star Sydney Stack pictured wearing ring linked with bikie culture
His manager said the ring was just a fashion choice and not conveying message
By BRETT LACKEY and JACKSON BARRON and ZOE ZACZEK
Daily Mail Australia
23 December 2020
AFL star Sydney Stack has found himself the centre of yet another controversy after fans spotted him wearing a ring usually associated with bikie gangs in an Instagram post.
Stack is already in hot water after footage went viral on Sunday allegedly showing the 20-year-old in a brawl outside a Perth nightclub at the weekend before he was arrested by police over an alleged second Covid breach.
In the recent Instagram post by Stack, who will spend Christmas in a jail cell following the arrest, he can be seen wearing two rings - with the left hand band reading 'one per center'.
A number people commenting on the post pointed out the ring and questioned why he would be wearing the item.
One per center is a term used by members of outlaw motorcycle gangs to describe themselves - a reference to not being law-abiding citizens like the other 99 per cent of society.
Stacks manager, Paul Peos, told The West Australian on Tuesday that the ring was simply a clothing choice and not intended to show support for any group.
'That is Sydney, that is a fashion statement,' Mr Peos said.
The Richmond Tigers player was scheduled to front Perth Magistrates Court on Tuesday but could not appear via videolink because he is being held in quarantine at Hakea Prison.
His hearing is set to be scheduled after his 14-day quarantine is completed, meaning he will spend Christmas alone in a jail cell.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9081513/AFL-star-hot-water-fans-spot-symbol-index-finger-latest-Instagram-post.html
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AFL recruiting guru warns ‘massive alarm bells’ for jailed Richmond youngster Sydney Stack
December 23, 2020
by DAVID ZITA
FOX SPORTS
AFL recruiting guru Michael Ablett believes Sydney Stack may’ve played his last game for Richmond following his alleged breach of Western Australia’s quarantine laws.
Stack will spend Christmas behind bars after being arrested on Saturday and refused bail, with police alleging the 20-year-old breached the state’s quarantine laws, which were triggered when his flight from Victoria made a stopover in Adelaide.
Ablett, who served as the AFL National Talent Football Manager for six years before becoming WA’s Talent Pathway Manager until recently, helped make Stack a member of the national academy before he was drafted in 2019, but admitted the Tigers now faced a difficult call.
“We selected him out of the under-16 championships into the national academy because we just thought he was an elite talent. His talent was never questioned, but we were aware of the challenges we faced in terms of getting things right off-field,” he told foxfooty.com.au.
“The tough position that Richmond are in is that they know he’s an elite talent probably in their best 26 to 28 players, but it’s bigger than that now.
“Football clubs are a business and we’re in a tough economic climate where sponsors are hard to retain.”
Stack’s alleged quarantine breach could mark the second time this year he has flouted strict rules, with he and teammate Callum Coleman-Jones fined, banned for 10 games and sent home from Queensland’s AFL hub in September after getting into a fight outside a strip club.
Ablett said the biggest question mark around Stack had always been his off-field behaviour and the possibility he had broken strict rules twice “would be ringing massive alarm bells”.
For Ablett, the most pressing concern for Richmond, other than Stack’s welfare, would be the cultural ramifications at the club and any impressionable young teammates.
“The question you have to ask yourself is, ‘Are they going to take anyone else down with them and if so how many?’ That’s the greatest concern - you’ve got the commercial aspect and the other aspect is how much damage are they going to do to other players,” he said.
“I think the club is in a very difficult position. If it was a one-off I think you forgive and try and educate, but when it could be now twice I’d be really concerned and with the type of culture they’ve created I don’t think they’re going to stand for much more.”
Stack, whose manager Paul Peos described as “very distressed and very upset” outside court on Monday, has received support from the AFL’s former head of diversity Jason Mifsud via social media.
Mifsud, who left the AFL for a role in the Victorian state government in 2016, questioned the decision to incarcerate Stack rather than trying to educate and support him, labelling it “unimaginative and unnecessarily punitive”.
Richmond released a brief statement on Sunday afternoon acknowledging it was aware of the allegation against Stack, but refrained from making further comment.
Peos told The Age on Tuesday that “Richmond have been providing considerable behind the scenes support for Syd’s welfare”.
Stack has played 26 games since being taken as a pre-season supplemental signing in 2019.
His matter was adjourned until January 6.
https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-news-2020-sydney-stack-arrested-broke-quarantine-court-date-richmond-sacked-video-fight-mick-ablett/news-story/b2305cc73ef72eb930bd4a10ca869040
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Gil McLachlan had no update on the separate situations of Tyson Stengle (stood down by Adelaide) and Richmond's Sydney Stack (currently in jail after allegedly breaching WA quarantine restrictions), saying both matters were with the AFL Integrity Department.
Source: AFL website (https://www.afl.com.au/news/539225/new-broadcast-deal-to-add-certainty-as-afl-clubs-rebuild)
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RICHMOND URGED TO STAND BY SYDNEY STACK
BY SEN
23 December 2020
Peter Sumich has urged Richmond to stand by Sydney Stack with the young Tiger to spend Christmas behind bars in Perth.
Stack was arrested, charged and refused bail for allegedly breaching Western Australia’s strict self-quarantine protocols last Saturday.
“It’s sad. You don’t like to see any kid in that situation,” Sumich told SEN Drive.
“He’s got to learn from his mistakes, and he’ll have some quiet time behind bars over here for a little while, and hopefully it just clicks for him.
“I really rate the kid – as a person as well. I know he’s had a couple of hiccups.
“Hopefully Richmond can hang onto him and keep giving him a go.”
Sumich, who coached Stack at under 18 level, says the 20-year-old should be given another chance by the Tigers.
It’s the second time Stack has landed himself in hot water this year after he and teammate Callum Coleman-Jones were suspended for 10 games and sent home from the club’s Queensland hub for breaking the AFL's COVID-19 rules.
“I think he can be an outstanding player. He’s got to rectify a few things first,” Sumich said.
“I think the whole football industry understands and sees what the kid can offer – his toughness, he’s got skill to go with it – and I think it would be a huge loss to the AFL system if this kid didn’t continue on.
“That’s why I’m a big advocate and kids get it wrong and let’s be honest, we all make mistakes throughout our careers on and off the field – I did and you sometimes need a second, sometimes third, sometimes fourth chance.
“He’s not killing anyone. He’s not taking drugs. I think we can work with him.”
https://www.sen.com.au/news/2020/12/23/richmond-urged-to-stand-by-sydney-stack/
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The kid is a flat out stuffwit. Needs to grow up alot before we consider letting him back in the joint.
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“He’s not killing anyone. He’s not taking drugs. I think we can work with him.”
Excellent perspective from Sumich and I agree with him 100%. You can’t just write off some stupid youngster after a couple of stupid decisions. He’ll eventually grow up. Let’s face it he hasn’t hurt anyone but himself.
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Tigeritus your posts are off the charts obsessive on this issue but is it your right to post this way just as long as you respect other posters right to post their opinions.
I believe that Stack has gone beyond being sacked but Richmond is being supportive as they are concerned for his welfare.
Ill discipline in a club is like a cancer if you tolerate it in this case what happens when other players transgress.
We don't want to become like Collingwood , we are in a premiership window and we don't need Stack to drag us into the media spotlight for all the wrong reasons distracting the other players.
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“He’s not killing anyone. He’s not taking drugs. I think we can work with him.”
Excellent perspective from Sumich and I agree with him 100%. You can’t just write off some stupid youngster after a couple of stupid decisions. He’ll eventually grow up. Let’s face it he hasn’t hurt anyone but himself.
"Excellent perspective"? From the bloke who kicked him out of his under 18 academy?
:help :huh3 :help
FWIW, I don't think he will be sacked this time.
But surely this has to be his last chance...it should be.
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It is an excellent perspective - we don’t know why he was kicked out of the academy but we can be sure it wasn’t for breaching quarantine.
As a community, we need to put our arms around troubled young men as best we can until they make the decision for themselves.
We don’t know how many chances Suma gave Stack before he gave him that tough love.
So, let’s give Stack and Suma the benefit of the doubt for the time being - I maintain that the bigger story is how on earth this young man has ended up in jail for a stupid yet hardly punishable crime with being put behind bars.
This is the type of poo my kids will be asking me about in 20 years .... for all the wrong reasons.
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He needs to pull his head in right now. Not soon, not hopefully, not maybe. RIGHT NOW SYDNEY!!!! And learn to appreciate the opportunity you have. It's not a privilege... Get rid of the antics, Instagram, and the show Pony stuff and get on with it.
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It is an excellent perspective - we don’t know why he was kicked out of the academy but we can be sure it wasn’t for breaching quarantine.
As a community, we need to put our arms around troubled young men as best we can until they make the decision for themselves.
We don’t know how many chances Suma gave Stack before he gave him that tough love.
So, let’s give Stack and Suma the benefit of the doubt for the time being - I maintain that the bigger story is how on earth this young man has ended up in jail for a stupid yet hardly punishable crime with being put behind bars.
This is the type of poo my kids will be asking me about in 20 years .... for all the wrong reasons.
Excellent post HRT. :thumbsup
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“He’s not killing anyone. He’s not taking drugs. I think we can work with him.”
Excellent perspective from Sumich and I agree with him 100%. You can’t just write off some stupid youngster after a couple of stupid decisions. He’ll eventually grow up. Let’s face it he hasn’t hurt anyone but himself.
Troy Taylor was equally talented as Stack, he didn't kill anyone or do drugs (that I am aware of) but a poor attitude for two seasons eventually lead to his delisting.
There was no hue and cry regarding his delisting.
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Did Stack expect the club to buy him a house? :shh
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Everyone whinging and bitching and moaning about Stack being behind bars need to get a grip
The dude has broken the rules in QLD and the law twice in WA. Sit down for a minute and think about the strict rules residents of WA have put up with.
And some moron that thinks he’s above the rules puts that at risk.
Yes he doesn’t have it, but he didn’t know that and he definitely didn’t care about the impact if he did have it. If he did , think about the result for people in the surroundings areas as they go into lockdown. Unable to work etc , because some self entitled little prick decided he couldn’t be bothered to do the right thing.
Whether you think reactions to Covid are over the top is completely irrelevant , there are laws and rules in place. Sydney can’t follow them.
Suffer the consequences.
PS, I managed to survive quarantine only 2 weeks ago. I managed to follow rules and regulations.
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Did Stack expect the club to buy him a house? :shh
Expecting some one to buy you a house is not breaking the rules and laws it is just having unrealistic expectations which is why I listed poor attitude as a reason for his delisting.
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Everyone whinging and bitching and moaning about Stack being behind bars need to get a grip
The dude has broken the rules in QLD and the law twice in WA. Sit down for a minute and think about the strict rules residents of WA have put up with.
And some moron that thinks he’s above the rules puts that at risk.
Yes he doesn’t have it, but he didn’t know that and he definitely didn’t care about the impact if he did have it. If he did , think about the result for people in the surroundings areas as they go into lockdown. Unable to work etc , because some self entitled little prick decided he couldn’t be bothered to do the right thing.
Whether you think reactions to Covid are over the top is completely irrelevant , there are laws and rules in place. Sydney can’t follow them.
Suffer the consequences.
PS, I managed to survive quarantine only 2 weeks ago. I managed to follow rules and regulations.
Tipping your home environment is a long way from Stacks :shh
Stack is not at fault for being raised in a dysfunctional family environment, he was dealt these cards. Due to this, he is immature and prone to making very poor decisions, not to mention his mates who would not be helping the situation.
Some people need to walk in others shoes before truly understanding why an individual acts the way they do. I choose to support him in his long journey ahead as life is worth it and so is Stack.
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After watching the soap opera of Sydney Stack, what damage is he doing to the chances of other indigenous player who are aspiring to AFL.
The other clubs would be patting themselves on the back for overlooking him and will be more wary of future risks involving young wayward indigenous players.
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I’m not sure he’s any better or worse off being indigenous vs just being from a hugely challenging upbringing and at his age there’s probably a few kids who are just immature that make silly mistakes at a young age.
If we want to examine people who have breached quarantine - Steele Sidebottom, Nathan Buckley, Brooke Cotchin, CCJ are all white people who have engaged in stupid breaches so I don’t understand why we are calling him out for the colour of his skin.
I think he’s issues are probably immaturity combined with a self destruct button which sometimes come with fear and anxiety under stress.
Let’s cut him and the wonderful indigenous community of the AFL who number nearly 10% of the playing population and are delivering in spades on and off field.
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Brad Hardie on 6PR yesterday claimed his mail is the AFL is in the background pushing Richmond to find a way of cutting Stack loose.
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A 5G covid conspiracy theory nutter is also in custody after breaching WA's hotel quarantine:
https://thewest.com.au/news/coronavirus/coronavirus-crisis-quarantine-breacher-jenny-maree-dubios-denied-bail-after-fleeing-pan-pacific-hotel-ng-b881756500z
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I’m not sure he’s any better or worse off being indigenous vs just being from a hugely challenging upbringing and at his age there’s probably a few kids who are just immature that make silly mistakes at a young age.
If we want to examine people who have breached quarantine - Steele Sidebottom, Nathan Buckley, Brooke Cotchin, CCJ are all white people who have engaged in stupid breaches so I don’t understand why we are calling him out for the colour of his skin.
I think he’s issues are probably immaturity combined with a self destruct button which sometimes come with fear and anxiety under stress.
Let’s cut him and the wonderful indigenous community of the AFL who number nearly 10% of the playing population and are delivering in spades on and off field.
Hard to disagree with that.
Yet, Stack IS a repeat offender
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FMD some of you patronise the indig something shocking...
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Cannot see why he his protected. His part in the incident in GC cost the club massive fines, jobs and one more strike points if he didn't learn from that well wakeup.Rocks up to preseason in poor shape his manager mentioned and then now this. Make of it of what you want about WA rules it is what it is full stop.Bloke should have buckled down and hit the preseason hard from what I'm seeing has little regard.
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I’m not sure he’s any better or worse off being indigenous vs just being from a hugely challenging upbringing and at his age there’s probably a few kids who are just immature that make silly mistakes at a young age.
If we want to examine people who have breached quarantine - Steele Sidebottom, Nathan Buckley, Brooke Cotchin, CCJ are all white people who have engaged in stupid breaches so I don’t understand why we are calling him out for the colour of his skin.
I think he’s issues are probably immaturity combined with a self destruct button which sometimes come with fear and anxiety under stress.
Let’s cut him and the wonderful indigenous community of the AFL who number nearly 10% of the playing population and are delivering in spades on and off field.
Hard to disagree with that.
Yet, Stack IS a repeat offender
So is Eddie McGuire - racist, misogynistic bully and he is still employed. Pig.
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FMD some of you patronise the indig something shocking...
:shh
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This is hard one for me. I remember when my dad died I kinda went off the rails and I was a complete arse to be around. The self destruct mentality was definitely there. I probably should have lost my job many times over but I think I was given 5-7 chances and actually I eventually worked through the grief and got my poo together. On one hand I feel like Sydney is taking the pee and is afforded a once in a lifetime chance of playing in the AFL. On the other hand I want to be sympathetic with the fact he has been dealt a rough hand from early life.
My heart is wants the club to give him one more life line in the hope the Penny can drop. But as we have seen with Harley Bennell sometimes it just never happens.
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Being Black Brown White or any other color has absolutely nothing to do with it.
We are all the same and all have the same rules applied to us.
weather your from a good back ground or poor one at the end of the day you are responsible for your own actions. the trouble is very few it seems now days are prepared to own their actions, theres always an excuse.
Lack of opportunity applies to many in society fmd Stack has been given a fantastic opportunity if he can not apply himself having been given a great chance in life then it is on him and no one else. He knows the opportunity he has been given yet still puts it at risk, it is on him not his colour or back ground but him.
The ball has been firmly in Sydneys court. Here he has an opportunity that few get, to not only play a sport that he loves but set himself up and make something of himself. If he cant come to terms with that and realise the opportunity he has then perhaps he is not for us.
Personally i think its more about self entitlement than any hard luck he had in life. So so many come from adversity but grasp with both hands the opportunity to pull themselvies up in life.
If Sydney was white would people be affording him the same sympathy. In any society all we can ask for is we are all treated the same and we are treated how we would expect to be treated ourselves.
Lastly Stack is a talent, no one can do it for him, he has to do it for himself. A big part of that is obeying the rules.
He has consistently shown right thru that he maybe doesnt have the discipline to make it at this level, it really is a genuine concern. iT IS WHY HE WASNT DRAFTED. How many chances do we give this bloke. For me if we were to treat him like anyone else especially a less talented player this has to be the last one.
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Nice one Claw.
IIRC, Dusty was nearly shown the door after Chopstick gate and that was his second offence??
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I’m pretty sure if we drop him off the list we have to pay his contract for this year and no replacement player
So we disadvantage ourselves by dropping him off the list because the AFL want to make an example without compensation- sounds like Hocking to me
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If Sydney was white would people be affording him the same sympathy
Yes. We offloaded Dan Connors and not Dusty. If Dusty wasn’t Dusty in the sense of talent and his checkered up bringing he would have been delisted in a heartbeat. We also gave Ben Cousins a life line. No one is disputing that Sydney isn’t above the law. The philosophical debate comes with whether you give 2nd/3rd/4th chances to someone who’s upbringing may have had an effect on their ability to not go off the rails.
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Nice one Claw.
IIRC, Dusty was nearly shown the door after Chopstick gate and that was his second offence??
Nothing really substantiated in that was there?
Sydney caught red handed by police.
Dusty also had huge talent clearly. Stack has played about 6 good games. Risk vs reward for dusty was clearly more worth it.
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My opinion only but Id keep him for 2021,Id give him aenior games but irrespective of how he performs I would trade him at the end of 2021, preferably a draft pick from Fremantle.
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My opinion only but Id keep him for 2021,Id give him aenior games but irrespective of how he performs I would trade him at the end of 2021, preferably a draft pick from Fremantle.
Good option this.
Would be a terrible shame as his 2018 was exhilarating.
If he wasn't on his last chance already then he surely is now.
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My opinion only but Id keep him for 2021,Id give him aenior games but irrespective of how he performs I would trade him at the end of 2021, preferably a draft pick from Fremantle.
Yes agree. Not sure we will fill all our spots for 2021 as we have several kids to play to find out if they have a long term future. And then we have the 6 picks at the end of next year, which to me is flagging a mini rebuild. So we can keep Stack on the list and hopefully he knuckles down and plays seniors.
We then have options with him and his trade value may increase over 2021, from its current zero value
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He didn't cost us a draft pick so if he is a bust it's not the end of the world.
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But if he plays and plays well in 2021... he becomes a valuable commodity.
What is a 2021 2nd rounder + Sydney Stack Worth draft pick wise?
Is Sydney Stack worth a 2nd rounder on his own?
If we put together some of our picks can we get a top 10 pick?
Getting sonething decent for stack can end up getting us a very good player in tbe draft.
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The fact is the guy didn't buckle down simple as thst or learn yeah he has talent , but why would we want his baggage and disruptions again we have created a strong club and culture anyone doesn't be part of it after a number of chances see you later.
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The fact is the guy didn't buckle down simple as thst or learn yeah he has talent , but why would we want his baggage and disruptions again we have created a strong club and culture anyone doesn't be part of it after a number of chances see you later.
Yep - you can bet it wasn't CCJ nagging Stack to go out with him to the strippers!
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The fact is the guy didn't buckle down simple as thst or learn yeah he has talent , but why would we want his baggage and disruptions again we have created a strong club and culture anyone doesn't be part of it after a number of chances see you later.
Other clubs aren't stupid, after Stacks antics it will take 2 or 3 years of good behavior to have any value in a Stack trade
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One Tiger who won’t be at training on Wednesday is Sydney Stack, who will face a Perth court on the same day for alleged COVID-19 self-quarantine breaches.
Stack spent the Christmas period behind bars after initially being given permission to return to Western Australia to attend his late grandfather’s funeral.
The WA border was again closed to Victorians as of midnight on New Year’s Eve, and Richmond confirmed it won’t have a club representative in court.
Source: HeraldSun (https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/teams/richmond/physical-performance-manager-peter-burge-to-lead-richmond-in-damien-hardwicks-absence/news-story/4f3b7e524657f1835edc52aeaf95a522)
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Is he coming back to Melbourne??
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Is he coming back to Melbourne??
If he gets released then yes.
But seeing there are limited flights out of Perth then it may take a while
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Sydney Stack back in court over alleged COVID-19 self-quarantine breaches
Sydney Stack returns to court after spending Christmas and New Year’s in jail as his manager gave an update on the Tiger youngster’s wellbeing.
Marc McGowan
January 5, 2021 - 5:01PM
News Corp Australia Sports Newsroom
Richmond footballer Sydney Stack’s agent has revealed how difficult spending the Christmas period in jail has been for his client ahead of him facing court again on Wednesday.
Stack was denied bail in Perth Magistrates Court only days before Christmas for alleged COVID-19 self-quarantine breaches in his home state.
That decision resigned the 20-year-old Tiger to spending multiple weeks behind bars before his January 6 court appearance.
Stack said at that first hearing his AFL career was “on the line”.
Asked how Stack was handling being in prison, Paul Peos, of Inside 50 Player Management, told the Herald Sun: “He’s finding it a very challenging situation.”
Stack initially received special permission to enter Western Australia to attend his late grandfather’s funeral for “cultural healing”.
His alleged breach was discovered when police issued him with a move-on notice for disorderly conduct, after he was involved in a late-night brawl.
Stack nominated a Northam address as his place of quarantine but later relocated to Belmont, about an hour away.
The second-year footballer also received a 10-match suspension for leaving Richmond’s Queensland hub in early September to attend a strip club, before being involved in a fight outside a kebab store.
The WA border was again closed to Victorians as of midnight on New Year’s Eve, and the Tigers confirmed they won’t have a club representative in court to support Stack.
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/news/sydney-stack-back-in-court-over-alleged-covid19-selfquarantine-breaches/news-story/14362270e102e6872db30c6a21b1a7c7
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Ridiculous that Stack has spent so long in prison for a minor public health offence.
It is worth mentioning that Western Australia has the highest indigenous incarceration rate in the country and still has the outlook of a penal colony. Hopefully the club supports him through this, even if they can't send anyone to WA for the 'trial'
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Ridiculous that Stack has spent so long in prison for a minor public health offence.
It is worth mentioning that Western Australia has the highest indigenous incarceration rate in the country and still has the outlook of a penal colony. Hopefully the club supports him through this, even if they can't send anyone to WA for the 'trial'
Not wrong there on those facts and it aren't no coincidence.
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Ridiculous that Stack has spent so long in prison for a minor public health offence.
It is worth mentioning that Western Australia has the highest indigenous incarceration rate in the country and still has the outlook of a penal colony. Hopefully the club supports him through this, even if they can't send anyone to WA for the 'trial'
Not wrong there on those facts and it aren't no coincidence.
It’s a bloody disgrace Stack was denied bail and put in jail (solitary confinement apparently)
The club should do all it can to help him.
This absolutely shook me when I watched it. I had no idea this happened in our country.
https://www.abc.net.au/4corners/australias-shame-promo/7649462
If you haven’t seen this I would highly recommend that everyone does.
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Ridiculous that Stack has spent so long in prison for a minor public health offence.
It is worth mentioning that Western Australia has the highest indigenous incarceration rate in the country and still has the outlook of a penal colony. Hopefully the club supports him through this, even if they can't send anyone to WA for the 'trial'
Not wrong there on those facts and it aren't no coincidence.
It’s a bloody disgrace Stack was denied bail and put in jail (solitary confinement apparently)
The club should do all it can to help him.
This absolutely shook me when I watched it. I had no idea this happened in our country.
https://www.abc.net.au/4corners/australias-shame-promo/7649462
If you haven’t seen this I would highly recommend that everyone does.
This I would find particularly disgraceful.
I will watch the video too, when I get a chance.
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Ridiculous that Stack has spent so long in prison for a minor public health offence.
It is worth mentioning that Western Australia has the highest indigenous incarceration rate in the country and still has the outlook of a penal colony. Hopefully the club supports him through this, even if they can't send anyone to WA for the 'trial'
What a load of poo.
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Once again a situation where an ill disciplined black fella breaking the law is turned into a race debate.
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Hopefully it does him good
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Very unusual
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Staying inside until at least the 20th... :shh
https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/court-justice/richmond-tiger-sydney-stack-remains-behind-bars-over-alleged-covid-19-breach-ng-b881762787z
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Staying inside until at least the 20th... :shh
Not what it says at all :shh :shh :shh
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Sorry hearing postponed until the 20th... might be released on Friday .. :shh :shh :shh :shh
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Jailed Stack's bid for bail
By Anthony Colangelo
The Age
January 6, 2021 — 5.36pm
Richmond's Sydney Stack will try to win freedom from prison later this week after spending the Christmas and new year period behind bars.
Stack, 20, was arrested in Perth on December 19 for allegedly breaching Western Australia's coronavirus quarantine laws.
He was denied bail the following day, and on Wednesday his lawyer successfully sought to adjourn the matter to January 20.
It was also decided on Wednesday that Stack would face a bail application hearing this Friday, a spokesman for the Perth Magistrates' Court confirmed. If this is not granted, Stack will remain in jail for at least another 12 days.
https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/jailed-stack-s-bid-for-bail-20210106-p56s6l.html
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Sydney Stack back in court over alleged COVID-19 self-quarantine breaches
Sydney Stack’s incarceration in a Perth prison over the new year for allegedly breaching self-quarantine rules could finally be nearing an end for the Richmond footballer.
Marc McGowan and Sarah Steger
HeraldSun
January 6, 2021 - 4:41PM
Tiger Sydney Stack could be out of jail as soon as Friday despite his latest court appearance being adjourned until January 20.
Stack, who has already spent Christmas and New Years inside Hakea Prison, made a brief appearance in Perth Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday, accused of breaching WA’s COVID-19 quarantine requirements.
Defence lawyer Siobhan Nims made no submissions to the court other than to request her client’s matter be adjourned to January 20.
However, Stack has a bail application hearing on Friday morning to appeal the December decision to deny him bail.
Stack’s agent, Paul Peos, told the Herald Sun on Tuesday that his client was finding his predicament “very challenging”.
Stack remained straight-faced throughout his brief video appearance on Wednesday, where his case was adjourned until January 20, uttering only one word.
“Yep,” he said when asked by Magistrate Edward De Vries if he understood what was being said in court.
Richmond drew plenty of attention last year, a season which delivered a third premiership in recent times, over trouble with COVID-19 protocols, accusations of playing for free kicks and a groping scandal.
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/news/sydney-stack-back-in-court-over-alleged-covid19-selfquarantine-breaches/news-story/14362270e102e6872db30c6a21b1a7c7
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Sounds like the Club is hoping Stack will be released on Friday so they can fly him home over the weekend and have him join the start of training on Monday.
Richmond drew plenty of attention last year, a season which delivered a third premiership in recent times, over trouble with COVID-19 protocols, accusations of playing for free kicks and a groping scandal.
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/news/sydney-stack-back-in-court-over-alleged-covid19-selfquarantine-breaches/news-story/14362270e102e6872db30c6a21b1a7c7
It wasn't us diving for free kicks during the GF ::).
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Ridiculous that Stack has spent so long in prison for a minor public health offence.
It is worth mentioning that Western Australia has the highest indigenous incarceration rate in the country and still has the outlook of a penal colony. Hopefully the club supports him through this, even if they can't send anyone to WA for the 'trial'
What a load of poo.
It wasn't an opinion.
Indigenous people comprise 3% of the WA population but 40% of it's prison population
Indigenous youth are 26 times more likely to be incarcerated than their white counterparts
Indigenous West Australians are more likely to be held on remand than a white person
The list goes on.
It doesn't matter what I think, what you think or the what the banjo playing one nation supporters think, the simple fact is that the odds are against him.
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Ridiculous that Stack has spent so long in prison for a minor public health offence.
It is worth mentioning that Western Australia has the highest indigenous incarceration rate in the country and still has the outlook of a penal colony. Hopefully the club supports him through this, even if they can't send anyone to WA for the 'trial'
What a load of poo.
It wasn't an opinion.
Indigenous people comprise 3% of the WA population but 40% of it's prison population
Indigenous youth are 26 times more likely to be incarcerated than their white counterparts
Indigenous West Australians are more likely to be held on remand than a white person
The list goes on.
It doesn't matter what I think, what you think or the what the banjo playing one nation supporters think, the simple fact is that the odds are against him.
What a load of poo.
3% Of the population performing so much crime no wonder 40% of them are in jail.Most of the time its not jail for first offence either its numerous offences. Black white or whatever you cant keep on slapping them on the wrist and expect a different outcome.
Theres an old saying, you cant help those who refuse to help themselves and this rings true to so many blacks in WA.
Its not a lack of programs or money we throw a ridiculous amount of money at just 3% of the population there are so many incentives for Aboriginals to better themselves yet few lift a finger to better themselves, in fact too many encourage their kids to commit crimes and feel sorry for themselves
We cant turn back the clock they have have to get off their asses and stop blaming the white fella for every little thing and do it for themselves.
If you treat me like poo im going to reciprocate people have had a gutful of the drunkeness lawlessness and abuse that emanates from such a small percentage of the population.
Last what odds are against Stack he has a far better opportunity than the majority of australians if he shows scant regard for the law and others then its on him not the system or any other race.
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Best post ever from Claw
Couldn’t have said it better and agree on everything said
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Ridiculous that Stack has spent so long in prison for a minor public health offence.
It is worth mentioning that Western Australia has the highest indigenous incarceration rate in the country and still has the outlook of a penal colony. Hopefully the club supports him through this, even if they can't send anyone to WA for the 'trial'
Not wrong there on those facts and it aren't no coincidence.
It’s a bloody disgrace Stack was denied bail and put in jail (solitary confinement apparently)
The club should do all it can to help him.
This absolutely shook me when I watched it. I had no idea this happened in our country.
https://www.abc.net.au/4corners/australias-shame-promo/7649462
If you haven’t seen this I would highly recommend that everyone does.
Record stuck, record stuck, record stuck, record stuck..........
If every one of your posts on this subject is outrage shock and anger it losses its effect.
Have you considered that the incarceration might be doing him a favour and maybe the wakeup call Sydney needs, it worked for Marlion.
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Ridiculous that Stack has spent so long in prison for a minor public health offence.
It is worth mentioning that Western Australia has the highest indigenous incarceration rate in the country and still has the outlook of a penal colony. Hopefully the club supports him through this, even if they can't send anyone to WA for the 'trial'
Not wrong there on those facts and it aren't no coincidence.
It’s a bloody disgrace Stack was denied bail and put in jail (solitary confinement apparently)
The club should do all it can to help him.
This absolutely shook me when I watched it. I had no idea this happened in our country.
https://www.abc.net.au/4corners/australias-shame-promo/7649462
If you haven’t seen this I would highly recommend that everyone does.
Record stuck, record stuck, record stuck, record stuck..........
If every one of your posts on this subject is outrage shock and anger it losses its effect.
Have you considered that the incarceration might be doing him a favour and maybe the wakeup call Sydney needs, it worked for Marlion.
Either that or he will come out of it with drug dealing qualifications and a sore bum
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He has been remanded in custody and refused bail because this is his 2nd breach of the COVID rules in WA, so therefore his 2nd offence
Not his first
We may not like the rules, agree with them but they are the rules/laws of WA as they stand currently during this pandemic
At what point does Sydney or anyone else for that matter actually take individual responsibility for their actions?
I heard his manager on the news last night saying Sydney "is doing it tough". Maybe now the penny may finally drop. Actions have consequences
here, here
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Ch 7 just mentioned Stack has been released from jail.
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'Bewildering experience': Stack granted bail, to be released from prison
Anthony Colangelo
The Age
January 8, 2021
Richmond's Sydney Stack has been granted bail and will be released from a Western Australian jail for the first time since mid-December.
Stack was arrested on December 19 for allegedly breaching the conditions of his coronavirus exemption into the state.
A Perth judge granted Stack bail on Friday and he will face court again on January 20, ending his three-week stint in prison.
Stack's lawyer, Tom Percy QC said it may take some time before the court issues a final verdict on the matter.
"I think the court was of a view that at the end of the day, when he is finally dealt with, if he is convicted, that it wasn't inevitable that he'd be imprisoned," Mr Percy told reporters.
"I understand it has been a difficult time for him but hopefully he can get over that and move ahead.
"I imagine he'd be very relieved.
"Being in custody over the Christmas period for the first time is a bewildering experience for anyone."
Stack's manager, Paul Peos told reporters that he would speak to his client first before sharing details on a possible return to Melbourne and Richmond's pre-season training, which begins on Monday.
"He [Sydney] will be very pleased," Peos said. "It's been very hard, I haven't been able to get much communication with him in the last couple of days.
"They [Richmond] have been very supportive throughout this process, they just wanted to see him out."
Being in custody over the Christmas period for the first time is a bewildering experience for anyone.
The 20-year-old was denied bail the day after he was arrested, having been let into WA on compassionate grounds on December 10. Those compassionate grounds stated he had to quarantine for 14-days, however he was allegedly found at a party in the early hours of the morning during that period. Police also alleged Stack was not living at his nominated quarantine address.
Richmond have been providing support to Stack although they have not been able to have a representative in court because of WA's border restrictions.
https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/richmond-s-stack-granted-bail-to-be-released-from-prison-20210108-p56sph.html
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Ch 7 said the Club hasn't commented as Stack's case is still before the courts. His future to be determined by the outcome of the court hearing on Jan 20.
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Ch 7 news also said as part of his bail conditions he must stay with a aunt in Perth until his next court date in late January, "where his future will be decided"
So Syd won't be joining training any time soon
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His manager, Paul Peos, said Stack needed to focus on recovering from his ordeal in the coming weeks, and thanked the Tiger rookie's supporters.
"We are very relieved and pleased to have Syd released on bail today and grateful that the Supreme Court agreed with our position on the matter," Peos said in a statement.
"We have been overwhelmed with messages and offers of support from all around Australia for Sydney and must also say a public thankyou for the ongoing support of the Richmond Football Club in terms of his welfare.
"It has been a terribly challenging time for Sydney and our focus is on his near and longer term well-being. He has a significant period of physical, mental and spiritual healing and rehabilitation in front of him and we request some privacy as he works through these immediate challenges."
https://www.afl.com.au/news/540005/-a-terribly-challenging-time-stack-released-from-jail
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So why didn't Jesse Hogan go to jail? Hometown boy or just that he's white? Pretty obvious to me WA justice is color biased.
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Ridiculous that Stack has spent so long in prison for a minor public health offence.
It is worth mentioning that Western Australia has the highest indigenous incarceration rate in the country and still has the outlook of a penal colony. Hopefully the club supports him through this, even if they can't send anyone to WA for the 'trial'
Not wrong there on those facts and it aren't no coincidence.
It’s a bloody disgrace Stack was denied bail and put in jail (solitary confinement apparently)
The club should do all it can to help him.
This absolutely shook me when I watched it. I had no idea this happened in our country.
https://www.abc.net.au/4corners/australias-shame-promo/7649462
If you haven’t seen this I would highly recommend that everyone does.
Record stuck, record stuck, record stuck, record stuck..........
If every one of your posts on this subject is outrage shock and anger it losses its effect.
Have you considered that the incarceration might be doing him a favour and maybe the wakeup call Sydney needs, it worked for Marlion.
You obviously think incarceration for doing hardly anything wrong and minor offences is ok.
And you obviously know nothing about life in prison nor do you value true justice for real crimes.
When your son gets bail denied for spitting on the road whilst jaywalking remember that you hope he learns his lesson whilst in solitaire confinement. :shh
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So why didn't Jesse Hogan go to jail? Hometown boy or just that he's white? Pretty obvious to me WA justice is color biased.
Copped a fine for a first offence IIRC unlike multiple breacher Stack. Stack copped a warning from WA authorities the first time he broke the covid rules there (after he had broken the covid rules in Qld) but still didn't listen. After breaking the rules three times (four if you count the double offence) he shouldn't be surprised that his own stupidity eventually resulted in a harsh punishment.
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A much happier Sydney Stack out and about tonight after three weeks in jail. Here’s hoping he gets it together and can find his way and return to being a @Richmond_FC regular. Footy is good for him I just hope he realises that very quickly.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ErNh1NmVEAEZTPW?format=jpg&name=medium)
https://twitter.com/TimGossage/status/1347528295043059714
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So why didn't Jesse Hogan go to jail? Hometown boy or just that he's white? Pretty obvious to me WA justice is color biased.
Copped a fine for a first offence IIRC unlike multiple breacher Stack. Stack copped a warning from WA authorities the first time he broke the covid rules there (after he had broken the covid rules in Qld) but still didn't listen. After breaking the rules three times (four if you count the double offence) he shouldn't be surprised that his own stupidity eventually resulted in a harsh punishment.
I am trying to work out each breach - are we counting what happened in queensland? If so, why would the WA Govt count what happened outside of it’s jurisdiction?
Then, he’s breached the WA Govt quarantine direction twice post going to his grandfather’s funeral.
Is that it?
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A much happier Sydney Stack out and about tonight after three weeks in jail. Here’s hoping he gets it together and can find his way and return to being a @Richmond_FC regular. Footy is good for him I just hope he realises that very quickly.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ErNh1NmVEAEZTPW?format=jpg&name=medium)
https://twitter.com/TimGossage/status/1347528295043059714
Looks like he had time to get a tattoo, will need to do some heavy training after 2.5 weeks inside
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Ridiculous that Stack has spent so long in prison for a minor public health offence.
It is worth mentioning that Western Australia has the highest indigenous incarceration rate in the country and still has the outlook of a penal colony. Hopefully the club supports him through this, even if they can't send anyone to WA for the 'trial'
Not wrong there on those facts and it aren't no coincidence.
It’s a bloody disgrace Stack was denied bail and put in jail (solitary confinement apparently)
The club should do all it can to help him.
This absolutely shook me when I watched it. I had no idea this happened in our country.
https://www.abc.net.au/4corners/australias-shame-promo/7649462
If you haven’t seen this I would highly recommend that everyone does.
Record stuck, record stuck, record stuck, record stuck..........
If every one of your posts on this subject is outrage shock and anger it losses its effect.
Have you considered that the incarceration might be doing him a favour and maybe the wakeup call Sydney needs, it worked for Marlion.
I hope like everyone else on this site that Sydney gets back on track but having said that there is little if any evidence to support the assertion that jail rehabilitates people. It has long been recognized that jail is used overwhelming for punitive purposes not for rehabilitative purposes.
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Ridiculous that Stack has spent so long in prison for a minor public health offence.
It is worth mentioning that Western Australia has the highest indigenous incarceration rate in the country and still has the outlook of a penal colony. Hopefully the club supports him through this, even if they can't send anyone to WA for the 'trial'
Not wrong there on those facts and it aren't no coincidence.
It’s a bloody disgrace Stack was denied bail and put in jail (solitary confinement apparently)
The club should do all it can to help him.
This absolutely shook me when I watched it. I had no idea this happened in our country.
https://www.abc.net.au/4corners/australias-shame-promo/7649462
If you haven’t seen this I would highly recommend that everyone does.
Record stuck, record stuck, record stuck, record stuck..........
If every one of your posts on this subject is outrage shock and anger it losses its effect.
Have you considered that the incarceration might be doing him a favour and maybe the wakeup call Sydney needs, it worked for Marlion.
I hope like everyone else on this site that Sydney gets back on track but having said that there is little if any evidence to support the assertion that jail rehabilitates people. It has long been recognized that jail is used overwhelming for punitive purposes not for rehabilitative purposes.
What does Stack need rehab from? Being a professional athlete? Having a break over Christmas?
It's definitely punitive/a deterrent for him. Bit of a taste of what life can be like on the other side of the law.
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I'd be surprised to see him play any games this year but hope he proves me wrong.
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Id like to see him play at least 16 games in order to lift his trade value.
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Ridiculous that Stack has spent so long in prison for a minor public health offence.
It is worth mentioning that Western Australia has the highest indigenous incarceration rate in the country and still has the outlook of a penal colony. Hopefully the club supports him through this, even if they can't send anyone to WA for the 'trial'
Not wrong there on those facts and it aren't no coincidence.
It’s a bloody disgrace Stack was denied bail and put in jail (solitary confinement apparently)
The club should do all it can to help him.
This absolutely shook me when I watched it. I had no idea this happened in our country.
https://www.abc.net.au/4corners/australias-shame-promo/7649462
If you haven’t seen this I would highly recommend that everyone does.
Record stuck, record stuck, record stuck, record stuck..........
If every one of your posts on this subject is outrage shock and anger it losses its effect.
Have you considered that the incarceration might be doing him a favour and maybe the wakeup call Sydney needs, it worked for Marlion.
I hope like everyone else on this site that Sydney gets back on track but having said that there is little if any evidence to support the assertion that jail rehabilitates people. It has long been recognized that jail is used overwhelming for punitive purposes not for rehabilitative purposes.
What does Stack need rehab from? Being a professional athlete? Having a break over Christmas?
It's definitely punitive/a deterrent for him. Bit of a taste of what life can be like on the other side of the law.
As a general statement the prevailing research in this area states that jail has little deterrent effect. Again I really hope that he gets his life back on track.
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As a specific statement, if we start throwing people in jail for minor indiscretions like this, we won’t have anyway to put the dangerous ones.
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Riewoldt said the club would continue to support Sydney Stack, who was recently released on bail in WA after he allegedly breached the state's coronavirus laws.
"It is disappointing as a senior player when someone finds themselves in trouble," Riewoldt said.
"We're not going to give up on Sydney Stack. He is a young man that has got a lot of issues, he's got a lot of potential, but most importantly now we put the football side of things to one side and we want to continue to grow him as a young man.
"He has got some fantastic traits and he unfortunately found himself in a situation which was [allegedly] against the law, and certainly the wrong thing to do.
"We are going to continue to turn him into a Richmond man."
Source: The Age (https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/business-as-usual-coach-s-new-relationship-will-not-affect-tigers-says-riewoldt-20210111-p56t4e.html)
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More from Jack about Stack:
“But when we engaged Sydney to come to our football club we weren’t under an illusion that he was going to come in and it was going to be a really smooth transition.
“We expected that we were going to have some small issues with him.
“When you take on a young man like Sydney, who hasn’t been afforded a lot of the luxuries that a lot of Australian children grow up with, you know that it’s going to be a project.”
https://thewest.com.au/sport/richmond-tigers/richmond-tigers-expected-small-issues-when-recruiting-sydney-stack-says-jack-riewoldt-ng-b881766006z
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So, according to a few posters on this forum, let’s throw him in jail to “teach him a lesson”.
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Vision has emerged that shows Richmond utility Sydney Stack in a street fight in the Perth party district of Northbridge.
https://7news.com.au/sport/afl/vision-emerges-of-afl-player-sydney-stack-in-wild-street-fight-despite-order-to-quarantine-c-1809022
Stack is claiming he had to move from his original quarantine address to Belmont 100km away after a family fight.
Can someone share footage of this “wild brawl”. The video from this link shows a lot of running away (not a dig at Stack - probably one of the more mature decisions he made)
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So, according to a few posters on this forum, let’s throw him in jail to “teach him a lesson”.
So HRT please show the posts of those who suggested "let’s throw him in jail to “teach him a lesson”.
I can't recall anyone who suggested that, but I haven't read all the posts.
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There’s a “serves him right” mentality from a few posters which I think is one dimensional and short sighted.
Sometimes sport is a microcosm of society and you can see why we have some of the issues we have between he haves and the have nots.
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HRT I am still waiting for those posts you claim were posted or did you just pull them out of your preverbial.
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It does serve him right
He did the wrong thing multiple times .. the simple fact is he can’t be trusted to do the right thing .. whether you agree with a law or not isn’t the point
That’s far from “throw him in jail to teach him a lesson”
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Why don’t you explain how throwing Sydney in jail will “wake him up” like it did to Marlion Pickett
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Why don’t you explain how throwing Sydney in jail will “wake him up” like it did to Marlion Pickett
I didn’t say that
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Why don’t you explain how throwing Sydney in jail will “wake him up” like it did to Marlion Pickett
I didn’t say that
That was for yandb
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HRT this is a quote from my post a couple of days ago
"Have you considered that the incarceration might be doing him a favour and maybe the wakeup call Sydney needs, it worked for Marlion."
How do you extrapolate the above to this "throwing Sydney in jail will “wake him up” like it did to Marlion Pickett"
Poor form HRT
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You have an interesting take on poor form.
Even considering throwing in jail is far worse that missing a word on a post.
Take a good hard look at yourself champ.
Considering or doing - throwing young men from difficult backgrounds in jail is the OPPOSITE of what you should do.
80% of first timers end up back in the clink.
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HRT I worked as a volunteer in juvenile justice for ten years and worked with disadvantaged youth from very dysfunctional backgrounds some were appreciative of the last chance before
incarceration others thought it was a cheap way of avoiding the penalty and one in particular unfortunately ended up with serious jail time a few years later.
I did not advocate "throwing Sydney in jail to teach him a lesson" he was already in there but some people in life sometimes need to experience the consequences of their actions to realise that they
cannot game the system and get away with it all the time.
But of course HRT by your claims you seem to be highly qualified in the justice system so please share some of your experiences.
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Where did I say I was an expert, throwing people in jail for quarantine breaches is ridiculous - our jail capacity isn’t set up for trifling offences and neither are people who are disadvantaged.
Good luck to you for your views, I don’t agree.
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Stack’s girlfriend stands by her man
Despite his recent troubles, Tigers player Sydney Stack is being backed by his AFLW footballer girlfriend.
Paywall: https://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/fiona-byrne/sydney-stacks-girlfriend-shows-support-for-her-man/news-story/8ac58da582ffd431f50dd4c1c99e579b
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MMM saying Stack has faced court today and has pleaded guilty to the quarantine breach. To be sentenced on March 25 (?).
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To be sentenced on March 25 (?).
...to play for Norf... :shh
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Tiger Stack pleads guilty to breaching WA's COVID-19 laws
By Michael Ramsey, AAP - 3 hrs ago
RICHMOND'S Sydney Stack has pleaded guilty to breaching Western Australia's strict COVID-19 quarantine laws.
Stack appeared in Perth Magistrates Court on Wednesday where he entered a guilty plea to one count of failing to comply with a direction.
He will be sentenced on March 25.
The magistrate extended Stack's bail and ordered that pre-sentencing and psychiatric reports be obtained.
Stack and his manager Paul Peos declined to comment outside court.
Sydney Stack during a Richmond training session at Southport Sharks in January, 2020. Picture: Getty Images
Stack was granted bail earlier this month after spending almost three weeks, including the Christmas period, behind bars.
The 20-year-old was charged by police after being found out on the town in Northbridge during his compulsory self-isolation period, having entered WA from Victoria on a flight that stopped over in South Australia.
WA's border with SA was closed at the time after a recent coronavirus scare.
Stack was granted approval to enter WA on compassionate grounds on December 10 for his grandfather's funeral.
He was issued with a direction to self-quarantine for 14 days at a nominated address in Northam, about 97km from Perth.
But he was found by police at 1.10am on December 19 in the party district of Northbridge.
It was also alleged he had been staying at a residence in Belmont and not at his nominated quarantine address.
The breach capped off a torrid year for Stack, who was overlooked in the 2018 NAB AFL Draft because of concerns about off-field issues but has since played 26 AFL games for Richmond.
He was handed a 10-match AFL ban and banished from Queensland in September for an incident outside of a Gold Coast strip club.
Stack and Tigers teammate Callum Coleman-Jones broke the AFL's return-to-play protocols during that night out, which ended up with them being involved in a fight at about 3.30am. Richmond were subsequently fined $100,000.
The Tigers have promised to support Stack, who is out of contract at the end of the season, through his latest troubles.
https://www.afl.com.au/news/541876/tiger-stack-pleads-guilty-to-breaching-wa-s-covid-19-laws
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Served 19 days in jail not enough honestly and sentence in over 2 months WA living in the middle ages become a scapegoat this case.
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Is he allowed to come back to Melbourne ATM or does he remain in WA until sentencing??
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Is he allowed to come back to Melbourne ATM or does he remain in WA until sentencing??
believe he must remain in WA as per his bail conditions
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He is still in WA with his girlfriend.
https://www.instagram.com/stories/stackman_44/2498588657658614197/?hl=en
https://www.instagram.com/p/CKu6gM9jsVY/
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Hope he's training the house down.
Stack on some lean muscle Stacky haha
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AFL pre-season Blowtorch: The player your club is counting on to turn their fortunes around in 2021
Foxsports
9 February 2021
RICHMOND – Sydney Stack
It’s fair to say it has been a rough six-months for the young Tiger. After bursting on the scene with a breakout 2019 campaign, Stack struggled to lock down a best 22 spot at the club. In September, Stack and fellow youngster Callum Coleman-Jones were fined and sent home after a serious COVID-19 breach in the Queensland hub. Stack was involved in a confrontation after leaving a Gold Coast strip club. Since then, Stack return to Melbourne and then Perth, breaching COVID-19 restrictions after being put into a mandatory isolation. It caused the 20-year-old to spend Christmas behind bars, before being released. The Tigers are continuing to support the young player who will need to turn things around and focus on footy.
https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-2021-afl-clubs-expectations-blowtorch-afl-preseason-who-can-turn-their-fortunes-around-pressure/news-story/25adf8010e377bd0056069aeffd75982
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Latest pic posted on Stack's instagram yesterday.
(https://instagram.fmel8-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t51.2885-15/e35/s1080x1080/147011098_849782249207673_3292487974144714670_n.jpg?_nc_ht=instagram.fmel8-1.fna.fbcdn.net&_nc_cat=109&_nc_ohc=Nnf7mhwFN4IAX-5rHJh&tp=1&oh=a946ff42008bdc1fbe86d763db50074f&oe=604B9395)
https://www.instagram.com/stackman_44/
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Richmond seeking to get troubled Sydney Stack back into Tigers’ support structure
Richmond is holding out hope it can steer Sydney Stack’s career back on the right path after a horror year that ended with him being jailed.
Jon Ralph
HeraldSun
9 February
Richmond is desperate to get Sydney Stack back into its Melbourne support structure to reignite his career.
Stack is still stranded in Western Australia awaiting a March 25 court date after a troubled summer that led him to spend Christmas in jail.
But the Tigers are standing by the young Indigenous talent and are determined to give him another chance to re-establish his AFL career.
Stack was granted bail after a Supreme Court judge said it was unlikely he would receive a jail term if convicted of breaching West Australia’s coronavirus conditions.
He pleaded guilty to a charge of failing to comply with a direction after being found in the party district of Northbridge on December 19 instead of staying at his nominated quarantine address in Northam.
He was back in WA for the funeral of his grandfather, with Stack already battling by that stage after a year that saw him booted from Queensland and banned for 10 matches by the AFL for his first COVID breach.
He is being supported and being offered help by the Tigers, the AFLPA and his manager Paul Peos as he awaits that court date.
Stack has been given training programs by Richmond to fulfil and is now back in Northam staying with relatives.
Stack is unable to play AFL until Round 5 as he serves the remainder of his AFL ban but can play VFL football during that time.
But his long-term future in the AFL and development as a person would be his first priority rather than a quick football return as a player contracted to the end of the 2021 season.
Richmond took on the sizeable challenge of turning Stack into an AFL player aware of his determination to overcome a childhood confronted by violence that saw him moved from home to home.
It is prepared to commit to him but will also need to ensure he is ready to again commit to the professionalism and fitness needed as an AFL footballer.
Richmond and those close to Stack were aware he was already struggling in the aftermath of the 2020 season as they attempted to bolster his support structures.
Now, after a fortnight in jail and the uncertainty of waiting for his court case, no one underestimates how challenging his circumstances are as he tries to fight for his career.
But all parties are banding together to ensure they give Stack the best possible chance to rebound from his latest setback."
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/richmond-clears-premiership-defender-liam-baker-over-nightclub-capsicum-spray-incident/news-story/7c88470aa646ff4b4c26a003f44b1978
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Latest pic posted on Stack's instagram yesterday.
(https://instagram.fmel8-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t51.2885-15/e35/s1080x1080/147011098_849782249207673_3292487974144714670_n.jpg?_nc_ht=instagram.fmel8-1.fna.fbcdn.net&_nc_cat=109&_nc_ohc=Nnf7mhwFN4IAX-5rHJh&tp=1&oh=a946ff42008bdc1fbe86d763db50074f&oe=604B9395)
https://www.instagram.com/stackman_44/
Looks like he is off his nut
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The Club and players are supporting Stack which is fantastic. Can't underestimate how important the Tigers are in Stacks life at the moment. Love this Club :thumbsup
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Ch 7 news tonight:
* Stack not returning to Victoria to train with Richmond anytime soon.
* In court today he changed the address of his bail conditions.
* Will be sentenced March 23.
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New court twist keeps Stack in AFL limbo
There is fresh doubt over when troubled Sydney Stack can return to training in Victoria after a court appearance only varied his bail address to another in Western Australia.
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/richmond-clears-premiership-defender-liam-baker-over-nightclub-capsicum-spray-incident/news-story/7c88470aa646ff4b4c26a003f44b1978
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https://www.instagram.com/p/CLG2c0BDqEV/
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As predicted he is in no hurry to return and may never
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If we don't get him back ASAP, he's finito!
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https://www.instagram.com/p/CLG2c0BDqEV/
Stack’s love message to GF
“I just wanna thank you for helping me find myself again.”
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/fiona-byrne/tiger-star-sydney-stack-posts-gushing-tribute-to-aflw-girlfriend-mikayla-morrison/news-story/d05a2f589220fe121b0cdfbaf002a82c
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As predicted he is in no hurry to return and may never
If we don't get him back ASAP, he's finito!
Can't return if he's not allowed to leave WA
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I would say he doing what’s he should be doing, I hope he is training as directed by the club
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Interesting that not one of this team mates liked the post.
Maybe they have been told to not draw attention to Sydney and let him sort himself out.
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Tigers will continue to ‘back in’ young gun Sydney Stack despite impending court date
Matt Balmer
Foxsports
February 15th, 2021 [/i]
Richmond coach Damien Hardwick has “no idea” on when young gun Sydney Stack will return to Tigerland.
Stack has been in Western Australia for an extended period of time and was forced to spend Christmas behind bars after breaching COVID-19 restrictions.
Stack pleaded guilty in January of failing to comply with a direction under the Emergency Management Act and has been granted bail, before sentencing in March.
Hardwick outlined he had spoken with Stack and that the entire Richmond Football Club was behind the 20-year-old.
“Blair Hartley (list manager) has been doing a power of work behind the scenes. We’ll keep backing this young man in, he is still young and has made some mistakes but fundamentally still a good person,” he said on SEN Breakfast.
“Our role as a footy club is to bring the best out of him as a player and we are going to continue to back him in. He’s one of those guys you align yourself to.
“It’s one of the things that I’m really proud of our footy club, we back our people in as I’m experiencing first hand now and we will continue to do that.
“He’s got a lot of work to do, his court case isn’t until I think March 26. He won’t be back for the first term but we’re aware he’s doing a power of work over there and hope he gets back at some stage, but he’s got some work to do.”
Stack was suspended for 10 matches after an off-field incident where he breached the AFL’s COVID-19 guidelines in-season, forcing him to be sent home from the Queensland hub.
However, the Tigers will welcome Stack back as soon as he is ready.
“It’s a delicate situation that he and we are in at the moment, as soon as we can get him back we will get him back, there’s no doubt about that,” he said.
“It’s in the hands of the courts at the moment, we’ll continue to invest in him and give him the proper support he needs.
“He’s in a good place at the moment which is a real positive for us.”
https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-2021-richmond-sydney-stack-damien-hardwick-tigers-court-case-covid19-quarantine/news-story/56ebdfbbba4946cde2f55bfad5338770
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Just love our club with talk like that separates us apart , Stack has got to wakeup through.
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We are an unbelievable organisation centred around people, supporting our own. Absolutely love who we are :clapping
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The Hardwick drama has not been the only off-field issue at Richmond, with young gun Sydney Stack still stranded in Western Australia despite being released from prison having breached COVID-19 rules in WA.
Cotchin was however upbeat about Stack’s future at Punt Road, although he did not know when Stack would be back in Victoria.
“Stacky’s fundamentally an incredible person. He’s obviously had a couple of mishaps. He’s young, he’s still learning, he actually reached out last week to have a conversation about a few little things that he can change, which we’ll tee up over the next week or so,” Cotchin said.
Source: The Age (https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/sport/afl/cotchins-not-taking-sides-in-hardwick-marriage-split-20210222-p574kh.html)
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All class by the captain.
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(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/fe/66/bc/fe66bce21e9496e28c0cc893fee73aa0.jpg)
https://www.instagram.com/stories/stackman_44/2516979556985716618/?hl=en
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Look at me look at me
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Stack remains stranded in Western Australia as he awaits sentencing over a breach of the state’s quarantine rules. O’Neal said the Tigers were standing by the young defender.
“It’s unfortunate that he can’t get back to Melbourne but at the same time he’s getting good advice over there and we’re in constant contact and we’re anxious to have him back here and back down at Punt Road and get him down to training again, and I know he’s anxious to have that happen too.” - Peggy O'Neal.
Source: The Age (https://www.smh.com.au/sport/afl/president-endorses-richmond-s-handling-of-damien-hardwick-situation-20210309-p5795x.html)
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Stack remains stranded in Western Australia as he awaits sentencing over a breach of the state’s quarantine rules. O’Neal said the Tigers were standing by the young defender.
“It’s unfortunate that he can’t get back to Melbourne but at the same time he’s getting good advice over there and we’re in constant contact and we’re anxious to have him back here and back down at Punt Road and get him down to training again, and I know he’s anxious to have that happen too.” - Peggy O'Neal.
Source: The Age (https://www.smh.com.au/sport/afl/president-endorses-richmond-s-handling-of-damien-hardwick-situation-20210309-p5795x.html)
Love it :thumbsup
I know the playing group are very supportive and keen to see him back at Punt rd as soon as possible :shh
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Tigers trim costs to pay Stack fine as return nears
Richmond hopes to welcome back Sydney Stack soon with the Tigers working out a cost-cutting plan to absorb his $100,000 fine and save jobs.
Paywall: https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/teams/richmond/richmond-pledges-to-help-sydney-stack-as-return-to-club-nears/news-story/a11be77318ede7409b99b8283e7d0e4c
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Richmond pledges to help Sydney Stack as return to club nears
HeraldSun
14 March 2021
Richmond has shaved costs to avoid huge job losses at Punt Road as a result of the COVID-19 hit season, absorbing some of Sydney Stack’s huge fine in its football cap.
Richmond is hopeful Sydney Stack could be back at Punt Road within weeks as it absorbs the damage of his $100,000 fine within the club’s football department cap.
Stack is in a much better place than when he was released from prison for a West Australian COVID breach as he awaits a March 25 court date for that offence.
The talented indigenous player is living with his auntie in Northam and attempting to rededicate himself to his AFL career.
He is not only getting a high level of support from Richmond on a fitness program, he is also accessing the type of counselling and welfare he needs to work on his issues away from football.
Stack was rocked by a family bereavement pre-Christmas and then returned home to West Australia where he committed a second COVID breach after his initial Queensland AFL infraction.
But when he was bailed after serving three weeks in jail the Supreme Court judge suggested he was unlikely to serve more jail time even if given a conviction.
The Tigers are desperate to get him back among their support structures, with Stack able to play practice games and VFL despite his AFL ban that runs until Round 5.
The Tigers and Stack’s management are determined to respect the court process but there is a hope with borders to soon be opened up he could be back in Melbourne soon after that court case.
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/teams/richmond/richmond-pledges-to-help-sydney-stack-as-return-to-club-nears/news-story/a11be77318ede7409b99b8283e7d0e4c
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Richmond AFL player Sydney Stack is due to learn his penalty for breaching Western Australia's strict COVID-19 quarantine laws.
Stack has pleaded guilty to one count of failing to comply with a direction.
If Stack avoids jail time, he could rejoin his Richmond teammates within days.
Stack still has to serve four more matches of his AFL ban, but it's expected he will be eligible to play second-tier games during that period.
https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/crime/quarantine-breach-to-cost-richmonds-stack-ng-s-2054873
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Back at the Club Monday :thumbsup
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Back at the Club Monday :thumbsup
Awesome news.
$6,000 fine
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AFL star Sydney Stack fined for COVID-19 quarantine breach in Perth
Stack was charged with failing to comply with a direction, and on Thursday faced a sentencing hearing in Perth Magistrates Court.
His lawyer Tom Percy said Stack had already spent 21 “difficult” days in custody over Christmas before he was granted bail.
Mr Percy said a Richmond football club representative was in court to support Stack, as well as Stack’s manager and girlfriend.
“AFL clubs are not known for their patience with players who offend, but they are committed to keeping him,” Mr Percy said.
https://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/afl-star-sydney-stack-fined-for-covid19-quarantine-breach-in-perth/news-story/b1e879f358723b7e01f592a84971877d
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Sydney Stack has escaped with a $6000 fine for breaching Western Australia’s strict COVID-19 quarantine laws, but his hopes of an international music career have taken a blow.
Stack appeared in Perth Magistrates Court on Thursday for his sentencing, having already pleaded guilty to one count of failing to comply with a direction.
Both the defence and prosecution agreed a fine would be a suitable punishment, but Stack’s lawyer Tom Percy also pushed for a spent conviction.
Mr Percy said Stack was a “budding musician” who was keen to travel to the United States to explore opportunities.
But the magistrate rejected the request, saying it was important to deter others from offending in a similar manner.
Mr Percy said Stack left the residence in Northam because it was overcrowded and he had a falling out with his family.
Stack, who had been on parole in Perth since January, is planning to return to Melbourne on Sunday to link up with Richmond.
But an AFL return appears unlikely for quite some time.
Stack still has to serve three more matches of the 10-match ban he copped for breaking the AFL’s return-to-play protocols last year.
Mr Percy said that Stack only rated himself “25 per cent” match fit compared to what was required at AFL level.
Outside court, Stack apologised for his breach, saying he was remorseful for using up the Western Australia’s valuable resources.
When asked if he thinks he will be able to return to AFL ranks after serving the remainder of his ban, Stack replied: “Not in my head, I don’t think so.”
“It (my body) is not AFL ready. I have a lot of work to do when I get back.”
Stack has played 26 games for the Tigers, but is out of contract at season’s end and faces an uncertain future.
Mr Percy said Stack knew he was unlikely to get another chance if he made another mistake.
https://7news.com.au/sport/afl/court-punishes-jailed-afl-player-over-christmas-covid-breach-c-2436310
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Richmond General Manager - Football Talent Blair Hartley, who supported Stack in court today, said the entire Club looked forward to welcoming the 20-year-old back to Melbourne.
“Clearly, the last few months have been difficult for Sydney, so it was great to get some good news today that he can re-join our football program in Victoria,” Hartley said.
“Sydney’s welfare and overall health will remain our priority upon his return, and we will continue to support him however best we can.
“We would like to thank all those that have helped Sydney during his time in Western Australia in particular his manager Paul Peos and the AFLPA.”
https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/888749/stack-to-return-to-melbourne
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Mr Percy said that Stack only rated himself “25 per cent” match fit compared to what was required at AFL level.
When asked if he thinks he will be able to return to AFL ranks after serving the remainder of his ban, Stack replied: “Not in my head, I don’t think so.”
“It (my body) is not AFL ready. I have a lot of work to do when I get back.”
https://7news.com.au/sport/afl/court-punishes-jailed-afl-player-over-christmas-covid-breach-c-2436310
He is going to have to do a full preseason's worth of training and probably more to get back based on that. Unlikely to be seen until just before finals if he does make it back to playing this year.
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Mid-season bye.
Thankfully we have VFL games.
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Looking less and less likely that AFL is his thing, just hope for the best for the young man
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Looking less and less likely that AFL is his thing, just hope for the best for the young man
Agreed.
Kids needs to stay in Melbourne really. If he doesn't have a crack for the rest of the year, or even before the mid-season draft, I'd cut him loose.
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Looking less and less likely that AFL is his thing, just hope for the best for the young man
25% Match Fit. Kid doesn’t want it enough.
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Stewie dew in 08 GF needs to be a reminder that skinfold tests are overrated
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Looking less and less likely that AFL is his thing, just hope for the best for the young man
25% Match Fit. Kid doesn’t want it enough.
Would think the key words are " match fit"
We don't know what sort of program he's been on
We don't what restrictions he faced with his bail conditions
We don't but I've no doubt the club would and did
I've been one of his biggest critics for getting himself into this mess but I will cut him some slack until gets back to the club on Monday and we see for ourselves and hear what the Club says
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Marlion to become Stack's mentor.
Syd will also address the playing group when he returns to Melbourne.
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'He'll tell his story': Stack to front Tigers teammates after COVID breach
Young Tiger will address the playing group after being fined $6000 for breaching WA's quarantine laws last year
By Shayne Hope
AAP/AFL.com.au
26 March 2021
SYDNEY Stack will have to address his Richmond teammates to "tell his story" when he returns to the club next week after being fined for breaching Western Australia's COVID-19 quarantine laws.
Stack appeared in Perth Magistrates Court on Thursday for his sentencing, having already pleaded guilty to one count of failing to comply with a direction.
The 20-year-old was fined $6000 and will return to Melbourne on Sunday.
But he is unlikely to play at AFL level any time soon as he instead focuses on getting his life back in order and rebuilding his fitness base.
Stack spent almost three weeks - including the Christmas period - behind bars after being caught in Northbridge during his compulsory self-isolation period.
It came after he had been granted approval to enter WA on compassionate grounds in December for his grandfather's funeral.
Richmond coach Damien Hardwick on Friday said he hopes the incident and penalty can be a "fork in the road" for Stack.
"He's been on a hell of a journey, the young man," Hardwick said.
"We're willing to welcome him back with open arms and get him back on track.
"He's like any young man that makes some mistakes along the way - he's clear to make amends - and we're there to provide that opportunity for him.
"We can't wait to get him back in our program.
"It's going to take a little bit of time to get him back up to speed but the positive for us is he'll make it back to Melbourne and be a Richmond man once again."
Stack will front his teammates to explain his situation, as Hardwick did in January, when he addressed his marriage breakdown and the development of a new relationship with a member of the club's staff.
"He'll tell his story, that's something we always ask our players to do," Hardwick said.
"Everyone does have a story to tell, myself included, at various stages.
"In his own time he'll get up and address the group, he'll tell his situation of what he's been through and, more importantly, what he wants to do going forward.
"That's the big one for us. We can sit there and hang people on their past, but it's more important what he's going to do with his first step inside the door."
Hardwick said Richmond teammate Marlion Pickett will likely act as a mentor for fellow Indigenous player Stack.
Pickett spent time in jail before being given a football lifeline by the Tigers and becoming a premiership player, famously starring on debut in the 2019 Toyota AFL Grand Final.
"It's early days, but I think Marlion would be a great role model for (Stack)," Hardwick said.
"He's been through some significant challenges himself and there's no greater example to look at the guy on his left and make his way in the world."
https://www.afl.com.au/news/569775/-he-ll-tell-his-story-stack-to-front-tigers-teammates-after-covid-breach
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Will get conditioning playing VFL. Will be fit enough after 6 weeks :shh
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Has no further credits.
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I cannot see him making it. He does not have the discipline to be a league player which is sad because he has the talent.
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From Cotch's article in the HeraldSun the other day:
Cotchin says Sydney Stack has been given the firm message he is running out of chances to transform his life and football career as he prepares to return to Punt Rd.
Richmond is thrilled that Stack will on Sunday fly into Melbourne to prepare for his return to football after being fined $6000 for a Perth COVID breach.
The club will give him all the welfare and counselling support it can after a harrowing three-week period in jail and the loss of close family members last year.
But the Tigers are also prepared to dole out some tough love, having told Stack he must respond with the kind of professionalism that has come in fits and starts in his time at Richmond.
Cotchin has spoken with Stack about his return to the club as he prepares to move in with a host family and improve a fitness base he said was only at 25 per cent of AFL level.
He said Richmond had pledged to stand by Stack and would fulfil that promise.
“That’s been our goal and focus since everything eventuated,” he told the Herald Sun.
“We know Stacky through his journey of living and getting to an AFL club has made some mistakes along the way but our goal for anyone who walks into our footy club is to walk out of the footy club a better person.
“We want to continue to give himself that opportunity to grow and find out about who the real Sydney Stack is and hopefully this last little challenge for him, which has been pretty significant, it’s not a wake-up call but it’s a reminder football can come and go pretty quickly and it’s not just you it’s impacting, it’s impacting a lot of people.
“But we are also willing to help him, and hopefully give him the best opportunity to be the absolute best version of himself.”
Asked if Stack was aware he had to show the professionalism to repay Richmond’s faith, Cotchin said: “Absolutely, and I think he’s got that message very loud and clear.”
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/teams/richmond/trent-cotchin-opens-up-about-hub-life-challenges-new-businesses-and-his-mate-dusty/news-story/498c534f0d1cfbaf7f12569731ff4b7f
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Anyone know whether stacky was at the club today?
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Anyone know whether stacky was at the club today?
Stack was back at Punt Rd this morning. Can't find any photos of him though.
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Anyone know whether stacky was at the club today?
Stack was back at Punt Rd this morning. Can't find any photos of him though.
Syd was at today's announcement of Balta's contract extension.
(http://oneeyed-richmond.com/images/players/StackReturns.png)
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Stack returned to training yesterday:
(http://oneeyed-richmond.com/images/players/StackBack1.png)
(http://oneeyed-richmond.com/images/players/StackBack2.png)
(http://oneeyed-richmond.com/images/players/StackBack3.png)
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They need to train him hard, get him ready in say 8 weeks give him some games and trade him to Freo or WCE for a pick in tbe draft.
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He'd need at least one full season of playing good footy in the ones with no off-field crap before he's of any trade value and if that happens we probably wouldn't trade him anyway.... :shh
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Sydney Stack returned to Punt Road early in the week after his $6000 COVID fine in Perth but by his own admission is only 25 per cent fit to play AFL.
He is eligible to play AFL after Round 5 but clearly will need longer to reach match fitness.
“He has just been jogging and running laps and doing boxing with the boxing coach and doing extra training. It’s going to be a pretty tough month or two training-wise. We got flogged in January and February and he is coming now but he’s kept his head down, and I am looking forward to talking to him and getting to know him again,” Vlastuin said.
“He has been through a fair bit and not many 20-year-olds would be in prison over New Years like that, so it’s a hell of a story. Just with his upbringing, I can’t understand the things he has had to go through so it will be good to put my arms around him.”
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/afl-contract-news-2021-stay-up-to-date-with-the-latest-player-movement-buzz/news-story/7a1edb3cb105f2fecc9d0d493630232a
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Balme also provided an update on Sydney Stack ...
“It’s really lovely to see ‘Stacky’,” Balme said.
“We all know that he’s had his challenges, but we all know that, deep down, he’s a really talented player.
“Let’s hope we can give him some opportunities.
“He needs to do a bit of work on his fitness, obviously, but I don’t think he will be that far off playing.”
https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/900085/richmond-s-regeneration-on-the-run
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2019 form Stack would be a good in for our team right about now.
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Yep. Forward line for me. Stuff off Aarts and Rioli.
Play George, Stack and MRJ.
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Stack’s on: Tiger poised to play in VFL this week
Daniel Cherny
The Age
April 12, 2021 — 6.04pm
Sydney Stack is poised to make his long-awaited return to competitive football this week with the Richmond defender set to line up in the Tigers’ VFL opener against Sandringham at Punt Road on Friday.
Stack hasn’t played since being suspended early last September for breaches of the AFL’s hub protocols. Both Stack and teammate Callum Coleman-Jones were sent home and banned for 10 matches following their infamous night out on the Gold Coast, but those suspensions have been served and both are eligible to play in the VFL or AFL this week.
https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/stack-s-on-tiger-poised-to-play-in-vfl-this-week-20210412-p57ika.html
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Sydney Stack will play some “limited” game time in the VFL after what has been a horror period for the youngster.
Stack has served his 10-game ban for his breach of COVID-19 protocols last year, but he also spent Christmas behind bars in Perth after breaking that state’s COVID-19 restrictions.
Hardwick said it was great to have him back and playing football.
“He’s settled in well. It’s been a pretty traumatic experience for a 20-year-old. We sit there and judge people pretty quickly on what they are but it’s more important what he’s going to do moving forward,” Hardwick said.
“We’re really excited about what he can become. He can play the game. What we’re looking for from Sydney is to get the consistency in his life that allows him to play the game at the very highest level. Ability is no question, he’s got it.”
Source: The Age (https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/sport/afl/premierships-aren-t-won-in-april-hardwick-backs-tigers-despite-slow-start-20210413-p57irb.html)
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Gale confirmed troubled youngster Sydney Stack is in good shape ahead of a return to VFL football tomorrow.
The 20-year-old spent almost three weeks, including the Christmas period, behind bars after being caught in Northbridge during his compulsory self-isolation period in Western Australia in December.
“He came back a few weeks ago,” he told 3AW Football.
“We work really hard to create an environment where Sydney can be valued and be as good as he can be.
“We are hopeful he can get back to where he was a couple of years ago.”
Source: 3aw (https://www.3aw.com.au/richmond-boss-says-hardwick-has-faced-challenges/)
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Stack’s back for Richmond in a promising VFL return
Peter Ryan
The Age
April 17, 2021
Richmond’s Sydney Stack made a solid return for the Tigers in his first match for the club since he and teammate Callum Coleman-Jones were sent home from the Gold Coast in September for breaching the AFL’s COVID-19 protocols when they became involved in a late-night altercation in Surfers Paradise.
The 20-year-old was mobbed by teammates when he kicked a goal in the third quarter after he received a pass from Coleman-Jones.
Stack started on the bench but entered at the six-minute mark of the first quarter, playing as a deep forward. He looked in good shape as he played about 15 minutes each quarter, attacking the ball in his customary direct fashion.
https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/stack-s-back-for-richmond-in-a-promising-vfl-return-20210416-p57jvq.html
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Interesting that Benny wanted the 2019 version of Stacky back too. (not the 2020 version who was gifted games)
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We all want 2019 stack back. Would be an absolute weapon in our team.
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We all want 2019 stack back. Would be an absolute weapon in our team.
Stack should not get a game this year, internal club discipline should not see him rewarded while others have toiled and done the right thing and he should not get a game in front of them.
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We all want 2019 stack back. Would be an absolute weapon in our team.
Stack should not get a game this year, internal club discipline should not see him rewarded while others have toiled and done the right thing and he should not get a game in front of them.
If his form warrants it and the coaches/leadership group are satisfied that he’s putting in the effort required to be an AFL footballer and represent the RFC then he absolutely should.
Stack has been punished by the AFL and the WA courts and he has served those punishments.
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Dimma was asked about Stack this morning:
"He was just head down bum up on the weekend. It was great to see our players when he kicked his first goal get around him. So it's great to just have him back playing footy at the lower level. He's got a little bit of work to do, Syd, but he certainly can play the game. He's just got to get fit and get himself available for AFL footy. But for us, it's just great he's back playing footy and getting his life back on track which is important for us and for Sydney."
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Sydney Stack has been offered a fine with an early guilty plea following the VFL's match review of Richmond's Round 2 loss to Casey Demons on Saturday afternoon.
Charge Laid:
Sydney Stack, Richmond, has been charged for striking Casey Demons player James Munro during the second quarter of the VFL Round Two match between Richmond and Casey Demons on Saturday, April 24 at the Swinburne Centre.
Based on the available video evidence and medical report, the incident was assessed as Intentional Conduct with Low Impact and Body Contact. The incident was classified as a one-match sanction. The player has no applicable record which impacted the penalty.
An early guilty plea enables the player to accept a $600 fine (AFL Listed) and a reprimand.
https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/921884/stack-offered-fine-for-vfl-charge
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Dimma talking about Syd today:
"He's getting closer. Once again with Sydney it's a slowly slowly process. He's missed a hell of lot of footy. He's missed a lot of the preseason. He's just finding his legs on the footy field and off-field as well. What we really have been been pleased with is his made positive inroads both on and off field. It's exciting for us. We know he can play the game. He's an exciting talent just sitting there waiting in the wings. We've just got to make sure we give him the very best chance possible to continue his AFL career".
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https://twitter.com/FOXFOOTY/status/1407660712181207044
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Different states I guess, but he has a point!
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I agree 100% with robbo for probably the first time ever.
Stack should never have been jailed for that. Absolute rubbish decision any way you want to look at it.
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VFL report could thwart Stack as he stakes AFL claim
Daniel Cherny
The Age
July 5, 2021
The AFL has confirmed Stack was reported for striking the Bullants’ Sunny Brazier, with the incident to be reviewed on Monday.
Richmond’s VFL side lost by 13 points to the Northern Bullants on Saturday but Stack, who hasn’t played at AFL level since his 10-match suspension for a hub breach on the Gold Coast last year, had 29 disposals in the clash at Preston City Oval.
West Australian Stack is out-of-contract at season’s end but there is no rush for a new deal. Instead the Tigers and Stack’s management decided to let things play out until late in the season after an off-season in which Stack found himself in jail in WA after breaking bio-security rules.
“No discussions around future contract at this point – that was planned [for] well in the back end of season just leave pressure off Syd and the club,” his manager Paul Peos of Inside 50 said on Sunday.
“He is more generally going really well, happy, fit and playing consistently good footy at VFL level and keen to get [an] opportunity to go up.”
https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/no-contract-talks-yet-for-stack-as-he-stakes-afl-claim-20210704-p586ps.html
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Should only be a fine. It happens multiple times per game and the player reacted to get the free kick.
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Should only be a fine. It happens multiple times per game and the player reacted to get the free kick.
Based on this:
Sydney Stack has been offered a fine with an early guilty plea following the VFL's match review of Richmond's Round 2 loss to Casey Demons on Saturday afternoon.
Charge Laid:
Sydney Stack, Richmond, has been charged for striking Casey Demons player James Munro during the second quarter of the VFL Round Two match between Richmond and Casey Demons on Saturday, April 24 at the Swinburne Centre.
Based on the available video evidence and medical report, the incident was assessed as Intentional Conduct with Low Impact and Body Contact. The incident was classified as a one-match sanction. The player has no applicable record which impacted the penalty.
An early guilty plea enables the player to accept a $600 fine (AFL Listed) and a reprimand.
https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/921884/stack-offered-fine-for-vfl-charge
Should he be getting one week because he has lost his good record?
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Good- he should be playing against the Pies on Sunday :thumbsup
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Should he be getting one week because he has lost his good record?
If he didn't have a good record he wouldn't have been given the option for an early plea & fine and would've just been suspended straight off the bat... :shh
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Should he be getting one week because he has lost his good record?
If he didn't have a good record he wouldn't have been given the option for an early plea & fine and would've just been suspended straight off the bat... :shh
The one from Round 2 that i quoted?
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Yes. :shh
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Syd free to play :thumbsup.
Free to play this week.
It's time. Come on Sydney. (https://abs-0.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f42f.png)
Did Stack get off or just cop a fine?
Fine. Was a week but down to a fine due to having “no record”. Which is funny cos he got a fine earlier in the season for striking but who’s complaining (https://abs-0.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f937-1f3fb-200d-2640-fe0f.png)
https://twitter.com/merrrnique/status/1411962392674594820
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Ch 7 news just said Sydney has been named this week.
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Dimma's comments yesterday on Stack:
"He's really impressed, how he's gone about it," Hardwick said.
"Obviously he started a little bit behind the eight-ball but his fitness has really picked up and he's starting to see the form that we know Sydney can play with."
“I think what happens is everyone matures and everyone grows up at stages, don’t they? Some take a little longer than others but we always thought Sydney’s on-field performance is not our biggest concern,” Hardwick said.
Sources: AFL (https://www.afl.com.au/news/644253/dimma-hopeful-spluttering-tigers-can-flick-the-switch-) & The Age (https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/not-playing-anywhere-near-the-level-of-expectation-hardwick-urges-tigers-to-lift-20210709-p5888i.html) websites.
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Sydney Stack is back, and all he wants to do now is move forward
Peter Ryan
The Age
July 11, 2021
On Sunday, Sydney Stack rejoins the AFL fray for the first time since August 22 last year.
The talented 21-year-old will take to the field with teammates that need him as much as he has needed them in the past eight months.
His return is a triumph for both Richmond and the man who had to accept, without complaint, the harshest of consequences for two headline-grabbing mistakes in his 21st year.
The first error had him sent home from his team’s hub on the Gold Coast with a massive fine and a 10-week suspension after he breached the AFL’s COVID protocols with teammate Callum Coleman-Jones and found trouble in Surfers Paradise’s nightclub strip.
He watched from afar last year as his teammates won their third flag in four years.
Stack’s second error was breaching the COVID exemption Western Australia had granted him to enter the state for a family funeral, when he was arrested out in Northbridge while he should have been in quarantine. The authorities’ response was harsh and unyielding.
For his act of wantonness, Stack spent two weeks over Christmas in Hakea Prison – most of that time in isolation in the jail’s COVID wing with only his legal team able to contact him – before serving two months adhering to bail conditions. He was eventually fined $6000 in the Perth Magistrates court after a series of Supreme Court decisions in the state found incarceration for COVID breaches was a manifestly excessive penalty.
He stood on the steps of that court late in March with his legal team, manager Paul Peos and steadfast Richmond list manager Blair Hartley alongside him, apologised, and resolved to move forward from a three-month ordeal a person close to him described as “distressing”.
“I have a lot of work to do when I get back to Melbourne,” Stack said.
He knew by then that the Tigers were going beyond what many clubs would do to hold up their end of the bargain and he was determined to undertake the hard yards required for him to use the opportunity.
As he began his period of purgatory in Perth, Stack began working with a personal trainer to stay in shape.
His management group, Inside 50, led by Peos in Perth and Cam Read in Melbourne, worked in lockstep with Hartley, the man who added Stack to the Tigers’ list two years earlier, to help Stack face the consequences of his actions and recognise that plenty of people, including at Richmond, remained in his corner.
Stack heard from teammates and club officials regularly. Vice-captain Jack Riewoldt also made it clear the leadership group knew when they recruited Stack there might be some hiccups as he adjusted to an elite environment, but they would ride the bumps with him.
A host family put up their hand to house Stack when back in Victoria, and Tigers coach Damien Hardwick said the club would open their arms up for him when he returned.
“In his own time he’ll get up and address the group, he’ll tell his situation of what he’s been through and, more importantly, what he wants to do going forward,” Hardwick said the day after Stack was fined.
In early April at Punt Road Oval Stack’s re-emergence began as Richmond’s VFL team played Sandringham in the opening match of the season. He found his feet, gathering 10 touches, and was away.
He kept turning up, getting fitter, and performing in the VFL, but the Tigers didn’t rush to put him back in the team, even as injuries hit and players struggled to recapture the form that made them premiership winners.
Then, last Saturday, Stack picked up 29 touches against Preston. The old zip was back as he charged through congestion and accelerated with intent.
Of course, his return was complicated when he picked a bad time to be reported, but a fine cleared the way for him to be selected to play against Collingwood.
The pride in Hardwick’s voice was evident as he declared on Friday that Stack was close to selection.
“He is going well. He has really impressed in the way he has gone about it,” Hardwick said.
“He started obviously a little bit behind the eight-ball but his fitness has really picked up and he is starting to see the form that we know that Sydney can play with.”
There were no excuses from Hardwick as he explained the path Stack has been on at Richmond.
“I think what happens is everyone matures and everyone grows up at stages, don’t they?” Hardwick said.
“Some take a little longer than others, but we always thought Sydney’s on-field performance is not our biggest concern.
“He can play the game, there is no doubt about that. But what we have been really impressed with is how he has gone about his life off-field.
“He has started to get some things in play, he has started to grow up, which is not only going to make him a great footballer, I think, but also a great person off the field.”
Read hopes people will let Stack put his past behind him and focus, as Richmond have, on the character he is, rather than make judgments based on headline-grabbing, silly mistakes.
“Syd is an honest kid and the first to admit to his mistakes. He is also lucky to the have the unwavering support of family and friends,” Read said.
“His return to the highest level is the culmination of a lot of background effort from a lot of people, but most importantly, the hard work of Syd to accept his mistakes, take what has come, and work to get back the trust he lost, along with the conditioning to play at the highest level.”
People have seen what Stack can become. Now he is back, it’s time to push forward.
https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/sydney-stack-is-back-and-all-he-wants-to-do-now-is-move-forward-20210709-p58892.html
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2 weeks in prison is the biggest injustice i have ever heard of.
pedos have got less.
Hope he comes back and shoves it to everyone.
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Human rights in WA is back 50 years with a mean spirited and bigoted government enabled by it’s electorate
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An injustice and a reason some would question if the crime fits the punishment
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How did we all see Stack's return to the seniors?
13 disposals (6k, 7h, 4c, 9u, 76.9% eff.)
3 marks
3 tackles
1 clearance
0 inside 50s
3 intercepts
1 scoring involvement
115m gained.
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Thought he was good.
At least he attacks the contest
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one of the best on field for mine
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Good attack on the ball
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one of the best on field for mine
+1
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Would've got done by 10 goals plus without him & Grimes... :shh
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Played really well tonight!!
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Only 115m gained that will rub some of our posters here the wrong way.
Oh wait, he's not a whipping boy like Rioli.
Oh and meters gained is a crap stat.
Great game, hope he plays out the year and get another contract. Lots of upside, especially if we can keep him in Vic over summer.
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Thought he could hold his head high
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Reckon the future small defender spots are covered with Stack and Mansell. One key defender spot covered with Balta and Vlastuin is 27.
Reckon we are in the market for another quality key defender with Astbury close to the end and we need to find that third tall to replace Grimes in a few yrs time.
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Only 115m gained that will rub some of our posters here the wrong way.
Oh wait, he's not a whipping boy like Rioli.
Oh and meters gained is a crap stat.
Great game, hope he plays out the year and get another contract. Lots of upside, especially if we can keep him in Vic over summer.
I regarded Stacks game as good. Especially great to see him back in the team.
But unlike Rioli, which Hardwick already previously stated that we need him to “run & carry” as a replacement for the injured Houli, Stacks role isn’t to be an attacking defender creating plays from half back, nor is Mansell required to play that role.
Unless that role changes for them then yes I personally would expect a greater capacity to “gain metres” for the team.
Again Stacks role is different but even though it’s different to Rioli’s on the day he still managed to triple the metres gained of that of Rioli, who’s role was as a replacement for Houli and in that role Rioli failed miserably to the point an injured Houli would’ve been a better option.
Maybe Stack is the answer in the Houli role.
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Stack's always been the answer to the Houli role... :shh
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Yep, a born footballer...
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Potential SUPERSTAR
Only he can stuff it up for himself .. which he’s tried super hard to do so far
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“He [Stack] was pretty good . . . What I’m looking forward to is his second game back,” Richmond coach Damien Hardwick said in his post-match press conference.
“It’s what he does with the knowledge that he takes out of the journey he’d had thus far, but more importantly, what he learns and how he grows from it . . .
“We know how good he can be. I want to see what he does with it.
“That’s his challenge. He’s too good a player to not be playing AFL.
“He’s got a chance now, and we’ll see how he goes.”
Full article: https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/977504/stack-a-welcome-addition-to-tigers-team
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What I like about Stack is he goes for the attacking option when it's on which opens up the play. He doesn't play it slow and down the line. Some of his passes last night into the corridor and/or on the 45 were sublime.
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What I like about Stack is he goes for the attacking option when it's on which opens up the play. He doesn't play it slow and down the line. Some of his passes last night into the corridor and/or on the 45 were sublime.
And he’s hard at it and good defensively to boot!
Mansell and even Rioli looked good down back but I’m hoping stack is the one that keeps his spot once broad, vlas, balta return.
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I liked his game against Brisbane. I am glad he is doing well.
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Continues to play well- well done to the young man :clapping
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Continues to play well- well done to the young man :clapping
Yep in the top 5
Can only think of 5 blokes who were decent today
Stacky was one of them
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GUN :shh
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See you in 2022 Stack well done.
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Where are all the apologies? :shh :rollin :shh
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I'm an apology.
BOG
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Where are all the apologies? :shh :rollin :shh
What for?
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One of the rare few who busted their backside and gave a stuff trying to generate run to win the game. If all his teammates showed the same intensity and desperation as Syd did tonight we would've won easily.
Well done Stacky. You can hold your head up.
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Has got all the skills to be a top tier AFL footballer if he can put the off field stuff behind him.
Would defs re-sign.
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Has got all the skills to be a top tier AFL footballer if he can put the off field stuff behind him.
Would defs re-sign.
The off field stuff is behind him. Must sign ASAP.
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Yep re-sign him ASAP and not as a rookie either
Should be on the main list ahead of a number of others
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Where are all the apologies? :shh :rollin :shh
What for?
All the posters that wanted him sacked last year when he was wrongfully imprisoned.
Those who were the most scathing know who they are. :rollin
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Best on ground for us by a mile
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May even be as important to keep as Bolton...possibly even moreso.... :shh
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Try to keep him in Vic over summer training hard. Gun
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12 intercepts is up there with the best in the AFL according to David King.
25 disposals (11k, 14h, 7c, 17u, 96% eff.)
10 marks ( 1 contested)
2 tackles
12 intercepts
2 inside 50s
455m gained
4 score involvements
78% time on ground.
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Damien Hardwick paid tribute to Stack during his post-game press conference.
“He was very good. He’s built ever since he came back into the side,” Hardwick said.
“We stuck by him as a footy club and Sydney worked incredibly hard to earn the trust of the group again . . .
“He’s been head down, backside up.
“So, look, it is a great sign for him. But the challenges are certainly there moving forward for Sydney once again . . .
“He’s an incredible football player, there’s no doubt about it.
“What I have been really impressed with is his ability to learn and grow from an off-field perspective, which we think is going to hold him in good stead moving forward.
“He’s only scratching the surface of his career.
“There’s no doubt he can play the game, and we’ll continue to invest in him, both on and off the field.”
https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/993112/stack-a-standout
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Positive: Sublime Sydney Stack
Sydney Stack burst onto the AFL scene in 2019 before fading out just as quickly as he arrived.
After an injury riddled 2020, some off-field bother over summer and a slow start to this year, it’s safe to say that Stack is playing for his AFL career.
With his contract up at the end of the season, Stack has to prove himself all over again, and that he did on Sunday.
He was absolutely sublime in defence, winning 25 disposals (his career best) at 96 per cent efficiency, along with 10 marks (another career high), 12 intercepts and five rebound 50s.
Stack was calm when in possession and provided plenty of much needed drive and his diving mark in front of an oncoming pack was ridiculously brave.
He did his chances of winning a new deal no harm whatsoever and put forward a good case for a regular role as a running half-back.
https://www.sen.com.au/news/2021/08/02/one-positive-and-one-negative-from-your-clubs-round-20-performance/
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Great game. He deserves alot of credit.
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Back to his smooth moving, composed best.
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Stack’s on for contract extension
Jon Pierik
The Age
August 3, 2021
Richmond defender Sydney Stack, one of the great tales of redemption this season, is firming for a contract extension.
Tigers senior advisor Neil Balme said on Tuesday Stack, who was the side’s best player in the four-point loss to Fremantle on Sunday, had shown he was an important piece of the future.
Stack, 21, is off contract this season and had to reaffirm his commitment to the team and club after a tumultuous off-season in which he found himself in jail in Western Australia after breaking bio-security protocols.
“It shouldn’t be a problem, I would think,” Balme said of a new contract.
“It’s a two-way relationship, isn’t it? You have got to give them a chance and help them, and that’s what we have done, and he has responded well.”
Stack, having regained match fitness through the VFL, returned to the senior side in round 17 and against the Dockers had a career-high 25 disposals and a career-high 12 intercepts and 10 marks. He also had four score involvements in 455 metres gained.
“He is a very talented kid … it is not as easy to play the game as we think it is. In fact, I haven’t made a mistake in the lounge room for 25 years,” Balme said.
https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/stack-s-on-for-contract-extension-vlastuin-seeks-recall-20210803-p58fb9.html
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Always a good sign when a player backs up a good game the week before. Another 22 possies tonight. Loving his mindset now to be creative and break the lines off HB to open the play while still working hard other way to be defensively accountable. One of our cleanest ball users by foot too. Well done Syd!
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Always a good sign when a player backs up a good game the week before. Another 22 possies tonight. Loving his mindset now to be creative and break the lines off HB to open the play while still working hard other way to be defensively accountable. One of our cleanest ball users by foot too. Well done Syd!
^^^^ :clapping
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Good again.
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Gun. :shh
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How many want him sacked now :shh
A few posters with egg on their faces. :rollin
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How many want him sacked now :shh
A few posters with egg on their faces. :rollin
Geez I wasn’t even one of the ones who said to sack him and I still find this post annoying. I never saw anyone questioning his football ability. It was the off field stuff that was rubbing people the wrong way. While the rules he was breaking might have seemed silly to you, rules are rules and while his punishments set by the AFL and by the courts were harsh it doesn’t change the fact that he put himself in that position multiple times last year.
He wouldn’t be the first super talented young man who doesn’t live up to his potential due to off-field indiscretions and most certainly won’t be the last.
To his credit he has put his head down and won back the trust of the players/coaches and has been performing at a top level since coming back. I hope he can continue in this manner as I think he is an absolute gun and can be a great long term addition to our backline. This off-season will be a big test.
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He is a talent and i love it :thumbsup
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How many want him sacked now :shh
A few posters with egg on their faces. :rollin
I was happy to let him go when he cost someone their job last year.
No egg on my face at all.
Last year he was an entitled little turd. I'm glad he's turned it around but let's not pretend like everyone knew he was going to get his poo together. He was a liability and a risk. I'm glad the club has worked with him this year.
And as I said previously, he needs to stay in Melbourne over the summer IMO. Keep him away from any family nonsense at home etc.
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All credit to club and player for turning it around.
I think anyone with his background was going to be a risk at some stage and while we can’t put a ruler through it not ever happening again, hopefully he stays on the straight and narrow.
He is a star footballer in the making.
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Glad to see his hard work is paying off. Glad to see the club is being rewarded for supporting him.
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Your club's underrated performer of Round 21
Daz
theRoar.com.au
10 August 2021
Richmond Tigers: Sydney Stack
Everyone makes mistakes, and Stack’s have been ground out and whacked over his head enough that we don’t need to pile on here. However, let’s give out some due credit for some good footy. How good? The response is thus: 22 disposals, nine marks, eight pressure acts, seven contested possessions, five inside 50s, four score involvements and 73 per cent disposal efficiency. Well done, Stacky.
https://www.theroar.com.au/2021/08/10/your-clubs-underrated-performer-round-21/
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Another ripping game tonight and kept Torranto in check in the last half when moved to him :clapping
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One of the only highlights this season.
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Big tick for mine
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Sydney Stack is closing in on an incentive-laden one-season deal which will ensure he keeps on track with high levels of professionalism.
Talks are ongoing this week but a two-year deal he would have been keen to acquire looks unlikely.
Source: HeraldSun (https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/news/moneyball-follow-all-the-latest-news-on-player-movement-and-potential-trades-in-the-afl/news-story/902e05ce0c811960e3161633e63cdff6).
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Sydney Stack is closing in on an incentive-laden one-season deal which will ensure he keeps on track with high levels of professionalism.
Talks are ongoing this week but a two-year deal he would have been keen to acquire looks unlikely.
Source: HeraldSun (https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/news/moneyball-follow-all-the-latest-news-on-player-movement-and-potential-trades-in-the-afl/news-story/902e05ce0c811960e3161633e63cdff6).
CCJ could learn a bit from Sydney
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Sydney Stack is closing in on an incentive-laden one-season deal which will ensure he keeps on track with high levels of professionalism.
Talks are ongoing this week but a two-year deal he would have been keen to acquire looks unlikely.
Source: HeraldSun (https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/news/moneyball-follow-all-the-latest-news-on-player-movement-and-potential-trades-in-the-afl/news-story/902e05ce0c811960e3161633e63cdff6).
Nice.
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Sydney Stack is closing in on an incentive-laden one-season deal which will ensure he keeps on track with high levels of professionalism.
Talks are ongoing this week but a two-year deal he would have been keen to acquire looks unlikely.
Source: HeraldSun (https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/news/moneyball-follow-all-the-latest-news-on-player-movement-and-potential-trades-in-the-afl/news-story/902e05ce0c811960e3161633e63cdff6).
Trigger for 2nd?
Hope he signs soon.
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Syd's spending his offseason making hip-hop tracks.
https://soundcloud.com/sydney-stack-308080048/same-kid-single
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Nice. In the true tradition of laid back Aussie hip-hop. (It's almost like the accent is made for it.)
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Sydney Stack is set to re-sign with Richmond.
@ByMarcMcGowan has the details: Stack poised for fresh Tiger deal — with a catch (https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/stay-up-to-date-with-the-latest-trade-free-agency-and-offseason-news-at-your-club/news-story/e8cffa2ab482a05ce62808ed04cc49de).
https://twitter.com/superfooty/status/1444871529859223556
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Great news
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What's the details? Paywall.
Great news. I hope there's a trigger for 2nd year.
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What's the details? Paywall.
Great news. I hope there's a trigger for 2nd year.
Here's the full article:
Sydney Stack is poised to remain at Tigerland on an incentivised contract, at the end of a tumultuous year that started with him behind bars.
Stack’s agent, Paul Peos, of Inside 50 Player Management, confirmed to the Herald Sun that the 21-year-old had all-but agreed to terms on a one-year deal.
There are various incentives and guarantees built into the contract, including games played next season.
“This is a significant outcome from where we were at the start of the year,” Peos told the Herald Sun of Stack’s new contract. “He’s had a massive year.”
Stack spent Christmas and the start of this year in a Perth jail after breaching Western Australia’s Covid-19 laws during a trip home for his grandfather’s funeral.
He returned to Melbourne in March after copping a big fine for the breach, and endured an extended VFL stint to build form and fitness before breaking into Richmond’s senior side for good in Round 17.
Stack’s talent and hardness have never been in question and he averages 15 disposals across his 33 AFL matches.
Originally recruited in the pre-season supplemental selection period in 2019, the Tigers committed from the start to support him, knowing there were likely to be some bumps in the road.
“He’s been on a hell of a journey, the young man,” Richmond coach Damien Hardwick said in March.
“We’re willing to welcome him back with open arms and get him back on track. He’s like any young man that makes some mistakes along the way.
“He (wants) to make amends and we’re there to provide that opportunity for him.”
Stack was overlooked in the 2018 draft despite being an under-18 All-Australian because of queries on his professionalism and behaviour.
But he endeared himself enough to teammates and Hardwick, who he lived with in his early months at Richmond, to earn his AFL shot.
Stack was a Rising Star nominee in his debut season and played in the Tigers’ VFL premiership that year.
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/stay-up-to-date-with-the-latest-trade-free-agency-and-offseason-news-at-your-club/news-story/e8cffa2ab482a05ce62808ed04cc49de
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Definitely great news
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At least his prepared to fight for his career at richmond unlike the hyphen who just wants easy games at a bad club.
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If we keep on offering just one year deals and keep him on the rookie list then he too will be asking for a new home in the not too distant future.
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1 year deal with performances based triggers is absolutely the right call after the past couple seasons. If he continues to perform on field and keep it together off field then the lengthy contract will come as he builds the trust back.
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Sydney Stack is set to re-sign with Richmond.
@ByMarcMcGowan has the details: Stack poised for fresh Tiger deal — with a catch (https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/stay-up-to-date-with-the-latest-trade-free-agency-and-offseason-news-at-your-club/news-story/e8cffa2ab482a05ce62808ed04cc49de).
https://twitter.com/superfooty/status/1444871529859223556
(https://c.tenor.com/fyylSNGrZ80AAAAd/well-waiting.gif)
:shh
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https://twitter.com/Richmond_FC/status/1449954774636384259
(https://c.tenor.com/iReOQCUB0s4AAAAC/caddyshack-good.gif)
:clapping
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Super important we have both lads signed, one for his pure talent, the other to protect against injuries.
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Excellent news!
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Fantastic news
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Matthew Richardson believes the talented 21-year-old Sydney Stack would be even better suited in Richmond’s forward line.
“I love him up forward . . . I think anyone that shows they can kick multiple goals should be playing in the forward line,” Richardson said.
“Once we get our full complement of defenders back, and with Dan (Rioli) playing back, I just think that he should play forward.
“He’s good in the air, as well as at ground level, and he can hit the scoreboard.
“I remember the clash with St Kilda at Marvel Stadium back in 2019, when he kicked four goals and posed big problems for the Saints’ backs.
“And he helped turn the Tigers’ final-round game against Hawthorn this year with a couple of goals after he was shifted from defence into attack during the last quarter.
“I reckon he can be a real weapon for the team on a permanent basis up forward.”
https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/1026649/-richo-bullish-on-stack-up-forward
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I agree.
Drop George and Aarts.
Play Stack and Baker.
Backline can be Grimes, Tarrant, Balta, Vlastuin, Rioli, Short and Broad.
Forward Lynch, Jack, Dusty, Bolton, Baker and Stack.
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Syd Stack forward or back?
When the super talented lad is switched on, there's few better to watch..
Wherever he plays he'll be an asset..
Watch highlights here: https://twitter.com/Tigers_of_Old/status/1451152744002113539
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Does short have he attributes to be a permanent forward? I prefer stack’s dash and silkiness in the backline
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Does short have he attributes to be a permanent forward? I prefer stack’s dash and silkiness in the backline
Yes, he was a forward as a junior. Debuted there and kicked 3 I think?
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Does short have he attributes to be a permanent forward? I prefer stack’s dash and silkiness in the backline
While he lacks Hardwick's favourite attribute for small forwards -defensive pressure- I actually prefer Short forward of the ball ...and he could at least rotate with Stack....don't think it needs to be a case of either/or with Stack...can genuinely play all three lines at a high level.... :shh
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Tiger Tan Update #4: Stacky walking the Tan with a red Sherrin, look right at home carrying the ball, good signs for 2022.
https://twitter.com/_Tommy_Gilmour_/status/1454681719177560067
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Big season for Stacky coming up I feel.
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Looks like Syd is focusing on core strength exercises leading into preseason.
https://www.instagram.com/stories/stackman_44/2701741329941390221/
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Brendon Gale admits a soft spot for the recently recontracted Stack, whose last four games were excellent in a seven-game season ruined by a stint in a Perth jail over a Covid breach.
“I am proud of him. Not quite this time last year but close to it, he was in prison. So he’s fought his way back. He can play. He can really play. I reckon he’s only scratched the surface. His potential is very high. He is a good man, Sydney. He has had a bit of bad luck in his life but we love him and have great belief in him.”
Source: HeraldSun (https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/afl-offseason-richmond-ceo-brendon-gale-slams-stand-rule-says-tigers-can-challenge-again-in-2022/news-story/3c229d500297d22fe36fc9bb79978272)
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The player at your club that needs a BIG pre-season
With pre-season upon us, we look at the names needing to impress their coaches ahead of the 2022 campaign.
By Mitch Keating
zerohanger.com
November 29, 2021
Richmond - Sydney Stack
The exciting defender hasn't had the smoothest of journeys across his three seasons at Punt Road, with 2022 a campaign that is sure to mount further pressure on Stack's future in the league.
With several holes opening up in Richmond's defence, the opportunity is there for the taking to see Stack return his the form that had him so highly rated in 2019.
Having overcome injuries and off-season setbacks, the coming months frame as a critical period for Stack's career.
https://www.zerohanger.com/the-player-at-your-club-that-needs-a-big-pre-season-95057/
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Sounds like he came back unfit yet again if these comments from Peter Burge are anything to go by:
“Stacky is still learning the caper. He has got some work to do with consistency of preparation. I am not going to mince my words there, he has still got a bit of work to do. He is a young player learning about his preparation, he has fantastic traits in his explosiveness and he’s highly skilled but he needs to work really hard on his conditioning.”
Source: HeraldSun (https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/news/afl-follow-the-latest-offseason-injury-news-and-updates/news-story/b5a5bf03c94f23b42458717e9196ae36)
Reading between the lines -reckon the club's starting to run out of patience with him....which would be a shame... :shh
Edit: Added link.
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Sounds like he came back unfit yet again if these comments from Peter Burge are anything to go by:
“Stacky is still learning the caper. He has got some work to do with consistency of preparation. I am not going to mince my words there, he has still got a bit of work to do. He is a young player learning about his preparation, he has fantastic traits in his explosiveness and he’s highly skilled but he needs to work really hard on his conditioning.”
Reading between the lines -reckon the club's starting to run out of patience with him....which would be a shame... :shh
He might need this kind of feedback every year as he is likely to relax way too much in the offseason. Track watchers have seen an improved fitness level so far :shh
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Yes no doubt the "track watchers" know more than the club's head of fitness ... :shh :shh
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Yes no doubt the "track watchers" know more than the club's head of fitness ... :shh :shh
Who said they do?
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(https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/attachments/c153a897-ca5c-4f3d-b172-c4ad0884473d-png.1289562/)
https://www.instagram.com/stories/stackman_44/2717461540042413207/?hl=en
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Tigers’ blunt message on Stack’s preparation
Sydney Stack returned to pre-season training with a new hairdo and neck ink. But the Tigers didn’t mince words when discussing what’s required to be an AFL player.
Paywall: https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/news/afl-follow-the-latest-offseason-injury-news-and-updates/news-story/b5a5bf03c94f23b42458717e9196ae36
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If he's not getting it now he never will.
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Tigers’ blunt message on Stack’s preparation
Sydney Stack returned to pre-season training with a new hairdo and neck ink. But the Tigers didn’t mince words when discussing what’s required to be an AFL player.
Paywall: https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/news/afl-follow-the-latest-offseason-injury-news-and-updates/news-story/b5a5bf03c94f23b42458717e9196ae36
Anyone reveal behind paywall plz?
Unfit?
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Syd needs to learn from Dusty :shh.
Dustin Martin cops the Hardwick blast for being unfit in the off-season - 5/2/2011
First or second day back for pre-season training, coach Damien Hardwick gave him a rocket in front of the entire playing list after he presented himself "unfit" for a time-trial around the Botanic Gardens Tan track.
It was not a case of partying too hard for Martin, more not eating the right foods and not having the training and matches five times a week to burn off the excess.
https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/nsw/dustin-martin-cops-the-hardwick-blast-for-being-unfit-in-the-off-season-ng-7d070bfaa40bad8159ce866bf312285c
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Hmmm...
https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/44-sydney-stack.1209410/page-228#post-73067056
:shh
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Even though we all hope Sydney will thrive and become a star. Clearly he just does not have the discipline, work ethics and attitude to succeed. I think we should all prepare ourselves for the news that the club will cut him loose at some stage in the near future. See it coming from miles away.......
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Sigh.
Can the club get him fit enough during the pre-season?
Need to keep him in Melbourne over Christmas break.
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Could well be a great guy with an abundance of talent who most of us would like to see succeed, unfortunately there is no cure for being a dumb arse!
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“HE’S WASTING IT”: TALENTED TIGER URGED TO FOCUS ON FOOTY, NOT TIKTOK
By Andrew Slevison
SEN
6 December 2021
Kane Cornes believes Richmond’s Sydney Stack needs to get off social media and focus on the shortcomings in his game.
In a recent interview with the Herald Sun, the cub’s elite performance manager Peter Burge provided some insight into a number of Tigers and how they are tracking in the early stages of pre-season.
Burge said of Stack: “Stacky is still learning the caper. He has got some work to do with consistency of preparation.
“I am not going to mince my words there, he has still got a bit of work to do. He is a young player learning about his preparation, he has fantastic traits in his explosiveness and he’s highly skilled, but he needs to work really hard on his conditioning.”
There is no denying that the 21-year-old us a sublimely talented footballer, but over the course of his three-year, 33-game AFL career there have been several off-field mishaps that have held him back.
Stack is a keen user of social media, particularly TikTok and Instagram, but if he continues to spend time on those platforms rather than working on his fitness and preparation, he may struggle to fulfil his potential.
That is the opinion of Port Adelaide champion Cornes who has urged the 2019 pre-season supplementary selection period acquisition to put his footy first.
“How Richmond go this year is going to be dependent on how a lot of their younger players come through,” he said on SEN Breakfast.
“One of those is Sydney Stack. I know he wasn’t taken in the top 10 (of the 2019 draft) with Connor Rozee, Sam Walsh and Bailey Smith, but he’s in that situation of his career.
“He is equally as talented as any of those. Some of the footy that he’s played across half-back, I was so impressed with his first year.
“He’s lost his way a little bit for reasons that we know of.”
After reading the article about Stack’s preparation and conditioning, Cornes had a look at the West Australian’s posts and came to a conclusion.
“Then I went to Sydney Stack’s social media,” he added.
“For the youngsters out there, TikTok is the big thing and he is a massive player in TikTok. He’s quite creative and he’s heavily involved.
“There’s a bit of old school in me about this. Whether someone at Richmond has done it or not, or whether the new era is to just let individuals be individuals and embrace social media.
“But there’s something in me that says, ‘Sydney, put your social media away, put your ridiculous TikTok videos away - if you’ve watched them, they’re cringeworthy, they’re embarrassing - until you get a kick’.
“He’s achieved nothing, but he has the capabilities to be a very, very good 200-game player.
“For those Richmond fans who have seen his social media videos, am I too old school to think that I could sit him down, shake him, ban him from TikTok until he gets a kick and has some success? Or is that not the way it goes now?
“That’s what they are saying publicly, that he’s got a lot of work to do. Imagine what they’re saying privately about his preparation and his endurance and his skin folds.
“What I’m worried about is he is wasting it. He’s as talented as Rozee, Walsh and Smith, but I reckon he’s wasting it.”
Stack starred for the Tigers in 17 games in 2019, before battling form and injury in 2020 prior to copping a 10-game suspension for breaching COVID protocols with a late-night altercation on the Gold Coast.
He played his first game of 2021 in Round 17, remaining in the senior side for the rest of the season and recapturing some of his best form as a rebounding defender.
https://www.sen.com.au/news/2021/12/05/hes-wasting-it-talented-tiger-urged-to-focus-on-footy-not-tiktok/
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Sounds like he came back unfit yet again if these comments from Peter Burge are anything to go by:
“Stacky is still learning the caper. He has got some work to do with consistency of preparation. I am not going to mince my words there, he has still got a bit of work to do. He is a young player learning about his preparation, he has fantastic traits in his explosiveness and he’s highly skilled but he needs to work really hard on his conditioning.”
Source: HeraldSun (https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/news/afl-follow-the-latest-offseason-injury-news-and-updates/news-story/b5a5bf03c94f23b42458717e9196ae36)
Reading between the lines -reckon the club's starting to run out of patience with him....which would be a shame... :shh
Edit: Added link.
Stacky is trying now at training. He's doing all the training and does well at the footy specific stuff. He obviously got a blast about his lack of fitness upon return to preseason as (As I posted in the training report) he flew out of the blocks and blitzed the first shuttle run. Syd just can't run four or five of these shuttles in a row and stick with the rest of the group. He did better late in the session with the second lot of longer shuttle runs as everyone was stuffed by then. He was only just behind the others which is good for Stacky ;D.
The question mark is on Stacky when there's a 'holiday' break. The Christmas break is going to be a test for him to not fall away again in terms of his fitness.
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Sounds like he came back unfit yet again if these comments from Peter Burge are anything to go by:
“Stacky is still learning the caper. He has got some work to do with consistency of preparation. I am not going to mince my words there, he has still got a bit of work to do. He is a young player learning about his preparation, he has fantastic traits in his explosiveness and he’s highly skilled but he needs to work really hard on his conditioning.”
Source: HeraldSun (https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/news/afl-follow-the-latest-offseason-injury-news-and-updates/news-story/b5a5bf03c94f23b42458717e9196ae36)
Reading between the lines -reckon the club's starting to run out of patience with him....which would be a shame... :shh
Edit: Added link.
Stacky is trying now at training. He's doing all the training and does well at the footy specific stuff. He obviously got a blast about his lack of fitness upon return to preseason as (As I posted in the training report) he flew out of the blocks and blitzed the first shuttle run. Syd just can't run four or five of these shuttles in a row and stick with the rest of the group. He did better late in the session with the second lot of longer shuttle runs as everyone was stuffed by then. He was only just behind the others which is good for Stacky ;D.
The question mark is on Stacky when there's a 'holiday' break. The Christmas break is going to be a test for him to not fall away again in terms of his fitness.
SS beat Cotch in the runs today- wonder if this will be reported :shh
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Sounds like he came back unfit yet again if these comments from Peter Burge are anything to go by:
“Stacky is still learning the caper. He has got some work to do with consistency of preparation. I am not going to mince my words there, he has still got a bit of work to do. He is a young player learning about his preparation, he has fantastic traits in his explosiveness and he’s highly skilled but he needs to work really hard on his conditioning.”
Source: HeraldSun (https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/news/afl-follow-the-latest-offseason-injury-news-and-updates/news-story/b5a5bf03c94f23b42458717e9196ae36)
Reading between the lines -reckon the club's starting to run out of patience with him....which would be a shame... :shh
Edit: Added link.
Stacky is trying now at training. He's doing all the training and does well at the footy specific stuff. He obviously got a blast about his lack of fitness upon return to preseason as (As I posted in the training report) he flew out of the blocks and blitzed the first shuttle run. Syd just can't run four or five of these shuttles in a row and stick with the rest of the group. He did better late in the session with the second lot of longer shuttle runs as everyone was stuffed by then. He was only just behind the others which is good for Stacky ;D.
The question mark is on Stacky when there's a 'holiday' break. The Christmas break is going to be a test for him to not fall away again in terms of his fitness.
SS beat Cotch in the runs today- wonder if this will be reported :shh
That's true. In the last shuttle run Cotch came last and Syd came third last. To be fair it was the old guys first day back while Stack and the rest of the young guys have been training for a couple of weeks. The old guys wouldn't have the full training conditioning yet. Let's see in a couple of weeks time whether history repeats.
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The link below is Sydney Stack 2 min+ TikTok vid. Speaks well. Don't need a Facebook account to view it, it was shared from TiktTok to FB
I for one don't have a problem with his TikTok vids, He is only 21, we are all unique in our own way. He shouldn't stop doing what he likes because others have a problem with it.
As long as whatever you’re doing makes you happy, nothing else matters.
https://fb.watch/9JFVHOXpCS/
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I love that the AFL paints the narrative of celebrate the individual and mental health matters but then also endorse knob jockey Cornes who is perpetuating everyone becomes a robot. The guy is making a tik tok not causing trouble in a New York nightclub. He needs to calm the f*** down
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I don’t have a problem with what Cornes said. It’s an opinion designed to poke. Stack might need a needle ahead of the Christmas break although I’d he’ll care too much about what Cornes says
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Everytime i see a headline that starts with "AFL great......." I know its cornwit and dont bother reading it.
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Kane Cornes has stood by his comments imploring Richmond young gun Sydney Stack to focus less on social media — where he’s an active user on TikTok and Instagram — and more on improving parts of his game.
Cornes’ criticism comes after reading comments from Tigers elite performance manager Peter Burge on Stack in a recent interview in the Herald Sun, saying the 21-year old “still has some work to do with consistency of preparation,” particularly around conditioning.
Stack has shown considerable promise during his 33-game AFL career, but Cornes said on Monday the young gun was currently “wasting” his abilities - comments he then defended on Tuesday.
“When you play a team sport it‘s not just about you. The commentary I heard a lot was he can do whatever he likes - well, you actually can’t in a team sport,” Cornes said on SEN Breakfast.
“If your behaviour starts to affect others in a negative way ... I’m not saying his TikTok use is affecting others, but I’d be surprised if there aren’t a significant number of players in the Richmond dressing room rolling their eyes at it.
“I went back and looked at some of these videos and they‘re harmless, but they’re cringeworthy. I think it’s putting yourself out there in a way above the team for your benefit.
“When it starts to negatively impact others in a team sport ... if this was Nick Kyrgios and he’s on TikTok, he can do whatever he likes, he’s in an individual sport.
“But when 40 other teammates are relying on you in the 17th minute of the fourth quarter and you don‘t deliver, questions start to be raised.
“It’s not just TikTok, this is Richmond saying it as well, this is Richmond saying his preparation isn’t in line with what we expect. That’s what they‘re saying publicly - imagine what they’re saying privately.
“It‘s not just TikTok, there’s a whole host of areas in his life clearly that he’s not being the best he possibly can be and I don’t want to see it go to waste because I’ve seen this kid play some unbelievable football and he has attributes to be a top 25 player in the AFL. At the moment, he’s wasting it.”
Stack’s off-field incidents include copping a 10-game suspension in 2020 for breaching Covid protocols after being involved in an altercation on the Gold Coast, while he spent time in Perth’s Hakea Prison later that year for breaking isolation requirements.
On Monday, Cornes said he believed the youngster’s focus on social media was inhibiting him from reaching his full potential on the football field.
“How Richmond go this year is going to be dependent on how a lot of their younger players come through,” the 300-gamer said.
“One of those is Sydney Stack. I know he wasn’t taken in the top 10 (of the 2019 draft) with Connor Rozee, Sam Walsh and Bailey Smith, but he’s in that situation of his career. He is equally as talented as any of those.... he’s lost his way a little bit for reasons that we know of.
“There’s a bit of old school in me about this. Whether someone at Richmond has done it or not, or whether the new era is to just let individuals be individuals and embrace social media.
“But there’s something in me that says, ‘Sydney, put your social media away, put your ridiculous TikTok videos away — if you’ve watched them, they’re cringeworthy, they’re embarrassing — until you get a kick’.
“He’s achieved nothing, but he has the capabilities to be a very, very good 200-game player.
“For those Richmond fans who have seen his social media videos, am I too old school to think that I could sit him down, shake him, ban him from TikTok until he gets a kick and has some success? Or is that not the way it goes now?
“That’s what they are saying publicly, that he’s got a lot of work to do. Imagine what they’re saying privately about his preparation and his endurance and his skin folds.
“What I’m worried about is he is wasting it. He’s as talented as Rozee, Walsh and Smith, but I reckon he’s wasting it.”
Asked if he feels the same way about young Bulldogs star Jamarra Ugle-Hagan, who’s also a keen user of social media, Cornes said: “Very similar.”
The Power champion added he had no issues with more established players, like Patrick Dangerfield, being active on social media, but thinks younger players should be doing everything they can to maximise their development.
“Dangerfield uses social media exceptionally well and it’s not uncommon for him to be on social media on game day, it doesn’t affect his performance,” he said.
“I reckon this distraction (with Stack) is affecting performance. When your club is telling you you’ve got lots of work to do with your preparation, then you look at all things about how I cannot waste this opportunity.”
https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/teams/st-kilda-saints/afl-news-2021-kane-cornes-on-sydney-stack-social-media-use-instagram-tiktok/news-story/7465d8366b9f79a0d53b55ccf262110e
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Flog :shh
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Low hanging fruit Corndog...
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He’s correct in the biggest factor of the lot
Sydney Stack hasn’t come back to work in a suitable condition
SIMPLE
The Tiktok comments are complete rubbish , but the underlying issue isn’t
If he came back fit and prepared , none of this would be mentioned .. the simple fact is stacky is about as professional as my 9yo daughter , so people talk
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(http://oneeyed-richmond.com/images/other/StackInstagram19122021.png)
https://www.instagram.com/stories/stackman_44/2731828680319272502/
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Syd's latest instagram video clip ...
Has footy highlights of himself with this overlaid quote:
"And they found you amusing for a while. The people of this city, the one thing they love more than a hero is seeing this hero fall ... fail ... die trying. Despite everything you've done for them eventually they will hate you."
https://www.instagram.com/stories/stackman_44/2756869639836424988/
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Does Stack sees himself as a hero having done much for Richmond? I hope not
I don't see many on this site trying to drag down Dusty, Cotch Jack or Grimes, these are real hero's.
I am wondering if Stack has allowed himself to surrounded with sycophants giving him poor advice.
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To learn much he has
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FMD
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Most supporters aren't worried about heroism, they just want unconditional effort every week. :whistle
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Most supporters aren't worried about heroism, they just want unconditional effort every week. :whistle
Pre season as well as the season proper JP
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Most supporters aren't worried about heroism, they just want unconditional effort every week. :whistle
Pre season as well as the season proper JP
Yep, good call HRT. Add pre-season to that, & even post-season deserves a mention ...
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Coaches' Corner: Summer Snippets - Sydney Stack
Richmond assistant coach, Xavier Clarke, provides an update on the development of Sydney Stack:
WATCH HERE: https://www.richmondfc.com.au/video/1064111/coaches-corner-summer-snippets-sydney-stack?videoId=1064111&modal=true&type=video&publishFrom=1645488000001
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Dimma talking about Syd on Talking Tigers:
"One of the players as a coaching staff we love what he can do. We've just got to get him to the required fitness level at the moment. He's not too far away. He's probably got more ability that 90% of the players in the AFL. We've just got to get him to the stage where he can play that consistent footy we know he can play for the season. The half-forward line excites us. He can do things other people can't. We like those guys that can win the hard ball and chase and tackle at the same time. We put him on a wing on the weekend just to give him a bit of freedom to see what that looked like. I think he grew into the role. The second half our coaches said he was a bit better with that and got a greater understanding. We threw him in there cold turkey so he didn't have an idea what we were after but as I [Dimma] said he grew into the role."
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Imo if they play him as a forward for the year we will be looking to delist him at the end of it.
The way we are going about it id say players like Mansell and Stack would be better off looking at other clubs in stacks case just to get a good crack it in his right position and Mansell just to get a go.
Mansell is a better defender than both Short and Rioli.
If we start slowly this year i hope they see the light and start playing a few instead of favorites.
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Imo if they play him as a forward for the year we will be looking to delist him at the end of it.
The way we are going about it id say players like Mansell and Stack would be better off looking at other clubs in stacks case just to get a good crack it in his right position and Mansell just to get a go.
Mansell is a better defender than both Short and Rioli.
If we start slowly this year i hope they see the light and start playing a few instead of favorites.
Mate Mansell established himself in the best 22 last year not a issue for me.Stack needs to get his fitness right and fits all over the ground forus.
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Mansell is a good player.
I suspect Stack will be let go. Has shown two years in a row now he doesn't have the discipline.
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I think you could be right, this year is make or break, not the first to waste immense talent. I note he will need his spot as he has zero in the bank.
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"His training form has been good and his form at VFL level has been stellar as well," Hardwick said about Stack, who has only played 16 games since his breakthrough 2019 season.
"Defensively he's been very, very good. Offensively, Sydney will always impact the game. He's quite special in that part of it. We want to see his defensive elements come out.
"He helps us play. We're looking forward to it back in his home state. He'll hopefully have a big impact on the game."
Source: AFL website (https://www.afl.com.au/news/750315/when-will-dusty-come-back-hardwick-provides-biggest-hint-yet)
Shaping up to be a pretty good birthday (https://abs-0.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f601.png) (https://abs-0.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f44d.png)
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FRas-xUaAAA0eVi?format=jpg&name=small)
https://twitter.com/Richmond_FC/status/1519592126715416576
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Could kick 5 tonight or he can do nothing. Lets hope he shows up for a big performance.
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If he has a quite one and Edwards and Castagna spud it up who will Hardwick drop. My money is on Stack.
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Given us nothing tonight to half time.
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Given us nothing tonight to half time.
Always wonder what the TV doesn't show us
We can't see what sort of running he is doing, pressuring. Etc
I know people hate when I bring it up but we don't know what they've asked him to do; his role. To the coaches he just needs to be doing what they've asked him
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Quiet but top three in the team with pressure acts. :clapping
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Made a few goals despite minimal stats.
Might be a stiff drop next week unfortunately.
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Made a few goals despite minimal stats.
Might be a stiff drop next week unfortunately.
Agree. Played better than his startling suggests. Would like to see him given a block of games and then rate him from there.
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Created a few goals due to footy smarts. Not many touches but played a role in his first game back. Nice to see Jack constantly provide advice to Stack throughout the game. Should play in the firsts for the rest of the year.
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Correct. He had a role to play and did it very well
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Played a defensive role and will be better for the run. Needed the game to get a feel of the tempo
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I think he’s a keeper. I see him getting better each week with more time in the seniors.
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He needs a good run at it. Definantly a keeper, given he is only ~22.
He has the skills, just needs to make sure he has the off-field support system around him!
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I think he’s a keeper. I see him getting better each week with more time in the seniors.
Starting from a low base so will be easy to improve on 5 possessions.
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Dimma said today he was happy with is Syd's game last week. Didn't have the touches he would've liked but "played a great game" with his impact (defensive pressure & speed).
However, Dimma also made the point that with good players coming back in, Stack may find himself out of the side but he's done all he can to put his hand up to stay in the side. Now up to Dimma to decide. Same goes for Maurice jnr.
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For me I’d play stack or maurice over castagna any day
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I know people think Maurice is the bees knees but i just don,t see it with him so far.
Not going to get right into it but parts of his game are of real concern to me.
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I know people think Maurice is the bees knees but i just don,t see it with him so far.
Not going to get right into it but parts of his game are of real concern to me.
I don’t think anyone thinks he’s a world beater. I think people are just excited from what they’ve seen from what, a 3 gamer ? I would t expect anyone to see a long term future from him
Right now, but the signs are positive IMO.
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I know people think Maurice is the bees knees but i just don,t see it with him so far.
Not going to get right into it but parts of his game are of real concern to me.
I’d like you to, agree he’s not perfect but that’s the best game I’ve seen from a small forward of ours since 2020 albeit vs second rate opposition
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https://www.afl.com.au/video/758605/yokayi-footy-stack-s-biggest-moment-dimma-s-big-plans
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I know people think Maurice is the bees knees but i just don,t see it with him so far.
Not going to get right into it but parts of his game are of real concern to me.
I’ve been trying to find this post for the last 2 weeks. I think Claw doesn’t like how he tries to bounce the ball up like a basketball before kicking the ball to the top of the goal square so Lynch can take another mark
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Really disappointed that Stacky didn’t smash it in the VFL game to at least to force Castagna out of the team so he could play dreamtime.
I’m a huge fan of his and I’m hoping he can repay the club by becoming the player we expect he is capable of being.
Not sure why he’s not firing in the vfl as he’s clearly above the level.
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Really disappointed that Stacky didn’t smash it in the VFL game to at least to force Castagna out of the team so he could play dreamtime.
I’m a huge fan of his and I’m hoping he can repay the club by becoming the player we expect he is capable of being.
Not sure why he’s not firing in the vfl as he’s clearly above the level.
Feel like he’s been firing most weeks. Seems like the only way Castagna will come out is if we get through a round with no injuries, he plays another stinker and stack plays a blinder. Don’t think all 3 have happened at the same time yet.
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Also amazing that Castagna never gets injured. He's missed about 3-4 games in the last 6 years or so?
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Also amazing that Castagna never gets injured. He's missed about 3-4 games in the last 6 years or so?
Need to do a Frankenstein and transplant George's legs onto Prestia's body.
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Wasting Stack up forward play him there on occasions his backman or winger for me , but needs to work harder.
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Wasting Stack up forward play him them on occasions his Blackman of winger for me , but needs to work harder.
I think he is a better backman too but no place for him there atm. Between Balta, Grimes, Broad, Gibcus, Vlas, Rioli and Baker, positions are hard to come by.
Also it seems like whenever someone is trying to fit someone into the side they say play them on the wing like it’s the easiest position to play. I could be wrong here but I don’t remember stack ever playing there so why do people keep mentioning it?
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Wasting Stack up forward play him them on occasions his Blackman of winger for me , but needs to work harder.
I think he is a better backman too but no place for him there atm. Between Balta, Grimes, Broad, Gibcus, Vlas, Rioli and Baker, positions are hard to come by.
Also it seems like whenever someone is trying to fit someone into the side they say play them on the wing like it’s the easiest position to play. I could be wrong here but I don’t remember stack ever playing there so why do people keep mentioning it?
If he works harder no doubt can play there he has the talent and attributes question is work ethics as his one of our mist talented. Ross was put on the wing can't see why Stack can't play there.
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This guy has had one good year. Since then just struggled to commit to the job.
High ceiling but we may have reached his peak too.
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Sydney Stack has been fined following the VFL's match review of Richmond's four-point loss to Collingwood on Sunday at the Swinburne Centre.
Charge laid:
The Match Review Panel charged player Stack for Rough Conduct (Dangerous Tackle) against Collingwood VFL player Lachlan Tardrew during the second quarter of the VFL Round 15 match between Richmond VFL and Collingwood VFL on Sunday 3 July at Swinburne Centre.
Based on the available video evidence, the incident was assessed as Careless Conduct with Low Impact and High Contact. The incident was classified as a one (1) match sanction. The player can accept $500 fine (AFL Listed) and a reprimand with an early guilty plea.
https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/1165399/stack-fined-following-vfl-match-review
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:lol tackled the guy down via an arm and he landed on his back. This is fine worthy?
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Footage anywhere?
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Footage anywhere?
Go to 51:20 min mark: https://www.afl.com.au/video/792651/vfl-match-replay-r15-richmond-v-collingwood
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Thanks.
Pathetic call. Pulled him arm that's it
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Reckon he will be at another club next year and i think plenty will go for him. Tyson Stengle come on down again.
As far as i can see this kid is screaming out for opportunity and what do we do play Castagna hhhhaaarrrgggghhhhh. Can just see the spilt milk posts now when he is tearing it up for another club.
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(http://oneeyed-richmond.com/images/animatedvidsgifs/StackTackleVFLR152022.gif)
:huh3
Reminds me of the Grimesy one on Hobbs which shouldn't have been a free either.
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Reckon he will be at another club next year and i think plenty will go for him. Tyson Stengle come on down again.
As far as i can see this kid is screaming out for opportunity and what do we do play Castagna hhhhaaarrrgggghhhhh. Can just see the spilt milk posts now when he is tearing it up for another club.
100.% right Claw
It’s a stuffin joke
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Fractured cheekbone- hope it's not a long term injury for him.
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Sydney Stack will be unavailable for the medium-term after suffering a fractured cheekbone in Richmond VFL's game against Collingwood on Sunday at the Swinburne Centre.
https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/1165727/stack-injury-update/
"Medium term" usually means 3-6 weeks :-\.
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Sydney Stack will be unavailable for the medium-term after suffering a fractured cheekbone in Richmond VFL's game against Collingwood on Sunday at the Swinburne Centre.
https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/1165727/stack-injury-update/
"Medium term" usually means 3-6 weeks :-\.
That might be it for him at Richmond unfortunately if his season is done. Can’t see them giving him another year extension if they’ve only selected him once this season. Although could be wrong if we lose 3-4 to retirements. It’s a shame because I really think there’s a very good afl level player in him, just could never get his off season conditioning right and would start weeks behind the rest of the team.
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#20 for Collingwood ran behind with his fist out and got Stack in the head after the mark was taken and no 50m was paid let alone no ump/MRO report ::). The gutless wonder ran straight off to the bench too leaving Stack on the ground :thumbsdown. Gutless from the nearest ump too who had clear sight of the incident 20m away.
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Vision of the incident: https://twitter.com/mightytiges/status/1544207212977213440
Fist of Collingwood player wasn't close to the ball when Stack marked it.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FW4gAC1acAE_6Up?format=png&name=900x900)
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Sydney Stack will be unavailable for the medium-term after suffering a fractured cheekbone in Richmond VFL's game against Collingwood on Sunday at the Swinburne Centre.
https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/1165727/stack-injury-update/
"Medium term" usually means 3-6 weeks :-\.
Where is the MRO assessment of this incident. Weak pricks
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On the Outer: Why can't he get a game for your club?
Sarah Black
afl.com.au
20 July 2021
Sydney Stack
Stack has played just the two games at AFL level this year, picking up five disposals in the Tigers' rout of West Coast in round seven, and was an unused medi-sub in round eight. He was building a damaging run of VFL form – averaging 16 disposals and one goal a game – in the six weeks before he fractured a cheekbone at the start of July. The emergence of Maurice Rioli has meant fewer forward spots on offer, while Shane Edwards is also playing more time in attack and less in the midfield.
Others on the outer: Will Martyn (0 games), Riley Collier-Dawkins (two), Rhyan Mansell (two), Matt Parker (five), Thomson Dow (six).
https://www.afl.com.au/news/802756/on-the-outer-why-can-t-he-get-a-game-for-your-club-
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“Emergence of MRJ”
Turn it up
Stack should have had some games by now. If I were him I would walk. Then we can all watch on while he does what Stengle has done to the crows.
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Based on gifted games to others. Correct!
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Bit of both I think let's be honest Stack hasn't rocked up to.one preseason in good shape and always behind the ball that's on him and himself needs more dedication and yes I do agree at times should have come in.
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How do we know this as fact? The way we have run out games I’d say the whole club didn’t turn up well to pre season.
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How do we know this as fact? The way we have run out games I’d say the whole club didn’t turn up well to pre season.
Come on mate every season he struggled playing catchup.
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Bit of both I think let's be honest Stack hasn't rocked up to.one preseason in good shape and always behind the ball that's on him and himself needs more dedication and yes I do agree at times should have come in.
This is 100% correct. Stacky should be in our best 22 and maybe he should be anyway but he hasn’t helped himself one bit and I can understand the coaches picking dedicated players over him.
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Bit of both I think let's be honest Stack hasn't rocked up to.one preseason in good shape and always behind the ball that's on him and himself needs more dedication and yes I do agree at times should have come in.
This is 100% correct. Stacky should be in our best 22 and maybe he should be anyway but he hasn’t helped himself one bit and I can understand the coaches picking dedicated players over him.
Agree TK
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Agree with all above.
He's gone at the end of the year surely.
You simply can't have a bloke like that only fit for the second half of the year every year purely due to his own professionalism and not injuries or external circumstances.
Plenty of other blokes wanna play.
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Yeah yeah
What did the cats do with Stengel as he was putting whatever up his nose? They got Betts as apparently they have heaps of cash and we don’t :lol
This is the thing. Who are the assistants helping this kid? Teague/Ivan Maric?
Over at Geelong Scott goes right we have a good player so lets get Betts in so who do we get?
I wouldn’t listen to Teague either as he is hopeless.
We have become complacent after 3 flags. We had players like Hewitt or Lipinski available for a straight swap of George, but we did nothing.
You reap what you sow.
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If we hired an individual mentor-coach for every player we'd have 40-some coaches.
That's hardly sustainable. Let's see if Geelong win a premiership. Something's rotten in their culture and that's why it hasn't happened for them. Stengle might be further proof positive of that rather than a mark against us and Stack.
How many of our premiership guys came off rookie lists, mid-season drafts, late picks, etc? (Yes I know we had a top 6 of generational talent.)
Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard.
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This is the thing. Who are the assistants helping this kid? Ivan Maric?
I'd wager there are few more highly regarded internally at Richmond than big Ivan. Before we were winning premierships we needed a complete overhaul and by all accounts he--before Cotchin--drove the change. pee on him if you will but he's a Tiger legend in my eyes. Unlike Deledio he didn't cry about just missing out on the dynasty either. He stuck it out (didn't jump ship) laid the foundation and reaped the quiet satisfaction of a job well done--shared in the younger players' success. He's as good a mentor as we're likely to have available to any young player.
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Yeah yeah
What did the cats do with Stengel as he was putting whatever up his nose? They got Betts as apparently they have heaps of cash and we don’t :lol
This is the thing. Who are the assistants helping this kid? Teague/Ivan Maric?
Over at Geelong Scott goes right we have a good player so lets get Betts in so who do we get?
I wouldn’t listen to Teague either as he is hopeless.
We have become complacent after 3 flags. We had players like Hewitt or Lipinski available for a straight swap of George, but we did nothing.
You reap what you sow.
His had a few mentors poor excuses you make has had Xavier Clarke and senior players and don't forget we have the best indigenous system in the afl.
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Well they have won 3 flags have they not and are considered a dynasty in recent times?
Let’s see what happens with stack. I’m tipping he ain’t going to sail off in this sunset like George will.
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This should be Edward's and Houli's job - mentoring our minority boys.
As for Stengle maybe he needed to grow up, maybe we didn't have him at the right time for our club and Crows was clearly the wrong place for him too. He might have been successful with us if we had him the last 5 years.
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Yeah yeah
What did the cats do with Stengel as he was putting whatever up his nose? They got Betts as apparently they have heaps of cash and we don’t :lol
Umm you are aware that Eddie wanted to stay in a development role at Carlton but umm..er... they couldn't afford it due to the soft cap
So he went to Geelong. So how did they do that? Gee I don't know
Let's see... Scarlett and Knights both senior assistants left and were replaced with less experienced assistants and the beefed up development. So wow, what they saved on 2 senior blokes they spread over 3 newbies
Go figure ::)
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You seem to have all the facts about every club WP, though when it comes to ours you tell us to take Balmy with a grain of salt.
I believe what I see and despite our impressive flags we have now gone back to embarrasing ourselves. With our the list demographic I don’t see any improvement for 2 years.
As I said I am eagerly waiting to see how stack pans out. No one can tell me he is worse than some of the efforts we have seen lately.
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Don't think they will have to cut him as i reckon he will ask for a trade. Reckon two WA clubs are quietly watching this pan out.
Also think others who are not in the coaches book will look for opportunity elsewhere blokes like RC-D Ross Miller spring straight to mind.
Also they are not all the same some thrive on training and plenty of others find it a huge chore.
I also think there has been a downside to the success once in you stay in despite how mediocre they perform at seniors. Blokes in the two's see this and say wahy should i work hard they won't pick me anyway.
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Stack has more natural talent in his left pinky than Aarts and Castagna combined, but he plays like an individual, picks and chooses his contests and is a handful off-field. That's why he stays in the twos. No problem if he goes elsewhere next year.
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You seem to have all the facts about every club WP, though when it comes to ours you tell us to take Balmy with a grain of salt.
What are you on about "you tell us to take Balmy with a grain of salt". What exactly does that mean
I've actually said a number of times that people should actually talk to Balmey to understand the impact and how the club managed the soft cap cuts.
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Club has done so much and gone over and beyond for him his dedication has been there at times every preseason his always behind.
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Stack is immature .. some kids are 22 going on 17 .. some are 18 going on 25
We know which category Sydney falls into .. when the penny drops he could be absolutely anything .. top 5 at the club isn’t impossible
Truly hope we persist for one more year .. or could be come back in a week or two for some late season heroics ??
People forget how immature Buddy was early in his career and how he needed minders .. it doesn’t come easily to all the kids in the AFL system
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Stack is immature .. some kids are 22 going on 17 .. some are 18 going on 25
We know which category Sydney falls into .. when the penny drops he could be absolutely anything .. top 5 at the club isn’t impossible
Truly hope we persist for one more year .. or could be come back in a week or two for some late season heroics ??
People forget how immature Buddy was early in his career and how he needed minders .. it doesn’t come easily to all the kids in the AFL system
Buddy also kicked a lot of goals and showed consistent + explosive scoring talent, average 1+ goals in his first year then 2+ then 3+ then 4+. Kicked about 250 goals in his first 4 years.
After Sydney's first 4 years he'll have 30+ games,.no Brownlow votes, and his best footy will be 3 years in the rear vision mirror.
I see the talent also but no dedication and no indication that he will be able to continue to perform in coming years.
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Stack is immature .. some kids are 22 going on 17 .. some are 18 going on 25
We know which category Sydney falls into .. when the penny drops he could be absolutely anything .. top 5 at the club isn’t impossible
Truly hope we persist for one more year .. or could be come back in a week or two for some late season heroics ??
People forget how immature Buddy was early in his career and how he needed minders .. it doesn’t come easily to all the kids in the AFL system
Buddy also kicked a lot of goals and showed consistent + explosive scoring talent, average 1+ goals in his first year then 2+ then 3+ then 4+. Kicked about 250 goals in his first 4 years.
After Sydney's first 4 years he'll have 30+ games,.no Brownlow votes, and his best footy will be 3 years in the rear vision mirror.
I see the talent also but no dedication and no indication that he will be able to continue to perform in coming years.
Agree Andyy .. I wasn't referring to Buddy on-field .. was more the off field behaviour and obvious immaturity ..
Sydney has things you can't teach though .. toughness, courage, physical attributes etc
It's still there, and while I agree it's in the rearview, I believe that when the penny drops he can be anything
Just hope that firstly it does, and secondly, that it's with us ... talent like his at the low salary cap number don't come along often .. for me it's a pure gamble, but at a low cost and with potential enormous upside
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Stack is immature .. some kids are 22 going on 17 .. some are 18 going on 25
We know which category Sydney falls into .. when the penny drops he could be absolutely anything .. top 5 at the club isn’t impossible
A bit like Stengle at Club number 3?
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Stack is immature .. some kids are 22 going on 17 .. some are 18 going on 25
We know which category Sydney falls into .. when the penny drops he could be absolutely anything .. top 5 at the club isn’t impossible
A bit like Stengle at Club number 3?
Yes .. but Sydney can do things Stengle would dream of ..
But on the maturity/dedication side of things, exactly
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If marlion pickett can become AFL standard and eventually grow into the professional environment I believe Sydney can as well. I don’t know how the club can do much more but I think it’s worth persevering given his talents.
I will never forget how important he was to our 2019 flag. When everyone was out of form or injured he was a shining light off half back and put viney on his arse. If he never got injured he would have 10000000% been a premiership player and i feel like him missing out on the medal psychologically messed him up. I’m not saying Sydney is absolved of everything (especially kebab gate) but i feel like if he got the medal it would have kept him on the straight and narrow
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Syd has oodles of talent but he needs to turn up to next preseason training at least on par with his teammates in terms of fitness. Not start behind the eight ball and spend a large chunk of the preseason trying to play catch up.
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If marlion pickett can become AFL standard and eventually grow into the professional environment I believe Sydney can as well. I don’t know how the club can do much more but I think it’s worth persevering given his talents.
I will never forget how important he was to our 2019 flag. When everyone was out of form or injured he was a shining light off half back and put viney on his arse. If he never got injured he would have 10000000% been a premiership player and i feel like him missing out on the medal psychologically messed him up. I’m not saying Sydney is absolved of everything (especially kebab gate) but i feel like if he got the medal it would have kept him on the straight and narrow
Couldn't agree more on this.
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Maybe being in isolation in a maximum security prison during Christmas whilst grieving the loss of his grandfather has something to do with it.
Or maybe he read the posts of people on some of the footy forums like this one calling him to be cut from the list for the sinister evil crime of going out during a stupid unnecessary overblown ridiculous covid restriction when he didn’t even have a sniffle and wasn’t positive nor did he rape or kill anyone but had to go to the very same prison as those who have raped and killed people.
Locked in a tiny room for days during Christmas in a maximum security prison for the softest dumbest reason. It was even ridiculous then but knowing what we know now it’s even more ridiculous than it was then.
Etihad is bad enough, I wonder how crazy I’d get being in a prison cell, probably a better experience than being at this poor excuse of a footy stadium.
I say Keep Stack. He’s a gun player. Needs support and counselling. Needs an apology and compensation by the WA government for what they did to him.
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With betts down at Geelong if I were the cats I’d be going hard for him.
who is mentoring him at the moment? David Teague :help
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With betts down at Geelong if I were the cats I’d be going hard for him.
who is mentoring him at the moment? David Teague :help
Did David Teague take a pee in your cereal or something? Geez you love a good vendetta.
Last season we were AFL#11 in points scored and this season we are AFL#2 and that’s without dusty most of the season, lynch missing for large chunks and Riewoldt on his last legs. And yes you don’t have to list me all the other aspects of what a fwd line should do, their number one aim is to score points and they are second best in the league at it. Can our forward line be better abso-fn-lutely, but if your pointing fingers and taking jabs they are a queue of people (coaches, players, staff) that you could post about before the guy whose been in the job all of 10 months….
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With betts down at Geelong if I were the cats I’d be going hard for him.
who is mentoring him at the moment? David Teague :help
Did David Teague take a pee in your cereal or something? Geez you love a good vendetta.
Last season we were AFL#11 in points scored and this season we are AFL#2 and that’s without dusty most of the season, lynch missing for large chunks and Riewoldt on his last legs. And yes you don’t have to list me all the other aspects of what a fwd line should do, their number one aim is to score points and they are second best in the league at it. Can our forward line be better abso-fn-lutely, but if your pointing fingers and taking jabs they are a queue of people (coaches, players, staff) that you could post about before the guy whose been in the job all of 10 months….
Truth
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Sounds like more excuses as every club has injuries.
Our forward line is a complete mess. Blind Freddy can see it.
Don’t worry others are in the queue, like the stupid selection committee , but one guy has come in with no RFC success and done a job worthy of what you see in the toilet.
Next time we shouldn’t critique any players who had more games than others? That is what your suggesting right. Hugo been around for 5 mins all good let’s wait till he has been around longer than a season.
Please.
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Richmond is also on track to re-contract talented utility Sydney Stack despite a year in which he has played only two AFL games, one of them as the unused sub.
Stack, who broke his cheekbone last month, has made significant gains in his professionalism and while he would have rival suitors the 22-year-old will be at Punt Road next year.
Source: HeraldSun. (https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/news/afl-trade-news-2022-all-the-latest-in-trades-free-agency-and-player-contracts/news-story/0c82f853f599b7b9b0c2927265c67006)
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I think he is pretty critical for our development. Can be an absolute weapon
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Nice!
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Richmond is also on track to re-contract talented utility Sydney Stack despite a year in which he has played only two AFL games, one of them as the unused sub.
Stack, who broke his cheekbone last month, has made significant gains in his professionalism and while he would have rival suitors the 22-year-old will be at Punt Road next year.
Source: HeraldSun. (https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/news/afl-trade-news-2022-all-the-latest-in-trades-free-agency-and-player-contracts/news-story/0c82f853f599b7b9b0c2927265c67006)
This is very good news. He might still be having the odd off field wobble but he’s so important to our future and could be the missing cog in a dustyless midfield in years to come
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Richmond is also on track to re-contract talented utility Sydney Stack despite a year in which he has played only two AFL games, one of them as the unused sub.
Stack, who broke his cheekbone last month, has made significant gains in his professionalism and while he would have rival suitors the 22-year-old will be at Punt Road next year.
Source: HeraldSun. (https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/news/afl-trade-news-2022-all-the-latest-in-trades-free-agency-and-player-contracts/news-story/0c82f853f599b7b9b0c2927265c67006)
Super news. :)
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Richmond is also on track to re-contract talented utility Sydney Stack despite a year in which he has played only two AFL games, one of them as the unused sub.
Stack, who broke his cheekbone last month, has made significant gains in his professionalism and while he would have rival suitors the 22-year-old will be at Punt Road next year.
Source: HeraldSun. (https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/news/afl-trade-news-2022-all-the-latest-in-trades-free-agency-and-player-contracts/news-story/0c82f853f599b7b9b0c2927265c67006)
This is very good news. He might still be having the odd off field wobble but he’s so important to our future and could be the missing cog in a dustyless midfield in years to come
Absolutely smashing news :clapping
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If he makes it he's a gun.
Very impressed with the club with how it is handling contracts such as Stack and Dan Rioli--giving them KPIs or similar and giving short deals until they prove themselves. No knee-jerk longer deals to ward off rival suitors. I like it.
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I just hope the penny drops and he rocks up to preseason on hood shape because if he puts it altogether is A grade talent.
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Sydney Stack mark 3rd term @RichmondVFL
@Richmond_FC v Frankston #Punt road
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https://twitter.com/WLudbey/status/1560917417916010497
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A "wait and see" regarding Stack and if he stays on or goes - Callum Twomey on the AFL website.
https://www.afl.com.au/video/842743/the-price-of-lobb-and-rioli-how-will-dunkley-domino-fall-
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This was posted on Facebook.
https://www.facebook.com/TheRichmondJourney/posts/pfbid02RxVU6eiRKvpsDUg7p1tz2ETKTLLFvDmUBNF7NPfQk1sgbR2RysSuHa5gvpinbfZfl?comment_id=488610316212058
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Kevin Stack your comments arent exactly doing anything positive for sydneys case mate! There is a lot to be said about family members talking on behalf of a player and i encourage you to stop before you start to impact his other prospects.
Lots of us tigers supporters are in sydneys corner but not if we see hi dad calling ithers nerds and running his mouth against the club who gave sydney a second chance
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I was wondering where he got his advice from. Now I know why it's rubbish.
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That would probably be the end of anyone else taking him
He’s been a problem since we picked him up and the club has shown amazing patience because of his undoubted talents
Well done dad :wallywink
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peeed off at RFC lol
We took a chance on him and he hadn't really made the most of it
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I think what he his Dad fails to realise is that if delisted his son as a rookie becomes a free agent
So he can go anywhere.....and surely it is up to his manager to looking after him in this regard
But what I know I'm just an internet nuffy ::)
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Just a Dad standing up for his son, but going about it in the wrong way.
He probably deserved a game on some of his performances in the 2’s but he had no good Will in the bank and there was a few kids who hadn’t broken the rules ahead of him
Has talent but needs to show resilience, consistency and be a team player to make it
If an opportunity ever comes up again he better grab it with two hands because it will be his last at senior level
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Nothing wrong g with being a protective dad, but geez, he got paid bloody good money to play VFL and as many have stated, the kids agent should be finding him his next job. Maybe we have kicked tyres on a trade and there is zero interest.
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Hes not wrong about the Facebook nerd comment. :lol
Good god 97% of Richmond fans on those pages have NFI
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Hes not wrong about the Facebook nerd comment. :lol
Good god 97% of Richmond fans on those pages have NFI
I made the mistake of going on BigFooty after the GF. Similar story.
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What next for Sydney Stack? Xavier Clarke on the future of young Tigers talent
Jackson Clark
National Indigenous Times
28 September 2022
Richmond assistant coach Xavier Clarke is backing talented youngster Sydney Stack to retain his spot on the Tigers’ list for the 2023 AFL season.
Clarke believes the 22-year-old is one of the most talented players on the Tigers’ list and hopes he can improve his professionalism in the off-season.
“I think we’ll give him another chance at this stage from my understanding,” Clarke told SEN Fridays at the Top End.
“Hopefully if we do, he takes it with both hands and we see the Sydney Stack that we love to see.”
“We all want him to play, he’s one of the most talented players on our list.”
Stack burst onto the AFL scene with a blistering debut 2019 season which saw him finish third in the AFL Rising Star voting behind Sam Walsh and Connor Rozee.
The West Australian excited Tigers supporters with his high marking and hard hitting, which included a hip-and-shoulder which flattened Melbourne midfielder Jack Viney.
His season included a four-goal performance against St Kilda and a 24-disposal effort against North Melbourne.
Stack played 17 games in 2019, but has only added a further 18 in the following three seasons due to injury and ill-discipline.
Clarke said Stack’s needed to improve his professionalism and is hoping the young gun will make good decisions while away from the club.
“We all know ‘Stacky’ is highly talented and he’s still figuring out what it takes to be an elite AFL player, that’s the reality,” he said.
“His challenge is now, this time of the year, what he is doing away from the football club.
“He has improved each year that he has come back and if he does get an opportunity again next year, we want him to come back day one and make a statement.
“The players who have good pre-seasons generally have good seasons – he is trying his hardest and we all want him to play and do well.”
Stack featured in two games for the Tigers in 2022, with one of those games being the unused medical sub.
He gathered five disposals and two tackles in his team’s win over West Coast in round seven.
The utility player had a solid season at VFL level, playing in 15 games for the Tigers across a variety of positions.
https://www.nit.com.au/what-next-for-sydney-stack-xavier-clarke-on-the-future-of-young-tigers-talent/
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Well this is positive
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Well this is positive
Yep . Very
Huge fan of him when he’s up and going
Dad staying off social media would be handy as well
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Stack is in WA.
https://www.instagram.com/stories/stackman_44/2937880725166449357/
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Someone post the gif of Stacky flooring viney one last time for old times sake.
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Nothing like the media cherry picking a couple of replies out of 108 to a RFC tweet :facepalm
Fans left confused as Tigers swing axe with ‘insane’ delisting: ‘Huge error’
Harrison Reid
7news
13 October 2022
Richmond fans were quick to voice their disappointment with the call on Stack.
https://twitter.com/Richmond_FC/status/1580424796575133697
“Cutting Stack is insane. No chance a pick 60 will give more,” one fan wrote.
“Surely Stack gets another go at AFL level,” another said.
“Huge error not re-signing Sydney Stack!” another said.
https://7news.com.au/sport/afl/fans-left-confused-as-tigers-swing-axe-with-insane-delisting-huge-error-c-8536972
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Someone post the gif of Stacky flooring viney one last time for old times sake.
(https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/attachments/stacked-gif.661344/)
Actually, he had more than one good moment that night in his 4th game.
https://twitter.com/rfcswallace/status/1580484411950178304
Sadly, we didn't see more of this after his first year (2019) except for that Freo game in 2021.
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:clapping
That bump will forever be remembered but that 1 minute clip is why we’ll be disappointed he never pushed on after 2019. Honestly looked to be the total package skill set wise: quick, good vertical, strong hands, beautiful long kick, evasive, etc.
Hope he goes well in whatever he’s doing moving forward whether that he footy or something else.
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Snip
Let's keep unsubstantiated rumours; which includes what our mates saw off the forum
We all know the rules
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A wasted talent to date, so far those clubs that didn’t pick him up were right, I hope he turns it around
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The more I think about this the more I think it's my saddest ever delisting.
That game against the Dee's. The game where he kicked 3 goals after swinging forward vs Eagles. That huge speccy he took once. What a shame, I feel cheated as a fan we didn't get to see him for 200 games, feel for him but at the end of the day he had his opportunities.
I hope we re rookie him and maybe it's a light bulb moment.
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The more I think about this the more I think it's my saddest ever delisting.
That game against the Dee's. The game where he kicked 3 goals after swinging forward vs Eagles. That huge speccy he took once. What a shame, I feel cheated as a fan we didn't get to see him for 200 games, feel for him but at the end of the day he had his opportunities.
I hope we re rookie him and maybe it's a light bulb moment.
That's how I felt about Relton 'Big Mac' Roberts. Some say he went on to bigger things. The Whopper?
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The more I think about this the more I think it's my saddest ever delisting.
That game against the Dee's. The game where he kicked 3 goals after swinging forward vs Eagles. That huge speccy he took once. What a shame, I feel cheated as a fan we didn't get to see him for 200 games, feel for him but at the end of the day he had his opportunities.
I hope we re rookie him and maybe it's a light bulb moment.
If they cut him why not move on. Try something or in this case someone new.
This bloke imo smells of Stengle all over again.
Imo we have not given him a proper go because he does not fit some of the criteria.Imo we are missing a trick here.Imo he will end up probably at one of the wa clubs for nothing and he will shine.
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Freo have said they want him to play a consistent year in the WA league and they will look at him, he just doesn’t put the work in to run all day. You carry a stay at home small forward these days
I hope the penny drops and hope we pick him up as a rookie if he commits to the work and the rules
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Stack has had plenty of time and opportunity for the penny to drop. Move on I reckon.
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He has and didn’t make the best of them, but sometimes you need to lose something to realise it’s its value
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Lowlife media :thumbsdown.
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I'm calling this abysmal headline out.
You would think one of the 4(!) journos for this story:
Ben Cotton, Max Laughton, Ben Waterworth, David Zita, would ask for a more mature headline.
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https://twitter.com/rhettrospective/status/1581102668038443008
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This is my point exactly. Has he been given chances yes. But he’s also been through a lot worse than the average footballer/person. He went to prison for 3 weeks over Christmas which I personally think is a waaaaay too heavy handed fine for the offence. The continued media beat up is not going to motivate him to do a 180 and change things around.
Maybe I’m being too soft of stack and this is tin foil hat talk but considering he was in the same draft as Walsh I am of a firm believer the afl and media would rather the clean cut private school #1 draft succeed over kfc bucket prodigious talent stack overcoming his hardships and taking the mantle as best of his draft year and hence they’re happy to kick him while he’s down
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It's a poo headline from a lowlife, but unfortunately it's true. Mind you, I didn't see the headline "Former pick 19, strip club offender joins Roos from Tigers."
Kinda like lamington said, you have to wonder whether it's because of his demographic. Would they have thrown CCJ in the can over Christmas?
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It's a poo headline from a lowlife, but unfortunately it's true. Mind you, I didn't see the headline "Former pick 19, strip club offender joins Roos from Tigers."
Kinda like lamington said, you have to wonder whether it's because of his demographic. Would they have thrown CCJ in the can over Christmas?
Absolutely because he's indigenous.
100% if I'd done what he did they would've let me walk out.
They see he's brown, broken family, straight to the slammer.
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Sydney Stack (Richmond)
There is no denying the raw talent of the recently delisted Tiger.
Sydney Stack burst onto the scene in 2019 after he was picked up via the Supplemental Selection Period (SSP) and went on to play 17 games, finishing third in Rising Star voting.
Over the course of four years at Punt Road, Stack had his fair share of off-field issues so it would take a brave club to take another chance on him.
There is absolutely no doubting his immense talent, but it is his dedication and application that must be harnessed.
The Dockers are unlikely to pursue the 22-year-old, but could the embattled Eagles put out their hand?
- by Andrew Slevison
https://www.sen.com.au/news/2022/10/17/the-delisted-players-who-should-be-given-another-chance/
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Sydney Stack (Richmond)
The 22-year-old was a revelation in his first year at Punt Road, featuring both as a forward and in defence and finishing third in the Rising Star Award, behind Sam Walsh and Connor Rozee but ahead of players like Bailey Smith, Gryan Miers, Nick Blakey and teammate Liam Baker. Champion Data rated him as an elite general defender heading into the 2020 season, during which he received a 10-game suspension for breaching Covid protocols in the Queensland hub. After that ban he played just nine more AFL games, including only two in 2022, taking his career tally to 35. Stack is clearly good enough to remain at AFL level - the Tigers‘ delistings were among the most talent-laden this year - and just three weeks ago Richmond development coach Xavier Clarke had been expecting Stack to remain at the club. It’s just a matter of getting him in the right environment and ensuring he’s fully committed to the AFL. A move back home to Western Australia would make a lot of sense, or even to a club that has plenty of professionalism like Geelong.
https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-news-2022-delisted-free-agents-who-deserve-second-chance-trade-period-afl-draft-veterans-on-market-analysis/news-story/521e3dc2d7e0ea1db6323a55b82eeb99
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Former Richmond youngster Sydney Stack “preparing” to land AFL lifeline
The 22-year-old has gained some level of interest from clubs, with one potential suitor named.
Mitch Keating
zerohanger.com
November2, 2022
Delisted Richmond youngster Sydney Stack is "preparing to be an AFL player in 2023" as he continues to assess his options for the future of his professional football career.
Stack was among a quartet of Tigers players not offered new deals for next season, with the Western Australian utility arguably the most surprising axing from this year's list of departures across the competition.
The 22-year-old saw his time at Punt Road come to a close after four seasons and 35 games, with his final year at the club amassing just two appearances at AFL level.
Despite the limited exposure in 2022, Stack firms as a strong chance to extend his AFL career beyond this year, continuing talks with clubs in hope of a lifeline.
“He is preparing to be an AFL player in 2023. So hopefully someone steps forward and provides him with an opportunity. He's pretty open to going anywhere for a chance,” Stack's manager Paul Peos told News Corp.
“He has had some pretty good discussions with teams so hopefully that progresses forward.
“On a list of 40 it's a pretty low financial risk and clubs would be weighing up the pros and cons.
“Sydney has been through some tough periods but he's certainly learned some lessons.”
According to The Herald Sun, Stack has gained some level of interest from multiple AFL clubs ahead of the opening of the delisted free agency period, with Gold Coast among the list of potential suitors.
Stack could remain without a club after the November 15 deadline for delisted free agency, looming as a chance to join an AFL club as a pre-season Supplemental Selection Period recruit for the second time in his career.
The Perth product has returned to his home state of Western Australia to continue training to stay in shape should a lifeline arise, however a spot on either Fremantle or West Coast's list is seen as unlikely.
Delisted free agency opens on Thursday, November 3 and will run until Tuesday, November 15 - including a one-day break for list lodgement on November 10.
https://www.zerohanger.com/former-richmond-youngster-sydney-stack-preparing-to-land-afl-lifeline-129518/
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Full of bs for me rocks up to every preseason unfit and even late to training before round 1.If only other kids had the same chances on an afl list.
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Full of bs for me rocks up to every preseason unfit and even late to training before round 1.If only other kids had the same chances on an afl list.
Yep no idea what they mean about learning lessons.
Been on a list what 4 years and hasn't learned a thing IMO
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... while the Suns' links to Stack are also reportedly waning.
https://www.zerohanger.com/suns-interest-in-former-afl-duo-dan-hannebery-and-sydney-stack-reportedly-cools-129676/
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Fremantle encouraged to give delisted Richmond Tigers midfielder Sydney Stack a chance
Mitchell Woodcock
The West Australian
11 November 2022
A draft expert has encouraged Fremantle to give Sydney Stack a second chance at the AFL level after losing some of their experienced depth this off-season.
Perth-product Stack was delisted by Richmond after 35 games in four seasons, suiting up for the Tigers just twice in 2022 while averaging 15 disposals and kicking 16 goals in 15 VFL appearances.
AFL draft guru Michael Ablett said the Dockers should look at handing Stack or delisted West Coast forward Zac Langdon a rookie lifeline as cover for any potential injuries to their frontline midfield.
“What could cause the biggest issue for them (Fremantle) is a little bit of a hit to their depth ... it only takes a handful of injuries and you start to dig into your list,” Ablett said.
“When you’re talking about a club that’s nearing a premiership window, you really look towards those 24, 25-year-olds and that for me would be the gap in their list.
“Do they explore someone like a Sydney Stack that can come in? We know Syd has had his challenges and fallen out of favour a little bit for some of his errors off the field, but his on-field stuff is electric.”
Stack’s manager Paul Peos said the midfielder was training to be an AFL player in 2023.
“So hopefully someone steps forward and provides him with an opportunity. He’s pretty open to going anywhere for a chance,” Peos told The Herald Sun.
“Sydney has been through some tough periods but he’s certainly learned some lessons.”
https://thewest.com.au/sport/fremantle-dockers/afl-draft-2022-fremantle-encouraged-to-give-delisted-richmond-tigers-midfielder-sydney-stack-a-chance-c-8819406
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St Kilda show interest in former Richmond utility Sydney Stack as he trains at Perth Demons
Mitchell Woodcock
The West Australian
Thu, 8 December 2022 2:20PM
Former Richmond utility Sydney Stack could end up under the tutelage of Ross Lyon with St Kilda believed to be showing interest in the West Australian.
Stack, 22, was delisted by the Tigers this year after 35 games in four seasons but had hoped to receive an AFL lifeline after returning to Perth.
It is believed the Saints have been in regular talks with Stack and his management, with Lyon’s side having two list spots available for the pre-season supplemental selection period or mid-season draft.
Stack has been training at his original WAFL club Perth, where he is likely to play next season should he not receive a spot on an AFL list.
Gold Coast had two open spots on their list, but used one to sign Jed Anderson.
https://thewest.com.au/sport/st-kilda-saints/st-kilda-show-interest-in-former-richmond-utility-sydney-stack-as-he-trains-at-perth-demons-c-9097629
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If he’s not training with them soon then I doubt he’d be in line for a SSP spot. I think there’s a handful of clubs waiting to see him put it together for a season at state level before considering him.
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I heard Geelong were really into him - but when they did their due diligence- that interest dried up faster than a puddle in the Sahara.
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St Kilda seem set to swoop on Sydney Stack
Andrew Mathieson
National Indigenous Times
December 13, 2022
St Kilda appears set to swoop in late for Ballardong Noongar delisted free agent Sydney Stack, who has attracted Fremantle’s attention.
Stack returned home to Western Australia in the offseason since Richmond’s shock call to cut the Indigenous talent after four seasons and 35 AFL games.
The 22-year-old had taken up an offer to train with Perth, the same WAFL club from which the Demons junior was signed during the preseason supplemental selection period.
That last-ditch recruitment method could again save the agile utility’s AFL career after being largely ignored across the trade period and the ensuing draft.
Paul Peos, Stack’s manager, said his gifted client is focusing solely on an AFL career again after criticism levelled at his professionalism, fitness and commitment.
“Hopefully someone steps forward and provides him with an opportunity,” Peos said.
“He’s pretty open to going anywhere for a chance.”
St Kilda have begun to engage in ongoing conversations with Stack over filling one of two remaining senior spots on its list.
The directive in the conversations are believed to ensure the Saints’ fitness programs are strenuously followed 3,500 kilometres away from the Moorabbin training base.
https://nit.com.au/13-12-2022/4517/st-kilda-seems-set-to-swoop-on-sydney-stack
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Feel like his manager is the only one that keeps putting it out there that there are other clubs into Stacky. The only time I’ve heard someone affiliated with an afl club mention stack was someone from freo (think Peter bell) say they need to see if he can go back to state level and perform on field and stay out of trouble off field before they consider him.
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Saints have a rat bag policy with Hannebury, Zac Jones, Hill, Higgins and before them the likes of Lovett and Jake Carlisle. Good luck to them and him but they’re record ain’t great.
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Feel like his manager is the only one that keeps putting it out there that there are other clubs into Stacky. The only time I’ve heard someone affiliated with an afl club mention stack was someone from freo (think Peter bell) say they need to see if he can go back to state level and perform on field and stay out of trouble off field before they consider him.
I feel his manager does more harm than good most of the time
I get you want to talk your client up but Peos seems to make excuse after excuse for Sydney's lack or professionalism. It always seems to be "poor Syd" with his manager or "he's training really hard" and then he shows up out condition. I've never heard Peos say once SYdney needs to knuckle down and work hard. It always seems to be about Sydney's talent
Not sure if Peos has any other clients but maybe what Syd needs is for manager to give him some home truths rather than continually pandering to Sydney's ego.
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Why is Higgins included in that lot? Was pretty popular here until he decided to leave.
I didn't really rate him for what it's worth. Turns out he's a pretty bloody handy forward
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Why is Higgins included in that lot? Was pretty popular here until he decided to leave.
I didn't really rate him for what it's worth. Turns out he's a pretty bloody handy forward
Left after we backed him through brain surgery. Seems to be at his best when skiing downhill. Never does the team defensive things and has been called out for it. Sorry, not a fan.
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Backed him through brain surgery? What were we going to do, delist a 1st round pick?
As I said, I didn't rate him when he was here. Was poorly used in hindsight. Don't really understand the bitterness
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Why is Higgins included in that lot? Was pretty popular here until he decided to leave.
I didn't really rate him for what it's worth. Turns out he's a pretty bloody handy forward
Left after we backed him through brain surgery. Seems to be at his best when skiing downhill. Never does the team defensive things and has been called out for it. Sorry, not a fan.
Have to agree with HRT here.
We saw him through a horrendous medical situation. Put his welfare, health and safety ahead of everything else and he walked out rather than fighting for his spot.
And once traded he then threw in a few unnecessary comments which included not understanding why he got dropped in 2020 and how he'd always wanted to play for St Kilda blah, blah.
Will be interesting to see how he goes under Ross the Boss
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Why is Higgins included in that lot? Was pretty popular here until he decided to leave.
I didn't really rate him for what it's worth. Turns out he's a pretty bloody handy forward
Same here still dont think he is much chop though. Pick 17 a handy fwd reckon you want more than that good thing we traded him.
StKilda ended up giving up pick 20 and pick 30 for Higgins those picks ended up being Max Holmes who Geelong are clearly happy with him we got their 2022 first rounder which helped us get Taranto and Hopper.
We ended up with a handy small fwd who may end up a better player than Higgins in Judson Clarke at pick 30.
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Higgins will probably always be a handy goal kicker nothing more. No pressure or gut running etc. At his age I consider that lazy, it's different when you're Dusty and 30+.
As for Stack I don't get the hype he had one good year with us and has been poo since. Plenty of those going around and you don't often see proper redemption stories like Stengle.
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Why is Higgins included in that lot? Was pretty popular here until he decided to leave.
I didn't really rate him for what it's worth. Turns out he's a pretty bloody handy forward
Left after we backed him through brain surgery. Seems to be at his best when skiing downhill. Never does the team defensive things and has been called out for it. Sorry, not a fan.
Have to agree with HRT here.
We saw him through a horrendous medical situation. Put his welfare, health and safety ahead of everything else and he walked out rather than fighting for his spot.
And once traded he then threw in a few unnecessary comments which included not understanding why he got dropped in 2020 and how he'd always wanted to play for St Kilda blah, blah.
Will be interesting to see how he goes under Ross the Boss
Again, what were we going to...delist him? He wanted to go, we facilitated a trade. No harm done. Doesn't make him a ratbag.
I couldn't give a rats arse that he said he always wanted to play for them. Pretty sure he was a Saints supporter and he ended up playing there, it's what I'd expect him to say.
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I got no animosity whatsoever towards Higgins for wanting to be traded. He’s an ok small forward and age is on his side to improve his game and maybe run through the midfield rotations. At this stage though I don’t think we miss him. I would have preferred him to Castagna and aarts in recent seasons but I much prefer junior and Cumberland with also juddy Clarke hopefully developing into a handy player.
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WAFL off-season: Former Richmond utility Sydney Stack returns to Perth Demons as for 2023 season
Mitchell Woodcock
The West Australian
Tue, 10 January 2023 4:18PM
Perth’s hopes of climbing up the ladder quickly have been boosted with former Richmond utility Sydney Stack returning to the Lathlain-based club this WAFL season.
Stack had hoped to receive an AFL lifeline after being delisted by the Tigers where he played 35 games in four seasons, but did not get an invite to train with another club this pre-season.
He will now return to the Demons from this week, where he was recruited from by Richmond in the 2018-19 Pre-Season Supplemental Period.
Stack, 22, had joined in several pre-season sessions since being let go by Richmond and is understood to be in great condition.
Former Geelong midfielder Quinton Narkle could also return to the Demons if he does not get picked up by Richmond, where he is training this summer.
https://thewest.com.au/sport/wafl/wafl-off-season-former-richmond-utility-sydney-stack-returns-to-perth-demons-as-for-2023-season-c-9404597
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Thought this would be the case. He’ll need to pull out a ripper season then I’m assuming he’d be at one of west coast or freo in 2024.
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Ex-Tigers bad boy hit with serious driving charges
Former Richmond footy player Sydney Stack will face court next month over a raft of serious driving charges, including drink driving without a licence.
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/truecrimeaustralia/police-courts-victoria/former-richmond-tigers-star-sydney-stack-to-face-court-over-serious-driving-charges/news-story/e6d32e13b6f721bf0fd65fc6c4320e87
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Ex-Tigers bad boy hit with serious driving charges
Former Richmond footy player Sydney Stack will face court next month over a raft of serious driving charges, including drink driving without a licence.
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/truecrimeaustralia/police-courts-victoria/former-richmond-tigers-star-sydney-stack-to-face-court-over-serious-driving-charges/news-story/e6d32e13b6f721bf0fd65fc6c4320e87
Wonder what his genius father has to say about this one
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Full article:
Ex-Tigers bad boy hit with serious driving charges
Former Richmond footy player Sydney Stack will face court next month over a raft of serious driving charges, including drink driving without a licence.
The Herald Sun can reveal the recently delisted Stack will face the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on February 1 for a mention hearing relating to six charges including drink driving, unlicensed driving and driving an unregistered vehicle.
The former Tiger has also been charged with two counts of entering an intersection against a red traffic light.
The 22-year-old has been charged by Victoria Police’s Prahran uniform division.
Stack was signed to the Tigers ahead of the 2019 season and played 35 games across four seasons before being delisted at the end of 2022.
Born in Western Australia, Stack faced a series of off-field controversies while contracted to Richmond.
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/truecrimeaustralia/police-courts-victoria/former-richmond-tigers-star-sydney-stack-to-face-court-over-serious-driving-charges/news-story/e6d32e13b6f721bf0fd65fc6c4320e87
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Sad story is Sydney's.
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Same as me, could have danced in the Bolshoi…😂😂😂
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Going to be hard from here in you'd think until he matures. Some tough life lessons incoming..
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Going to be hard from here in you'd think until he matures. Some tough life lessons incoming..
How many does he need?
What a complete waste .. such a shame
I truly believe he could have been anything
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He's 22 years old. Not the first of that age to stuff up & won't be the last.
Most guys don't mature until they have kids & then many still don't.
Pro footy career on the backburner for now but a tough upbringing like many indigenous kids face hasn't helped.
Hope he gets it together rather than the alternative.
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Best thing we let him go holded to long to him for me.
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He's 22 years old. Not the first of that age to stuff up & won't be the last.
Most guys don't mature until they have kids & then many still don't.
Pro footy career on the backburner for now but a tough upbringing like many indigenous kids face hasn't helped.
Hope he gets it together rather than the alternative.
Tyson Stengle anyone? I hope he makes it for the sake of the kid.
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Another kid with wasted talent sadly and I really feel for him. However, this game is now a business and it's brutal. There is little time or little tolerance for bad behaviours. Just a fact. He had a golden opportunity and he gave it away. I hope the club are still supporting him somehow. I think we will see a lot more of this with this next generation. I wouldn't be surprised to see Sydney come back into the game when he is 25 to 26 years old when he has grown up a bit.
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Troubled former @Richmond_FC player Sydney stack has fallen foul of the law again. The 22-year-old has been hit with a $500 dollar fine after swinging punches at a man in Perth’s nightclub district. He claims it was self-defence.
Watch news report here: https://twitter.com/7NewsMelbourne/status/1613800086429118465
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Former Richmond star Sydney Stack pleads guilty to disorderly behaviour in public after punch up
He claimed he has ‘just got people trying to bring me down’ while leaving Perth Magistrates’ Court.
Harrison Reid
7AFL
13 January 2023
Former Richmond star Sydney Stack has pleaded guilty to fighting on the streets of Perth’s nightclub district, Northbridge.
The 22-year-old has been hit with a $500 fine, suspended for three months, after he was caught shaping up to another male before he started swinging punches.
He pleaded guilty to one charge of disorderly behaviour in public from an incident on a night out celebrating his cousin’s 21st birthday.
He appeared before Perth Magistrates’ Court on Friday, telling 7NEWS exclusively after the hearing that it was in “self-defense”.
“I’ve just got people trying to bring me down, mate, that’s it,” Stack told 7NEWS while walking out of court.
In September 2020, Stack was involved in a fight outside a Gold Coast strip club that saw him sent home from Richmond’s COVID hub.
Later that year, he spent Christmas behind bars after breaching Western Australia’s COVID quarantine restrictions - caught in an altercation, also in Northbridge.
Stack was delisted by Richmond at the end of last season.
He has been linked to a possible WAFL return. It isn’t clear how this latest incident will affect his football career.
https://7news.com.au/sport/afl/former-richmond-star-sydney-stack-pleads-guilty-to-disorderly-behaviour-in-public-after-punch-up-c-9439959
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Not good. I thought he'd been alright in the last year or so on the legal front. Trouble finds him when it shouldn't. Wasted talent
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Huge shame, I really like Sydney. Just shows you can have enormous talent but if you havent got your head together, as in decision making, impulse control etc., It is a very tough business to excel in.
Hope there is a 2nd chapter for him. As far as the nightclub incident. I always side on the footballers, mainly cause 99% of them want to be left alone and there are plenty of idiots happy to sledge and cause a scene. Unfortunately Sydney didn't choose the best option which was to walk away early.
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Just don't go to nightclubs.
They're poo and expensive anyway and are only made barely tolerable by being completely smashed -- which you can't be as a pro so what's the point?
But clowns go to the circus.
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Just don't go to nightclubs.
They're poo and expensive anyway and are only made barely tolerable by being completely smashed -- which you can't be as a pro so what's the point?
But clowns go to the circus.
Yep.
Great way to ruin a night with your friends.
Triple the cost of your drinks and you can't hear anyone.
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WAFL Off-Season: Perth coach Peter German says Demons still want Sydney Stack despite troubles with the law
Mitchell Woodcock
The West Australian
Wed, 18 January 2023 7:07PM
Sydney Stack’s recent run-ins with the law haven’t deterred Perth from pursuing the former Richmond utility to return to the Demons in the WAFL this season.
Stack, 22, was delisted by Richmond after 35 games in four seasons and has found himself in trouble off the field since, being fined $500, suspended for three months, after pleading guilty to disorderly behaviour in public after an altercation outside a Perth nightclub in December.
He is also to appear in Melbourne Magistrates Court next month for a mention hearing relating to six charges, including drink-driving, unlicensed driving and driving an unregistered vehicle.
Instead of his off-field issues putting Perth off, new coach Peter German is backing the club to get Stack “back on track”.
“From all indications, he is really wanting to come back and put his best foot forward for the Perth Footy Club,” German told SEN.
“Watch this space, I think there’s a really good chance for us (to have Sydney) play for the Perth Football Club this year.
“He knows he’s got a bit of work to go, but I think footy clubs are great to be able to help people get them back on track, get them where they need to be and give them a focus.
“Have a really good group of people around and a great environment and I think that’s what we can really offer Sydney.”
Stack has already been training at Perth, where he played three league games in 2018, showing his promise by averaging 14 touches.
https://thewest.com.au/sport/perth-football-club/wafl-off-season-perth-coach-peter-german-says-demons-still-want-sydney-stack-despite-troubles-with-the-law-c-9488399
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Ex-Richmond star convicted of drunk, unlicensed driving
He was considered one of the most talented players to have debuted in years, but a former footy young gun has landed himself in court again.
Hugo Timms
February 2, 2023
NCA NewsWire
An ex-AFL star who copped a hefty fine for driving an unregistered car while drunk and unlicensed offered a bizarre excuse in court.
Sydney Stack, 22, who was delisted by Richmond at the end of last season after a string of off-field misdemeanours, was convicted and fined $1000 in the Melbourne Magistrates Court on Wednesday.
The defender didn’t appear in court but instead a short email detailing his excuses.
The email read: “I’m sorry I couldn’t be there. Thank you for your time.”
Prosecutors said that on September 10 last year Stack was observed by police driving an unregistered silver Kia Cerato through two red lights on Chapel St, South Yarra.
Stack was intercepted by police on nearby Bond St, where he failed to produce a driver’s licence.
He was taken to Prahan Police Station after undergoing a preliminary breath test, where he blew .102, the court heard.
When police asked why he had been drinking, he said that he had been moving house, the court heard.
Prosecutors said the ex-Richmond gun told police he had been trying to “catch the light” and said he thought his manager had “sorted out” his car registration.
Judicial Registrar Michael Gurvich fined Stack $1000 and convicted him for the charges, while his licence was suspended for 10 months effective from September 10.
Stack, who finished third in the 2019 Rising Star awards, played 35 games for Richmond over four seasons.
But his blossoming AFL career was frequently marred by off-field indiscretions, such as a 2020 brawl outside a Gold Coast strip club.
In December that year, Stack was also jailed in his native Western Australia for breaching quarantine restrictions.
Stack had multiple earlier driving offences in Victoria and possessed three prior matters from WA, prosectors told the court.
He has returned to WA, where he is expected to play for his boyhood WAFL side, the Perth Demons, in the upcoming season.
https://www.news.com.au/national/victoria/courts-law/exrichmond-star-convicted-of-drunk-unlicensed-driving/news-story/06f19bfd68421b2b70b88b884e1a6e74
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Title should read,
"Dustin Martin connected to drink-driving joyride in posh south Melbourne suburb."
First sentence,
"Former Dustin Martin teammate Sydney Stack ... "
Should get a few more clicks
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Geez on september 10 so before he was delisted. You’d think if his papers wernt already stamped that defs did the trick.
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Geez on september 10 so before he was delisted. You’d think if his papers wernt already stamped that defs did the trick.
Thought this too.
Club has right the correct choice, same with Stengle.
Talent alone isn't enough and we've given plenty of chances.
Might have to go and grow up a bit for two year. I had a bad feeling he will stay off the rails though which is sad.
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Geez on september 10 so before he was delisted. You’d think if his papers wernt already stamped that defs did the trick.
Thought this too.
Club has right the correct choice, same with Stengle.
Talent alone isn't enough and we've given plenty of chances.
Might have to go and grow up a bit for two year. I had a bad feeling he will stay off the rails though which is sad.
Stengle wasn’t a problem case for us, he just wanted to head home and the club facilitated that. Even at the crows I only know of the one incident although to be fair there may have been others which they kept under wraps.
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Ch7 reported tonight that Sydney is in trouble again
https://thewest.com.au/news/court-justice/sydney-stack-ex-richmond-afl-player-charged-over-northam-brawl-that-left-man-with-broken-jaw-c-10068678
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Ch7 reported tonight that Sydney is in trouble again
https://thewest.com.au/news/court-justice/sydney-stack-ex-richmond-afl-player-charged-over-northam-brawl-that-left-man-with-broken-jaw-c-10068678
Wonder what his genius father has to say about this one
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Ch7 reported tonight that Sydney is in trouble again
https://thewest.com.au/news/court-justice/sydney-stack-ex-richmond-afl-player-charged-over-northam-brawl-that-left-man-with-broken-jaw-c-10068678
Wonder what his genius father has to say about this one
Or his clueless manager
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Swan Districts sign troubled former Richmond star Sydney Stack on a two-year deal.
https://thewest.com.au/sport/wafl/wafl-2024-swan-districts-sign-troubled-former-richmond-star-sydney-stack-on-a-two-year-deal-c-13548095