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Richmond Rant / Re: 2026 Membership

« Last post by Simonator on Today at 02:15:08 PM »

Ticking over 22 years as a member for 2026. What’s everyone else up to?

46 closing in on Yellow and Black

That will be a great achievement and a guaranteed ticket to the grand final

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Richmond Rant / Re: Richmond AFLW team [merged]

« Last post by WilliamPowell on Today at 02:10:59 PM »

The AFL has granted Collingwood, the Gold Coast Suns and GWS Giants special assistance packages after their continued underperformance in the AFLW across recent seasons.

https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/aflw-2025-collingwood-magpies-gold-coast-suns-and-gws-giants-granted-special-assistance-packages-by-the-afl-extra-list-spots-first-round-draft-picks-latest-news/news-story/7ef0c5fe8e54b0b8d9818e8b7c806d0b

Nothing for us.

And rightly so...

The 3 that got assistance have been bottom 3 or 4 for the last 5+ seasons

We don't deserve assistance. Prior to this season, we've played finals 2 out of the last 3 seasons.

No forwm of assistance will help poor list decisions e.g. poor drafting and trading. Assistance won't fix a fundamentally flawed game plan and poor coaching

That's for the Club to fix not the competition

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Richmond Rant / Re: Richmond AFLW team [merged]

« Last post by one-eyed on Today at 01:15:08 PM »

The AFL has granted Collingwood, the Gold Coast Suns and GWS Giants special assistance packages after their continued underperformance in the AFLW across recent seasons.

https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/aflw-2025-collingwood-magpies-gold-coast-suns-and-gws-giants-granted-special-assistance-packages-by-the-afl-extra-list-spots-first-round-draft-picks-latest-news/news-story/7ef0c5fe8e54b0b8d9818e8b7c806d0b

Nothing for us.

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Richmond Rant / Re: How do we all rate our 2025 recruiting effort?

« Last post by Hard Roar Tiger on Today at 12:47:47 PM »

I understand that it was only pick 99 that we weren't going to use. THough that picked would have ended up closer to late 60s early 70s wouldn't it?

But ...

The reason I don't get it is

He was a rookie at Geelong who was getting de-listed. And from what I understand was no where near getting an AFL game down there (will stand corrected if I've read all that wrong)

I appreciate he fills a need I'm just not sold yet on using a primary list spot on him when we could have picked him up in the rookie draft for nothing

I wish the kid nothing but the best,  he's a Tiger now

The more perplexing thing is why the Cats dumped after one season. Finished 5th in their ressies b&f and their dna with kids is very much about patience so this one was highly unusual

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Richmond Rant / Re: Why there is so much confidence in Richmond (SEN)

« Last post by Hard Roar Tiger on Today at 12:45:34 PM »

I think our 2024 draft is very much a replica of what the Cats started back then Crawski.
Difference atm is the timing of the premiership coach joining - 2029 is too late for mine unless we all think it’s Yze.

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Richmond Rant / Re: 2026 Membership

« Last post by Go Richo 12 on Today at 12:34:34 PM »

Ticking over 22 years as a member for 2026. What’s everyone else up to?

46 closing in on Yellow and Black

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Richmond Rant / Re: 2026 Membership

« Last post by cub on Today at 12:21:46 PM »

Ticking over 22 years as a member for 2026. What’s everyone else up to?

46 closing in on Yellow and Black

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Richmond Rant / Re: 2026 Membership

« Last post by Simonator on Today at 12:04:07 PM »

Ticking over 22 years as a member for 2026. What’s everyone else up to?

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Richmond Rant / Re: Why there is so much confidence in Richmond (SEN)

« Last post by the claw on Today at 10:56:28 AM »

Think mooney left out the 1999 nd a year Geelong traded for a young kpf called Mooney. that year Corey, Chapman, Ling and a mug called enright were taken in that draft. Interesting they also had picks 15,17, 23 and missed with all three.

Pretty sure you can trace Geelongs rebuild back to 1999 at the latest. Since the inception of the ND  i don't think they have ever really bottomed out with long periods near the bottom.

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Richmond Rant / Re: How do we all rate our 2025 recruiting effort?

« Last post by the claw on Today at 10:35:28 AM »

Think he fits us to a tee.

WE not only saw him as a kid and liked him but we had the added bonus of seeing him at vfl and performing extremely well.
We take mature players from the vfl who tick most boxes and he does that along with a bigger body of work to judge him by.

Pretty  sure he did not get a game at Geelong because of higher rated senior players who they wanted to keep and he was delisted because they promised rookie spots to those players who had served them well. Think there is a tight squeeze on down at Geelong.

For me the interesting thing in this is Geelong Drafted Hunter Holmes he was one i wanted us to take to go with Retschko on the other wing

As for the nd as i have said we wont know for three or so years but we had a desperate need for mids, pace, wingers small forwards a HB Dan Rioli replacement and a ruckman or two the only one we did not address is the latter.

I think the top 10 were all fairly even wewent with a tough as nails well skilled quick inside out mid whats not to like.

For me the addition of just 5 new faces in just year two of rebuild  with even more  compromised drafts than we have now coming not good enough.But thats more a list management thing than recruiting.