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All-Australian Tigers in 2024?
« on: December 13, 2023, 09:46:51 PM »
PREDICTING YOUR CLUB’S NEXT FIRST-TIME ALL-AUSTRALIAN

Andrew Slevison
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13 December 2023


Tim Taranto produced a stellar debut season for Richmond in 2023.

He won the Jack Dyer Medal as the club’s best and fairest, polled a career-high 19 Brownlow Medal votes and averaged a career-best 28.8 disposals in yellow and black.

The former Giant was agonisingly close to being included in the 44-man squad this year, with many onlookers suggesting he was extremely stiff to miss out.

There is a lengthy list of quality midfielders in the AFL so it will no easy feat, but if Taranto can replicate what he did last year then he’s every chance.

His fellow ex-GWS midfielder Jacob Hopper (2021), dashing half-back Dan Rioli (2022) and intercept defender Nick Vlastuin (2020) have all been closest of those Tigers who aren’t already All-Australians.

https://www.sen.com.au/news/2023/12/13/predicting-your-clubs-next-first-time-all-australian/

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Re: All-Australian Tigers in 2024?
« Reply #1 on: December 13, 2023, 10:23:29 PM »
The worst award in professional sport for bias.
The fact Dangerfield has 8 or something is actually hilarious.

The most overrated, unnecessarily applauded wanker in the history of the game.
People talk about Taranto’s kicking but this buffoon blasts it out on the full more than anyone in the history of the game.

I have never cared less about an award and that includes the Allan Boredom medal
“I find it nearly impossible to make those judgments, but he is certainly up there with the really important ones, he is certainly up there with the Francis Bourkes and the Royce Harts and the Kevin Bartlett and the Kevin Sheedys, there is no doubt about that,” Balme said.