Dion Prestia [merged]

[Andyy]

Jack retired at 34 and IMO was playing very solid and it was the clubs fault he was the only KPF available getting assaulted every week playing 2-3 out

[Francois Jackson]

Absolutely Andy. He went out on a high IMO and to suggest otherwise is wrong

He was crucified in his final year.

[the claw]

32 is so young for where Dion's career perception has been for some time with his injury issues. 2020 onwards. Played 70 games.

Luck seems a silly thing to complain about but when you see Sidebottom, Dangerfield, Zorko and Pendlebury longevity, it's bad luck not one of our star premiership players has been able to be at a decent standard physically and mentally post 31/32 years of age.

Cotch aged quickly, so did Riewoldt. Dusty obviously.
Grimes body gave way.
Rance way too young.
Houli body was done.
Prestia and Lynch body has seen them miss an enormous amount of footy.

I don't blame the club for the Taranto top up. To have a cross next to all these players for longevity is really bad luck. Nothing against them, champion players.

 all of those named bar Rance who quit because of religion have had long long careers.
I would hazard a guess if you did a survey of all the 30 plus year olds who have played lets say 200 games then the average age for retirement would be around the  31 32 33 range maybe.

[one-eyed]

Injury-prone Tiger veteran, Dion Prestia, is fighting fit heading into Christmas after adopting a crash or crash-through approach. The three-time premiership player revealed to 10 News First he's keen to coach after he hangs up the boots

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