AFG re-signs as sponsor for 2007

[one-eyed]

Tigers right at home with AFG
2:30:08 PM Tue 27 June, 2006
richmondfc.com.au

Richmond today announced that Australian Finance Group (AFG) has re-signed as a co-major partner of the Club for the 2007 season.

AFG, Australia’s largest mortgage broking group and one of the world’s top three mortgage networks, established its partnership with the Tigers in April 2005.

Since then, the relationship between Richmond and AFG has gone from strength to strength, and both parties are delighted that the close association will continue.

“It’s great news for the Richmond Football Club that AFG has renewed its co-major sponsorship,” said the Tigers’ president Gary March.

“AFG’s continued support, through sponsorship, significant financial assistance to the ‘Tigers in Community’program, right down to educating some of our players, such as Troy Simmonds, Brett Deledio and Shane Tuck in mortgage broking, solidifies its commitment to the Richmond Football Club, both on and off the field.

“The Board, playing group and administration would like to thank AFG for its strong support and we look forward to sharing continued success.”

AFG Executive Director Malcolm Watkins said Richmond was proving to be an ideal fit from a partnership perspective.

“Over the last 12 months our sponsorship has evolved into a great partnership with both parties extracting true and tangible benefits,” Mr Watkins said.

“We would like to take this opportunity to thank both Richmond supporters and the wider community, as a whole, for their support of our association.

“We’re honored to be involved in a small way with such a proud, traditional AFL club as Richmond and look forward to a continued, thriving relationship with the Tigers.”

For further information or comment, please contact Richmond’s media manager Tony Greenberg on 0414 464 294 or AFG’s sponsorship manager Jill Humphries on 0400 845 081.

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[PuntRdRoar]

Why didnt they sign for longer....dont they love us lol

[WilliamPowell]

Great news

[mightytiges]

Well done RFC. Great news  . Up yours TAC lol .

[PuntRdRoar]

Good to see 3 of the boyz looking to establish careers outside footy to. Well done to AFG.

[F0551L]

great news   i have personally used AFG's services  very thorough and professional   
hopefully a long partnership will develop with them and the club

[one-eyed]

Tigers, AFG renewed
5:37:31 PM Tue 27 June, 2006
Jennifer Witham
Sportal for afl.com.au

Richmond has announced it will continue its partnership with Australian Finance Group (AFG) until the end of season 2007.

The club, together with AFG executive director Malcolm Watkins, confirmed the re-signing of Australia's largest mortgage broking group and one of the world's top three mortgage networks as a co-major partner of the Tigers on Tuesday at AFL World.

Richmond CEO Steven Wright said AFG had been a 'fantastic' partner since the club's relationship with the TAC was severed last year, with a handful of Tigers currently undertaking AFG traineeships.

"AFG have been with us for now 18 months since TAC left us and have been an absolutely fantastic partner," Wright said.

"They've come along to us and worked out what can we really do to really take Richmond to the community, and what can we do to enlarge the AFG brand around Australia, and with Richmond one of the major powers in AFL football, we have been able to do that for AFG."

Watkins said AFG was happy to continue its relationship with the club and thanked Richmond supporters and the wider community for supporting the association.

"We're very proud to be part of the AFL world and getting behind what I'm led to believe is a fairly recent initiative in AFL," Watkins

"It's good to see such a large number of people attending the event each and every day.

"We would like to take this opportunity to thank both Richmond supporters and the wider community, as a whole, for their support of our association."

Richmond coach Terry Wallace thanked AFG for coming to the club at a particularly difficult time and said he hoped the association would continue to benefit both parties.

"When you have a look at sporting sponsorship, whether it's anywhere around the world but certainly in Australia, it's all very easy to jump on board a winning unit at any point in time," Wallace said.

"Probably when the Richmond football club was at its lowest ebb, we'd come off a season where we'd finish last on the ladder, we lost 14 games in a row, we lost our major sponsor very early in the next season, AFG came on board at that time.

"That was a risk that their company took at that particular time, but it was a risk the Richmond Football Club was very, very thankful for, and I hope that AFG can see that the Richmond Football Club is growing and that we both have the ability to grow together."

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