Reece Conca [merged]

[Assange Tiger 😎]

I’m not a fan of his but that was bad luck for the bloke no player deserves that. Just rotten luck.

Hope it’s not as bad as it looked and hope he gets back to playing again soon.

 

I was concerned about what you would say after that incident. Very pleased to read this   

[Damo]

He’s in all thoughts you would think

But tonight showed a couple of things

1- how much his teammates love him
2- what it means to Reece with the fist pump

All the best to him

100 game tiger and that can’t be taken off him

[tdy]

Bad luck to him, get well soon.

[mightytiges]

He’s in all thoughts you would think

But tonight showed a couple of things

1- how much his teammates love him
2- what it means to Reece with the fist pump

All the best to him

100 game tiger and that can’t be taken off him

Amazingly gutsy by Reece to think of the team when he was obviously in immense pain and knowing his season is over and will miss out once again on a chance to play in a premiership. Just horrible hearing him scream out in pain  .

Makes you proud to be a Tiger supporter when we see the team walk over to the stretcher and each individual Tiger pat Reece on the head. That connection the players always talk about with each other.

Credit too to Gary Rohan who went over to Reece as well. Rohan did the same injury in 2012. Apparently, it took him 9 months to get back.

[eliminator]

He’s in all thoughts you would think

But tonight showed a couple of things

1- how much his teammates love him
2- what it means to Reece with the fist pump

All the best to him

100 game tiger and that can’t be taken off him

Amazingly gutsy by Reece to think of the team when he was obviously in immense pain and knowing his season is over and will miss out once again on a chance to play in a premiership. Just horrible hearing him scream out in pain  .

Makes you proud to be a Tiger supporter when we see the team walk over to the stretcher and each individual Tiger pat Reece on the head. That connection the players always talk about with each other.

Credit too to Gary Rohan who went over to Reece as well. Rohan did the same injury in 2012. Apparently, it took him 9 months to get back.

Totally agree. Great sportsmanship by Rohan. Great support by the team. Really feel for Reece. Terrible injury. He has had appalling luck with injuries.

[dwaino]

That's was savage. Great reactions after though.

[Tigeritis™©®]

Just saw the replay of the player reaction and Rohan on tv.  Very good by the fellas
 Also noticed Rioli have him a kiss on the forehead. Great brotherly love by the boys.

[The Machine]

Absolutely gutted for him

[MintOnLamb]

Well obviouslly far more important to the ethos of the team than i and most of the flog conca knockers on here thougjt, good luck to him

[lamington]

i really feel for him. All the best with recovery. his fist up when he was getting stretchered off probably captures what he means  to the players and the club and why they always backed him

[Slipper]

Have heard that it may not be as bad as first thought, but no doubt his season looks over.

[¾ T!geɹ]

Wasn't a fan of the young man, but he has certainly come of age this year, with well improved skill levels and looks like fitness levels as well.
Will be happy to see him back next year.
Always hard to see a Tiger (any player from any club really) go down , especially that badly.
Good Luck Conc and congrats on reaching the 100 game mark 

[one-eyed]

Richmond defender Jayden Short says the Tigers ‘wanted to win for Reece’

Herald-Sun
29 June 2018

REECE Conca was supposed to play a key role on Thursday night and not be a key motivator behind Richmond’s impressive win over Sydney at Etihad Stadium.

But this game can be cruel sometimes. Very cruel.

Instead of leading Richmond off after his 100th game with another win in the bank and another step closer to playing in September, Conca was carted off the ground halfway through the opening quarter with a badly broken ankle and another season in tatters.

The game stood still for more than five minutes while the West Australian was attended to by doctors, before being loaded onto the medi-cart.

By then, everyone had seen the state of his ankle on the big screens at the ground, inside living rooms and pubs around the country.

The fact Conca had played every game this season after managing just 15 in the past three years, including just six as Richmond went all the way last year, made the injury even worse.

But in a moment that emphasised the Tiger’s deep bond, the group engulfed Conca before the cart wheeled him off the ground.

It was a small moment, but it proved significant, given Damien Hardwick’s men slotted the next five goals to grasp the ascendancy.

“To see him go down like that in his 100th game, with all the injuries he has been through is pretty upsetting,” Richmond defender Jayden Short told foxfooty.com.au after the Tigers’ 26-point win.

“We said, ‘we want to win this for Reece’. We played as well as we could and got the win for Reece.

“It is so disappointing. Reece is an absolute character of the club and one of the most liked blokes.

“He will be back better than ever. It was disappointing to see, but we will get around him.”

https://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/afl/richmond-defender-jayden-short-says-the-tigers-wanted-to-win-for-reece-ng-6b64871f1e511bbe7ded14a345b30790

[one-eyed]

... his fist up when he was getting stretchered off probably captures what he means  to the players and the club and why they always backed him

Photo: Scott Barbour/Getty Images

[Slipper]

I think we might really feel the loss of Conca.

On our march to last year's flag, we had a number of players who came in to the side and really performed beyond expectations. Graham and Townsend just emerged to play pivotal roles. In 1980 we had Peter Welsh.

Conca looked to be doing similar this year. Maybe not as spectacularly, but I felt he was performing at that much higher level and impacting. It seems to me that those sort of players give you the extra dimension that can really propel you towards a flag at seasons end.

I really hope that some of our other younger players can sense an opportunity here and seize it. They might not come in this week, but no doubt there will be chances, so Menadue, Ellis, Mrakov and co. need to be busting their butts and getting ready for it.