Richmond preseason update including Hampson, Conca, Dusty, McBean + more (H-Sun)

[one-eyed]

Flawless pre-season from Richmond recruit Shaun Hampson adds selection pressure

    Jon Ralph
    Herald Sun
    January 22, 2014 5:58PM

RICHMOND is quietly optimistic about Shaun Hampson's prospects after a flawless pre-season from the injury-prone ruckman.

The Tigers traded pick 28 for the Blues tall last year, and while he has boundless talent he has played only 63 games in seven seasons.

Persistent knee injuries have held him back in the last three seasons, but he has barely missed a session in an encouraging pre-season for Richmond.

He is one of a raft of Tiger talls that the club believes will add selection pressure, with David Astbury, Ben Griffiths, and Liam McBean all pushing hard for spots this year.

Reece Conca (hamstring and ankle surgery) will be touch and go for Round 1, but there are few other injury worries.

Chris Knights (knee) has trained strongly after surgery in May last year, with most experienced players having completed the pre-season.

Dustin Martin, who was controversially shopped around by his management before signing a new deal, has had an untroubled and productive off-season.

Young forward McBean is also ramping up his training after a badly injured ankle and is hopeful for pushing for a senior spot early in the year.

Richmond football manager Dan Richardson said the Tigers were happy to keep a low profile during the pre-season slog.

"Most of the boys are going well. We are reasonably healthy at the moment. Like all clubs you are treading that fine line between working them hard and them breaking down, but we are reasonably happy with the state of our list.

""So far so good with (Hampson). He is pretty good, he has trained well, he's worked really hard and he's fitting in with the group really well, too."

Hampson, 25, is expecting his first child with model Megan Gale later this year.

Former top-10 draft pick Conca ruptured his hamstring tendon in the elimination final against Carlton, so has had a methodical build-up over the summer.

"We are not too sure about Round 1 or not, but he's not too far off getting back into the main group, so then it will just be a conditioning thing," Richardson said.

The club expects all of its 2013 national draft selections - forwards Ben Lennon, Sam Lloyd and Nathan Gordon - to be in the selection picture for Round 1.

Read more: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/flawless-preseason-from-richmond-recruit-shaun-hampson-adds-selection-pressure/story-fni5f9jb-1226807877344#ixzz2r6xcM8ef

[1965]

Flawless pre-season from Richmond recruit Shaun Hampson adds selection pressure

    Jon Ralph
    Herald Sun
    January 22, 2014 5:58PM


""So far so good with (Hampson). He is pretty good, he has trained well, he's worked really hard and he's fitting in with the group really well, too."

Hampson, 25, is expecting his first child with model Megan Gale later this year.

Read more: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/flawless-preseason-from-richmond-recruit-shaun-hampson-adds-selection-pressure/story-fni5f9jb-1226807877344#ixzz2r6xcM8ef

Nothing like a touch of fatherhood to put life into perspective.

This might prove to be an inspired selection.

 

[yellowandback]

Looks like we might have 31 playing round 1 

[blaisee]

It was pick 32 not pick 28. It's ridiculous that this rag can't eve. Get a fact like that right

[1965]

It was pick 32 not pick 28. It's ridiculous that this rag can't eve. Get a fact like that right

WTF?

[WilliamPowell]

It was pick 32 not pick 28. It's ridiculous that this rag can't eve. Get a fact like that right

WTF?

Is the HUN not a newspaper?

Isn't a slang term for newspaper "rag" as in trash rag?

[Phil Mrakov]

Are we there yet

[1965]

It was pick 32 not pick 28. It's ridiculous that this rag can't eve. Get a fact like that right

WTF?

Is the HUN not a newspaper?

Isn't a slang term for newspaper "rag" as in trash rag?

Yeah Yeah...

The "eve" confused me.

 

[mightytiges]

It was pick 32 not pick 28. It's ridiculous that this rag can't eve. Get a fact like that right

WTF?

Is the HUN not a newspaper?

Isn't a slang term for newspaper "rag" as in trash rag?

Yeah Yeah...

The "eve" confused me.

 

"It's ridiculous that this rag can't even get a fact like that right."

Ridiculous yes but not surprisingly.

[the claw]

oh dear im out of here for another week. so so much spin its sickening.  with his record you would think they had enough sense to insist he put some runs on the board just a few. but no its all spin and pats on the back.  cmon suckers get on down and buy your membership.
fcuck i hate pre season and all the spin.no wonder i dont read papers or visit the clubs web site. thank god im 4000 k away and dont have to put up with the  bullshizen.

[Willy]

oh dear im out of here for another week. so so much spin its sickening.  with his record you would think they had enough sense to insist he put some runs on the board just a few. but no its all spin and pats on the back.  cmon suckers get on down and buy your membership.
fcuck i hate pre season and all the spin.no wonder i dont read papers or visit the clubs web site. thank god im 4000 k away and dont have to put up with the  bullshizen.

Living 400 km away doesnt protect you from the 'spin'. That comes through a thing called the internet, and other forms of media. It does, however, mean that you cant watch your team live very often, if at all.
I'm grateful for the distance though.

[Smokey]

"It's ridiculous that this rag can't even get a fact like that right."

Ridiculous yes but not surprisingly expected.

Edited for accuracy

[Penelope]

lol

[Penelope]

It was pick 32 not pick 28. It's ridiculous that this rag can't eve. Get a fact like that right

WTF?

Is the HUN not a newspaper?

Isn't a slang term for newspaper "rag" as in trash rag?

Yeah Yeah...

The "eve" confused me.

 

Yeah, understandable. After all, Eve was the cause of all problems for mankind......

[Dice]

fcuck i hate pre season and all the spin.no wonder i dont read papers or visit the clubs web site. thank god im 4000 k away and dont have to put up with the  bullshizen.

Except when posting on a Richmond AFL fan forum in January 

I do agree with your sentiment though. If I was to believe all the hype then Brandon Ellis is a cert for this years Brownlow and Luke McDonald will run second.