Toby Nankervis [merged]

[one-eyed]

Nank with knee soreness according to Xander McGuire on Ch 7. Didn't say Nank will return next week.

[Tigeritis™©®]

Hopeless game. Had his pants pulled down. 

[Hard Roar Tiger]

He did but there’s a heap in front of him

[WilliamPowell]

His poorest performance in a very long time

My biggest issue with him is his ill discipline and he didn't let me down today, that 50 metre penalty from your Captain is unforgivable. Throw in his finger pointing after the embarrassing Grundy goal and it was a shocking game from the skipper

[Andyy]

Grundy made a fool of him.

Grundy repeatedly positioned him in front for every bounce and throw in. Nank repeatedly tried to run in and make contact but was beaten to the tap virtually every time.

Too tall, too strong etc.

[one-eyed]

Leading us with pride

Nank was huge last night with 17 disposals, 34 hitouts, 6 tackles, 6 score involvements and 4 clearances


https://x.com/Richmond_FC/status/1946702339303489830

[one-eyed]

Umpire contact – but who’s at fault?

VIDEO: https://x.com/FOXFOOTY/status/1951554824094224756

Match Review Officer Michael Christian has a difficult umpire contact incident to assess following a heavy third quarter collision. After bouncing the ball in the middle of the ground, the adjudicating umpire was cleaned up by Richmond skipper Toby Nankervis and was lucky Jarrod Witts didn’t land directly on him as he lay on the ground. Replays showed the bounce went almost back over the umpire’s head, making it difficult for him to reverse out of the traffic.

Source: AFL website

[Andyy]

If they nail Nank for this it's a dead set agenda

[one-eyed]

Tigers back captain over 'unfortunate' ump contact, Suns 'pumped' with win

Richmond coach Adem Yze believes there was nothing untoward in his captain's run-in with an umpire

By Michael Whiting
afl.com.au
Aug 2, 2025

RICHMOND coach Adem Yze says Toby Nankervis will be worried about making contact with an umpire, but believes the incident was not against the rules.

The Tigers skipper collided heavily with the adjudicating umpire at a centre bounce during Saturday's 84-point loss to Gold Coast, sending the man in yellow clattering to the People First Stadium deck.

Opponent Jarrod Witts almost tripped over the prone umpire in a bizarre passage of play.

Speaking after the match, Yze felt like it was an unfortunate set of circumstances.

"He'll obviously be worried about it, but when we looked at the vision he wasn't standing behind that protected space," Yze said.

"The ball's just landed in that spot. It's unusual for the ball to land back on the umpy's head.

"The poor umpy got hit by both rucks … I don't think that's against the rules.

"It's just unfortunate. That's just a footy act, an accident."

https://www.afl.com.au/news/1378389/richmond-tigers-coach-adem-yze-defends-toby-nankervis-umpire-contact-damien-hardwick-absolutely-pumped

[one-eyed]

RICHMOND captain Toby Nankervis has been cleared after making contact with an umpire in the Tigers' loss to Gold Coast.

https://www.afl.com.au/news/1380457/match-review-richmond-tigers-skipper-toby-nankervis-cleared-over-ump-contact

[Go Richo 12]

Well that will pee a lot of people off but it’s the only logical outcome.

[Andyy]

I'm shocked.

I've seen several other ump contact fines where you could clearly argue that they're getting in the way etc.

Common sense prevails at last.

[Tigeritis™©®]

Again getting soundly beaten and offers nothing down the line either in the defensive or offensive half.

Donuts in the air and meanwhile good ruckman take marks and offer an option at the least for the defensive kick out 

This bloke is past it and he is a liability on the field and isn't a captains arse

[Andyy]

Nank hasn't been able to run with an athletic ruck for a long time.

He can compete in the taps otherwise he lumbers around.

Hence I'd be happy to give someone like Draper a go. He's much more athletic.

[ajGreen]

Balta looks nice there

Maybe it's viable going forward with trainer / gibcus / Miller