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Ferguson inks two-year extension

Richmond AFLW coach Ryan Ferguson has committed to the Club until at least the end of 2025.

By Richmond Media
20 November 2023

Richmond is delighted to announce it has extended AFLW senior coach Ryan Ferguson’s contract by a further two years.

The contract extension will see Ferguson tied to the Club until at least the end of the 2025 AFLW season.

Ferguson, 42, took on the reins at Richmond after the Club’s disappointing winless first season. His latest extension will take him into a fifth and sixth campaign in the role.

The former Melbourne AFL defender has coached 41 AFLW games, demonstrating improvement in his first three seasons, including a barnstorming top-four finish in Season 7.

Richmond finished with five wins and five losses in 2023, claiming an impressive Round 1 scalp against Brisbane and an emphatic final-round win against Collingwood among the victories.

Ferguson said he and the group were hungry to achieve more in the next two years.

“We have a real belief in what we can do going forward,” he said.

“As a group, we were not satisfied with how this season panned out, but we are ready to embrace the challenge ahead and are happy to have finished so strongly in Round 10.

“To have signed on for two more years is pleasing, and I thank the Club for their faith in what our program is doing.

“We look forward to the journey ahead.”

Richmond CEO Brendon Gale said having Ferguson locked in for two more seasons was exciting.

“It is clear that our players respond well to Ryan and his coaching style and philosophies,” he said.

“Ryan’s leadership and passion to drive elite standards and professionalism has stood out and the players have relished this direction.

 “2023 had its challenges for us, but we are confident that the group is tracking in the right direction and are capable of returning to finals action quickly.”

https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/1467066/ferguson-inks-two-year-extension

[Chuck17]

Surprising

[WilliamPowell]

Surprising

I'm not surprised he's got re-signed. I am surprised he got a 2 year extension

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Monique Conti, Katie Brennan and Eilish Sheerin have been nominated by their teammates for the @AFLPlayers MVP Award.


https://twitter.com/RichmondWomens/status/1727862720232636583

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Both Mon Conti and Eilish Sheerin have been named the AFLW All Australian   

5th time for Mon

And 2nd for Eilish

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Both Mon Conti and Eilish Sheerin have been named the AFLW All Australian   

5th time for Mon

And 2nd for Eilish

https://twitter.com/aflwomens/status/1729072568882397216

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Caitlin Greiser has won Goal of the Year for her goal against the Pies in round 10

[Knighter]

Caitlin Greiser has won Goal of the Year for her goal against the Pies in round 10

About the only good thing she did all year. Another Sheehan pick that’s been a dud

[WilliamPowell]

Mon Conti has won the AFLW Beat and Fairest award (it doesn't have a name yet)

She polled 23 votes 

Best player in the comp finally gets the recognition She deserves

[Knighter]

Congrats Mon. Well deserved though she had a better year last year before she was shafted by the Lions nobody that won.

[WilliamPowell]

Mon top of the world: Tigers speedster crowned AFLW best and fairest

The winner of the AFLW Best and Fairest Award has been revealed

By Sarah Black

MONIQUE Conti is the Tiger queen, the Richmond midfielder crowned the AFLW's best and fairest player on Monday night.

Such was Conti's dominance and the evenness across the rest of the competition, the star Tiger sewed up the win with a three-vote game against Hawthorn in Cairns, taking her tally to 20, with Adelaide's Anne Hatchard, North Melbourne's Ash Riddell and Essendon co-captain Bonnie Toogood in equal-second with 13.

The midfielder took out the count on 23 votes, with a four-way tie for second place on 16 votes - Geelong's Amy McDonald, Sydney's Chloe Molloy, Riddell and Gold Coast's Claudia Whitfort.

The speedy 23-year-old showed a clean pair of heels throughout the 2023 season, her agility a clear point of difference from her fellow midfielders in the stoppages.

A dual-sport athlete who has already returned to the basketball court following the end to Richmond's season, Conti started her career at the Western Bulldogs, winning the 2018 Grand Final best on ground medal at just 18.

In a tough, injury-hit year for Richmond, Conti was a clear star, averaging 28.5 disposals, a competition-high 7.3 clearances and 5.8 tackles.

After three rounds, pre-count favourite Jas Garner had polled five of a possible nine votes, with Conti and Marinoff leading on seven.

A superstar till the end, retiring great Erin Phillips polled one last three-vote game, coming against St Kilda in round three.

Quiet achiever Tyla Hanks made her move in round four, jumping out to second place with nine votes, one behind Conti with 10.

Halfway through the count, Conti had a three-vote lead from Toogood, the key forward breaking the midfield dominance around her in second place.

Sydney star Laura Gardiner finished second in the AFLCA count but only polled her first umpires' vote in round seven, as Brit Bonnici jumped up to fourth behind Conti, Hatchard and Riddell.

Garner finished with 14 votes, her final three-vote game in round 10 met with raucous applause from the room.

https://www.afl.com.au/aflw/news/1067667/winner-article

[Chuck17]

Well done Mon 

Makes the painful game watchable with her skills, dash and poise.

[Tiger Khosh]

We got the 2 best #4s in the game!

[WilliamPowell]

We got the 2 best #4s in the game!

Yep 

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From the RFC website

Mon Reflects on Historic Night

https://www.richmondfc.com.au/video/1471328/conti-reflects-on-historic-night?videoId=1471328&modal=true&type=video&publishFrom=1701149675001

Also on Ch7 News tonight they said Mon has now polled more votes than any other players in the AFLW