From Greg Denham in today's Australian...RICHMOND ..... are open to facilitating a trade for midfielder Shane Tuck, who is contracted to Punt Road next year.
The moves come after having already cleaned out seven of this year's starting list, with more players set to depart under new coach Damien Hardwick.
Already gone or about to be delisted are Kane Johnson, Joel Bowden, Nathan Brown, Kayne Pettifer, Mark Coughlan, Jarrad Oakley-Nicholls and Cleve Hughes. And, as revealed in yesterday's The Australian, Andrew Raines will be traded to Brisbane next month in return from a third-round national draft selection from the Lions.
Tuck, 28, is contracted for another year, but his manager Liam Pickering has been told by the Tigers that they would prefer to trade him next month.
Tuck's fall from grace has been sudden, given that between the start of 2005 and round 16 this year, he played 104 games in succession.
After spending three weeks in the VFL under caretaker coach Jade Rawlings, he was recalled for Richmond's final three games of the season.
Tuck has finished in the top three of Richmond's best-and-fairest award three times, and was runner-up to Brett Deledio last year.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26055343-5013406,00.html
