As the Tigers’ kickstart their quest for a premiership three-peat, their welfare team will ensure Sydney Stack is supported with AFL football still almost five months away.
Stack is in reasonable physical shape but after being booted from Queensland, and missing a possible AFL premiership, he also lost his grandfather soon after returning to WA.
Richmond will surround him with significant support to ensure he remains disciplined and can maximise his AFL career.
The lure of pre-season football is seen as critical for Stack given he will only be allowed to return to elite football in late April after he and Coleman-Jones left a Gold Coast strip club and were involved in a fight outside a kebab shop in September.
But with intra-club games set to start in February for clubs before the pre-season series, that carrot of competitive football will be a strong part of his return.
Source: HeraldSun