Couroupis is no longer training with us.
Tigers whittle down train-on listDaniel Cherny
The Age
March 2, 2021The Tigers confirmed on Tuesday that West Adelaide midfielder Nic Couroupis had been released and would ply his trade in the SANFL this season.
Couroupis had been training with Richmond during the pre-season and appeared in Friday’s reserves scratch match against the Demons. He remains listed on the AFL’s official permission-to-train list, which was circulated to clubs on Monday.
That leaves three contenders vying for the single opening left on the club’s list: defender Derek Eggmolesse-Smith, utility Josh Green and midfielder Jordan Gallucci. The trio all featured across the Tigers’ practice matches against the Demons last week and will spend another week with the club in a last bid to impress ahead of the AFL’s pre-season supplemental selection period deadline next Tuesday.
Eggmolesse-Smith, 22, was delisted by the Tigers at the end of last season despite playing six AFL games in 2020 and even polling in the Brownlow Medal. He was given the chance to earn a reprieve by impressing over the summer and remains in contention to stay at the club.
The younger brother of Greater Western Sydney young gun Tom Green, Josh Green is also the grandson of Richmond premiership player Michael Green. From Canberra, he was bypassed by the Giants in last year’s draft despite being a member of the club’s academy.
A first-round draft pick in 2016, Gallucci played 27 games in four years for Adelaide before delisted. Having struggled with injury last year, he will play for Williamstown in the new-look VFL this year if not picked up by the Tigers.
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