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Re: Prestia & Grimes re-sign
« Reply #1 on: February 22, 2021, 01:07:46 PM »
Now have 21 on main list who's deal expires this year

Astbury
Baker
Balta
Bolton
Castagna
Chol
Coleman - Jones
Cumberland
Dow
Edwards
Garthwaite
Houli
Martyn
McIntosh
Naish
Nyuon
Ralphsmith
Riewoldt
Rioli
Soldo 
Vlastuin

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Re: Prestia & Grimes re-sign
« Reply #2 on: February 22, 2021, 01:30:38 PM »
Baker, Balta, Bolton are priority big time.

Vlastuin.

Then probably most are replaceable to some extent.

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Re: Prestia & Grimes re-sign
« Reply #3 on: February 22, 2021, 01:31:26 PM »
Needs to resign the 3 B’s and Vlastuin ASAP.

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Re: Prestia & Grimes re-sign
« Reply #4 on: February 22, 2021, 01:32:31 PM »
Baker, Balta, Bolton are priority big time.

Vlastuin.

Then probably most are replaceable to some extent.

Beat me to it  :snidegrin

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Re: Prestia & Grimes re-sign
« Reply #5 on: February 22, 2021, 01:36:27 PM »
Dion Prestia said ... (re-signed until end of 2024)

"Three more years added on to what was already in place for 2021, it's exciting times and I'm absolutely pumped to get another deal.

"I was lucky enough to get five years when I left Gold Coast at the end of '16, and the time has absolutely flown. There's been some good times and to go again was an absolute no-brainer.

"It wasn't if, it was when, I was going to re-sign. I was always going to say yes straight away. Pumped to get it done before the season starts.

"We're very lucky with our situation at the moment and I couldn't see myself playing anywhere else."

"It feels strange, three time premiership player, but I still think there's a few left in us, and my contract takes me to 32, I think, and over the next four years, we can definitely go again."

Dylan Grimes said ... (re-signed until end of 2023)

"You pinch yourself when you look at it – it will take me to being a 15-year player, and that is incredible because not that long ago I had a huge goal, a big scary, audacious goal of playing one AFL game and then maybe, hopefully, playing in a premiership.

"At the end of every year I text Blair Hartley and Francis Jackson – they were the guys who drafted me," Grimes said.

"I just express as much gratitude to them for the opportunity they have given me. I have met my wife through the club, and everything I have has been through Richmond, and because they saw something in me and backed me in when no one else did.

"That’s something I will owe the club forever, and will always be grateful for, and if I can play a small part in helping the club achieve its goals while living the dream, it seems the best-case scenario for everyone."

https://www.afl.com.au/news/552096/locked-and-loaded-huge-deals-for-triple-premiership-tigers

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Re: Prestia & Grimes re-sign
« Reply #6 on: February 22, 2021, 01:57:11 PM »
Two guys who understand and appreciate what they have been given in life.

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Re: Prestia & Grimes re-sign
« Reply #7 on: February 22, 2021, 03:45:37 PM »
“Both Dylan and Dion have been a massive part of our recent success and are driven and hungry to help us strive for more over the coming years,” Richmond list chief Blair Hartley said.

“Dylan has been a fantastic servant of the club’s for a long period of time and continues to set high standards for all of our players on and off the field.

“He is an excellent mentor for our young defenders and one of the best performing players in the competition.

“Likewise, Dion has been a consistently high performer for us across several years.

“It has been pleasing to see Dion rewarded for his hard work in recent years, but it has not changed his desire to keep pushing himself and the group forward.”

Source: The Age

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Re: Prestia & Grimes re-sign
« Reply #8 on: February 22, 2021, 07:24:49 PM »
GREAT NEWS.
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