Robbie Tarrant retires [merged]

[mat073]

He was a real positive last night .

If anything he's an insurance policy.

[WilliamPowell]

Solid game

[Tiger Khosh]

Good game. Will be needed until both balta and lynch are back.

[one-eyed]

The Undroppables: Who is a lock to play in Round 11?

Andrew Slevison
SEN
23 May 2022

Robbie Tarrant (Richmond)

Veteran defender Robbie Tarrant played his best game in a Richmond jumper in the Dreamtime win over Essendon.

He spent the majority of the night on Peter Wright and beat him comprehensively, holding the dangerous Bombers forward goalless for just the second time this season.

Tarrant had 15 disposals, took eight marks and had eight intercept possessions which further enhanced his tight defensive performance. He also banged home what would have been his first Tigers goal only for Tom Lynch to give away a free kick behind the line.

The former North Melbourne best and fairest was dropped after the Round 6 loss to Melbourne before missing a week with hip soreness and then spending two weeks in the VFL.

It had many questioning the club’s recruitment of the 33-year-old, but his early-season form can be excused given he started in an unfamiliar defensive system without experienced pair Dylan Grimes and Nick Vlastuin by his side for the most part.

With Noah Balta injured and a Friday night test against the Swans and Lance Franklin in Sydney next up, Tarrant has cemented his spot in the side for now.

Another Tiger in the mix is Jack Ross who has been in and out of the Richmond team across the last few seasons. He replaced Jack Graham (toe) and put in an assured showing with 19 touches and six tackles.

It was a performance worthy of another week in the ones, provided Damien Hardwick is prepared to play both he and Graham in the same side if the latter is fit.

https://www.sen.com.au/news/2022/05/23/the-undroppables-who-is-a-lock-to-play-in-round-11/

[Francois Jackson]

Bloody hopeless.

At least with ross I never expected much, but this guy well
I’m struggling to understand wtf did we recruit him for?

Did absolute sfa AGAIN.

[georgies31]

Get games into Miller was recruited to be the big gorilla backman far from it.

[Francois Jackson]

To think some wanted Astbury gone. In fact were glad he  retired if I recall.

Where are those people now and how do they view Tarrant. Dimma has no confidence in him so he stands gibcus on buddy and watches him destroy the kid.

He is just completely useless. Miller must play.

[mightytiges]

There were a couple of brainfades down back but in fairness the main problem was the way the ball was coming into the Swans forward line after half-time which made it tough for our defenders. Blame our mids and half-forwards' drop off in workrate and lack of pressure for gifting the Swans easy centre clearances and rebounds off half-back.

[TigerLand]

Absolutely mare of a list decision. Especially when we are so light on forwards.

[georgies31]

There were a couple of brainfades down back but in fairness the main problem was the way the ball was coming into the Swans forward line after half-time which made it tough for our defenders. Blame our mids and half-forwards' drop off in workrate and lack of pressure for gifting the Swans easy centre clearances and rebounds off half-back.

That's true , but Tarrant on 2 occasions cost us bigtime for a player of his experience one he didn't spoil and they kicked a goal and then on the goal line they kicked another after he failed to clear it no excuses.

[mightytiges]

There were a couple of brainfades down back but in fairness the main problem was the way the ball was coming into the Swans forward line after half-time which made it tough for our defenders. Blame our mids and half-forwards' drop off in workrate and lack of pressure for gifting the Swans easy centre clearances and rebounds off half-back.

That's true , but Tarrant on 2 occasions cost us bigtime for a player of his experience one he didn't spoil and they kicked a goal and then on the goal line they kicked another after he failed to clear it no excuses.

True. The missed spoil in the 3rd quarter especially was a total brainfade. The goal line idiocy was more a team 'effort'. More than just Tarrant failed to punch it through  .

My point though was that in the second half we were gifting too many easy clean centre clearances (especially to Warner & Rowbottom) as well as D50 rebounds under no pressure (Mills wasn't manned up). Some of those Swan F50 entries were undefendable they were so easy. So I would argue it was far more the lack of pressure, workrate and brainfades upfield that won the Swans the game and gifted them easy goals than errors from our back six (Floss had one of his poorer games in a long while).

[mightytiges]

That last quarter was the best by far Robbie has played as a Tiger. Took a number of crucial intercepts to settle us behind the ball defensively. Throughout the night he also kept Dixon quiet. We brought Tarrant in for the opposition's big gorillas so Robbie did his job.

[georgies31]

That last quarter was the best by far Robbie has played as a Tiger. Took a number of crucial intercepts to settle us behind the ball defensively. Throughout the night he also kept Dixon quiet. We brought Tarrant in for the opposition's big gorillas so Robbie did his job.

Last quarter was great , but gez his a liability at stages and momentum killer silly mistakes for a 200 game player.

[Hard Roar Tiger]

Agreed but I finally saw why we recruited for him last night.

[Andyy]

Just need him while Gibcus matures for a couple of years and for depth etc.

And to sacrifice/wrestle big forwards.