Jack Riewoldt - Triple Coleman medallist [merged]

[mightytiges]

I was told today while watching training that Jack won't join the main group for preseason training until the new year. Nothing wrong as far as injury or anything like that. Just doesn't need to do 5 months worth of preseason training at his age.

[FooffooValve]

He's also doing this 'Ride for Ryan' thing in Tassie which will keep him pretty fit.

[mightytiges]

He's also doing this 'Ride for Ryan' thing in Tassie which will keep him pretty fit.

True. Cheers FFV.

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Tasmanian @Richmond_FC champion @JackRiewoldt08 has opened up about his growing friendship with Ryan Wiggins and his quest to raise money to support the young footballer’s recovery from a devastating spinal injury. Watch @WINNews_Tas at 5.30pm for the story 🚴


https://twitter.com/WINNews_Tas/status/1466564754378346498

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Good Man

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Jack riding up Mount Rumney as part of the 'Ride for Ryan'.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CXFc32CFofI/

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Jack's footage of Ride for Ryan.

Watch: https://www.instagram.com/stories/riewoldtjack08/2731591198190788159/

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THEY DID IT! 👏💙

Jack Riewoldt, Richie Porte and their team have made it to Hobart after riding 284km from Devonport today to raise money for Ryan Wiggins!

More than $80,000 now has been raised for 26 year old Tasmanian Ryan Wiggins, who survived a devastating spinal injury which resulted in a highly severe, near fatal, C2 fracture to his spinal cord.

Ryan has spent the last 5 months hospitalized in Melbourne, and has only recently returned home to Tasmania to continue his recovery and rehabilitation.

All funds raised from Ride For Ryan will go towards Ryan’s rehabilitation essentials, house renovations and expert care.



https://www.facebook.com/groups/2297566937190272/posts/3081529925460632/

[Andyy]

Good man our Jack

Will be faster than applying to the poo-show that is NDIS.

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Fresh from his epic charity ride across the state, Richmond AFL star Jack Riewoldt has signed on as the ambassador of an iconic Tasmanian bakery.

https://www.themercury.com.au/news/tasmania/jack-riewoldt-to-honour-hillcrest-primary-school-victims-in-ride-for-ryan/news-story/104de577b937ba4bb26b7bb09a19106b

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‘You can’t hang around forever’

Riewoldt said he and his fellow premiership stars were mindful of their legacy and desire to leave the club in a strong position.

Riewoldt, 33, said he had been in regular discussions with the club about when the right time would be for him to end a glittering career that has yielded three flags, 715 goals – including being an 11-time club leading goal-kicker – and this year almost certainly will have him pass Jack Dyer (311 matches) into second spot behind only Kevin Bartlett for most senior games by a Tiger.

While the passion to play burns as bright as ever, Riewoldt understands this could be his final season.

“Some people wrote me off a couple of years ago. I am coming to a period of my career that every year you roll into could possibly be your last one. And, also, organically for the team, you can’t hang around forever,” he said.

“We have got young kids coming through that I think are going to be fantastic players for the Richmond Football Club going forward. They need to be afforded the opportunity of playing and developing as well. So, whether that is with me in the team or not in the team when that happens, that is something that I have discussions about all the time.

“Ultimately, I don’t want to leave this club, and a lot of the older guys that are in that window in the next three to four years who may be finishing up don’t want to see the club fall in a heap and we have just served ourselves in terms of what we have been lucky enough to do. We want to see the success of this club go forever. That’s the one thing a few of that older group are focusing on – that legacy piece more than anything else.”

Riewoldt admitted his young family was now a greater priority than football, while off-field prospects would also be a consideration. He is already dabbling in a media career and on Wednesday was unveiled as a brand ambassador for the Hobart-based National Pies, with a pie to be named after him soon.

The retirements of premiership stars David Astbury and Bachar Houli last year signalled change at Punt Road, while former skipper Trent Cotchin and Shane Edwards are among those whose careers are likely to end over the next couple of years.

Source: The Age

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Richmond champion Jack Riewoldt ponders life after brilliant AFL career as more family time beckons

Jack Riewoldt is unsure how much longer he will play for, but he knows he wants to spend more time with his young family

Marc McGowan
News.com.au
February 17, 2022 - 4:04PM

Richmond star Jack Riewoldt had longer than usual to consider his football mortality in the off-season.

With the Tigers missing finals after a masterful four-year run that delivered three premierships, Riewoldt packed up and headed home to Tasmania for more than two months.

His wife, Carly, is also from the Apple Isle and they saw Richmond’s shock fate as a rare chance for their daughters, Poppy and Hazel, to spend extended time with their grandparents.

Riewoldt “cried like a baby” having to leave Carly and then-one-year-old Poppy behind to move into a Queensland quarantine hub to help keep the 2020 AFL season going.

Hazel arrived since then, so how the Tigers are faring, his 33-year-old body is holding up and what he’s producing individually on-field are no longer the main factors in how long Riewoldt plays for.

“I don’t know how long I’ve got left and I don’t really like to put a number on it,” he told News Corp.

“But my 23-year-old self thinks completely differently to my 33-year-old self, obviously with life circumstances and whatnot.

“I have a young family and I want to spend more time with them. If I feel like football’s getting in the way of that, then this may be my last year.

“But if I can continue to juggle it, then I’ll continue to juggle it, because you’re a long time retired.

“There are hard sessions you get to the end of and think, ‘Bloody hell, what am I doing this for?’ but there are so many great things about being around a football club, and when my time comes, I will miss them.”

Riewoldt still has plenty to offer on the evidence of his 51-goal season last year and ideally wants to serve the club he loves for as long as it needs him.

His honour roll is already immense: three flags, two Jack Dyer medals as Richmond club champion, three Coleman Medals, three All-Australian selections and 11-time club-leading goalkicker.

Riewoldt sits comfortably among the all-time Tasmanian football greats and he’s a fitting ambassador for the Hobart-based National Pies, which is set to name a pie after him.

The champion forward’s 305 games also sit behind only Kevin Bartlett (403) and Jack Dyer (311) in Tigers history, while he has also been vice-captain since 2017.

https://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/richmond-champion-jack-riewoldt-ponders-life-after-brilliant-afl-career-as-more-family-time-beckons/news-story/0549bc417d06641f55e9bd544f755427

[Andyy]

Thrilled this guy got his 300/700.

Happy for him to go again but I hope he never falls off the cliff too much.

Better a year early than a day late.

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Thing is Jack is not holding any young key forwards back we just dont have any.
Personally i think all the signs are there that this is the last roll of the dice. Would not be surprised if its Balta and Lynch for most games with no Jack. I hope not and i really want to see how the three go together. Would be great to see him go out on a high but as stated im a bit worried that it will end that way.

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Jack Riewoldt on AFL 360:

Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMragAztnoU

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Another key injury. Just great! 

Dimma said Jack has fractured his thumb. That's why he went off early and we didn't have his usual impact.

Possibly will require surgery. Not sure yet.