Jack Riewoldt - Triple Coleman medallist [merged]

[dwaino]

If Buddy wins it, he will be a legend.
If Brown wins it will be a pat on the back because his parents are related.
If Jack wins it will be an indictment on the state of the game and will be the worst 3x Coleman winner in history.

[Tiger Tragic]

If Brown wins it will be a pat on the back because his parents are related.

 

[one-eyed]

Tigers won’t change game plan for Jack Riewoldt’s Coleman challenge

Greg Denham
Senior Sports Writer
The Australian
August 21, 2018

It will be business as usual for top-of-the-ladder Richmond on Saturday against Western Bulldogs in their final home-and-away game for 2018, despite Jack Riewoldt’s narrow lead in the prestigious John Coleman Medal.

Courtesy of a 10-goal haul against Gold Coast in round 21, Riewoldt, with 60 goals this season, has a two-goal lead in the competition’s goalkicking award over North Melbourne’s Ben Brown, and a three-goal buffer over Sydney’s Lance Franklin. One goal further back on 56 goals is Geelong’s Tom Hawkins, who booted six against Fremantle on Saturday.

Riewoldt and Brown were locked together entering the penultimate round, but the Kangaroos forward was held goalless for just the third time this season.

Richmond general manager of football operations Neal Balme yesterday told The Australian he did not expect Riewoldt’s teammates to change the way they play in order to help the star forward’s medal chances. He said they would not be encouraged to go out of their way to assist him win the title for a third time if it meant straying from the team’s successful game plan.

Riewoldt was the Coleman Medallist in 2010 with 78 goals and again two years later when he booted 65 goals during the home-and-away season.

“We certainly won’t play like we’re conscious of it,” Balme said of any potential deviation from game style for individual glory. “It is what it is. It’s important to play well because it’s our last preparation before the finals. We don’t want to deviate from a system that’s been very good for us for two seasons.”

Richmond locked in their first minor premiership since 1982 when they beat Essendon last Friday night. With 17 wins, they are already two wins ahead of last year’s home-and-away result when they finished third behind Adelaide.

The Coleman winner will not be known until after the final game of the round on Sunday night when St Kilda host North at Etihad Stadium. Brown has stagnated with just six goals over the past month. Franklin, who averages just over two goals against his former club Hawthorn, has booted 15 over the same period. The Swans host the Hawks on Saturday night at the SCG.

Hawkins entered the race with seven goals against Melbourne in round 18 and Brisbane in round 19, but single goals against Richmond and Hawthorn before last weekend hurt his chances of a maiden Coleman Medal.

Franklin requires nine goals to match Matthew Lloyd in seventh spot for most goals in the code’s history, behind Tony Lockett’s 1360 goals for St Kilda and the Swans. Franklin, a winner of four Coleman Medals, has kicked 917 goals from his 289 games. Riewoldt, with 597 goals in 246 games, needs three to reach the 600 milestone, while Hawkins, in 230 games, needs six goals to achieve the feat of 500 career goals.

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/afl/tigers-wont-change-game-plan-for-jack-riewoldts-coleman-challenge/news-story/c26defcf5e7ae4455f2c9f558077b480

[Diocletian]

Tom Bumpkins will probably kick a dozen v the Surfers Paradise Party Boys....

[Gracie]

No need to change the way we play. Riewoldt got 50 of his goals from the way we play plus 10 against the Suns who did not turn up in defence.

He will get plenty of chances to kick goals. Just up to him to actually kick them and not miss the easy ones like he did against the Suns and Essendon.

[one-eyed]

I’ve been told that players from Richmond and North Melbourne are using their full forwards as motivation to perform in otherwise ‘dead rubbers’ this week.

The Tigers will be looking for Riewoldt whenever they can, and while Damien Hardwick wouldn’t want team structures to be ignored this close to finals, he’s the type of coach that can see the team-lifting worth of getting Jack another Coleman.

But the word from Arden Street is the Roos will be having a Brown-fest (don’t Google that) against St Kilda as they try to salvage something from a season that went so close to a surprise finals appearance.

And don’t write off Tom Hawkins. He may be four from the lead, but he’s been kicking big bags recently and with the Cats playing the Suns at Geelong who knows how many he can come home with?

Source: AFL Rover @ SportingNews.com.au

[Slipper]

This sounds like dribble.

I can't see Dimma letting our players be distracted by anything else leading into the finals other than fine tuning our gameplan and rising to peak form for the finals.

[Eat_em_Alive]

This sounds like dribble.

I can't see Dimma letting our players be distracted by anything else leading into the finals other than fine tuning our gameplan and rising to peak form for the finals.

Exactly, Richmond wouldn't waste time discussing this. In fact I doubt Jack will be our main target.

Meanwhile at Arden street skip bins, they will all be planning how they can finish the season on the high by Ben Brown beating jack to the coleman…


I do take solace in the fact that we will be defending our premiership whilst n0rf players will be collecting ciggy butts and urinal cakes for player awards...

[wayne]

If we stick to our game plan and play well, Jack will get more than enough opportunities to kick a bag.

[one-eyed]

Richmond Tigers' Jack Riewoldt says he'd 'love to win' his third Coleman Medal

Mick Stirling
SportingNews.com.au
22 Aug 2018

Football’s all about team success and individual honours amount to nought, or so we’re always told, but Jack Riewoldt has quite happily declared he’d “love to win” a third Coleman Medal as the AFL’s leading goal scorer.

Riewoldt has won the award twice in the past with a total of 78 in 2010, and 65 in 2012 - the lowest winning tally since Hawthorn’s John Peck led the table with 56 in 1965.

At the moment Riewoldt sits on 60, just ahead of North Melbourne’s Ben Brown (58), reigning Coleman medallist Lance Franklin (57) and in-form Geelong full forward Tom Hawkins (56).

With Riewoldt facing the Western Bulldogs, Brown up against St Kilda and Hawkins taking on Gold Coast at Geelong, there could be some big bags kicked in the final round.

“Look I would love to win it,” Riewoldt told Fox Footy’s AFL 360 on Tuesday night.

“It is an award that has a lot of prestige about it and I’ve been fortunate to win it a couple of times before.

“It certainly doesn’t come into the way I’m going to play or we’re going to play on the weekend.”

“If I kick some goals on the weekend and the results fall my way that’s the way the cookie crumbles.

Sporting News’ resident AFL snoop the Rover said he’s heard Riewoldt’s Tiger teammates are using his Coleman bid as motivation, giving them something to aim for in an otherwise ‘dead rubber’ against the Dogs at the MCG on Saturday afternoon.

The Rover also expects North Melbourne players to try and get Brown over the line in a season the big Kangaroo led until Riewoldt’s bag of 10 against Gold Coast in round 21.

 “If it goes the other way, and there’s been some guys out there that have been in fantastic form and they kick a bag and they go past me, then so be it.”

“I’ve won it before so it does hold a dear place in my career.

“Sometimes with those individual awards they can be brushed off really easily and say, ‘no, it’s all team first, team first’. If it falls my way it falls my way, there’s always next year isn’t there?”

http://www.sportingnews.com/au/afl/news/richmond-tigers-jack-riewoldt-says-hed-love-to-win-his-third-coleman-medal-afl-goal-scorer-franklin-brown/1oiln8hn01b9o1hp8d8ijicbaq

[cub]

Dont buy it, doesnt fit our mindset at all.
If we are miles in  front last qtr maybe, but otherwise no.

[one-eyed]

Should the Tigers have a big lead in the second half tomorrow, it will be interesting if they go out of their way to support Jack Riewoldt’s chances of winning the John Coleman Medal for a third time. He enters the final round with a two-goal lead over North Melbourne’s Ben Brown, who in turn is one goal ahead of Buddy Franklin.

Hardwick said his team would not make winning the goalkicking award a focus. “If he wins it, that’s nice, if he doesn’t win it, I won’t lose too much sleep over it,” Hardwick said.

Source: The Australian

[JP Tiger]

If kicking it to Jack is the best way to get a win then that's what we will do.  If it suits us to kick it to Dusty then that's what we will do!   The media will get their articles either way ...  As long as each Richmond player kicks it to the next Richmond player we can sit back & enjoy it! 

[big tone]

Go Jacki Boy!

Club legend.

[one-eyed]

Needs just 3 goals to reach 600 career goals too.

Multiple goals for Tiger Jack as records loom

Jennifer Phelan
afl.com.au
Aug 25, 2018 10:20AM

JACK Riewoldt could make Richmond history this weekend in two different ways if his goalkicking exploits continue when the Tigers face the Western Bulldogs at the MCG.

First, securing a third Coleman medal would be the first time ever a Tiger has won the League's goal-kicking award on three occasions.

Michael Roach, a 200-gamer and third on the club's all-time goal-kicking list, is the only other Tiger to have won multiple Colemans, having claimed the award in 1980 (the Tigers' premiership year) and 1981.

Second, if Riewoldt slots three goals he'll become just the fifth Tiger behind Jack Titus (970 goals), Matthew Richardson (800), Kevin Bartlett (778) and Roach (607) to reach 600 career majors.

Riewoldt has rocketed to the top of the Coleman ladder with 60 goals thanks to the 10 he booted against Gold Coast two weeks ago.

However, he faces significant threats from North Melbourne's Ben Brown (58) and Geelong's Tom Hawkins (56), given their respective opponents.

Sydney's Lance Franklin (57) is also in the equation, but doubts remain over whether the four-time Coleman medalist will play against Hawthorn after he hurt his groin last weekend, added to the continual management of his sore heel.

The Tigers will host the Dogs at their MCG fortress, where Riewoldt has kicked 31 of his 60 goals. The last time the teams met, way back in round seven last year, he booted four.

On a sunny Saturday afternoon, conditions will be perfect for Riewoldt to nail his 18th bag of multiple goals this season.

However, Brown is a big chance to mount a challenge against the Saints and their defence minus Nathan Brown and possibly Jake Carlisle, who was a late withdrawal last week, while Hawkins looms as an even bigger threat when the Cats host the Suns.

Brown, who went goalless last week against Adelaide, kicked six against the Saints in round two, and Hawkins three versus the Suns in round 11.

Then there's Buddy. He's no lock to play and has had mixed success against his former team in recent years.

He didn't play in round eight when the teams faced off at the MCG, and managed only one goal in round 19 last year. He's also twice gone goalless against the Hawks since 2014.

However, the five he snared in round 10, 2017 showed he's definitely capable of booting a bag against the brown and gold if he's on.

Riewoldt won his first Coleman in 2010 with 78 goals and his second in 2012 with 65.

With the Tigers' game-plan all about system, it's hard to see them deviating from that to ensure he gets more delivery than usual, especially after Damien Hardwick rued their increased focus on the spearhead as he closed in on 10 goals two weeks ago.

Still, it'll be a nice story if Riewoldt boots a bag and takes home the medal, surpasses a significant personal milestone and writes his name into the Richmond history books for achieving both before the Tigers launch their finals campaign.

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-08-25/multiple-goals-for-tiger-jack-as-records-loom