Richmond 07 selections

[mightytiges]

the club is very pleased with its work today

And so the Club should be   

Gourdis, Collard and rance will fly to together from perth to melbourne on monday, the former 2 both vying for psd and rookie spot calculations.

Good to hear they are being proactive on getting more potential rookies down to Punt Rd to judge.

the list has been as balanced in 5 years, things are genuinly looking up.

Exciting timesz

Almost balanced in terms of types of players. Next year's trade-draft period should do it in time with the start of Plough's 5th year (provided he gets a 5th year of course). Age wise it is still unbalanced - 24 players on our list U23. The cubs of course still need to mature and develop over time as individuals and as a team.

(Ages at 01/01/2008)

32: Richo
29: J.Bowden, Brown, Johnson, Simmonds
28: Tivendale
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27: -
26: Tuck
25: Coughlan, Hyde, Newman, Pettifer
24: McMahon
23: Moore, Polak, King
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22: Foley, Schulz
21: Raines, Jackson, Meyer, Pattison, Polo, Tambling, Thursfield
20: Casserly, Deledio, Hughes, McGuane, Morton, White, Graham
19: Collins, Connors, Edwards, JON, Riewoldt
18: Cotchin, Rance, Putt

Oldies:   (28+)     6
Mids:   (23-27)     9
Youth: (17-22)    24


Rucks:    (>198)      3   - Simmonds, Graham, Putt
Big Talls: (194-198)  4   - Richo, Pattison, Polak, Rance
Talls:       (190-193)  5   - Thursfield, McGuane, Hughes, Schulz, Riewoldt
Tall Mids: (186-189) 11   - J.Bowden, Casserly, Deledio, Jackson, Johnson, Cogs, Hyde, Moore, Oakley-Nicholls, Polo, Tuck   
Mid Mids: (180-185) 13   - Brown, Collins, Connors, Cotchin, Edwards, McMahon, Meyer, Morton, Newman, Pettifer, Raines, Tambling, Tivendale
Small Mids (<180): 3   - Foley, White, King

[bluey_21]

just with Rance is he 194 or 192 cm?

there seems to be 2 stats floating around

[Nugget_12]

Simmonds is only 196cm too if i recall correctly

[HKTiger]

And JON is 190/191 as well.

[one-eyed]

How your club fared
November 25, 2007 | The Age

Richmond

No. 2 TRENT COTCHIN
(Northern Knights) 17yo, 185cm, 79.5kg

Well balanced, creative player with rare kicking skills on both sides of his body. Great ball-winner who is good overhead and around goal. Vic Metro U18 representative and AIS/AFL Academy graduate. From Essendon Grammar.

“We’re genuinely excited about having Trent in the club, he’s a 17-year-old that’s very, very capable and I expect him to have a big impact over the course of a long career at Richmond.” Francis Jackson, recruiting manager.

No. 18 ALEX RANCE
(Swan Districts) 18yo, 192cm, 88kg

Hard-running player who provided WA U18s with great rebound from defence in their championship-winning team, winning All-Australian honours.

“We were delighted that Alex was there. He fits our needs of a tall, strong-bodied defender and he was outstanding in the national carnival this year.”

No. 51 DEAN PUTT
(Calder Cannons) 18yo, 202.5cm, 90kg

Athletic tall with good speed and endurance, highlighted by a 2.93s test for 20m and a 14.1 beep test.

“He’s a six-foot-eight ruckman who had a really good second half of the year playing as a forward and we think there’s a lot of development in Dean.”

WHAT THE CLUB SAYS:

“We’re excited to have a combination of a midfielder, a strongbodied defender and a developing ruckman. It was very positive. There are always a few surprises that pop up but I think it went pretty much to plan at fi rst round.” Francis Jackson.

EMMA QUAYLE SAYS:

In Cotchin, the Tigers may very easily have grabbed the best player in this draft. He’ll play some footy next year, and add some class to the midfi eld. They got a key back in Rance by accident — despite being linked to every club from pick five, he was somehow available at pick 18 (Richmond’s priority pick). Dean Putt is a good get too, he came on late in the year but was one of the better ruck/forward line prospects going around. The Tigers are probably on par with Melbourne and Essendon for the best-performed club.

Link.

[blaisee]

blaisee does that mean we are considering collard or gourdis at no. 1 in the PSD

amongst others, yes, they are right in the mix

[Ramps]

Blaisee can you tell us what the primary knock on Gourdis was ie. In terms of why every club bypassed him yesterday?

[blaisee]

Blaisee can you tell us what the primary knock on Gourdis was ie. In terms of why every club bypassed him yesterday?

more of an athlete playing football

they say his kicking is not as clean as it should be.
He was good enough to play as key forward for the wa team, and the consensus is that key forwards can be made key defenders, but noth the other way around.

Kicking is not shocking, style is better than mcguanes, but can be erratic, amazing athlete though

smashed records in 20m and jumping 101cm, big body 193cm.

good kid

afl is more about fashion than ever, geelong winning the flag means that footballers over athletes were drafted this year. The elite athletes kangars, gourdis and gaertner were overooked, all will find a home in the PSD and rookie draft I would expect.

Full back is one position were non-elite kicking can be covered if you are elite at everything else Gourdis has probably never played Full Back, but he projects as having the skill sets to do so.

worth the risk IMHO especially in PSd and rookie draft

[bluey_21]

Blaisee can you tell us what the primary knock on Gourdis was ie. In terms of why every club bypassed him yesterday?

afl is more about fashion than ever, geelong winning the flag means that footballers over athletes were drafted this year. The elite athletes kangars, gourdis and gaertner were overooked, all will find a home in the PSD and rookie draft I would expect.

that is very true

[Francois Jackson]

can someone tell me the dates for the rookie draft because wouldnt it be fair to say all these kids will get snapped up in the PSD

[richmondrules]

can someone tell me the dates for the rookie draft because wouldnt it be fair to say all these kids will get snapped up in the PSD

Pre-Season Draft - Tue Dec 11 (10am)

Nomination of Brisbane Lions and Sydney eligible rookie list players - Tues Dec 11 (10.15am)

Rookie Draft - Tue Dec 11 (10.30am)
 

[mightytiges]

And JON is 190/191 as well.

Has he grown an inch taller? as at the start of the year JON was listed at 188cm in the AFL Record.

[one-eyed]

Usually clubs say their first pick was their No 1. choice anyway but in the papers today Roos and Worsfold still say Cotchin and Kreuzer are their top 2.

Kreuzer must feel welcome at Carlton when the Blues say today they would've taken WA's Nicholas Naitanui instead of Kreuzer if Naitanui wasn't ineligible yet.

Also apparently we were interested in Easton Wood from Geelong Grammar:

"We've had a guy called Easton Wood at Geelong Grammar we've been looking at.

"Richmond have been to see him the last few weeks, Hawthorn have been to see him, so has Geelong, and Collingwood are telling him they are going to draft him."

http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/footy/common/story_page/0,8033,22819265%255E19742,00.html

[Ramps]

Usually clubs say their first pick was their No 1. choice anyway but in the papers today Roos and Worsfold still say Cotchin and Kreuzer are their top 2.

Kreuzer must feel welcome at Carlton when the Blues say today they would've taken WA's Nicholas Naitanui instead of Kreuzer if Naitanui wasn't ineligible yet.

Also apparently we were interested in Easton Wood from Geelong Grammar:

"We've had a guy called Easton Wood at Geelong Grammar we've been looking at.

"Richmond have been to see him the last few weeks, Hawthorn have been to see him, so has Geelong, and Collingwood are telling him they are going to draft him."

http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/footy/common/story_page/0,8033,22819265%255E19742,00.html

Diabolical PR by Carlton, R1 next year we got be right into Kreuzer, telling him Carlton wanted Natanui instead. That Carlton didnt want him HAHAHAHA.

[mightytiges]

Usually clubs say their first pick was their No 1. choice anyway but in the papers today Roos and Worsfold still say Cotchin and Kreuzer are their top 2.

Kreuzer must feel welcome at Carlton when the Blues say today they would've taken WA's Nicholas Naitanui instead of Kreuzer if Naitanui wasn't ineligible yet.

Also apparently we were interested in Easton Wood from Geelong Grammar:

"We've had a guy called Easton Wood at Geelong Grammar we've been looking at.

"Richmond have been to see him the last few weeks, Hawthorn have been to see him, so has Geelong, and Collingwood are telling him they are going to draft him."

http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/footy/common/story_page/0,8033,22819265%255E19742,00.html

Diabolical PR by Carlton, R1 next year we got be right into Kreuzer, telling him Carlton wanted Natanui instead. That Carlton didnt want him HAHAHAHA.

LOL

And come join your best mate at Richmond