Mate Colina - 213cm category B rookie [merged]

[1965]

Is he playing VFL this week does anyone know?

Not named in the side. I think the plan is to allow him to train this year. His body will need to adjust to running around big grounds and the rigors of full body contact in footy as compared to running up and down a basketball court. A different kind of endurance.

And a different kind of full body contact.

[Tigeritis™©®]

If the big American can learn and play afl I’m fairly certain it’s pretty easy to teach someone 200cm + how to make it in the AFL.
It’s quite ridiculous to grasp but we all saw Soldo play in a premiership 

[1965]

Basketball is a good grounding for a ruckman.

[lamington]

You can never have too much basketball background

[yandb]

Mate has already played a couple of seasons of junior football with Noah.

[one-eyed]

https://twitter.com/rfcswallace/status/1407656461585453060

[mightytiges]

https://twitter.com/rfcswallace/status/1407656461585453060

Mate's nickname should be Gulliver.

[one-eyed]

Mate posted this in the last couple of days.


https://www.instagram.com/matecolina11/?hl=en

[Gracie]

The ball looks like a tennis ball in those big mitts

Please please be able to play well at the top level mate

[pmac21]

Lucky to ever play the way things are going. 

[one-eyed]

* The club is looking forward to getting some VFL time into Mate next year.

* Mate played at Doutta Stars with Noah Balta (his cousin) and Cam Rayner up until he was 15 before heading to the AIS (Basketball).

* Colina is over in Hawaii at the moment playing college Basketball. He has his own training program. Will return in March.

- Blair Hartley.

[one-eyed]

Knocking on the door: Who's yet to make an AFL debut at your club?

Sarah Black
afl.com.au
20 November 2021

Mate Colina

The Tigers are awfully bullish about the only player on the club's list (pre-draft) who is yet to debut. A basketballing-Category B rookie, Colina is the cousin of rising key back Noah Balta and close family friends with Ivan Soldo and ruck coach Ivan Maric. Standing at a whopping 213cm, Colina would add a markedly different dimension to Richmond's ruck stocks, given Toby Nankervis is 199cm and Soldo 204cm. The departures of young talls Callum Coleman-Jones (North Melbourne) and Mabior Chol (Gold Coast) means there should be ample opportunity for Colina to develop in the VFL alongside fellow raw prospect Samson Ryan.

Others yet to debut: Noah Cumberland, Bigoa Nyuon (both set to be added to the rookie list after being delisted)

https://www.afl.com.au/news/687424/on-the-cusp-whos-yet-to-make-an-afl-debut-at-your-club

[one-eyed]

Matt Clarke discussing Mate:

Colina in good form shooting hoops in Hawaii. Season best the other day (24 pts). Spent time with us while we were in the Sydney hub this year. He will become a full time footballer with us once he finishes up over there early next year.

[one-eyed]

Colina to be a full-time Tiger in 2022

https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/1038789/colina-to-be-a-full-time-tiger-in-2022

[one-eyed]

Knocking on the door: Who's yet to make an AFL debut at your club?

Sarah Black
afl.com.au
4 January 2022



Mate Colina

The Tigers are awfully bullish about the only player on the club's list (pre-draft) who is yet to debut. A basketballing-Category B rookie, Colina is the cousin of rising key back Noah Balta and close family friends with Ivan Soldo and ruck coach Ivan Maric. Standing at a whopping 213cm, Colina would add a markedly different dimension to Richmond's ruck stocks, given Toby Nankervis is 199cm and Soldo 204cm. The departures of young talls Callum Coleman-Jones (North Melbourne) and Mabior Chol (Gold Coast) means there should be ample opportunity for Colina to develop in the VFL alongside fellow raw prospect Samson Ryan.

https://www.afl.com.au/news/687424/knocking-on-the-door-who-s-yet-to-make-an-afl-debut-at-your-club-