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« Reply #3075 on: May 28, 2017, 03:52:21 PM »
Houli can stuff right off too.
Clueless footballer without a gram of natural skill who gets a specialist role ant Richmond.
Pea heart who pretends every shirk wasn't hs fault.
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« Reply #3076 on: May 28, 2017, 06:31:00 PM »
He did what?
Watch his post match interview with Ling and listen closely. I missed it the first time I saw it. When referring to the Dreamtime theme he connected Ramadan and put it collectively under the banner of 'inclusiveness'...idiot he is.

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« Reply #3077 on: June 06, 2017, 04:39:20 PM »
Jack has taken the most contested marks (11) in the AFL over the past 3 rounds.

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2017-06-06/the-stats-files-why-moore-and-the-magpies-started-hitting-winners


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« Reply #3078 on: June 07, 2017, 09:31:34 AM »
Need to brush off the yips in front of the sticks!

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« Reply #3079 on: June 12, 2017, 11:30:05 PM »
Star spearhead Jack Riewoldt is set to break a four-decade Richmond record when he lines up against Sydney at the MCG on Saturday.

It will be Riewoldt’s 214th game of league football, which means he goes past four-time Tiger premiership hero Dick Clay as the player with the most appearances in the No. 8 Yellow and Black guernsey.

Read more: http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2017-06-11/riewoldts-great-eight-feat

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« Reply #3080 on: June 28, 2017, 06:33:23 PM »
Jack's consistency at kicking multiple goals each week has pushed him up and back into the Coleman medal race. So far he's kicked 34 goals and is only 5 goals behind leader Jeremy Cameron.

http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2017-06-28/riewoldt-on-a-multiple-goal-roll

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« Reply #3081 on: September 09, 2017, 11:29:52 PM »
Jack Riewoldt says the Richmond rollercoaster ride has been worth it as he eyes preliminary final berth

GLENN McFARLANE,
Herald Sun
9 September 2017


AN emotional Jack Riewoldt savoured his first finals victory after what has so far been an 11-season “rollercoaster” ride with Richmond, but insisted the Tigers’ job is still far from done.

Riewoldt had played in three finals for three losses before Friday night’s breakthrough qualifying final win over Geelong, but is looking with confidence at a preliminary final in 11 days’ time.

“I’ve been here the longest, me and Shane Edwards, we were drafted at the end of 2006, so it has been a long wait,” the Tigers’ forward said. “It is just great to win.”

“This means a lot to us. It is important for our club, it is important for our fans and the players and the staff.

“I have really been thrilled by the faces of the fans who have been with us on the rollercoaster over however many years. It’s a credit to the club. But our job is only one third of the way done.”

Always a character who has been prepared to show his feelings, Riewoldt was on the verge of shedding a tear in the victorious rooms after the game, but was controlled enough to be looking forward, not back.

He said he was “loving” his role at the club, and had never been part of such a special group of players before, saying they were different to almost every other team in the competition.

“We certainly believe in ourselves,” the 28-year-old said of the team that has been the surprise packet of the season so far. “We feel we are worthy, we are different, we are unusual.”

Riewoldt said the outstanding performance of the team this year — after finishing 13th with only eight wins in 2016 — had been fuelled by the depth of support the Richmond faithful had provided them.

“We have embraced that,” he said. “We are so lucky to have them behind us. We’ve got a big support base, 75,000 members and it felt like every single one of them was there (at the MCG).”

He had 16 disposals and took six marks, finishing as one of 11 Tigers with at least one goal. “That’s not new,” he said of the sharing of the goals. “We’ve been having a lot of different goalkickers all year.”

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/teams/richmond/jack-riewoldt-says-the-richmond-rollercoaster-ride-has-been-worth-it-as-he-eyes-preliminary-final-berth/news-story/6cb4de02db76361ce95ab2971df4a422

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Re: Jack Riewoldt - Triple Coleman medallist [merged]
« Reply #3082 on: September 21, 2017, 11:46:29 AM »
'Mozzie' still creating a buzz at Tigerland

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21 September 2017


THE SPOTLIGHT has always followed Jack Riewoldt. From his early emergence as a superstar goalkicker, to the on-field antics that saw his passion and exuberance misunderstood as petulance.

But something has changed in 2017. The spotlight has shone elsewhere at Punt Road Oval and Riewoldt has gone about his business quietly, playing a crucial role but with little fanfare.

His leadership appears natural, his passion is channelled in ways that help the team, and his success as a player can be measured by what those around him are doing, not only by his own goal tally.

He seems to have hit a sweet spot after years as a brilliant but volatile talent, and Richmond has benefitted immensely this year. How times have changed.

When Riewoldt arrived at Richmond at the end of 2006 as an energetic and spirited teenager from Tasmania, he earned the nickname 'Mozzie'. 

The Tigers had conducted personality profiling on all of their players at the time, adopting a system previously used by the Brisbane Lions, the Australian Cricket team and the NRL's Brisbane Broncos.

Created by leading sports performance psychologist Phil Jauncey, players were put in a category and the Mozzie box was reserved for those who were talkative, social and high in energy. Riewoldt was "off the charts Mozzie".

"He was buzzing around all the time," said Craig McRae, who joined Richmond at the same time as Riewoldt as player development coach. 

"That's why they started calling him the Mozzie. It was one of the profiles and it meant you were very social and high energy, and Jack certainly had all that. He was off the charts Mozzie.

"The more experienced guys, with the culture at the time, weren't sure how to take him, but his personality is really engaging and it didn't take long for the playing group to fall in love with him."

It is that personality that has made Riewoldt one of the game's most interesting and exciting players ever since 2009 when he established himself as a key forward with 32 goals.

When he won the Coleman Medal in 2010 with 78 goals, 'Jack' was a superstar of the competition and the king of the kids at Punt Road Oval.

But Riewoldt is now playing in the shadow of superstar Dustin Martin, and it is a dynamic that has meant a remarkable 2017 season, mostly played as a sole marking target in a small forward line, has been under-rated.

When the Tigers have kicked to a target inside 50 this season, Riewoldt has been it 31 per cent of the time. He has been targeted 211 times, with Jason Castagna the next most used (79).

Only Ben Brown (North Melbourne), Josh Kennedy (West Coast) and Tom Lynch (Gold Coast) have been targeted by their teams inside 50 at a higher rate.

It is a taxing role, but rival coaches talk about Riewoldt's football smarts as a key attribute in allowing him to present time and time again.

"He would be under a significant amount of physical pressure to present and create contests, but his footy smarts enable him to be efficient with his work," one rival coach told AFL.com.au.

Riewoldt's leadership with a group of young small forwards has also been a driving force behind the success of an unconventional attacking structure.

Voted into a three-man leadership group as joint vice-captain with Alex Rance, the 28-year-old has taken great pride in the success of the Daniel Rioli, Dan Butler and Castagna combination this season.

"He is forever thinking about them and how he can make them better, whether it's just an arm around them or the celebration after they kick a goal," McRae, who is now Richmond's VFL coach, said.

"There's no doubt his leadership has grown in the last 12 months.

"He didn't have a title previously and that didn't affect him. But now that he does have a title as vice-captain, in my eyes he has grown even more."

McRae remembers seeing leadership traits in Riewoldt when he first arrived at Richmond, but they were different.

He was a player in a hurry and he wanted to be a role model, often speaking up in meetings and finding ways to demonstrate good habits to his fellow development players.

He would slip up, though. McRae had 22 players in his development group, and he called in coaching great David Parkin to put them through a Level Two coaching course. 

"The thought process was there'd be 22 other coaches with me and we'd be able to help each other," McRae said.

"Anyway, David Parkin comes in and as he does he stands at the front and he says to Jack, 'Why are you here, young fella? Why are you here?'

"Jack was in the front row and he says, 'Because 'Fly' (McRae) said it was on the schedule at 11 o'clock'. David looked at him and said, 'Think a little bit deeper son'."

Riewoldt has celebrated teammates' achievements as much as his own in 2017. Picture: AFL Photos
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McRae's coaching path took him from Richmond to the Brisbane Lions in 2010, and then Collingwood from 2011-15.

He returned to coach the Tigers' VFL team for the 2016 season and sat back in those early weeks to watch the players he had developed early in their careers and see how they had come on.

"I saw how vocal and engaged in the group Jack was and thought, 'Wow, hasn't he matured. He's a guy who really is invested in others'," McRae said.

"I saw great quality in Jack and how he had really matured over that time.

"It's gone to a new level this year and his investment in the young small forwards has been unbelievable."

A past member of Richmond's coaching team, who had a key early role with Riewoldt, spoke about the emotion of game day and how it brings out a player's true colours.

For Riewoldt that used to manifest in arguments with umpires and occasionally teammates. His emotion stopped him playing the game and he had detractors. 

Now his emotion is channelled towards supporting teammates and the only time it spills over is when an important goal is kicked and his face swells to the point it looks ready to explode.

"He is still an emotional person, but the high and lows on the rollercoaster are not as steep," the coach said.

Riewoldt is still the Mozzie that arrived from Tasmania in 2006, but he has matured and become more rounded while adding new traits to his profile, McRae said.

He will always be a player who wants the ball at big moments, but as a forward and a leader he has learned the value in following as Richmond hopes to write a finals fairytale.

"That's something I've seen this year," McRae said. "He's been able to see that difference between knowing when to drive the bus and when to sit at the back of it."

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2017-09-21/mozzie-still-creating-a-buzz-at-tigerland

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« Reply #3083 on: September 21, 2017, 02:00:48 PM »
Need a big game from Jack a few nice marks and goals and kick straight set the tone.

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« Reply #3084 on: September 21, 2017, 08:24:29 PM »
Might be a bit hard in the wet for Jack but his marking was fantastic against Melbourne so who knows?

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« Reply #3085 on: September 21, 2017, 08:28:43 PM »
I felt he was definitely overawed against Geel in the QF. I'm hoping he's settled on Saturday - we need some clean hands from him. The wet makes it harder, but he's done it plenty of times before in the wet.

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« Reply #3086 on: September 21, 2017, 08:30:06 PM »
I felt he was definitely overawed against Geel in the QF. I'm hoping he's settled on Saturday - we need some clean hands from him. The wet makes it harder, but he's done it plenty of times before in the wet.
His kick to Prestia lace out off a step or two was superb. Changed the whole game. :clapping
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« Reply #3087 on: September 21, 2017, 08:31:37 PM »
Will probably rain in the second half of the game

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« Reply #3088 on: September 21, 2017, 08:31:41 PM »
I felt he was definitely overawed against Geel in the QF. I'm hoping he's settled on Saturday - we need some clean hands from him. The wet makes it harder, but he's done it plenty of times before in the wet.
His kick to Prestia lace out off a step or two was superb. Changed the whole game. :clapping
Agreed. I reckon he'd settled by then - and what happened? We rolled them from that point.

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« Reply #3089 on: September 21, 2017, 09:04:10 PM »
Jack is a star of the game and these games are made for him. I'm looking forward to him dragging us over the line.