VFL Practice Match v Box Hill Saturday 9th March 10am - Live Stream

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Backs	Nicholas Girolami	59	Ben Miller	46	Mutaz El Nour	57
Half-Backs	Kaleb Smith	49	Hugo Ralphsmith	13	James Trezise	36
Centre	Chad Harris	54	Kane McAuliffe	21	Nick Guiney	62
Half-Forwards	Matthew Coulthard	26	Judson Clarke	11	Steely Green	48
Forwards	Archie May	71	Cameron Olden	58	Mykelti Lefau	42
Followers	Oliver Hayes-Brown	39	Tom McCarthy	76	William Bravo	70
Interchange	Jed Feneley	64	Austin Johnson	51	Thomas Brindley	61
	Lachlan Wilson	82	Mohammed Yassine	52	Sam Davidson	73

Richmond will take on Box Hill at Punt Road Oval from 10am tomorrow in their 3rd VFL practice match. Brown and Cumberland are the 2 emergencies that aren't playing in the game as they are obviously up in Queensland in case they are needed for tomorrow night. Still a good number of AFL listed players running around and will be well worth the watch.

 

[Roachy8]

Love how the young kid McAuliffe is named straight in the centre.

I have a great feeling about this fella - might be our centreman (in the old traditional sense) for the next 10 years!

 

[Coach_Required]

I hope Archie May has a good year. I thought he looked pretty good for us the other week.

 

[Charlie Pannam]

hide Tom McCarthy, looks a likely type (you know who’ll be sniffing around come msd) exciting with his run and carry in the practice match against Pies.

 

[Bojangles17]

hide Tom McCarthy, looks a likely type (you know who’ll be sniffing around come msd) exciting with his run and carry in the practice match against Pies.

Need more than one game tho

 

[GoTigers2015]

SFNL to VFL: Tom McCarthy’s elevation to ‘a standout’ at Punt Rd​

Tom McCarthy quietly walked into Highett last season. 12 months later he’s making much more noise at Richmond as a pre-season “standout”. We go inside his remarkable rise.



It was Richmond’s last VFL session of the calendar year.

Ahead of an imminent list cull, the candidates were put through their paces with a gruelling running session before being sprung into match simulation.
In a group of hopefuls and seasoned veterans, only few stood out.
Included in that few was newcomer Tom McCarthy from Highett, embarking on his first VFL pre-season.
The final session was a full stop on what had been a strong pre-season from McCarthy, who impressed enough to earn himself a contract for 2024.
The 23-year-old identified the first match sim as an opportunity to put himself “on the map”.
“For me, it was: ‘alright, I have to break through, I have to show what I’ve got here because I might not get another opportunity’,” he said.
“I went in there and gave it my all, ran as hard as I could and had one of those days – might be luck – where it just came to me.”



The showing excited Tigers coach Steve Morris.

“He was one of the players that ran through the midfield and he was a standout in that game,” Morris said.

“He’s one of our leading runners, he’s a ranging-midfielder type.

“I saw him being a bit more of a half back and then we ended up throwing him through the middle and he was really impressive with his stoppage work.

“There’s no doubt he’s had improvement over the time he’s been with us.

“It’s funny, when we saw his vision prior to coming to Richmond, I thought his skills were something that were going to stand out.

“It hasn’t been that that’s been the absolute standout so far, I think that will come in games, it’s been his ability to find the footy and win it in tight that has impressed me.”

McCarthy has quietly walked into Richmond in similar fashion he did to Highett 12 months ago.

After graduating from Cheltenham Panthers Junior Football Club, McCarthy followed friends to Old Mentonians.

Highlighting cricket at Cheltenham Park over footy at that point, he kicked the Sherrin around “to fit in with friends”.

It wasn’t until halfway through his first under-19 season he thought “maybe I should have a proper crack at this”.

Old Mentonians folded and what was its agonising loss was Highett’s immeasurable gain.

While VFL was on McCarthy’s radar during the year, it was Highett’s elimination final win over Hampton Park that gave him the confidence to make the leap.

McCarthy kicked three goals, had a stack of possessions and was named best afield in the Bulldogs’ 43-point win.

“It was definitely sort of a breakout game,” he said.

“I was new to Southern and am not a big name so that game I came in with nerves but excitement.

“When you get your hands on the footy early, you can have those days where the ball keeps coming to you.

“I thought to myself that I wanted to have a crack at a VFL pre-season at least and then that last game, that final, it sort of solidified it where my eyes were set on that.”

Now he has his sights set on getting a game.

“It’s only come to me in the last month or two that I could really have a football career as well as a marketing career,” he said.

“Once you start to see a new pleasure in footy, you definitely start thinking the sky is the limit.

“I have got my foot in the door, my next goal is to have a crack at getting a game.

“If you told me three years ago I was going to be at VFL, I would’ve laughed.

“I have had this dream of playing semi-professional footy and it was unreachable three or four years ago but I sort of just kept sticking at it.”

As for where he stands at the selection table, coach Morris says he has some “stiff competition” but is certainly on the right track.

He’s up against some stiff competition because we’ve got some older players he’s up against that are seriously seasoned VFL players,” he said.

“(Lachlan) Street, (Joel) Garner, Chad Harris, Tom Brindley, Cam Olden, you can continue to rattle them off.

“He’s going to have his work cut out but the way he has gone so far, he’s certainly in the mix and giving himself every chance.”

 

[lllscroatlll]

I hope Archie May has a good year. I thought he looked pretty good for us the other week.

impressive outing, balanced

 

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Live Stream: VFL Practice Match v Box Hill

Watch a live stream of Richmond VFL's practice match against Box Hill Hawks from Punt Road Oval this Saturday morning.

www.richmondfc.com.au

 

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First goal to Box Hill

 

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Box Hill with their 2nd

0-12

 

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McAuliffe having a very good start to the game. Getting plenty of footy

 

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Yassine gets our first score

1-12

 

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May misses a good chance

2-12

 

[lllscroatlll]

judson my man

 

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Clarke scoops up a turnover and slots a good goal from outside 50

8-12

 

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Another missed opportunity. Tigers been controlling the play, but not capitalizing

9-12

 

[captain blood 17]

Tiges dominating, just not scoring

 

[Tiger_Of_Old]

Yasinne>>>>mrj

 

[docko911]

Yasinne>>>>mrj

Bit of Nahas about him

 

[Roachy8]

God I am so tired of always being inaccurate

 

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Big Bad Hayes-Brown kicks his first career goal

17-12

 

[Roachy8]

And just as I post…….

 

[docko911]

Where’s Bauer

 

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Hawks get their first of the 2nd

18-22

 

[tora tora tora]

Sonz not playing?