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He’s been excellent in the premiership years. Like Dylan at his best, could play against talls and smalls. If he blew a few last year, he helped get us 8 draftees. I reckon he has always been very underrated
That’s a 10w hammy you’d have to be kidding , sounds like bs to me
Injuries all over the league no club immune , be nice to have a good run at it for once tho
True we only look at ours. Me thinks they take it too hard pre season especially in the heat makes the body venerable. They should start slowing things down like the good old days. Heat and dehydration spells disaster.
Didn't he have a few bets on the AFL Rising Star Award?
Agreed, it’s like they have something to hide by not posting a match sim video.
There's a bit to get right with his body.
The best bit is i know Morro. He’s ripped, great wife and family. He goes alright. Just another thing you’re wrong on Shandi.
I prefer Shandi for the Kiss reference while he drinks shandys.
If it was a minor hammy and the fact that he's coming off another small injury, plus he is a first year player who does not do all the running the others do, means that he would be a little underdone. Come in via the VFL, which is about 10 weeks, makes sense to me.
My prediction that Tauru will play before Smillie is looking good
Is this the match sim that they normally livestreamed and then uploaded in past years? Or is that one still coming?RFC match sim report
Richmond spearhead Tom Lynch "can't take a trick", placed into concussion protocols after a collision in the Tigers' match simulation on Friday.
The 32-year-old has played just eight games in the past two seasons, but has been training well this summer.
In his scheduled press conference, assistant coach Steve Morris was unable to provide much clarity about Lynch's timeline to return, given the immediacy of the incident.
"'Lynchy' can't take a trick, he's entered concussion protocols. He's had an outstanding probably eight weeks of training, he's firing on all cylinders," Morris said.
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'Really excited to find out more about his Samoan heritage' - Morris
Steve Morris chats with media about being a part of the exciting opportunity of heading to Samoa to get an insight into Mykelti's Samoan heritage and visiting the local community.
"I found myself on the bump bag – unfortunately – a few times and just he's just training with some real purpose. So it's a bit of a speed bump for him, but he's in really good nick and hope to see him back in the really near future."
Dion Prestia completed one-third of the hitout before running laps, and is on a managed load this pre-season given his extensive history of soft tissue injuries. Nick Vlastuin and Kane McAuliffe also completed two-thirds of the scrimmage.
Mid-season recruit Jacob Blight left the field in considerable pain, holding his right shoulder, but Morris said it appeared he has escaped damage.
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Noah Balta only trained in the gym, providing Category B rookie Ollie Hayes-Brown plenty of time up forward, after Jacob Koschitzke was switched to defence.
Jacob Bauer played up forward in the As, at one stage booting a set-shot goal from 55-60m.
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AFL Training: January 31
See photos from Richmond's training session on January 31.22
"He's tracking all right. We've asked him to really dig in into his training over the last little bit and what I've seen is a guy who's really committed to earning the trust of his teammates," Morris said of Balta.
"He's put everything out on the table over the last few weeks, doing extra sessions and he knows that he's got to get himself red-hot fit.
"He's a really important player to our team and our club and I think he's doing a really good job at the moment under the circumstances he's facing."
Rising half-forward Seth Campbell racked up plenty of midfield minutes in the "A" team, alongside Tim Taranto and Jacob Hopper, while Samson Ryan, Thomson Dow, Tom Brown, James Trezise and Tyler Sonsie were in the "B" side.
Sam Banks provided plenty of dash out of defence, while No.1 pick Sam Lalor appeared to be spending more time forward with occasional midfield stints in the "As", as did Rhyan Mansell.
Morris is set to accompany five Richmond players – Josh Gibcus, Judson Clarke, Tylar Young, Taj Hotton and Mykelti Lefau – to the latter's family homeland of Samoa on Saturday.
The quintet is all recovering from torn ACLs, and the trip – the brainchild of head of communications Nicki Malady – will see the group visit Lefau's grandparents' village.
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‘Such a massive opportunity…so grateful to the club’ - Lefau
Mykelti Lefau speaks to media as he will be travelling to Samoa with some Tiger teammates as Richmond plan on creating their footprint over there.
"I just honestly don't really have too much words, I'm just super excited. I can't believe we're actually going. It's just such a massive opportunity and I'm just so grateful for the club.
"I think that Nicki had it and planned for a while since I came to the club, from what I've heard, but we had little discussions about it just saying there would be such an awesome opportunity to go over there and sort of start a Tiger footprint there,
"[My aunties and uncles] were just there for my great-grandmother's birthday last week, so they were all there just talking about it. They wish they could stay. Some of them did stay just to see me over there.
"This is my first time going, I'm just going back to my roots where my culture is and just doing it with the club that I love here, with Richmond, being able to do it with them is just such a massive opportunity."
Match Sim Goals
Black:
Steely Green 3, Hugo Ralpsmith 2, Tim Taranto, Tom Lynch, Ollie Hayes-Brown, Jacob Bauer
Yellow:
Maurice Rioli 2, Liam Fawcett, Campbell Gray, Thomson Dow, Liam George
Tauru hasn’t even trained yet. He’s still on a modified program. I thought your AFL contacts would of told you that.My prediction that Tauru will play before Smillie is looking good
Should have flagged it with the club 4 years ago when they were 14My prediction that Tauru will play before Smillie is looking good
