Training Pre Season '24

[Groupie_]

suns and the blues will get the easy run with the AFL love fest...
but add the Dee's to the list.. ump's love child

remember the umpiring in the second game against the shemans

 

[SunshineBoy]

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AFL 2024: Daniel Rioli talks shaking off injury, possible midfield move, Maurice Rioli​

After a battling 2023, Richmond dasher Daniel Rioli is looking ahead to exciting times under new coach Adem Yze, which could involve a different role in the Tiger team.
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AFL: Dustin Martin will be returning to full form for the Richmond Tigers after recovering from a nasty hamstring injury.
Richmond dasher Daniel Rioli says new coach Adem Yze has dangled the carrot of some midfield time as a shock weapon like cousin Cyril Rioli in his Hawthorn glory days.
It comes as Rioli backed in his close relative Maurice Rioli to put his new-found maturity on show in a make-or-break season at Punt Road.
Tigers defender Rioli has packed a full career’s worth of moments in his eight seasons as a triple premiership small forward with a Goal of the Year award before winning All Australian 40 honours in 2022 as a half back.
Now the 26-year-old has a new coach in Yze and potentially new challenges despite his desire to again dominate at half back after limping through 2023 with a niggling ankle injury.
Rioli said instead of spending time on the training track he too often had his ankle in a bucket of ice as fluid in the joint saw him playing hurt for interim coach Andrew McQualter.

McQualter missed out on the new role for former Demons star Yze, who honed his coaching skills in a side with star small forward Cyril Rioli during their premiership era.
Daniel Rioli is again injury free and told the Herald Sun he still wasn’t sure how to take Yze’s suggestion of some midfield minutes.
“He wants me to play mostly half back but he made a comment to me: “What is your nickname? What about ‘Silk”,” Rioli told the Herald Sun after the club’s intraclub clash on Wednesday.
“He said if we needed a ‘Cyril’ or a Shaun Burgoyne to provide spark in the midfield why not? They were ‘Mr Fix-it’ players. He did make that comment and obviously I want to play half back this year. I haven’t played a lot of midfield time in my AFL career so I am excited if that does come about. Midfield, forward, back to the backline, I am happy. He has got a lot of confidence in our players and I am thrilled to play under him.”
“Last year was a bit of a roller coaster for us. We all have confidence in Yze’s game plan and what he brings to the club.”
Last year Rioli’s stats were almost identical to his breakout 2022 as a defender – resulting in a fifth-placing in the Jack Dyer Medal.
But too often he hobbled into games and played through contests despite re-injuring his ankle.
“It was tough with the injury and I just tried to do the right thing for the team to get out there. A nice off-season helped. I got off my legs for a bit and I am cherry ripe now but there was heaps of fluid on my ankle that kept bugging me through the year,” he said.
“I couldn’t even walk on it at some stages. The ankle was a bit blue and I had to be at home with an ice bucket every night and that got me through but I had a good physio who looked after me.”
Post-season Rioli and partner Paris Lawrence escaped for some sightseeing to Tokyo before returning to his home in the Tiwi Islands over Christmas.
The club had urged third-year forward Maurice Rioli to rededicate himself to his fitness across the off-season given his tank did not allow him to get to enough contests in a ten-game 2023 AFL season.
He returned in adequate rather than outstanding shape but Daniel Rioli said he had made up for lost time since then.

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“Obviously Maurice has got a long way to go. He’s still young and he’s pretty raw to this game so we know what a good pressure player he is. He is now (in good shape). I go home a lot and have a lot of bush tucker which puts me over that scale a bit,” he said.
“We both try to come back in reasonable shape but obviously the club has good programs through training. He has been good. He is still young and learning and if he doesn’t come back as fit he’s got a good program with physios and coaches who talk him through things
“He is still getting to that stage where he is maturing. He is only 21 years old and this year he needs to get into it and show the people what he’s made of.”

So it isn’t just us calling out MRJ and his returns to the club after a break

 

[Tiger_4_Life]

So it isn’t just us calling out MRJ and his returns to the club after a break

Yeah there's not much sugar coating there from Daniel.

It's all well and good to indulge a bit over the break but his current body shape still looks like he's not doing the right things from a diet perspective. He'd be really fit no doubt but he could be so much better

 

[tiger_tough]

 

[sportshow]

they never met with us at punt rd after the flags

is this true?

 

[tiger_tough]

 

[Groupie_]

is this true?

yep

 

[Groupie_]

no way he plays against blooze

 

[Groupie_]

balta and kozi will stink it up round zero

 

[sportshow]

yep

wow ....

 

[Groupie_]

wow ....

there was an article last year saying anybody from the afl commision hasnt been to punt road in years

 

[DickieKnee]

no way he plays against blooze

Yeah I reckon he plays round 5 or 6 if Louie doesn't have anything to do with him.

 

[Groupie_]

Yeah I reckon he plays round 5 or 6 if Louie doesn't have anything to do with him.

whos idea was it to send him back out in the dogs game when he did it

psycopathic lunacy

 

[Football Tragic]

Disappointing but not unexpected. I'd rather he comes back fully fit and confident in his body than half fit and hesitant. He's too valuable to our structure and future to bring him back half done. Disappointing non-the-less.

I think he will play Round One. I just think they are being extra cautious with the travel factor.

 

[Groupie_]

Disappointing but not unexpected. I'd rather he comes back fully fit and confident in his body than half fit and hesitant. He's too valuable to our structure and future to bring him back half done. Disappointing non-the-less.

I think he will play Round One. I just think they are being extra cautious with the travel factor.

good thing round zero is not for points

 

[energyquant]

Now that we've shown our hand, I bet Ben King

34

Ben King

Age

24

Ht

202cm

Wt

98kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

7.2

2star

K

5.0

2star

HB

2.2

2star

M

3.5

4star

T

0.5

3star

G

1.3

5star

D

7.5

2star

K

5.6

2star

HB

1.9

1star

M

3.6

4star

T

0.3

1star

G

1.5

5star

D

6.8

2star

K

4.4

2star

HB

2.4

3star

M

3.2

4star

T

0.2

3star

G

1.0

4star

also doesn't play.

 

[Nostradumbass]

did anyone think in season 4 we'd be talking about mrj's massive gut

I legit thought he'd be a gun by now

looks like he will delisted this year

Lazy campaigner.

 

[Nostradumbass]

Lunch told me this himself last week.

 

[Wavvey]

Great news. I was concerned about him missing the first month or more. Was always going to be tough playing round 0-1 off 5 day break.

 

[All Aust]

How many times does Dimma play there this season?

Dimma coaches the suntanners with Tiges cooked sausages = 4 ish - all towards the back half of 2024.

Jack Riewoldt =0. A positive for us.

 

[Grrr]

If they go back 2 back this year, I'm moving to Yemen.

Nice time of the year to head up the Red Sea right now.

 

[sanaya]

did anyone think in season 4 we'd be talking about mrj's massive gut

I legit thought he'd be a gun by now

looks like he will delisted this year

classic nepo baby

 

[SouthernStripes]

balta and kozi will stink it up round zero

I’ll take them both over Jack who I love, but was pretty much like having a dead bloke laying down in the forward line last year

 

[tiger_tough]

Tigers spearhead out of reunion with Hardwick; Oliver in doubt for first round

Richmond will be without Tom Lynch for their reunion with former coach Damien Hardwick, who is now trying to steer Gold Coast to their maiden finals berth.

www.theage.com.au

 

[tunksy]

Tigers spearhead out of reunion with Hardwick; Oliver in doubt for first round

Richmond will be without Tom Lynch for their reunion with former coach Damien Hardwick, who is now trying to steer Gold Coast to their maiden finals berth.

www.theage.com.au

No one is surprised. 5 day turnaround early in the season is shit.