Tigers breed new cub

[TiGeR221277]

26 August 2004
Herald Sun
Emily Power

IT WAS hard for club scouts to get a grasp of just how good Queenslander and now Richmond recruit Andrew Raines was leading into last year's national draft.

The son of legendary Richmond, Collingwood, Essendon and Brisbane centreman Geoff was the Tigers' smokey, taken with great faith by the club at No. 76.

The 18-year-old had his 2002 season interrupted by injury, and while on the comeback, did not live up to his billing as one of Queensland's best young players in last year's national under 18 championships.

However, the Tigers were impressed by what they saw of Raines with Southport and in the national carnival to make a long-term investment.

And well ahead of schedule, the Tigers will unveil Raines against Sydney at the MCG on Saturday.

Richmond had used its father-son selection to take Tom Roach, son of Michael, feeling secure that other clubs would not be tempted to draft a player such as Raines who they knew little about.

Football director Greg Miller said he and Raines' father, who played 134 of his 254 senior games with the Tigers between 1976-1982, shared a realistic forecast for the promising youngster.

"His father and I spoke at the end of last year and we thought he'd spend a fair bit of this year in the under 18's, but he's proven us wrong. He's developed quickly, and he's been very, very good in the VFL," Miller said.

Described as a "beautiful mover" with great acceleration by AFL national talent manager Kevin Sheehan, Raines was just 76kg when drafted. He has since added 8kg to his frame, and has exceeded his club's expectations by playing the majority of his season with the Coburg VFL seniors.

Miller said he hoped Tigers fans would turn out on Saturday to witness the debut of one of the club's future stars.

"He shows great courage, and he's been very consistent," Miller said.

"A couple of weeks ago, for example, he played a great game on Brock McLean, one of the early draft picks."

 

[nut]

Legend's son to get a run with Tigers

By Stathi Paxinos
August 26, 2004

Richmond will give Andrew Raines, son of club legend Geoff, his first AFL game when he is named in the Tigers' team to take on Sydney on Saturday.

Richmond football director Greg Miller said Raines' form for the Coburg Tigers in the VFL during the past two months had warranted his promotion.

Miller said Raines, who was picked at No. 76 in last year's draft, had an exceptional game against Melbourne's No. 5 pick Brock McLean a few weeks ago.

"It's a fantastic achievement for a young guy," Miller said. "We took him very late in the draft and we were probably the only club that thought he had the potential."

Raines' manager, Rick Olarenshaw, said he had not thought Raines would make his debut for the firsts this year, but the 18-year-old had shown great form since he had added bulk to his frame.

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"He's very clean, very well balanced and he's got a bit of class about him," Olarenshaw said. "He never looks rushed."

Olarenshaw said Raines, who plays on the wing, was a very similar player to his father, who was excited about his son's debut.

"Geoff's done a lot in footy but he's still as excited as any other father I've spoken to see his son play his first game," Olarenshaw said.




Hartigan, Roach, Jackson, Moore and now Raines.

 

[TiGeR221277]

Hartigan, Roach, Jackson, Moore and now Raines.

" The Tiger FAB FIVE eat em alive in 2005"

 

[psi]

GO rainsey. GOOD LUCK

'Nuff said.

 

[nut]

With Gimour and Archibald still to come out of the 2003 draft, you would safely say that this would have to be the best we have ever done in a draft to date. ( early days though) .

with 2 picks in the top 4 we should do alright this year you would think.

Potentially we will have 10 or 11 players all around the same age. No problem at the moment but in 4-5 years when they all hopefully make it we will be in a tough position salary cap wise.

Problem maybe solved if we take the best interstate players this year with the plan to Trade them home if we need to.

I know its a bit early to be thinking like that but we are planning for the future so everything should be looked at.

 

[Punt_Road_Roar]

With Gimour and Archibald still to come out of the 2003 draft, you would safely say that this would have to be the best we have ever done in a draft to date. ( early days though) .

with 2 picks in the top 4 we should do alright this year you would think.

Potentially we will have 10 or 11 players all around the same age. No problem at the moment but in 4-5 years when they all hopefully make it we will be in a tough position salary cap wise.

Problem maybe solved if we take the best interstate players this year with the plan to Trade them home if we need to.

I know its a bit early to be thinking like that but we are planning for the future so everything should be looked at.

And I have been reading some critics posts of Miller on this site in the last few days about what has he done? or that he is overated

Answer is easy!!! take a look at that, these names are all unknown to all those current know-alls wait a few seasons and they will be eating their words

well done miller

 

[TiGeR221277]

With Gimour and Archibald still to come out of the 2003 draft, you would safely say that this would have to be the best we have ever done in a draft to date. ( early days though) .

with 2 picks in the top 4 we should do alright this year you would think.

Potentially we will have 10 or 11 players all around the same age. No problem at the moment but in 4-5 years when they all hopefully make it we will be in a tough position salary cap wise.

Problem maybe solved if we take the best interstate players this year with the plan to Trade them home if we need to.

I know its a bit early to be thinking like that but we are planning for the future so everything should be looked at.

Wallace will Gel these 10 or 11 and some others players and hopefully in a few2 years time they can see that RFC will be a power house of a club they will stay loyal to us and be RFC retired greats(breed our own) like the Archers play 250 games and so on...then these kids will sacrifise pay cuts for success.

 

[corporal]

Whilst these players are promising, I am going to wait untill we they put some consistent on field performances together before getting to excited.

Neverless better then the other youngsters crops we have had over the last 15 years

 

[cairo tiger]

good luck sopb (son of pretty boy). rainsy was one of my favs