Richmond captain Chris Newman has figured prominently in the nominations for this year’s AFL Player’s Association Most Valuable Player Awards.
The AFLPA MVP Awards, which are to be held on Monday night in Melbourne, are fast becoming one of the most respected and prestigious awards in football.
Newman has been nominated by his fellow Richmond players in both... [Read More]
Richmond coach Damien Hardwick says Richmond has started to gain respect in the AFL after some encouraging performances in 2010.
However, Hardwick said the Club would be taking no short cuts in its bid to achieve success, in a speech delivered to guests at the 2010 Jack Dyer Medal evening.
Below is an extract from the speech:
If there is one thing I have learned in my time in football, it is that there... [Read More]
Jack Riewoldt has capped off a superb, break-out season of AFL football by winning his inaugural Jack Dyer Medal.
Riewoldt becomes the first player in Richmond’s history to win the Best and Fairest and the competition’s leading goalkicker award in the same season.
The exciting, young full-forward, who took out the Coleman Medal, with 78 goals in the 2010 home-and-away season, edged out Tiger captain Chris Newman in a... [Read More]
The 2010 Jack Dyer Medal shapes as the most even and exciting in many years, with as many as four top chances to take ‘Jack’ home, when the count is conducted tomorrow night (Wednesday, September 1) at the Crown Palladium.
Brett Deledio, shooting for his third straight Richmond Best and Fairest award, has had an excellent season in a sweeping role across half-back, but he faces strong opposition from Tiger captain, Chris Newman,... [Read More]
RICHMOND'S season has ended on a sour note with Jake King facing a one-match suspension for striking Justin Westhoff during Sunday’s 10-point loss to Port Adelaide at Etihad Stadium.
King was cited by the match review panel after he was captured on camera punching Westhoff in the ribs during the final quarter.
The Port player fell to the ground at the time, although no free kick was paid.
BEN Cousins' farewell to football was becoming of him in that everything about it was outsized.
The crowd was 10,000 more than could have been expected for a match of such humble billing; the Records sold out before the start.
Richmond's entry was delayed while the ground announcer recited Cousins' accomplishments, usual for a tennis player in a major final, but unprecedented in this most adamantly egalitarian... [Read More]
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