It’s been a beautiful day,here in Sydney town.
It’s always a great day after a Tigers win,you wake up just feeling
great.
I suspect a few hangovers in Brisbane this moning.

Another step forward for the Richmond Football Club as they took on the
Lions on their home ground,be it,missing a couple of key players,
and led all night to record another good win.

The media are saying it was a game to forget with a number of skill errors,
but ask any Tigers supporter and they say they loved it.
I got a bit worried in the last quarter when the Lions got close,but the team
really held their nerve,I really believe we have a great Coach and support staff.

As usual our class players showed the way,Brett Deledio,very effective off half back,
Dustin Martin worked hard and broke the lines as always,Ben Cousins bobbed up everywhere,
Jack Riewoldt again taking contested marks and working hard all night with and without the ball,
they were ably supported by Andrew Collins,one of his best games,Shane Tuck in and under and winning
plenty of clearances,Matt White who run hard and presented all night.
The backline did a great job,Luke MCGuane until he came off,Will Thursfield did a good job on Fevola
second half and again Newey led the team well.

So another win,going into the break with a confidence and a good feeling.

Bring on the Swans 2 weeks from today,yours truly playing in the Legends game
at 12-00noon,get along for a look,hopefully I go alright,I am in training so I don’t
make a gook of myself.

So a week off watching the Tigers,so enjoy the week,lucky me gets to go
to Richmond on Saturday as runner for my son’s AFL team,it’s not like Richmond
in Melbourne,it’s about one and half hours from the centre of Sydney.

Finally we had a crowd of close to 30 people at our home base the Camelia Grove Hotel
last night,and the atmosphere was great,there’s nothing better than watching a win
with other Tigers supporters.
Thanks for those that were there,it was a great night,and we are always well
received by the Hotel and made to feel welcome.
For those in Sydney I have already mentioned that we can get tickets through the club,free
of charge for this game,for our Melbourne cousins anyone who would like to join
us in a reserved seating area(not sure what part of the ground) please let me know
if you would like a ticket.
Need to let the Club know by Monday the 28th,once we have the names,tickets will
be placed in an envelope with your name on it and left at the Membership
section of the Tiger Den on the day of the game.
To make a bit of money for the Sydney Tigers we were going to charge $10-00 for
non members of the Sydney Tigers but I think we will offer this for free,we have up to
a maximum of 30 tickets.
RICHMOND made it back-to-back wins and in the process put a huge hole in the Brisbane Lions’ finals aspirations with a 19-point win at the Gabba on Saturday night.

In a scrappy and at times comical encounter, the Tigers led from start to finish to run out victors 15.15 (105) to 12.14 (86).

They steadied the ship in the final quarter after the Lions got to within five points, as first Andrew Collins spun and goaled from 45m, then Jack Riewoldt took a strong contested mark and goaled to restore a handy lead.

Richmond never looked back.

Despite lacking skill at times, the Tigers worked harder and deserved their second win in succession after leading at every break.

It was a miserable 200th game for Lions full-forward Brendan Fevola, who kicked just one goal – from a free kick – and mixed that with an air-swing, helicopter punt and a couple of total miskicks.

He was not on his own, however, and the Lions have now lost eight of their past nine games and slumped to a 5-8 record ahead of the mid-season break.

Not only was the home side missing skipper Jonathan Brown with a groin injury, but Brownlow Medallist Simon Black joined the stars in the stands after being a late withdrawal with a virus.

But the Tigers were terrific, led by Riewoldt’s three goals and Brett Deledio’s 33 possessions.

They had workers all over the ground with Shane Tuck (29), Ben Cousins (27) and classy youngster Dustin Martin (26) prominent.

Riewoldt further stamped himself as a star of the game with a number of strong contested marks against Daniel Merrett and his crucial fourth-quarter goal helping to get his team home.

The only injured concern for the Tigers was full-back Luke McGuane, who hobbled off in the second quarter with a leg injury after blanketing Fevola.

The Tigers have now joined Adelaide and West Coast on three wins.

Brisbane Lions 2.4 6.5 8.10 12.14 (86)
Richmond 5.2 9.7 10.12 15.15 (105)

GOALS
Brisbane Lions: Cornelius 3, Staker 3, Banfield 2, Rockliff, Redden, Sherman, Fevola
Richmond: Riewoldt 3, Collins 3, White 2, Edwards 2, Cousins, Martin, Farmer, Vickery, Griffiths

BEST
Brisbane Lions: Banfield, Cornelius, Johnstone, Rockliff, Staker
Richmond: Deledio, Martin, Cousins, Riewoldt, White, Tuck

INJURIES
Brisbane Lions: Black (virus, replaced in starting side by Cornelius); Buchanan
Richmond: McGuane

Reports: nil

Umpires: Vozzo, Farmer, Jennings

Official crowd: 28,415 at the Gabba

MARK MAUNDER

PRESIDENT SYDNEY TIGERS

0410036136

 A lazy Sunday afternoon at the G watching the Tigers smash the Eagles is definitely my cup of tea.  Richmond supporters everywhere would have been proud of this performance. The 30,000 Tiger crowd felt more like 50,000 everytime Jack Reiwoldt and Dustin Martin had the ball. They both were the architects of dismantling  the Eagles along with Delideo.  Jack’s 10 goals was a great individual effort, and his strength in the marking contests and straight kicking gave the side reward for effort up the ground. Martin had 14 disposals in one quarter of football and setup the win with multiple clearances from the centre. His strength through his hips and balance on both sides of his body is extroadinary for a first year player. He definitely is in the Robert Harvey mould. I personally think he will go close in the rising star award this season.  The atmosphere of the crowd was terrific and I got a real sense that the Richmond faithful walked away from the win excited about the future with our emerging stars in Reiwoldt and Martin. I asked before the season started who would be the new face of Tigerland. Well this weekend we have our answer. Jack Reiwoldt.  

Other players who deserve a mention are Shane Edwards who had probably the best game I have seen him play. Edward used the ball well, making sound decisions and set up Jack on a number of occasions. Delideo behind the ball in the backline has been a great move from Hardwick and our Graham, Vickery combo in the Ruck did fine jobs on Cox and Natanui. 

There is a lot to like about our improving side.  Particularly our centre line in Cotchin, Martin, Jackson and Tuck. Add Foley to the mix and with another full preseason for each of them I think we have an exciting mix who win their own contested ball.  Jack needs support in the forward line and I hope Ben Griffiths and David Astbury can stand up and play a supporting role this week against the Lions.

 The challenge is to back up last week’s win with a solid win interstate against a top 8 fancy. We haven’t won two games in a row for a long time and with the Lions looking depleted this week may be our week.

Tigers by 17 points.

Bree McAullay

Secretary Sydney tigers Supporters group

G’Day Guys

Lots of news to give you.
Firstly Richmond v West Coast Sunday 1-10PM at MCG,coverage on
Fox Sports 1,shown Live at Camelia Grove Hotel.
I am very confident of a win,can a Richmond supporter be confident,
I believe we should beat West Coast with the way we have been going

Still no Nathan Foley which is a concern.

Richmond
B: Chris Newman, Luke McGuane, Jake King
HB: Shane Tuck, Brett Deledio, Daniel Connors
C: Ben Cousins, Daniel Jackson, Shane Edwards
HF: Matt White, Jack Riewoldt, Ben Nason
F: Richard Tambling, Ben Griffiths, David Astbury
Foll: Angus Graham, Trent Cotchin, Dustin Martin
I/C (from): Mitch Farmer, Jeromey Webberley, Will Thursfield, Andrew Collins, Tyrone Vickery, Robin Nahas, Kelvin Moore
In: Moore, Jackson, Connors, Vickery, Griffiths
Out: Mitch Morton, Troy Simmonds (retired)

Richmond V Sydney Swans Sunday July 4

We are looking at getting a group together to watch the Richmond v Swans game,
as advised yours truly is playing in the legends game.
We can get tickets through the club if you would like to come down for the game
let me know.
Tickets free for Sydney Tigers Members
$10-00 Non Members

If you want to watch the game in a bit more comfort,don’t forget I have 3 tickets
to the Ponsford stand at $50-00 each which includes
Food at Halftime
Drinks after the game
All players in attendance at after match function.

Don’t forget you can resonable accomodation at Cube Serviced APartments,they
were grateful I sent their email out to our members,let them know you know me
and they will look after you.

Finally see details of function for Brisbane game,I know a few of you are going
up for the game,hope you can support them.

3 Game Membership

Good Afternoon,

The Richmond Football Club is closing in on our goal of 42,000 members this season. The deadline is getting close though with another 300 members needed before June 30. I am about to send through a 3 game promotional email and it would be greatly appreciated if you could please forward on to all your supporter group members.

If you have any questions please contact me directly on 9426 4420 or email me anytime.

Regards

Daniel Giese
Member and Supporter Services
Ph: (03) 9426 4420
Fax: (03) 9429 4686
Richmond Football Club
Punt Road Oval, Richmond VIC 3121

Finally see details of function for Brisbane game,I know a few of you are going
up for the game,hope you can support them.

Hello all (again),

I have attached our flyer for our game day functions.
Unless you have been living under a log, the game is Round 13, Saturday 19th June, 7:10pm @ the GABBA.
We will be having a pre-game function for only $30 per head.
The after match function will be free with live bands thrown in.
It will take place at our Qld. home, The Hotel Broadway.
Now owned by the legend Carl Ditterich & his family.
Only about 400m from the ground itself.
Tickets can be purchased by contacting Jenna at the RFC.
Credit cards will be accepted also.
Numbers are limited to space, so dont leave it too long.

So print off our flyer an get it out there.
Remember last time the Tigers played up here, it was huge.
The pre-match function was great.
The after match was massive, 1500 people walked about 2km to attend that night.
This being only 400m away….. lets party
Please put this flyer up anywhere you can & forward this email onto as many people as you can.

Any questions (other than about tickets for the function) feel free to ring me.
So grab your tickets now & lets make this a memorable & fun night.

See you all there before & after the game.

Phil Cox
President of the Queensland Richmond Supporters Club.
0417 71 31 81

Brissy Game Function Flyer.JPG

MARK MAUNDER PRESIDENT RICHMOND TIGERS SYDNEY SUPPORTERS GROUP
0410036136