The tackle, it was either on Long or Weddle. Stopped him in his tracks. Took him down. How was it not holding the ball?
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Matt Coulthard
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Coulthard’s short-and-sweet debut
An elated Matt Coulthard spoke about his debut after yesterday's match against Hawthorn.
This Kid wants to play, does the right things, learn and grow. He is a beauty! He is learning from Lynch (lifestyle, football and self development). I can see him doing the Lambert role, whilst Bolton controls the centre area and MJ applies the pressure in the forward line. Someone who can carry the ball and break the lines for us.
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Tony Braxton-Hicks
There are no stupid ideas, just stupid people
Everyone saying that it's great for Cool to be with Lynch, but it goes the other way too. I wouldn't put it past Cool to heal Tom's foot. Have faith, peeps.
What's the relationship between Tom and Matthew? Is Matthew renting one of Tom's shoeboxes as a three room bed-sit or something?
Along with Tylar Young, Coulthard and Bauer could well end up becoming significant players for the Tigers going forward.
Not bad for bargain basement selections.
Just adds to Grimes,, Marlion, Baker, Shorty, George, Lambert, even Stackman was flying before like Icarus his wings caught fire,.
The Tigers have done very well out of the Pre Season, Rookie, and Mid Season drafts.
Not bad for bargain basement selections.
Just adds to Grimes,, Marlion, Baker, Shorty, George, Lambert, even Stackman was flying before like Icarus his wings caught fire,.
The Tigers have done very well out of the Pre Season, Rookie, and Mid Season drafts.
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Yeah, he must be sharing with Tommy which is great to see for a kid who barely knows Victoria.
AFL 2023
The Tiger who went from Happy Valley to the MCG in three months
Matt Coulthard has made his debut with three clubs this season. Each club wears yellow and black jumpers. Only one plays at the MCG.
Snap Shot is a weekly column taking a look at the lighter side of football.
On April 15, Richmond’s Matt Coulthard pulled on a yellow and black jumper to play with Happy Valley at Bice Oval, Christies Beach in the Southern League in South Australia.
On Saturday afternoon, the 22-year-old ran along the MCG wing, took two bounces and hit his Tigers’ teammate Dustin Martin on the chest with his first kick before following up to receive the handball and land the ball in Trent Cotchin’s hands.
News of Coulthard’s impact travelled quickly to Happy Valley’s coach Guy Ridgway, who was standing on the boundary line 725 kilometres away from the ’G.
“He’s a fantastic kid. He has really grabbed hold of an opportunity and is running with it. A few of the guys were giving me updates on what was happening,” Ridgway said.
Coulthard’s rapid elevation from local football to being in the circle singing Richmond’s theme song happened slowly.
Word had filtered through to Richmond early in 2022 that there was a player at Port Noarlunga too good to be playing SA’s Southern League. His name was Matt Coulthard, a player they had seen as a junior with South Adelaide but not much since.
But before the Tigers could watch him he hurt his ankle, his season ending after just three games.
By the first round of 2023, Coulthard was at Glenelg, again in yellow and black, playing reserves against Sturt.
By then the Tigers well and truly had their eye on him.
He gained permission to return to the Southern League for a kick with Happy Valley as it was a Gather Round weekend, and he had missed the previous week through suspension.
“He was an excitement machine. He sat on a couple of shoulders and was a class above. It was good for him to come out and play and the boys saw him in action,” Ridgway said.
Back with Glenelg he impressed, but he needed to play three state league games to be eligible for the mid-season draft. Another bye for a state game made it tight, but he just squeezed in when he kicked four goals on the weekend before the Tigers used pick four of the mid-season draft to add him to the list.
It was his third debut for a different club this season – all with yellow and black jumpers, all rapt at the chance the speedster has taken, working through the grades from local football to the MCG in one season.
The Tiger who went from Happy Valley to the MCG in three months
Matt Coulthard has made his debut with three clubs this season. Each club wears yellow and black jumpers. Only one plays at the MCG.
Snap Shot is a weekly column taking a look at the lighter side of football.
On April 15, Richmond’s Matt Coulthard pulled on a yellow and black jumper to play with Happy Valley at Bice Oval, Christies Beach in the Southern League in South Australia.
On Saturday afternoon, the 22-year-old ran along the MCG wing, took two bounces and hit his Tigers’ teammate Dustin Martin on the chest with his first kick before following up to receive the handball and land the ball in Trent Cotchin’s hands.
News of Coulthard’s impact travelled quickly to Happy Valley’s coach Guy Ridgway, who was standing on the boundary line 725 kilometres away from the ’G.
“He’s a fantastic kid. He has really grabbed hold of an opportunity and is running with it. A few of the guys were giving me updates on what was happening,” Ridgway said.
Coulthard’s rapid elevation from local football to being in the circle singing Richmond’s theme song happened slowly.
Word had filtered through to Richmond early in 2022 that there was a player at Port Noarlunga too good to be playing SA’s Southern League. His name was Matt Coulthard, a player they had seen as a junior with South Adelaide but not much since.
But before the Tigers could watch him he hurt his ankle, his season ending after just three games.
By the first round of 2023, Coulthard was at Glenelg, again in yellow and black, playing reserves against Sturt.
By then the Tigers well and truly had their eye on him.
He gained permission to return to the Southern League for a kick with Happy Valley as it was a Gather Round weekend, and he had missed the previous week through suspension.
“He was an excitement machine. He sat on a couple of shoulders and was a class above. It was good for him to come out and play and the boys saw him in action,” Ridgway said.
Back with Glenelg he impressed, but he needed to play three state league games to be eligible for the mid-season draft. Another bye for a state game made it tight, but he just squeezed in when he kicked four goals on the weekend before the Tigers used pick four of the mid-season draft to add him to the list.
It was his third debut for a different club this season – all with yellow and black jumpers, all rapt at the chance the speedster has taken, working through the grades from local football to the MCG in one season.
Easy, the tackler was wearing a Richmond jumber!
The rate our tackles are rewarded relative to the opposition is a joke. There was a glaring example in the 3rd term at a centre bounce clearance where we laid 3 tackles and dispossessed 3 hawkes one after the other. Finally one of our guys picks it up after the 3rd consecutive dispossessed hark, get's tackled with no prior, and finally the whistle comes out and we are penalised. From memory it was Hopper getting tackled, but i might be wrong! I was too busy screaming my lungs out at the bald maggot who'd been reaming us all day!
Reckon it was a wobblier, just get it to Dusty, wasn‘t a lot of intent on it, Dusty made it.
But the kid has something, must keep going with him.
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I think he did get a free and it was play on , perhaps that was the high one at chf I’m thinking
I think its at the 4:35 min mark of the third quarter?
Anyway I amatuerishly chopped up some highlights from his first quarter and a bit of footy:
Youtube kept blocking for copyright no matter how short i trimmed each section.
I particularly liked his pass to Riewoldt; there was no dilly dallying, he got the ball and made up his mind immediately and kicked the ball beautifully.
Not over his head; not a sky ball that left him under the pump.
Quick and clean play.
Just like when he took off after that first mark. Zero hesitation.
