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2015 Richmond Football Club Season
The 2015 season marked the 108th season in which the Richmond Football Club participated in the AFL/VFL. 2014 off-season list changes Retirements and delistings Free agency National draft Rookie draft 2015 squad 2015 season Pre-season Source:AFL Home and away season Source: AFL Tables Finals Source: AFL Tables Ladder Awards League awards All-Australian team Rising Star Nominations: 22 Under 22 team Brownlow Medal tally Club awards Jack Dyer Medal Michael Roach Medal Reserves For the second consecutive season, the Richmond Football club ran a stand-alone reserves team in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Richmond senior and rookie-listed players who were not selected to play in the AFL side were eligible to play for the team alongside a small squad of VFL-only listed players. The team finished 13th out of 15 participating clubs, with a record of five wins and thirteen losses. Each of the club's nine home matches were p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peggy O'Neal (lawyer)
Peggy Yvonne O'Neal (born 19 April 1952) is an American-born Australian lawyer who, since October 2013, has served as the president of the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). She is the first woman in AFL history to serve as a club president. ''The Australian Financial Review'' has named her in its list of "Top 100 Women of Influence". In 2019 she was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for distinguished service to Australian rules football, to superannuation and finance law, and to the advancement of women in leadership roles. She was appointed Chancellor of RMIT University in October 2021. Early life and legal career O'Neal was born and raised in the now-abandoned small mining community of Killarney, West Virginia. She comes from a family of coal miners, and was the first in her family to go to university, studying law at the University of Virginia. O'Neal moved to Australia in 1989, after falling in love with an Australian backpack ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Arnot
Matthew Arnot (born 21 October 1993) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Arnot was recruited from the Oakleigh Chargers in the TAC Cup The NAB League Boys (also referred to as simply the NAB League and formerly known as the TAC Cup) is an under-19 Australian rules football representative competition held in Australia. It is based on geographic regions throughout country Vict ... with the 55th selection in the 2011 AFL Draft. He made his AFL debut in round 14 of the 2013 AFL season against , where his strong tackling was a standout feature. He was delisted at the conclusion of the 2015 season. References External links * * 1993 births Living people Richmond Football Club players Oakleigh Chargers players Coburg Football Club players Port Melbourne Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) {{AFL-bio-1990s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murray Bushrangers
The Murray Bushrangers is an Australian rules football team playing in Victorian statewide under-18s competition, presently known as the NAB League, since 1993 based in Wangaratta. The team trains on Norm Minns Oval. The team is coached by Mark Brown. Guernsey colours are Black, Purple and Yellow, with black socks and black (home) or white (away) shorts. The Bushrangers have produced some of the current elite Australian Football League players through the AFL Draft including Daniel Cross, Brett Deledio, Steele Sidebottom, Steve Johnson, Jarrad Waite, Kayne Pettifer, Justin Koschitzke, Hamish McIntosh, Barry Hall, Fraser Gehrig, Ben Mathews, Steven King, Robert Campbell, Alipate Carlile, David Mundy, Shannon Byrnes & Laitham Vandermeer Club history Murray Bushrangers are based at Wangaratta, near the Victoria-NSW border and have been involved in the competition since 1993 when the competition added another four country teams. Murray lost in the 2007 TAC Cup Grand Final ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathan Drummond
Nathan Drummond (born 19 January 1995) was a professional Australian rules footballer who played five matches for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL) during a four-year stint at the club between 2015 and 2018. Early life and junior football Drummond grew up in Mooroopna, a Victorian country town 181 kilometers north of Melbourne. He played junior football with the local Mooroopna Football Club. He attended Notre Dame College, Shepparton. As a teenager, Drummond moved to Melbourne to board at Melbourne Grammar on an AIEF Scholarship. He travelled home regularly though, including to player with the Murray Bushrangers in the TAC Cup in 2013. He also played for the Victorian Country side that year, representing the team at 2013 National Championships. Despite strong form in his underage years, Drummond passed unselected through the national and rookie drafts in 2013. In 2014, he returned to the family home in country Victoria, taking up a part-time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Connor Menadue
Connor Menadue (born 19 September 1996) is a former professional Australian rules footballer for the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), having previously played for 39 AFL matches over a five-year tenure with the Richmond Football Club. He was drafted by Richmond in the second round of the 2014 national draft and made his debut in round 7 the following season. Menadue played in a premiership with Richmond's reserves side in the Victorian Football League, VFL side in 2019. After being delisted by Richmond at the end of 2019 and after one year out of the league, he was redrafted by North Melbourne in the 2021 rookie draft. Early life and junior football Menadue spent his teenage years in Seabrook, Victoria, Seabrook in Melbourne's south-west. He played junior football with Altona Junior Football Club before crossing over to play with Spotswood in the Western Region Football League in 2012. In 2013 Menadue played TAC Cup football with the Wester ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TAC Cup
The NAB League Boys (also referred to as simply the NAB League and formerly known as the TAC Cup) is an under-19 Australian rules football representative competition held in Australia. It is based on geographic regions throughout country Victoria and metropolitan Melbourne with each team representing twelve Victorian regions, while a thirteenth team from Tasmania was reintroduced in 2019. The competition is sponsored by National Australia Bank (NAB), having previously been sponsored by the Transport Accident Commission (TAC) since its inception. The competition is one of the primary sources of recruitment for Australian Football League (AFL) clubs. It provides an opportunity for talented regional players to participate in a high standard competition without having to relocate too far from their place of origin. The competition has a very successful pathway with players missing AFL selection often being recruited by semi-professional state, country and regional leagues throughou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Jets
The Western Jets is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Victorian premier U19 competition, the NAB League, since its inception in 1992. The club have developmental squads in the U16, however much of the attention is towards its U18 team. The club is geographically set in Melbourne's West as part of a decision by AFL Victoria (formerly Football Victoria) to have clubs in all regions of the state. The club trains in Melbourne's inner west at Crofts Reserve in Altona North and plays NAB League matches at Burbank Oval in Williamstown. Their current coach is Robbie Chancellor, who replaced Ryan O’Keefe at the end of the 2020 season. Sponsors The club is sponsored by TAC, Victoria University, Australia, Meat2U, Werribee Mazda, Master Dry Cleaners, Divella, Burbank Homes and KFC. Statistics *Runners Up (2): 1992, 1993 *Wooden Spoons (3): 1997, 1998, 2002 Games Record Holder: Michael Turner (50 games) Goals Record Holder: Stephen Neilsen (59 goals) TA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is a state in southeastern Australia. It is the second-smallest state with a land area of , the second most populated state (after New South Wales) with a population of over 6.5 million, and the most densely populated state in Australia (28 per km2). Victoria is bordered by New South Wales to the north and South Australia to the west, and is bounded by the Bass Strait to the south (with the exception of a small land border with Tasmania located along Boundary Islet), the Great Australian Bight portion of the Southern Ocean to the southwest, and the Tasman Sea (a marginal sea of the South Pacific Ocean) to the southeast. The state encompasses a range of climates and geographical features from its temperate coastal and central regions to the Victorian Alps in the northeast and the semi-arid north-west. The majority of the Victorian population is concentrated in the central-south area surrounding Port Phillip Bay, and in particular within the metropolit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corey Ellis
Corey Ellis (born 9 October 1996) is a former professional Australian rules football player for the Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played 27 matches over four years at after being drafted there with the 12th overall pick in the 2014 AFL National Draft. Early life and junior football Ellis played junior football at Keilor in the Essendon District Football League. He played alongside fellow future AFL player Jayden Laverde in eight consecutive premierships, and was awarded best on ground honours on four occasions. He moved on to play TAC Cup football for the Western Jets. In 2014 he played eight games for the club, averaging totals of 22 disposals and 5 clearances. His best game for the year came against the Northern Territory Thunder, where he recorded 35 disposals, 11 marks and 2 goals. Ellis missed the final match of the season however, when he suffered a stress fracture in his foot. Prior to the injury Ellis had represented ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taylor Hunt
Taylor Hunt (born 5 November 1990) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club and Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League. AFL career Geelong (2009–2014) Hunt was selected by Geelong with the 49th pick in the 2008 AFL Draft, having previously been playing with the Sandringham Dragons in the TAC Cup. He was named as an emergency on two occasions in 2009, but failed to make his debut that season. Hunt made his AFL debut in round 11, 2010 against the West Coast Eagles at Subiaco Oval Subiaco Oval (; nicknamed Subi) was a sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia, located in the suburb of Subiaco. It was opened in 1908 and closed in 2017 after the completion of the new Perth Stadium in Burswood. Subiaco Oval was the high .... He also kicked a goal that was nominated for goal of the week against in that match. Hunt went on to play six more games at senior level in 2010. In 2011 he played 13 matches at A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Todd Banfield
Todd Banfield (born 28 June 1990) is an Australian rules football player who played in the Australian Football League (AFL). Banfield played 53 games for the Brisbane Lions between 2010 and 2013 and joined Richmond in 2014, before being delisted after one season. He was selected with the Brisbane Lions' third selection (pick 41 overall) in the 2008 National Draft. He was recruited from Swan Districts in the West Australian Football League (WAFL). AFL career Banfield made his debut for Brisbane in the first round of the 2010 season. In round 6 Banfield received an AFL Rising Star nomination when he kicked a career best three goals. In the 2010 season Banfield was one of the few Lions to play every match. He finished the season as the third highest goal scorer (27) for the club, only behind Jonathan Brown (53) and Brendan Fevola (48). At the end of the 2013 season Banfield was delisted from Brisbane without playing an AFL match for the entire year. He was subsequently pic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orren Stephenson
Orren Stephenson (born 15 July 1982) is an Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club and the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was originally drafted by the Geelong Football Club in the 2011 AFL Draft at the age of 29, the oldest first-time draftee in AFL draft history. Early life Stephenson grew up in the southern New South Wales towns of Albury, Wagga Wagga and Griffith. He mainly played rugby league as a junior, before he met his wife Whitney. It was at the Mangoplah Cookardinia United Eastlakes football club where Stephenson first got his taste of senior Australian rules football. In 2002 Stephenson moved his young family to Ballarat in central Victoria where his wife Whitney's family lives. He started playing football for the Redan Football Club and after 2 premiership wins in 2002 and 2003 and then winning their best and fairest award in 2004, Stephenson joined the North Ballarat Football Club in 2005. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
