Promising young Richmond midfielder Reece Conca has broken his goalkicking duck . . .
The 19-year-old kicked his first goal in AFL football, in his 19th game, against Collingwood at the MCG last Saturday night.
He received a handball from Tiger vice-captain Trent Cotchin just before three-quarter time, streamed inside 50, and drilled it through for full points.
“It was good to get the monkey off the back,” Cotchin told ‘Roar Vision’ post-match.
“I’d got a bit of stick from the boys, so I was pretty happy to get it over and done with.”
Conca, who was playing his first full game for several weeks after serving a suspension during the pre-season and then being Richmond’s sub. in the opening round clash with Carlton, further underlined his potential with an impressive performance, gathering 21 possessions and taking nine marks.


Jack Riewoldt might be tempted to take a ‘sickie’ in Round 2 next year . . .
For the third season in-a-row, Riewoldt has been held goalless in Round 2.
In Round 2, 2010, he scored just two behinds in Richmond’s 72-point loss to the Western Bulldogs at the MCG.
Then, in Round 2, 2011, ‘Jumping Jack’ was subbed off early in the clash with St Kilda at the ‘G’ after being concussed.
Last Saturday night, he failed to kick a goal, as the Tigers went down to Collingwood by 21 points.
Interestingly, these are the only times Riewoldt has been held goalless since Damien Hardwick took over as Richmond’s coach in 2010.


Brad Miller will reach league football’s 150-game milestone when he lines up for Richmond against his old club, Melbourne, in this Saturday’s Round 3 encounter at the MCG.
The 28-year-old forward played 133 games for the Demons and has now played 16 with Richmond since joining the Club in late 2010.
Miller’s four-goal return against the Magpies last Saturday night was his best effort for the Tigers and equal second best overall in his league career.  His highest goal haul was five, playing for Melbourne against Port Adelaide in Round 9 of the 2010 season at Darwin’s Marrara Oval.
In his 16 games with Richmond, Miller has booted 21 goals.


Star midfielder Trent Cotchin is certainly living up to his rating as the reigning Jack Dyer Medallist . . .
Cotchin celebrated his 22nd birthday last Saturday (April 7) with another top-class performance for Richmond, in the Round 2 match against Collingwood.
He had 26 disposals (14 kicks, 12 handballs), with seven clearances and five inside-50 entries, to be one of the most influential players on the ground.
That followed his quality 27-disposal display the previous week in the opening round match against Carlton.


Alex Rance recorded a PB in both the total disposals and marks categories against Collingwood last Saturday night.
The Tigers key defender had 34 disposals, took 17 marks and did a fine job in restricting a dangerous opponent in Magpie star Travis Cloke to three goals.  Those 17 marks were the most by a Richmond player since 2008.
Rance’s previous highest disposal count was 25 against Gold Coast in the Round 17, 2011 clash at Cairns, while 11 had been his record marks tally before Saturday night.
After two rounds of the 2012 season, the 22-year-old has the second most total disposals at Tigerland, with 55, just one behind Brett Deledio, and he’s No. 1 for marks.


There’s a clear connection between the artist formerly known as Cat Stevens, Yusuf Islam, and Richmond.
Yusuf, who is currently living in Melbourne while working on his upcoming play, “Moonshadow”, was a keen visitor to the Richmond rooms last Saturday night, even sharing a prayer session with Tiger star and fellow Muslim, Bachar Houli.
Not sure how long Yusuf has been a Richmond supporter, but while he was churning out hits such as Matthew & Son, Peace Train, Morning Has Broken, Father and Son, Moonshadow, Oh Very Young, Another Saturday Night, and Old Schoolyard, in his Cat Stevens days during the 1970s, the Tigers were topping the league football charts at the same time, with their own special brand of entertainment.
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