25yo left handed ruckman from Coburg Tigers. Delisted by Richmond. Can ruck. Can play forward and kick goals. But has had plenty of opportunities, and never looked better than ordinary. Would be a surprise pick.Originally Posted by CJK
25yo left handed ruckman from Coburg Tigers. Delisted by Richmond. Can ruck. Can play forward and kick goals. But has had plenty of opportunities, and never looked better than ordinary. Would be a surprise pick.
YOUi (ie cheap) insurance in case Pyke, Tippett, Naismith, LRT, Mitchell (heck, even the smaller Mitchell too) all go down & we run out of ruck options until we can sign someone better next year
Don't worry, Richmond never had Steve Taubert ... the Ruck Whisperer will turn 201cm Derickx into the next Wil Minson - but with a 2cm height advantage
A good pick up - he'd shown some promise for the Tigers in some preseason matches but never kicked on. In terms of ruck insurance it's a good move - he'd be more capable of doing ok if called upon for a game or two than our rookies at this stage.
Hope we now pick a solid defender with our first pick....
The Tom Derickx Story.......
Out of the Draft: Tom Derickx - YouTube
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Methinks Mr Taubert is going to be earning his jelly snakes this off season.....
Beat me to it. First thing I thought. Steve Taubert I mean.
The combination of accents over 200cm could develop into a secret code!
Another fine advantage is that he is a good looking man. That's me happy. Shallow but happy
Last edited by Primmy; 18th November 2013 at 11:21 AM.
If you've never jumped from one couch to the other to save yourself from lava then you didn't have a childhood
Tut tut!
Swans grab unwanted Tiger ruckman - AFL.com.au
We've signed a backup ruck man for pykie. Delisted big man Tom Derickx from Richmond
25 yr old soon to be 26 next month. Only managed 2 games in his 3 seasons at the tigers.
Don't know anything about this guy
Official Driver Of The "Who Gives A @@@@ As The Player Will Get Delisted Anyway" Bandwagon.
So does that mean we don't use pick 53 now?
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I think he is quite tall, over 200cm but purely a tall presence on the ground if needed, unless the ruck whisperer can drag a bit more out of him. Been signed for insurance only.
If he's been signed onto the senior ist it does mean we don't need to use 53 to reach our minimum of 38 players. Suggest we'd see who's there at 53 and may or may not use it accordingly.
Tom Derickx
Australian Rules Footballer
Tom Derickx is an Australian rules footballer currently playing for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League. Derickx was drafted to Richmond with the 63rd selection in 2010 AFL Draft from the Claremont Football Club in the WAFL. Wikipedia
Born: December 7, 1987 (age 25)
Height: 2.01 m
Weight: 99 kg
Career start: 2011
"be tough, only when it gets tough"
The only memory I have of his 2 AFL games was playing in that Richmond v Gold Coast game in 2012 when the Suns kicked 2 very late goals to win, with Karmichael Hunt booting the winner on the siren. He made some dodgy play that led to a turnover for one of the goals and Roosy absolutely excoriated him for it on On The Couch. I'll see whether it's up on YouTube.i
Here it is: 6m40sec in, 10 points up, drops a uncontested mark with 43 seconds to go leading to a turnover and Harbrow's goal.
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