OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE WAFL ROUND 11 JUNE 16, 2018 $3.00 » Double ton up for goalkicking Tiger » Collectables CONTENTS Every Week 7 Tipping 8 AFL Teams 18-19 WAFC 20 Club Notes 21 Stats 22 Scoreboards and ladders 23 Fixtures Features 4-5 Claremont forward hits 200-game milestone 6 Collectables Game time 9 Game previews 10-11 Claremont v West Perth 12-13 South Fremantle v Peel Thunder 14-15 East Perth v Subiaco 16-17 Perth v East Fremantle 3 Double ton up for tenacious Tiger One way to prolong a football career is to not The 30-year-old is also entrenched in Claremont play at all. folklore with his selection in the club’s 2011 and Ian Richardson was a little jaded by the game 2012 premiership teams plus winning the league Publisher at the end of 2013. Despite playing in a couple of fairest and best in 2008. This publication is proudly produced premierships, six State matches and kicking plenty And to cap his career Richardson also has six for the WA Football Commission by of goals, his AFL dream had passed. State guernseys in the cupboard, matched by the Media Tonic. Simpson Medal in the win over Queensland in 2008. Phone 9388 7844 There was a window of hope a month after the Fax 9388 7866 season when he was invited to yet another draft Yet it was a struggle for Richardson to get his first Sales: [email protected] camp. But, like those before, it didn’t result on a Tigers league jumper. mature-age graduation. Not like now when the Despite winning the Jack Clarke Medal as the Editor Colts fairest and best in 2006, he was overlooked in Ross Lewis premier level clubs are starting to consider State [email protected] league players with a bit of experience under their the AFL draft and then had to spend much of the belts. 2007 biding his time in the reserves before getting Photography So, as his teammates started pre-season regimes, a league call-up in Round 1 the following season, Andrew Ritchie Richardson packed his bags and Claremont waved ironically against West Perth. Design/Typesetting goodbye to the livewire forward who had provided “I didn’t make my debut until I was 20. I watched Jacqueline Holland so much energy in the Tigers’ attacking zone. Claremont get into the grand final that year (2007). Direction Design and Print When a player makes a decision to take a year off And I admit I was frustrated and disappointed I Printing to travel overseas, it is most often viewed as being didn’t get my chance,” Richardson said Data Documents the last the club has seen of that talent. The lure of www.datadocuments.com.au the good life without training, rehabilitation and weights drags them away from the changerooms. Cover But Richardson used his “gap year” to his Claremont captain Ian Richardson to reach 200 WAFL games. advantage. He returned with renewed enthusiasm Photo: Blake Parry. for the WAFL and has continued to build on an outstanding career by reaching the 200-game mark The Football Budget is printed on in the Round 11 clash with West Perth. Gloss 90gsm paper, which is sourced “I went over and did a season in France and went from a sustainably managed forest and to Brazil for the World Cup, the new one is coming uses manufacturing processes of the around now so there have been strong memories highest environmental standards. Bouncedown is printed by an lately,” Richardson said. Environmental Accredited printer. “It is pretty hard work in the WAFL, working full The magazine is 100% recyclable. time and training at nights. And with pre-season as well it does take a toll. WAFL admission prices “I was pretty keen to get away and see some of $15 – Adult* the world, so I came back refreshed and ready to go $12 – Concession* again with Claremont Free – Children 15 and under “As a younger player I was aiming to get *Includes a copy of Football Budget drafted but that didn’t happen. I won a couple of premierships and was pretty happy with that, so Find us on I wanted to change life up a bit. I wanted to get refreshed. “I didn’t want to hang the boots up at all. I was only 26 when I returned. I was always coming back because I love the club. I’m glad I’ve stuck around Copyright © No part of this publication may be reproduced or stored in a retrieval system and pushed through some hard times to get to the without the permission of the publisher. mark. Getting to 200 games is a great achievement.” Opinions expressed in the Football Budget are not necessarily those of the WAFC. Only eight other players, including former long- The WAFC or affiliated clubs believe that term teammate David Crawford, have reached the the material produced in this publication is accurate, but gives no warranty in relation 200-game mark with Claremont. Darrell Panizza tops thereto and disclaims all liability for claims the list at 274 appearances. against the WAFC or affiliated clubs, Media Tonic, its employees, agents, or any other However, Richardson sits fifth on the Tigers’ all- person, which may rise from any person time goal-kicking list with 385. acting on the materials contained herein. Registered by Australia Post - PP642521/00112 » Ian Richardson in 2010. 4 Double ton up By Ross Lewis IAN RICHARDSON Age: 30 Games 199*. Goals: 385* “It pushed me to work harder in pre- Debut: 2008. season. I got my chance and didn’t want to let State games: 6 go of it. Now I’ve reached 200 games which I’ll Honours: 2011 and 2012 WAFL cherish.” Premierships, 2008 EB Cook Medal, The mementos are enjoyable, but 2008 Simpson Medal (v Qld), Claremont Richardson believes the lifelong bonds he has leading goalkicker 2008 (62 goals), 2013 made with teammates are the best trophies (49 goals), 6 x State Games (2008-13). 4 x he’ll take from the game. Seven-goal hauls. Despite the tyranny of distance, he says he remains in strong contact with James Thomson (New York), Clancy Rudeforth (Geneva) and Luke Blackwell (Melbourne) amongst a raft of CLAREMONT 200-GAMES CLUB former match-day colleagues. 274 ............Darrell Panizza As captain of the 2018 league team, 273 ............Ken Caporn Richardson was one of the senior Tigers who 254 ............Graham Moss three weeks ago “drew a line in the sand” on 242 ............Lorne Cook the team’s performances this season. 231 ............Kevin Clune Claremont was struggling to stay in touch 217 ............Wayne Harvey with the top five despite the talent available 206 ............Les Mumme in the team. And since the statement the Tigers have lifted their rating with wins over 200 ............David Crawford South Fremantle and Swan Districts in the 199* ..........Ian Richardson past three rounds. MOST GOALS FOR CLAREMONT “Enough was enough,” Richardson said. 564 ..........Warren Ralph “We had been disappointed we had underperformed. We put in an awesome 555 ..........George Moloney performance against South Fremantle three 401 ..........Chad Jones weeks ago and finally it is all clicking together. 389 ............Wayne Harvey “With a bit of confidence we want to keep 385* ..........Ian Richardson » Captain Ian Richardson the good run going.” THE OFFICIAL BEER OF FOOTBALL IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA » Ian Richardson in 2010. 5 by Sean Cowan Collectables During 2018, the Football Budget will again feature a section on WAFL memorabilia and invites you to write or email if you want more information about the football collectables you have tucked away at home. It’s meeting people like Claremont supporter The first is for the Happy Haven, which Greg that makes the work that goes into this offered “girls galore” and a “padded pad for column worthwhile. disciplined devils” if you were to visit them in Greg contacted me last week in the hope Guildford Rd, Maylands. that I could shed some light on some old The other, for the Birds of Paradise stickers he had discovered among his personal establishment that was just a short walk down items at work. Guildford Rd, invited visitors to “stay a while You see, Greg is a teacher, but he had been and share a smile with 2 happy-go-lucky girls” on leave for some time and decided he should and promised “not to tell your wife”. tidy up all the belongings he had stored at the After a bit of research, I was able to confirm school. both businesses were owned by the same It was there that he found the six different woman and Bayswater Hire Cars, with its “No WAFL stickers, which were made by oil Birds” slogan, moved into the building some company Ampol. time after Happy Haven left. He has a vague memory of giving lots of Dianne described the ads as being “pretty them away to his students many years ago, politically incorrect”, but I suppose the but was unable to recall how he came by them advertisers knew their market. In those days, in the first place. women weren’t allowed to join as members of Greg showed me the stickers – two of most clubs. which I had never seen before. As alluded to in WAFL Collectables a few weeks And one of those two allowed me to ago, the very active folk at East Perth’s Lotons confirm the set had actually been issued much Club have produced some more trading cards. later than collectors had previously thought. Following hot on the heels of the release This set features the same design as a set Speaking of the Cardinals, West Perth of a set of 1978 premiership player cards made for the VFL in 1974-75, so it had been supporter Dianne sent me a photo this week earlier this year, Lotons have now released two thought that the WAFL versions were made of an old WAFL calendar that I hadn’t seen limited-edition signed cards.