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Melanie Roach, 2006 Pan American Championships, 1st Clean and Jerk attempt

Melanie Roach 112kg C&J

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Melanie clean and jerks 112kg just weeks before the 2008 Olympics.

Melanie Roach 110kg C&J

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Melanie clean and jerks 110kg weeks before the '08 Olympics

Melanie Roach 105kg C&J

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Melanie clean and jerks 105kg weeks before the '08 Olympics.

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Collingwood Beats West Coast

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Collingwood VS West Coast
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COLLINGWOOD last night (Friday 14th) staged an amazing comeback to beat West Coast by 19 points in extra time in a pulsating AFL semi-final at Subiaco.

The Magpies kicked 3.3 to two behinds in the two five-minute periods after full-time to win the sudden-death game 13.15 (93) to 10.14 (74).

It was the first drawn final since the Kangaroos eventually beat Hawthorn by 23 in their 1994 qualifying final.

Collingwood will now play Geelong next Friday night in their preliminary final.

Alan Didak was best for Collingwood and Anthony Rocca kicked three goals, while Dean Dox and Matt Priddis were best for the Eagles.

Leaving aside Adelaide in 1999, who failed to make the top eight, West Coast last night became the first defending premier to not win a final the following year since Carlton in 1996.

Collingwood beat the Eagles in Perth for the first time since 1992.

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Conclusion :

A lot will be said about the Eagles missing key players such as Cousins, Kerr and Judd and not a lot of mention of Collingwoods missing key players such as Fraser and the now fading Licuria, Holland, Rhyce Shaw and Prestigiacomo, Fraser was obviously the biggest player absent for Collingwood as West Coast's Cox and Embley are the big duo ruckman in the AFL.

West Coast's players standouts Matt Priddis is also gatherring a lot of media attention for his brilliant game, but what about Dane Swan and the return of form of Didak ? Dane Swan finished with 38 possessions and was the highest possession getter on the field (compared to Priddis' 37 possessions) and Alan Didak who collected 20 disposals in the last half of the game.

This game was the best game I have seen and I just hope it wont be swept aside because of the injuries to the key players before the game.

Beating West Coast at the WACA is an achievement in itself.

Judd is Returning to Victoria

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Judd Leaves Eagles
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Like so many other AFL clubs in this year of generational change for the competition, West Coast are going to have to say goodbye to a club great.

But unlike James Hird at Essendon, Anthony Koutoufides at Carlton, Mark Ricciuto at Adelaide and Glenn Archer at the Kangaroos, Eagles fans will have to stomach the sight of Chris Judd in someone else's colours next year.

West Coast's pain of surrendering their AFL premiership on Friday night was dwarfed by the news their captain and two-time club champion Judd had decided to return to Victoria after six years in the west.

After months of speculation and consistent refusals by the Eagles' skipper to discuss his future publicly, West Coast bosses and coach John Worsfold were told at lunchtime they were losing their best player.

The shock felt in Perth and beyond was immediately clear when talkback callers rang radio stations in tears and high profile fans such as WA cricket coach Tom Moody and boxer Danny Green expressed their shock.

And the curt nature of West Coast's statement confirming their worst fears - "The West Coast Eagles are extremely disappointed with the decision" - spoke more than any number of paragraphs could.

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Conclusion :

Let the bidding wars begin .... the big questions will be who can afford a player of Judd's expense, Judd would have to be the highest paid footballer of all time and the new salary wil be more than his previous contract, this means the club who scores the champ' will need to make way for the expensive Judd' by either swapping or dumping some high profile players, and West Coast wont be letting him go cheaply and nor will rival clubs - WestCoasts extended salary cap is a bonus in these situations.

Look for key clubs such as Carlton (possibly with a high draft pick trade) and Fevola trade (bait) ....

Kangaroos Shock The Hawks

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Kangaroos VS Hawks
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THE Kangaroos have stunned the highly-fancied Hawks by 33 points at the MCG to advance a preliminary final against Port Adelaide next Saturday at AAMI Stadium.

Thrashed by 106 points a week earlier, the Roos were a completely different unit on Saturday night and led from start to finish to record the 14.9 (93) to 8.12 (60) win in front of 74,981 fans.

Hawthorn’s tall forwards had received most of the press leading into the match but the Kangaroos’ superior pressure on the ball carrier starved them of opportunities. A rock solid Roos’ defensive unit held firm more often than not when the ball did enter its zone.

A Lance Franklin goal cut the Roos’ lead to just 11 points in the first minute of the last quarter, but the Kangaroos weren’t to be denied and thoroughly deserved to progress.

Daniel Wells led the Roos with 28 possessions, Brady Rawlings was superb with 27 touches while restricting Luke Hodge to just eight, and Brent Harvey and Aaron Edwards booted four goals each.

Edwards was the early dangerman for the Roos with his side’s first two goals of the match. It should really have been three majors, but the high-flying Roo failed to convert after he took a towering mark over teammate Drew Petrie and Stephen Gilham.

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Conclusion :

Hawks went into the game possibly to cocky with a physical approach and targetted numerous players rather than the ball, a number of times the Hawks players were targetting the player rather than the ball and in attempting to upset the players and get them away from the game - it back fired and worked against the Hawks and only put themselves in a vulnerable state and lead to an eventual shock loss.

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The Tigers Fight Hard at Subiaco - AFL 2006 -

Tigers brave in Defeat against Fremantle, the Tigers were up by a couple of goals 12 minutes into the last quarter before Fremantle turned on the heat and kicked four goals within the last ten minutes to win by eleven points.
The Tigers haven't won in Subiaco since 2001, the best players were :
Mark Coughlan with 35 possessions, Shane Tuck (28 touches), Patrick Bowden (24) and Joel Bowden (23) .

The Coach Said :

Richmond coach Terry Wallace ."This lot was up for grabs with five minutes to go, and that was really disappointing," he said."I just thought we certainly had our opportunities … with six-and-a-half minutes to go and you're over two kicks in front, (you would think) you would be able to hang on from there."In the last quarter we had some blokes who couldn't get hold of the footy. I think our kick numbers went down almost half what they (were) in the early half of the game and then just made some poor decisions … some poor choices with the footy."

FREMANTLE: 3.4, 7.6, 10.8, 15.10 (100)
RICHMOND: 2.4, 7.6, 11.11, 13.11 (89)

GOALS – : Simmonds, Hyde 2, Stafford, Kellaway, Tivendale, Foley, P Bowden, Pettifer, Coughlan, Tuck, White

BEST – : Coughlan, P Bowden, Hyde, Pettifer, Tuck, Raines

NEXT Match :

Richmond vs. Kangaroos
M.C.G. Sat 10 June 2006, 2:10 PM

And Nathan Brown is set to return.

Where do you think the Tigers will finish on the ladder?

Richmond (Tigers) Basketball Tactics Pay Off against Adelaide (Crows) - AFL 2006 -

Richmond has stunned prohibitive favourite Adelaide 10.9 (69) to 9.12 (66) at Telstra Dome on Saturday afternoon.

In a game that will surely draw a lot of discussion in the coming week, the Tigers took the ultra-defensive, possession game to new heights (or depths depending on your perspective) and played it to perfection as they frustrated the Crows out of the contest.

Richmond coach Terry Wallace has made light of Kevin Sheedy's "basketball crap" jibe by jiving into his regular Tuesday media conference twirling a basketball on his finger to the accompaniment of the Harlem Globetrotters' signature tune, 'Sweet Georgia Brown'.

Wallace said he didn’t take personally Sheedy's curt criticism of the Tigers' 'keepings-off' tactics which helped the club to secure a famous victory over Adelaide at Telstra Dome on Saturday."You can play that basketball crap all the time … you win four points, but you never go anywhere," Sheedy replied when asked if the Bombers should have played 'keepings-off' against West Coast on Sunday.

RICHMOND: 3.0 6.3 7.7 10.9 (69)
ADELAIDE: 2.4 3.6 4.8 9.12 (66)

GOALS -
Richmond: Simmonds 2, Coughlan, Deledio, Krakouer, Newman, Pattison, Pettifer, Tambling, Tuck

Adelaide: Burton 2, Hentschel 2, Edwards, Johncock, Mattner, McLeod, Ricciuto

BEST -
Richmond: J.Bowden, Krakouer, Simmonds, Kellaway, Raines, Pettifer

Adelaide: Edwards, McLeod, Goodwin, Doughty, Hentschel, Rutten

Richmond will take the win - AFL Blog 2006

Terry Wallace admits the Tigers' error-ridden eight-point win over Carlton was one of his toughest days at the office as a coach, but he was happy to walk away from the MCG with the premiership points nonetheless.

"It was extremely tough - I've got to say that … I can't recall (a game) that was much more difficult just from the fact that there were so many wasted opportunities, so much opportunity to ice a game and we just kept leaving the door open," Wallace said after the match.

Richmond was winless and life did not look bright at Punt Road a week ago, but things turn quickly in football and the Tigers now have two wins on the board after accounting for Carlton by eight points in an error-riddled match at the MCG on Friday night.

The Blues started well in a free-flowing opening quarter for a 19-point advantage at the first change, however the Tigers controlled the game from thereon, finding the lead in the third quarter despite some inaccuracy in front of goal before holding off a late Carlton challenge for a 12.20 (92) to 11.18 (84) victory.

Too classy for Bret Thornton and too nimble for Lance Whitnall, Matthew Richardson, despite being guilty of poor kicking with 3.5, was outstanding for the Tigers, plucking 12 marks in a best-on-ground performance.

He complemented the work further up the field by Joel Bowden, who set up numerous attacks from defence with his 25 possessions, and Andrew Raines with 23, while Kane Johnson kept Carlton playmaker Nick Stevens to a relatively low 19 touches.

RICHMOND: 2.3, 7.12, 11.15, 12.20 (92)
CARLTON: 5.4, 8.7, 9.13, 11.18 (84)

GOALS – Richmond: Richardson 3, Pettifer 2, Tivendale 2, Krakouer 2, Hyde 2,
BEST – Richmond: Richardson, Pettifer, Hyde, Raines, Tuck, Coughlan, J Bowden

The Richmond Football Club -Tigers- AFL 2006

The Tigers 2006.

Well what a disapointing start to 2006, how many wins anyone, lets not go there, they're even going to dump Nathan Brown for the next match? injuries have taken a toll Gaspar being the latest, but the coach Terry Wallace isn't worried yet and says they can turn things around.....cough bull s..t ....... face it boys, your gone and are playing for the spoon.

Lets hope they can turn things around and I don't want anyone bagging Richo please his a great player and his not a sook.....L0L.

They play Brisbane at the Gabba Saturday Night, solets see if they can beat the old Lions who have lost there mighty roar.

Go Tig's.