Two great names of young kids fronted the draft in 2006, Riewoldt and Frawley, hardly throught they would emulate their famous relies. Melbourne needed backs at the time so went for Frawley at 12, Richmond was left to take young Riewoldt at 13.Four years have past and both have had break out years. The game against the Tigers drew to our attention the value of the Toig. Perhaps Chips hardest afternoon of the season. This week the papers have been full of it. Are we seeing the beginning of another great Carey/Jackovich rivalry. If we had our time again would you recommend we go the same way. If we had taken Riewoldt we might have taken NicNat instead of Jack W to add to our Scullgrove pair. Whichever way I reckon both teams would have been happy with either. Just a simple point on how the game can change

If we didn't have Frawley we might have drafted Hurley???

Chip is in with a chance of being named A.A at full back, and you ask who we would prefer???

Open and shut for me.

Chip.

Riewoldt has been fantastic again tonight - best on ground by far, in a losing side. I'd be very excited if I were a Richmond fan.

I'd still pick Chip though.

Almost as hard as the Natalie Portman / Jessica Alba decision from another thread. Jack on fire tonight. Both fantastic. I'll stick with Chip.

Almost as hard as the Natalie Portman / Jessica Alba decision from another thread. Jack on fire tonight. Both fantastic. I'll stick with Chip.

Hmmm in both cases I would love both.

I would still go with chip but jack is a gun!!! I think if you added him to our list and Gawn came on as Jamar aged we would just about have the ideal list.

Jack is a freak if we drafted a forward there is no chance I would b happy

but I'm happy with frawley as we drafted a back!

I fear playin he tigers in the future with him and Dustin Martin

Would Reiwoldt be as advanced as he would have been playing behind Robbo, then Jurrah as the forward.

Chip in a heartbeat

NikNat hasn't been going that well so people have to start this ridiculous thread. WE TOOK FRAWLEY, RICHMOND TOOK RIEWOLDT! GET OVER IT!

Grow up and enjoy life

Almost as hard as the Natalie Portman / Jessica Alba decision from another thread. Jack on fire tonight. Both fantastic. I'll stick with Chip.

Not really, come on down Jessica.

Open and shut for me.

Hardly open and shut. Riewoldt with the crappest team in the league, against the best defence has kicked 6 that could have been 8 or 9 easily. And with zero help in the forward line. Amazing game.

Says a lot that Frawley has only really been thrashed by Riewoldt this year, plus one other average game.

Personally, I choose Chip as he's a KP defender and hurts as a rebounder. He'll make his midfield look good, who in turn will make their forwards look good. Go the AA KP defender with pace every time as far as I'm concerned.

But it's hardly open and shut.

NikNat hasn't been going that well so people have to start this ridiculous thread. WE TOOK FRAWLEY, RICHMOND TOOK RIEWOLDT! GET OVER IT!

You get over it. It's a football forum. What else are we going to discuss?

I love that there's a quasi-rivalry here. Particularly as Frawley was a bolter on draft day. Very astute pick from the unfairly maligned CAC.

Defense wins premierships.

Very tough decision given the pros and cons, alba...but only just

Portman by a freaking mile!!!!!!

Defense wins premierships.

serious...?

most goals/points win i say...football is a simple game stuffed up by footballers...learn that.

Edited June 4, 201015 yr by disco_demon

But to give the other side of the thread some thought -

Richmond and Melbourne both hit gold in the middle of the first round of 2006.

There's probably only three players more valuable than them in that draft - Boak, Selwood and Gibbs, with Kurt Tippett being a possible until each time he actually takes to the field!

That draft also netted us Petterd at 30 and Garland at 46. - DRAFT WINNERS 2006 -

Tell you what though, if we had one win for the season, were scoring 8 goals a game, and six of them were from Watts...

Woop de doo. Bailey wouldn't last half the season.

Which reminds me, isn't the whole Riewoldt family fairly linked up to Queensland... man, that'd kill Richmond right there. In fact, that is so horrible to think about that I'm going to purge it from my mind. Imagine the last ten years of Richmond without Matthew Richardson. Oh hell, don't. Oh, it's ugly. I've seen the abyss.

serious...?

most goals/points win i say...football is a simple game stuffed up by footballers...learn that.

Um...Geelong?

Compare their forward line to their backline.

I don't think you can pick between the two atm, it's a close one. A 21 year old kicking 6 goals against a top side is something really exciting for Richmond, good on them.

Defense wins premierships.

"Team Defence"

serious...?

most goals/points win i say...football is a simple game stuffed up by footballers...learn that.

Cause and Effect.

Goals are the effect, not the cause.

Edited June 4, 201015 yr by Mr Morton

Gotta be Jessica Alba...

Which reminds me, isn't the whole Riewoldt family fairly linked up to Queensland... man, that'd kill Richmond right there. In fact, that is so horrible to think about that I'm going to purge it from my mind. Imagine the last ten years of Richmond without Matthew Richardson. Oh hell, don't. Oh, it's ugly. I've seen the abyss.

Both Riewoldt seniors (Nick's dad Joe and Jack's dad Chris) are Tasmanian born and bred. Joe and family moved to Queensland when Nick was young -- Jack was raised in Tasmania, and as far as I know his parents and younger brothers all still live here.

Alba in a canter.

Not that I don't rate Portman... but c'mon... it's Jessica Alba...

Frawley by a long long way and I'll get the website into trouble if I say why. We made the right choice (off field stuff).

Edited June 4, 201015 yr by Geddy Lee

Portman by a freaking mile!!!!!!

Brother go and get yourself out the movie Sin City - Jessica Alba is smoking in this bartop dancing scene amazing.

Love these draft hind sight debates. Both great players just happy Chippa did not turn out to be a Luke Molan. Riewoldt's kicking is a little Matty Richardson like.

I reckon you could almost argue Dustin Martin could have gone 1 or 2 also. Don't get me wrong love the look of Scully and Trengove but Dustin was awesome last night.