AFL: Jack Riewoldt stores the feelings of the last 24 hours after Shane Tucks’s death.
Richmond paid tribute to Shane Tuck Source: Twitter
Richmond stars were bravably thrilled as the AFL paid tribute to Shane Tuck with a poignant minute of silence before the Tigers clashed with the Giants on Friday night.
Tigers star Jack Riewoldt had a stone face before the first siren as players tied their arms and revered Tuck, who died at the age of 38 this week.
The AFL announced that Richmond, GWS and box umpires would wear black bracelets.
Tuck’s death sparked a wave of excitement in a football net devastated by the loss of one of the genuine players in the game this week.
The son of Hawthorn legend Michael, Tuck forged a tough career of his own, betting 173 games for Richmond on a Tigers icon and one of the league’s top-notsed players for his on-field and off-field performances.
A report released Tuesday through The Daily Mail indicated that Tuck had fought and, despite everything, had lost a longstanding war against depression. A wonderful ex-Hawthorn told the publication: “They knew it in Hawthorn and they knew it in Richmond.”
Jack Riewoldt and Damien Hardwick led the minute of silence. Source: Twitter
“He’s a troubled soul from the beginning, ” said the unnamed former Hawk. “He’s been battling a serious intellectual illness for a long, long time.
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Channel 7 commentator Bruce McAvaney delivered a monologue in the moments leading up to the minute’s silence before throwing him to a master of ceremonies in the field.
Richmond paid tribute to Shane Tuck Source: Twitter
“Shane played 173 games for Richmond and is a lifetime member of the club,” the announcer said to the court at Metricon Stadium on the Gold Coast.
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“A fierce and brave competitor in the box and much appreciated outside the box. It is a favorite among Richmond fans. Richmond and GWS express their deepest condolences to his wife, Kat, and the young Will and Ava, as well as their parents. and a prolonged circle of family and friends. Thank you, girls and gentlemen.”
ABC sports journalist Damien Peck described the silence that followed at the end of the announcer’s speech as “strange.”
Before the first ball, Tuck’s former Richmond coach Terry Wallace wrote on Twitter: “Whatever the outcome of tonight, I hope the Tigers will play in the spirit of Shane Tuck. It’s hard and they leave nothing in the tank.”
AFL footballer Shane Tuck died at the age of 38. Source: Getty Images
Riewoldt was one of Tuck’s first teammates to pay a moving tribute on the day of his death.
In a poignant article published on the AFL Players website, several of Tuck’s former comrades wrote heartbreaking stories that reveal why he loved so much.
Dan Jackson said difficult things outdoors mask a comfortable and “extremely empathetic look with his comrades, especially when he thinks they can make it difficult.”
During a complicated jog in his career in 2012, when his bad form was a hot topic in the media, Jackson remembered being comforted by Tuck, who wrapped him around with one arm and said, “Hey, don’t pay attention to those idiots, you’re a wonderful player, do it wrong.
Michael Tuck, a footballer and heartbroken father, talked about his son’s “problems” and how, unfortunately, he couldn’t overcome them.
“He was a big, strong kid and he only had a few disorders and couldn’t get rid of him and that was the only way out,” Michael told the Herald Sun.
The president of the local football club where he ended his career in Adelaide said attempts had been made with the troubled star.
“Some other people within the club were aware (of their fights) and supported him,” Goodwood President Craig Scott told the Herald Sun.
“Covid terrible because it isolates other people a lot.”