Player Watch #12: David Astbury - Has decided to retire

[Wavvey]

Wore the yellow and black with pride every week, and in turn made the tiger army proud.

Thank you David, we love you!

 

[guruisatiger]

Thanks Dave a true Richmond man and a true champion of the game
So reliable and dependable, you will be missed by all us crazy supporters
But you will never be forgotten, and you'll never need to buy another beer
In your life
Go well in retirement thanks from the guru

 

[Sky]

Nice to see acknowledgment outside of the RFC, he was so underrated.

Well I’m not going to do the popular thing and hang s**t on Richmond like everyone else. I made my first account (Virus which I forgot the password to) the night you fellas beat us in the Grand Final and gave props to your club with one of my first posts.

I’ll never forget what your players did in the grand final when one of our players was carried off or what y’all did for Ablett despite the fact he’s realistically as big as a piece of s**t as Tex Walker. Respect Richmond and I’m not buying into the bullshit that you won’t be back up there next year.

 

[SouthernStripes]

Brilliant career with three flags. Also possibly the only player ever who has missed matches due to stingray injury.

 

[O_Grinners17]

The embodiment of a Richmond man. Catch you later Dave.

 

[dean33]

Champion of the club and even nicer fella. Well done Dave and all the best for what life throws at you next.

 

[Tiges1229]

Thanks Dave , all the best in retirement.

 

[Lacustrus]

Well done Dave Astbury, as solid as a rock in defense...

 

[ImaBeliever!]

To the Tatyoon Titan…we salute you, sir!!

 

[tropicaltiger]

Anyone else read that age article by Konrad

He was in the rooms when the players were rated by the coaches after the game Astbury kept whoever he was playing on to

ZERO touches

What a ******* gun

prob needs a bump from our flag time in 2019 whilst we are engaging in some DA backslapping.....

what a tremendous tiger he has been.

 

[cairo tiger]

he answered the critics in the best way possible 3 flags mate well done and a tiger forever....

 

[Mr Unbelievable]

Legend, what a rock down-back, solid, consistent, unassuming, brave ...

 

[Willo_23]

Apologies if it's been shared already but the video of his announcement is both beautiful and emotional - on the Richmond website now.

 

[Swanks McSwankserton]

A rock in our defence and just as solid, if you went unseen by us in games it always meant we didnt see the oppos #1or #2 forward either. No nonsense and always respectful, you never see him give away 50s or frees. Best wishes to you Dave Astbury and thank you, we really appreciated it.

 

[ryza87]

Congrats to a great player and champion of the RFC. Fantastic speech by DA, further shows how great and tight the people are within the club

 

[Rubber Hips]

Thanks for all your great work Dave…always will be a legend…3 time premiership legend


well done on an excellent career and bringing so much joy to tiger fans

 

[Yappie dribbles]

All the best swoop thanks for the memories

 

[_Wang_]

Beautiful retirement speech

Love Dave Astbury

Enjoy retirement mate and thank you for everything

 

[Tiger_Of_Old]

A Must watch.

Astbury announces his retirement

Dave Astbury announces his retirement to the playing group.

www.richmondfc.com.au

 

[dwwaino]

Thanks for the service champ.

 

[Karp3_dm]

I teared up watching his retirement speech

 

[All Aust]

Humble, effective dude

 

[Tiges1229]

Apologies if it's been shared already but the video of his announcement is both beautiful and emotional - on the Richmond website now.

Yes watched thst I teared up a bit myself

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Makes you feel old when players are retiring around your age.

Dave came out of high school the same year as me. And now he's had a whole career and retired.

fu**.

I feel this too.

Class of 2009 FTW.

 

[tiggywigs]

Most underrated player of our golden era (with apologies to Kane Lambert

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Kane Lambert

Age

32

Ht

178cm

Wt

77kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

19.7

5star

K

9.5

4star

HB

10.2

5star

M

3.7

4star

T

3.5

5star

G

0.6

4star

D

17.3

4star

K

7.6

3star

HB

9.6

5star

M

3.4

3star

T

3.1

4star

G

0.5

4star

D

10.6

3star

K

6.0

3star

HB

4.6

4star

M

2.8

3star

T

1.6

4star

G

0.2

3star

).
A gentleman and a gun.
This hurts.