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i know crowds cant be there, but given its the end of the season for both clubs, surely protocols end and family can be with him?
Player Watch #12: David Astbury - Has decided to retire
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You really don't know what you've got til it's gone. Dave was strong, tough to play on defender with a great intercept ability. And his team first attitude allowed others to be their best around him. Sad to see him go. Much sadder than I thought I'd be.
Dave is clearly a well grounded, solid citizen and testament to the outstanding culture we've developed at Tigerland.
So do we listen to Caro, Cornes, Carey etc or do we listen to David Astbury?
Dave is clearly a well grounded, solid citizen and testament to the outstanding culture we've developed at Tigerland.
So do we listen to Caro, Cornes, Carey etc or do we listen to David Astbury?
Champion player and bloke, congratulations on a magnificent career
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Best wishes to David and family.
An eternal champion.
A triple premiership champion.
The journey of excellence continues.
An eternal champion.
A triple premiership champion.
The journey of excellence continues.
Ahh. Dave Skywalker
Great man, such a consistent contributor over the last decade and a mainstay of our backline.
Will be sorely missed.
Will be sorely missed.
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Dave Astbury better stay out of the ocean. Unlike Irwin, he lived his fight with a Ray
Nerd joke, my apologies.
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Absolute legend of the club, an ultimate clubman!!
Watching his speech shines a light on what he helped create, without guys like him we wouldn't be sitting back admiring our 3 recent premierships (As a 29 year old I didn't think I'd get to see one that early)
Hearing him talk about Dimma and Rance should hopefully put to bed some of the slander that has gone around about our culture. I'm sure he'd be one of the boys that would keep in touch and help out his friends where needed, ready for a big 2022!
Respect Dave, we'll all miss you, good luck with the future
Watching his speech shines a light on what he helped create, without guys like him we wouldn't be sitting back admiring our 3 recent premierships (As a 29 year old I didn't think I'd get to see one that early)
Hearing him talk about Dimma and Rance should hopefully put to bed some of the slander that has gone around about our culture. I'm sure he'd be one of the boys that would keep in touch and help out his friends where needed, ready for a big 2022!
Respect Dave, we'll all miss you, good luck with the future
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f**k - what a great speech, & we are privileged to see it as supporters
you have to imagine he has been a key pillar of our success not just on field, but embodying the clubs culture
you have to imagine he has been a key pillar of our success not just on field, but embodying the clubs culture
Masotiger
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Salt of the earth. Love this type of bloke.
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I liked the statements about the commentary about why and how Rance decided to move on - some of the miss-information that was doing the rounds.Man, when he gets to talking about rance
Now I don't know what exactly went on and often the truth lies somewhere between the edges but Dave's love and respect expressed for Rance was really nice.
Said he looks forward to working with Emma Murray in the future. Going into sports psychology, maybe? Seems like he'd be a perfect fit in that field. Sign him up.
Hard to find a player on the list who better epitomises this group of players and our transition from league laughing stock to 3 X league champions.
Such a battle with injuries early on, constant questions about his ability, but he just shut all the external noise out, put his head down and worked his arse off to become the best contributor and team man he could, eventually proving all the naysayers wrong and stamping himself as one of the best defenders of his generation.
A million thanks, Dave, for your always courageous, selfless, noble service and so many great memories. Such a classy, heartfelt speech to finish up on, couldn't ask for a better club man.
Enjoy your well earned retirement and we all hope you give yet another *higher rated* player one more bath on your way out.
Such a battle with injuries early on, constant questions about his ability, but he just shut all the external noise out, put his head down and worked his arse off to become the best contributor and team man he could, eventually proving all the naysayers wrong and stamping himself as one of the best defenders of his generation.
A million thanks, Dave, for your always courageous, selfless, noble service and so many great memories. Such a classy, heartfelt speech to finish up on, couldn't ask for a better club man.
Enjoy your well earned retirement and we all hope you give yet another *higher rated* player one more bath on your way out.
The Three D's...
Dad and Dave?...Hard to find a player on the list who better epitomises this group of players and our transition from league laughing stock to 3 X league champions.
Such a battle with injuries early on, constant questions about his ability, but he just shut all the external noise out, put his head down and worked his arse off to become the best contributor and team man he could, eventually proving all the naysayers wrong and stamping himself as one of the best defenders of his generation.
A million thanks, Dave, for your always courageous, selfless, noble service and so many great memories. Such a classy, heartfelt speech to finish up on, couldn't ask for a better club man.
Enjoy your well earned retirement and we all hope you give yet another *higher rated* player one more bath on your way out.
Yep, when they shut the season down last year he said he was going to find the silver lining in it, next day went and worked on the family farm.
Says it all about the bloke he is.
What a career, best of luck to a great player and person of the club. His body was always his biggest nemesis got him sooner than we all thought. He never really looked comfortable this season but he never stopped trying. A hole instantly opens up down back now - the challenge is on the club to fill it.
Hard to believe he only played 155 games. You forget how much his early career was hampered by injury, makes a lot more sense to consider that when seeing his form and movement drop away suddenly.
What a great defender and player he was for our era - got his body right for the absolute perfect time. He basically had only 6 seasons where he played double figure games, 4 of those where in consecutive years. From that he won 3 flags. Amazing run of success for a very short career on the field
Hard to believe he only played 155 games. You forget how much his early career was hampered by injury, makes a lot more sense to consider that when seeing his form and movement drop away suddenly.
What a great defender and player he was for our era - got his body right for the absolute perfect time. He basically had only 6 seasons where he played double figure games, 4 of those where in consecutive years. From that he won 3 flags. Amazing run of success for a very short career on the field
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My contribution:
Half-Time 2020 GF. Chris Scott: 'Astbury-Hawkins is a great match-up for us.' (check AFL Sound the Alarm Q3).
Hawkins - 2020 Coleman Medallist and AA Full-Forward.
Hawkins stats after half-time 2020 GF - 1 kick, 1 behind.
Dave done well. Always did.
Half-Time 2020 GF. Chris Scott: 'Astbury-Hawkins is a great match-up for us.' (check AFL Sound the Alarm Q3).
Hawkins - 2020 Coleman Medallist and AA Full-Forward.
Hawkins stats after half-time 2020 GF - 1 kick, 1 behind.
Dave done well. Always did.
