Player Watch #11 Luke Trainor

[THE_GUN]

Sims will get to 206.44 I reckon

Now you talking my language boy

 

[tigs2010]

Now you talking my language boy

Have you even studied a player closely if you can't go to 2 decimal points?

 

[THE_GUN]

Have you even studied a player closely if you can't go to 2 decimal points?

I deal in dollars not cents
leave that to you plebs

 

[SA_Tiger11]

Who gives a fk if he tries to bite off a bit more than he can chew with some of his kicks. Better than just bombing it long or kicking sideways to an easy option.

Love what this kids doing.

Reminds me of myself in u/14’s. Dominant

 

[Mr Magic]

Who gives a fk if he tries to bite off a bit more than he can chew with some of his kicks. Better than just bombing it long or kicking sideways to an easy option.

Love what this kids doing.

Reminds me of myself in u/14’s. Dominant

yep, he is having a go and the best way to learn is from mistakes

nobody is perfect from the start, and I like his confidence

 

[Tiger51]

Zerohanger Luke Trainer moves into top five in the Rookie rankings

4. Luke Trainor (NEW)
The Richmond defender gets his breakthrough into our rankings, which has been a long time coming given his consistency across his five games in the yellow and black.

Trainor's past fortnight has been exceptional, with the intercepting backman having a strong day out in the Barossa on Sunday to earn his spot at fourth overall.

The Sandringham Dragons product amassed 22 disposals, 10 marks and over 400 metres gained against the Dockers.

LUKE TRAINOR
Defender

Richmond
2025 SEASON AVG
16.8
Disposals
62.3
Disposal %
1
Games Played
While the Tigers suffered a heavy loss, Trainor remained a balanced operator down back and could benefit from the potential return of Noah Balta

21

Noah Balta

Age

26

Ht

194cm

Wt

105kg

Pos.

D/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

9.8

2star

K

6.7

3star

HB

3.1

3star

M

2.7

3star

T

1.9

4star

MG

236.3

4star

D

12.0

3star

K

6.7

3star

HB

5.3

3star

M

4.0

4star

T

0.3

1star

MG

233.0

4star

D

7.0

2star

K

5.0

2star

HB

2.0

2star

M

1.8

2star

T

1.8

4star

MG

217.4

4star

this week.

While the Tigers suffered a heavy loss, Trainor remained a balanced operator down back and could benefit from the potential return of Noah Balta

21

Noah Balta

Age

26

Ht

194cm

Wt

105kg

Pos.

D/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

9.8

2star

K

6.7

3star

HB

3.1

3star

M

2.7

3star

T

1.9

4star

MG

236.3

4star

D

12.0

3star

K

6.7

3star

HB

5.3

3star

M

4.0

4star

T

0.3

1star

MG

233.0

4star

D

7.0

2star

K

5.0

2star

HB

2.0

2star

M

1.8

2star

T

1.8

4star

MG

217.4

4star

this week.

 

[Wrenny]

Who gives a fk if he tries to bite off a bit more than he can chew with some of his kicks. Better than just bombing it long or kicking sideways to an easy option.

Love what this kids doing.

Reminds me of myself in u/14’s. Dominant

 

[RichoLedio]

Who gives a fk if he tries to bite off a bit more than he can chew with some of his kicks. Better than just bombing it long or kicking sideways to an easy option.

Love what this kids doing.

Reminds me of myself in u/14’s. Dominant

You didn't happen to get approached by any Richmond Big footy Posters looking for talent did you?

 

[Lsta062]

I’m really pleased with how he is going. Yes, he sometimes turns the ball over, but that’s perfectly fine at this stage. The good he does on the field outweigh the bad.

Definitely performing above and beyond my expectations, well done!

 

[Mr Magic]

main thing is the avoidance of head knocks, cross fingers so far, things have gone well so far

 

[captain cotch 9]

What number will he get next year? 11 would suit him nicely i think.

 

[Truetiger]

Who gives a fk if he tries to bite off a bit more than he can chew with some of his kicks. Better than just bombing it long or kicking sideways to an easy option.

Love what this kids doing.

Reminds me of myself in u/14’s. Dominant

Only difference one made the AFL the other not

 

[THE_GUN]

Give him #6

single digit

#4 - Lalor
#6 - Trainor
#9 - Smillie
#8 - Armstrong
#10 - Hotton
#11 - Alger

 

[captain cotch 9]

Give him #6

single digit

#4 - Lalor
#6 - Trainor
#9 - Smillie
#8 - Armstrong
#10 - Hotton
#11 - Alger

Faul can have #11 IMO.
29 is a good number for a small forward

 

[SA_Tiger11]

Only difference one made the AFL the other not

Got damn close! Still hurts.

 

[RichoRichoRicho]

lol at critisim of his kicking.

 

[docko911]

lol at critisim of his kicking.

He just tries to take the game on with his kicking and when we improve this will be a major weapon. Gibcus was similar in his first year but played in a stronger team.

 

[THE_GUN]

Whats taking so long for this kid to already be a AA

 

[loser 81 2 16]

single digit

um...10 and 11 are twin digits
how about 6 and 9

 

[Buddy Tambling]

Not only should this kid get the nom this week but I dead set think he can win it all.
Star

 

[DustinsGuns]

I don't think he's a star, or any chance of winning the Rising Star, but he is dead set steady as a rock. 200 game player. Just does his job really well like Vlastuin before him

 

[brikzone]

surely gets a rising star nom this week. cant think of any other eligible players that had a better game this week.
i wonder if in the future he could potentially play midfield, he can mark and has great agility and skills.

 

[RoaringTiger]

Gun

 

[Truetiger]

26pos @ 88% surely

 

[sanaya]

surely gets a rising star nom this week. cant think of any other eligible players that had a better game this week.
i wonder if in the future he could potentially play midfield, he can mark and has great agility and skills.