Kim Ravaillion slams Collingwood for poor treatment of her partner Adam Treloar after Pies traded him to Western Bulldogs
Kim Ravaillion has blasted Collingwood for its poor treatment of her partner Adam Treloar after his shock trade to the Western Bulldogs.
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Kim Ravaillion has labelled Collingwood’s treatment of her partner Adam Treloar in the trade period as “pretty poor” and feels she has been made a scapegoat for the situation over her impending netball comeback in Queensland.
Opening up on Treloar’s shock trade to the Western Bulldogs which has left the Magpies fan base reeling, the netball star said the sporting couple was excited about his new opportunity at a club which would “treat him with respect”.
Collingwood admitted conversations to trade the star midfielder out of the club started when they discovered Ravaillion was moving to Queensland to reignite her netball career with the Firebirds next year.
After he was unveiled in Bulldogs colours for the first time on Friday, Treloar revealed he had also been told “in no uncertain way” by Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley Magpies players did not want him at the club, which he did not believe to be the truth.
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Ravaillion said the couple was relieved the trade period was over after a “super tough” month.
“I think it could have been handled a lot better,” Ravaillion said.
“Ads absolutely loved playing for Collingwood and he loves all his teammates and he had nothing bad to say about them.
“I wish he was a bit more well respected in what he gave to the club and him as a person, I think he was treated pretty poorly.
“But in saying that, he’s now at a club that will now treat him with that respect.
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“He didn’t want to leave. He loved Collingwood, he loved the fans, he loved everything about the boys. They have all reached out to him and they are all shocked.
“It wasn’t his choice, but in the end it got to a point where he just didn’t want to go back to a club that treated him like that.
“We got to this point where we are now and we couldn’t be more relieved.”
Ravaillion, who has 57 Test caps for the Diamonds, and the couple’s eight-month-old daughter, Georgie, will move to Queensland in early January to start preparing for her Super Netball comeback.
Treloar had insisted he could make football and the interstate relationship work remaining in Melbourne playing for Collingwood during the trade discussions.
Ravaillion felt the Magpies had tried to pin the trade on her netball move.
“The fact they’ve used me as a scapegoat because I am going to Queensland is pretty sad,” Ravaillion said.
“That was my choice and he was fully supportive of me going to Queensland. That chat was had a long time ago.
“I just think it’s funny they’re trying to veer it off onto me.
“We know the truth and we know that I wasn’t the reason. We just find it amusing that people just like to make up stories.
“We’re just thinking about what’s ahead and we’re so excited.
“It feels like a breath of fresh air and I’m glad he’s happy and feeling really pumped about this new opportunity, as am I.”
Ravaillion, who started her netball career in Queensland before moving to Melbourne to play for the Magpies, was confident the couple could make the interstate relationship work.
“If anything, distance makes the heart grow fonder,” she said.
“We are young individuals and we have only got a career for so long, so we want to make the most of it while we can.
“The fact that everyone has an opinion about our life is just ridiculous, worry about your own life.
“This is our life and our choice and we are going with it and we are excited about it.
“It’s not like we are not going to be able to see each other and, in reality, my (netball) season goes for three months.
“So I feel like everyone is kicking up a big stink about something that is our choice.”
And she could not wait to get back on the netball court after her maternity break.
“I’m excited to see how I’m going to go and to be back with the girls up there who I played with, and just give back to a club that gave me so much,” Ravaillion said.
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