Tasmania Football Club ambassador Jack Riewoldt believes ‘creativity and cheekiness’ essential parts of incoming AFL team
Tasmanian AFL star Jack Riewoldt believes the state’s incoming side needs to strike a balance between professional and fun. Here’s why.
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Tasmania Football Club ambassador Jack Riewoldt believes the fabric of the state’s incoming AFL side needs to have an element of ‘creativity and cheekiness’.
Following three successful community events in Moonah, Kettering and St Helens this weekend, the roadshow will hit Oatlands this Friday before reaching Scottsdale and Launceston on Saturday and Sunday.
Another full house packed into the East Coast Swans clubrooms on Sunday to hear from both Riewoldt and former North Melbourne and Collingwood AFLW player Abbey Green.
Riewoldt, who announced his playing return on Friday with former club Clarence in the TSL this season, said it was the unique football stories told by Tasmanians right across the state that he hoped would make up the DNA of the incoming AFL club.
“It’s really good seeing people wanting to have their say and wanting to be a part of the evolution of the football club and the beginning of the football club,” Riewoldt said.
“(The reoccurring theme) is creativity and that sense of fun, and a little bit of cheekiness. The Rosebery canteen door had to be taken off because they had sold the stretcher the week before and someone needed to be stretched off the ground.
“It’s those unique stories that may seem trivial or insignificant actually build up the fabric of who we are. You can’t be too serious, there is elements of the need to be serious and professional but there is also that quirky and creative side of things that we want to capture in the fabric (of the club).
“We’ve had a great showing so far through the west and north west coast of Tasmania and we look forward to hitting football heartland at Scottsdale and then into Launceston which has a rich football history.”
It won’t just be Riewoldt and Green at the events with chairman Grant O’Brien adding that board members will attend all the events.
“It is so important to us that the club represents the Tasmanian community,” Mr O’Brien said.
“Providing genuine opportunities for the community to contribute are key to that.”
Registrations are open for the three events this week but tickets are limited.
To register go to: https://lu.ma/believe-tasmanian.
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