Leigh Ryswyk

[ca]

North have another signing,

http://www.footysa.com/
or http://www.nafc.com.au

[stan]

Sounds like a very good player to pick. Although i havent actually seen hime, id say that this addition makes there team look very good. Still looked good before though.

[am Bays]

Sounds like a very good player to pick. Although i havent actually seen hime, id say that this addition makes there team look very good. Still looked good before though.

Please, Please,Please no comments from anyone about North signing another player and potentially being over the cap

Sorry if I sound paranoid but whenever, Centrals, Port, North or Eagles announce they have signed another player it is a signal for supporters of other clubs to let lose the dogs of war vis-a-vis salary cap issues......

[Wedgie]

As I said on footysa, 2 more signings to go until we're level on the Ins/Outs, 3 if you include Sam Hunt.

[stan]

Sounds like a very good player to pick. Although i havent actually seen hime, id say that this addition makes there team look very good. Still looked good before though.

Please, Please,Please no comments from anyone about North signing another player and potentially being over the cap

Sorry if I sound paranoid but whenever, Centrals, Port, North or Eagles announce they have signed another player it is a signal for supporters of other clubs to let lose the dogs of war vis-a-vis salary cap issues......

Im pretty sure most of us here are over that now. So your being paranoid.

[Wedgie]

This from http://www.rocketrooster.com:



CAREER BRIEF
Previous Clubs: Southport
Draft Details: Elevated from Rookie List at the end of the 2004 season.
Joined the Lions: 2004
AFL Debut: n/a

CAREER HISTORY
After taking the route less-travelled to the AFL, fleet-footed Leigh Ryswyk finally made his senior debut for the AAPT Brisbane Lions in 2005.

Overlooked in the 2002 National Draft, Ryswyk was rookie-listed by the Lions and promoted to the senior list at the end of 2004. His hard work and long journey paid off in Round 11 of last season, when, looking for run on the wide open expanses of Subiaco Oval, coach Leigh Matthews called him up for a crucial clash against Fremantle.

The Lions won the game comfortably to kickstart a five-game winning run that transformed a 3-7 record to a far more healthy 8-7. And Ryswyk was prominent early, setting up goal-scoring opportunities for Jonathan Brown and Justin Sherman. Unluckily, Ryswyk also picked up a quad strain that kept him out for six weeks and prevented him from further building on his tally of AFL games. He did, however, return to the ranks of the Suncoast Lions and finished the AFLQ season full of running.

Norm Smith Medallist and 273-game Lions icon Shaun Hart gave a big seal of approval to Ryswyk by encouraging the youngster to wear his famous No 32.

The master and the apprentice built a strong relationship in 2004 travelling from the Gold Coast to the Gabba numerous times each week, and Hart was delighted that the club agreed with his gesture for Ryswyk to don his guernsey.

Hart’s professionalism, selflessness, dedication – and skill – were hallmarks of his game and they are traits that have already been noted in the fleet-footed Ryswyk. While Hart was a strong contributor in his last season at league level in 2004, Ryswyk was so impressive at reserves level that he demanded being elevated from the rookie list to senior status.

“Shaun has had a lot of influence on me, teaching me about discipline and going about your football life the right way,” Ryswyk said. “I got to know him so well during last year that we’re pretty much family now.

“I was stoked when he asked me about wearing his number. I was going to ask him myself, but didn’t want to straight away. We sat down on the Sunday after the best and fairest at his house and he asked if I would like to wear it. I was like ‘yeah it would be awesome’, then I asked the club and they said ‘yes’ and I was stoked.”

Ryswyk was born in Victoria, but moved to the Gold Coast when he was eight. While his father played football as youngster, the Ryswyk household was not fanatical about the game, and it took a schoolmate’s urging to get him down to the Southport Sharks as an 11-year-old.

By 15, Ryswyk was a state junior team member and he continued through the elite Queensland development program for the next three years. He played two of the best games of his career to that stage at the national under 18 titles in 2003, good enough to convince NSW to tag him heavily in the Division 2 grand final which saw the Queenslanders lose by two points after trailing by 50 at halftime.

Ryswyk returned to the Southport seniors and shone in the final five games of the state league season, torching the Lions Reserves in one game at the Gabba, and earning producing another best-on-ground display a fortnight later at Broadbeach.

Ryswyk had underlined his talent by playing a full season with the strong Southport senior line-up as a 17-year-old in 2002, winning the club’s most improved award. He won it again the following season on the strength of his stunning five-game finish to the year when he was in the best five players on four occasions.

He was approached by Fremantle and the Kangaroos, who had sent scouts to watch Ryswyk on two occasions, but was overlooked in the national draft and was subsequently rookie listed by the Lions.

Life as a rookie is tough, but Ryswyk is not treating his early days on the senior list any differently.

“As rookie you’re always on the edge, knowing you have got to do absolutely everything right,” he said. “Every training, every game – everything has got to be spot on. I’m still the same now.”

Rywyk played just eight minutes of a Wizard Cup match in Launceston in 2004 when Nigel Lappin left the field under the blood rule and didn’t get a possession, but showed some nice balance and one-touch with the football in Cairns in the Wizard Cup opener of 2005.

“It was something to build on,” he said. “Now I know I can actually get the ball at that level. I just want try and get better with each game. Every game is a building block.”

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
Queensland Under 18 2003, Queensland Senior Representative 2004

[drebin]

I wonder what the Norwood supporters will think when they find out he was down to train with them but "saw the light". I was dying to post this info 2 weeks ago but for fear of bodily harm I had to sit on it until the deal was done.

[am Bays]

Cue Spell check

How many SANFL players have a surname consisting of consenents only, Is this bloke the first?

[stan]

Pretty much used to that sort of thing these days drebin. We just cant compete in that area at this stage. But hopefully in the near future we can be up there doing the same.

[rsemmler]

So North picked him up hey. Very interesting story with this signing. Blah blah salary cap blah blah...

Drebin, we knew about this guy. 'Saw the light' hey? Interesting way to put it.

[JK]

Drebin, far be it for me to dispel the notion that you're the only one in the know, but several other people were aware of this also .. As for him not playing for us, fine by me, as with all players who elect not to, do you really want someone running around for your club who doesn't want to be there?

If it's a North v Port GF this season I won't have any problems supporting the arch-enemy, at least they've been cocky for 100 years and have earnt the right to be so!

[Wedgie]

Crikey, wheres all this love for Port coming from?
First they cheer when the give Port the double chance and now will barrack for Port in the 2006 GF?
I think I've created and run a forum for the wrong mob!
Remember 1990 guys?
I have a real soft spot for Norwood but between comments like that, topsy's antics and the morons I've had to put up with at Norwood Oval for the last 20 years I'm starting to question why?
Oh that's right, Coopers!

PS Its nice to be respected again, its been a long time coming!

[Ecky]

Cue Spell check

How many SANFL players have a surname consisting of consenents only, Is this bloke the first?

There would have been a few - Eddie Fry is one that comes to mind.

[Wedgie]

Brian Lynch North
Jack Lynch West
Robert Lynch Woodville Eagles
Tony Lynn Central
Ryan Smyth Glenelg

[drebin]

Drebin, far be it for me to dispel the notion that you're the only one in the know, but several other people were aware of this also .. As for him not playing for us, fine by me, as with all players who elect not to, do you really want someone running around for your club who doesn't want to be there?

If it's a North v Port GF this season I won't have any problems supporting the arch-enemy, at least they've been cocky for 100 years and have earnt the right to be so!

I didn't say that anyone else did not know - another poster on this site alluded to it late last week but I happen to be told some time back and told not to post until he was signed. The facts are he was invited down by Norwood originally but for reasons that shall remain confidential he decided to sign with North.

Also where is it that I (or for that matter other North supporters - there may be the odd one here and there!) have been cocky and suggesting a premiership. I have been cautious to make those sorts of predictions which has been my theme throughout the off season. We do have the right to be confident with our prospects (no pun intended) and if you look at some of the other topics on who is going to finish where - many other teams syupporters are playing our chances up. I would expect to finish in the top 3 come the end of the minor round otherwise the boosting of the playing list will be looked upon as a failure. We still need to gel as a team, have luck with injuries, monitor the form of others sides and then see. Maybe after every team has played each other once might be a more appropriate time to make ladder/premisership predictions. I still rank the dogs as the team to beat with Port right up there and the Eagles just behind us at this point.

[Ruck Legend]

Well another player for North.
Maybe they are over the salary cap, maybe not.
Get down to where North have their pokies, maybe half the team is working there.
Good luck to North.
A few years ago they were almost gone,

[topsywaldron]

topsy's antics

As of now I have officially seen the light and respect all opposition supporters of all other eight clubs, don't think anyone is over the salary cap and think all posters on here are solid Aussies.

[RoostersRuleTheWorld !]

Agree Ruck ! some due credit for a change for the Cocks !
Everyone else these days seems to bag us, cause we are going okay Now !
Maybee its just jealousy these days, thats all i can think of !
And for recruiting like they say, more the merrier !

[redandblack]

Is there anything drebin doesn't know before us!

The man's a legend.

[am Bays]

Ah what I love about January, February, the recruits are all potentail champions, hopes are riding high for that elusive trophy, no injuries, the juniors are pushing the seniors at training,.......,clear sailing all the way to September....

The Great McCarthy rides again......