Thursfield tipped for Gatha job
Will Thursfield
LEONGATHA Football Club is believed to have found its Senior coach for the 2012 season.
As speculation suggests, former Richmond player Will Thursfield will lead the club as a playing-coach.
The 26-year-old English born defender left the Richmond Football Club at the end of this season after playing 77 matches for the Tigers over seven years.
Thursfield decided to call it quits following a season which saw him play 10 games, including the last nine.
“I’m proud to have played the game at the highest level over the past seven seasons, but I’m now looking forward to taking up these opportunities,” Thursfield said upon his retirement.
“There are some other avenues in my life I’m keen to pursue, and I just felt the time was right to step away from AFL football.”
The Parrots will be hoping to strengthen its standing in the league, after two successive elimination final defeats in as many years.
Thursfield was a NAB AFL Rising Star nominee in 2007, after being elevated from Richmond’s rookie list in 2005.
He made his debut in Round 14 of that year.
Thursfield will replace the outgoing Adrian Campbell, who coached the club for five seasons.
After nine years as a player, five years as senior coach, three premierships and 11 finals series, Campbell called it quits at the end of last season.
He received a standing ovation from everyone in attendance at the club’s presentation night.
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