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CibbuanoCotchin wins nomination
June 17th 2008 00:29
RICHMOND young gun Trent Cotchin has been rewarded for his impressive start to his AFL career with the round 12 nomination for the NAB Rising Star Award.
Cotchin, who has averaged 16.6 disposals in five games this season, was prolific in the Tigers' round 11 loss to Adelaide with 25 disposals but was slighlty pipped by Carlton youngster and former Northern Knighs teammate Matthew Kreuzer and had to wait until this week to be nominated.
The classy 18-year-old arrived at the club fresh off crutches after breaking his ankle in the TAC Cup finals and was unable to participate in pre-season training when he developed achilles complications soon after.
"It was pretty frustrating, as you can imagine, because all you want to do is prove yourself to the other guys," he said.
"It was tough over the months I was injured, but now that I'm out there, there's nothing better."
Cotchin said he was looking forward to getting a pre-season under his belt as it will help him run out games better.
"It's been pretty tough to run out games without a pre-season, and I'm really looking forward to that next year. If all goes well, it will be interesting to see how much further I can run," he said.
"It will be so much different. Second halves can be hard right now; the legs get a bit heavy and I think your mind can start thinking about that rather than the actual game."
Cotchin, who has averaged 16.6 disposals in five games this season, was prolific in the Tigers' round 11 loss to Adelaide with 25 disposals but was slighlty pipped by Carlton youngster and former Northern Knighs teammate Matthew Kreuzer and had to wait until this week to be nominated.
The classy 18-year-old arrived at the club fresh off crutches after breaking his ankle in the TAC Cup finals and was unable to participate in pre-season training when he developed achilles complications soon after.
"It was pretty frustrating, as you can imagine, because all you want to do is prove yourself to the other guys," he said.
"It was tough over the months I was injured, but now that I'm out there, there's nothing better."
Cotchin said he was looking forward to getting a pre-season under his belt as it will help him run out games better.
"It's been pretty tough to run out games without a pre-season, and I'm really looking forward to that next year. If all goes well, it will be interesting to see how much further I can run," he said.
"It will be so much different. Second halves can be hard right now; the legs get a bit heavy and I think your mind can start thinking about that rather than the actual game."
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