| Andrew Raines | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Andrew Raines | ||
| Born | (1986-03-08)8 March 1986 (age 39) Melbourne, Victoria,Australia | ||
| Original team | Southport (QAFL) | ||
| Draft | #76,2003 National Draft,Richmond | ||
| Height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2004–2009 | Richmond | 56(1) | |
| 2010–2014 | Brisbane Lions | 67 (14) | |
| 2015 | Gold Coast | 6(2) | |
| Total | 129 (17) | ||
| International team honours | |||
| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| 2006 | Australia | 2 | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2015. 2 Representative statistics correct as of 2006. | |||
| Sources:AFL Tables,AustralianFootball.com | |||
Andrew Raines (born 8 March 1986) is a former professionalAustralian rules footballer who played for theRichmond Football Club,Brisbane Lions andGold Coast Suns in theAustralian Football League (AFL). He is the son ofGeoff Raines, a premiership centreman who played forRichmond,Collingwood,Essendon andBrisbane Bears.
In 2016, Raines was appointed as the head coach of the Gold Coast Suns Academy.
Raines was born inMelbourne, Victoria but moved to theGold Coast, Queensland at 10 months of age[1] when his father, Geoff, agreed to play for theBrisbane Bears. Andrew attendedMarymount College on the Gold Coast during his schooling years.
Raines began playing his junior football for thePalm Beach Currumbin Lions and later switched to theSouthport Sharks. He was drafted in2003 AFL draft at the late pick of 76. The selection was questioned by some at the time, with suggestions that if Andrew had not been the son of formerRichmond premiership greatGeoff Raines, thatRichmond would not have drafted him. Still he was a very young player (only eligible for the draft by 8 weeks) and had shown potential playing under-18 football for theSouthport Sharks, however having a very small body frame he was considered a long-term prospect.
Raines made his debut forRichmond in the final game of the 2004 season, gathering 9 disposals and 4 marks. He then played six matches forRichmond in the 2005 season, averaging 10 disposals.
In 2006, Raines became one ofRichmond's most consistent performers, playing in all 22 games and averaging 18 disposals. He finished second in both the 2006AFL Rising Star award and Richmond's best and fairest, theJack Dyer Medal.[2] Raines played on some of the competitions best small and medium forwards, and came to prominence when he restricted dualAll-Australian andBrownlow Medal winnerMark Ricciuto to only 4 disposals and 1 goal.[3] He represented Australia in the2006 International Rules series against Ireland.
In 2006, Raines signed a three-year deal withRichmond until the end of the 2009 season. However, after playing every game in 2006 and 2007, he only played a total of five games during the 2008 and 2009 seasons due to injuries and poor form. Raines requested to leave Richmond at the end of the 2009 season, and was traded to theBrisbane Lions in 2010 in exchange for a third-round draft pick (#44 overall).[4] His first game for the Lions was in Round 1, 2010 against West Coast atthe Gabba.
On 27 August 2014, Raines was delisted by Brisbane.[5] At Brisbane, Raines evolved into a quality defensive midfielder and was often assigned a tagging role on the opposition's most damaging midfielder.
Raines was rookie listed by his hometown club,Gold Coast at the end of 2014 after being delisted by the Brisbane Lions. After six matches with Gold Coast, he announced his immediate retirement in August 2015.[6]
G | Goals | K | Kicks | D | Disposals | T | Tackles |
B | Behinds | H | Handballs | M | Marks |
| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | ||||
| 2004 | Richmond | 38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 9.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 | Richmond | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 31 | 58 | 16 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 5.2 | 9.7 | 2.7 | 0.5 |
| 2006 | Richmond | 4 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 216 | 181 | 397 | 100 | 39 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.8 | 8.2 | 18.0 | 4.5 | 1.8 |
| 2007 | Richmond | 4 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 223 | 205 | 428 | 101 | 35 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 10.1 | 9.3 | 19.5 | 4.6 | 1.6 |
| 2008 | Richmond | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 15 | 36 | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.5 | 7.5 | 18.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 |
| 2009 | Richmond | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 24 | 48 | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 16.0 | 2.3 | 1.7 |
| 2010 | Brisbane Lions | 29 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 94 | 99 | 193 | 36 | 13 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 9.4 | 9.9 | 19.3 | 3.6 | 1.3 |
| 2011 | Brisbane Lions | 29 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 140 | 155 | 295 | 25 | 49 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 8.8 | 9.7 | 18.4 | 1.6 | 3.1 |
| 2012 | Brisbane Lions | 29 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 167 | 138 | 305 | 31 | 74 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 8.8 | 7.3 | 16.1 | 1.6 | 3.9 |
| 2013 | Brisbane Lions | 29 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 116 | 150 | 266 | 34 | 41 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 6.4 | 8.3 | 14.8 | 1.9 | 2.3 |
| 2014 | Brisbane Lions | 29 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 41 | 76 | 10 | 6 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 8.8 | 10.3 | 19.0 | 2.5 | 1.5 |
| 2015 | Gold Coast | 29 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 36 | 76 | 11 | 18 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 6.7 | 6.0 | 12.7 | 1.8 | 3.0 |
| Career | 129 | 17 | 22 | 1108 | 1079 | 2187 | 379 | 285 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 8.6 | 8.4 | 17.0 | 2.9 | 2.2 | ||
