Cassandra, a loyal member of the Capital Tigers Supporter Group, waiting for their bus to Sydney, to watch the GWS game (and yes, she’s booked a seat for their road trip to the Sydney Swans game).
| Where born? | Heyfield, Victoria, in a bush nursing hospital. It was a logging town. I don’t know how many mills there were then, maybe ten, but certainly more than there are now. That was one of the main industries in town, the other was dairy. It’s good dairy country. |
| Age: | 51. It’s my birthday today! [TTBB: HAPPY BIRTHDAY CASSANDRA! – and congratulations on another lap around the sun!] |
| Where do you live: | Narrabundah, Canberra. It’s an inner south suburb. In Aboriginal language it means ‘a small bird of prey’. There’s a bit of an Aboriginal community around here. It’s an older part of Canberra. It’s lovely. |
| How did you come to barrack for Richmond: | My dad played for the Richmond reserves. It wasn’t for very long, just one season in the late 1950s. He went to school at Melbourne High which was in the Richmond area. Mum and dad barracked for Richmond and Kirsten and I fell into line. I think it was pretty early on. We were friends with the kids over the road and they were Blues, Carlton supporters, and there was always rivalry. |
| Favourite all-time player? | I just have to say Wayne Campbell. I did go and see the 80s teams with Francis Bourke and all those players, but it wasn’t until I grew older that I could relate to what was going on. For some reason I feel very connected to Wayne Campbell, so I was a bit disappointed when he left to be the umpire’s boss. I was hoping he would be around to help us to the next premiership. I thought on the field he was really quick and clever with the ball. He wasn’t a charismatic captain, but I think he did his best with what was going on at Richmond at the time. |
| Favourite current player? | Seeing I’m a Cotch Crew member, it would have to be Cotchy. He’s gorgeous. He’s quick as well, and he’s always thinking about what he’s doing. He seems a lot more at easy than Wayne was. I just think he’s a really nice guy. |
| What do you most like about Richmond? | The roller-coaster ride. You just get so low and you get so high. It’s the passion. We’re all absolutely bonkers, the fans. Facebook after last week’s win was just magic. But we also get so down when we lose. |
| Do you have a match-day superstition? | No, not really. I think I grew up on that kind of stuff. I’ve tried different variations of things, of wearing my scarf in a particular way, but nothing seemed to be a constant. I’ve got a little toy tiger that sits on my bed. That’s the only Richmond thing I have, now. |
| When will we next win a premiership? | Oh my god, there’s a never-ending question. Far out, I don’t know. When? I think when we field a team that’s stable, that’s been playing together for two or three years. We need to have a continuity of players. That’s when it will happen. When we’ve got a good group of players that have all been playing for each other for two or three years, that’s my answer. |
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