Tim Rieniets

Tim Rieniets
Personal information
Full nameTim Rieniets
Date of birth14 April 1966
Original teamCoburg[1]
Draft27th, 1990 Pre-Season Draft
Height/Weight183 cm / 79 kg
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1990–1991Carlton24 (6)
1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1991 season.

Tim Rieniets (born 14 April 1966) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Rieniets, a Wangaratta Rovers junior, was recruited by North Melbourne and in two years with the club he only played Under-19s and reserves football.

He participated in Coburg's back to back premierships in 1988 and 1989, becoming the only person to win dual Norm Goss Memorial Medals.[2]

Carlton picked Rieniets up in the 1990 Pre-Season Draft and he kicked a goal with his first kick in senior AFL football, against North Melbourne at Princes Park.[3] Used mostly as a ruck-rover or defender, Rieniets made 12 appearances in 1990.[3] He played another 12 games in 1991 and averaged 18 disposals but lost his place in the team towards the end of the year.[3]

Later in the 1990s he returned to the VFA, and was a member of Werribee's 1993 premiership side and then in Sandringham's 1997 grand final win. In doing so, he achieved the very rare feat of winning VFA/VFL premierships with three different clubs.

References

  1. ↑ Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
  2. ↑ The Age,"Coburg clinches successive flags", 25 September 1989, p. 19
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 AFL Tables: Tim Rieniets