{"id":498578,"date":"2026-02-23T09:43:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T09:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/498578\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T09:43:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T09:43:08","slug":"tigers-invite-young-ruck-to-train-for-ssp-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/498578\/","title":{"rendered":"Tigers invite young ruck to train for SSP spot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__summary\">\n                Boston Dowling is getting his chance to impress at Richmond\n            <\/p>\n<p>                                Boston Dowling in action during the Oakleigh Chargers&#8217; Talent League preliminary final against the Greater Western Victoria Rebels on September 15, 2024. Picture: AFL Photos<\/p>\n<p>YOUNG ruck Boston Dowling has been invited to train for a pre-season supplemental selection period (SSP) spot at Richmond.<\/p>\n<p>A 208cm ruck, Dowling will train with the Tigers in a bid to land a list spot before the SSP deadline on March 2, as reported by AFL.com.au&#8217;s Cal Twomey.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Young ruck Boston Dowling has been invited to train at the Tigers for a SSP spot. He played well for Essendon VFL last week against Richmond &amp; has been on the Tigers\u2019 radar for a while.<\/p>\n<p>Marcus Krasnadamskis\u2019 trial with the Tigers has ended. Thomas Burton will continue training.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Callum Twomey (@CalTwomey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CalTwomey\/status\/2025715043514634560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 22, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Dowling, 20, impressed against the Tigers last week, playing for Essendon in a VFL practice match between the clubs.<\/p>\n<p>He has previously played four VFL games across two years for Collingwood.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas Burton is still training with the Tigers, while Marcus Krasnadamskis&#8217; trial has ended.<\/p>\n<p>Dowling would add ruck depth at Richmond with captain Toby Nankervis turning 32 this year, while Samson Ryan and Oliver Hayes-Brown are other options.<\/p>\n<p>                    Toby Nankervis gets a handball away during round 24, 2025. Picture: AFL Photos\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>        <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Boston Dowling is getting his chance to impress at Richmond Boston Dowling in action during the Oakleigh Chargers&#8217;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":498579,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,83,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-498578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-text","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=498578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498578\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/498579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=498578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=498578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=498578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}