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The Bright Side

An AFL champion's story of redemption, fortitude, and positivity

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The Bright Side

By: Jack Riewoldt
Narrated by: Andrew Hazzard, Jack Riewoldt
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 In his inspirational memoir, Jack Riewoldt reveals all about his remarkable AFL career and how a positive attitude helped him overcome his toughest moments on and off the field.

'Jack’s story is a compelling one and he tells us not only about his development as an elite athlete but also his maturation as a leader. As a bonus, this book provides the reader with an insider’s view of the Richmond Football Club during its premiership years. This memoir is one that all footy fans will want to own and read and re-read.'Peggy O'Neal, former president of Richmond FC

After booting two goals to help the Richmond Tigers secure a drought-breaking premiership win over Adelaide in 2017, Jack Riewoldt jumped on stage at the MCG to sing with The Killers, one of his all-time favourite bands.

The song – ‘Mr Brightside’ – became his anthem.

When faced with challenges, including the loss of his much-loved cousin Maddie and the misunderstanding that dogged much of his career, his positive attitude pulled him through. A far cry from his beginnings as a mischievous youngster, Jack is now seen as a revered leader of the game.

In The Bright Side, Jack dives into every important win and shares the lessons he has learned from the losses to help others find brightness during challenging times. Football (Soccer) Sports Inspiring Resilience
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I really enjoyed hearing about Jack’s journey. It was well written, detailed and captivating.
I didn’t enjoy Rew’s pronunciation of key people’s names or places, eg. Launceston. But he told Jack’s story well.

Highly recommend

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As a non-Tiger fan but footy lover, I thoroughly enjoyed hearing about Jack’s journey. Rew’s mispronunciation of numerous footballer’s names was irksome.

All footy fans will enjoy

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Jack really narrated the story well as it was his to tell but we Tiger supporters rode the rollercoaster of his experiences.

Very Enjoyable

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Great story and well written. Narrator surely could have done 20 minutes of research to make sure he was pronouncing player and coach names correctly!

Good not great

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I`m NOT a Richmond fan, but became a Jack Riewoldt fan watching him over the years on AFL360. Its a really good story., described in wonderful detail.

BUT .. This book would be better read page by page, NOT as an audio book due to the poor pronunciation of many important names and an apparent lack of understanding of the game of AFL by the narrator.

Audio edits / additions were clearly noticeable and sub-standard.

These two factors really spoiled the 'book' for me.

I would NOT recommend this as an audio experience if you are a footy fan.

Good story spoiled by narration

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