Rick Olarenshaw

Infobox afl player | firstname = Rick
lastname = Olarenshaw

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birthdate = Birth date and age|1973|2|1|df=y
birthplace =
originalteam = Keilor
heightweight = 182cm / 80kg
dead = alive
deathdate =
deathplace =
debutdate = Round 3, 12 April 1993
debutteam = Essendon
debutopponent = Collingwood
debutstadium = Melbourne Cricket Ground
playingteams = Essendon (1993—98)

77 games, 14 goals

Collingwood (1999—2000)

5 games, 0 goals

Kangaroos (2001)

1 game, 0 goals
coach = notcoach
coachingteams =
statsend = 2006
careerhighlights =

*Essendon premiership side 1993

Rick Olarenshaw (born 1 February 1973) is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.

He is now a field commentator for Network Seven

Playing career

Essendon

Olarenshaw was recruited from Keilor in 1990 to the Essendon Football Club, where he won the under-19s best and fairest in 1991. He made his senior AFL debut in 1993 with the Bombers and enjoyed a quick rise that year. The left-foot wingman was an important player in the 1993 Bombers premiership side (known as the "Baby Bombers").

Over the following seasons he suffered numerous injuries, particularly to his rib and back. [http://home.vicnet.net.au/~brad/96/players/olarensh.htm Vicnet.net.au] and he went on to enjoy a good season in 1997.

Later career/trades

Olarenshaw was traded to Collingwood (instead of his preferred club, the Kangaroos) at the end of 1998 after agreeing to leave Essendon. Olarenshaw was disillusioned by the new surroundings at Collingwood, and suffered injuries which restricted him to just five (5) games with the club. [http://www.realfooty.theage.com.au/articles/2005/10/07/1128562997141.html, "AFL's dark side", "The Age", Greg Baum, October 8, 2005.] At the end of 2000, he was traded to the Kangaroos, but managed only one (1) game before announcing his retirement in 2001.

Post-playing career

Olarenshaw is the managing director and 50% owner of Athletes One. He trained and practised as a physiotherapist,in which capacity he is currently the field commentator for Seven Network's AFL coverage. [ [http://hnb.dhs.vic.gov.au/web/pubaff/medrel.nsf/0/49c984964b8c1c464a2567bd00007e91?OpenDocument&Click= Physio Focus at Victoria Park] ]

Player/Manager

He went on to study finance post-grad and was head-hunted by the UK head office of Athletes One to start up an Australian operation four years ago. His client list of 75 includes footballer Jason Akermanis, cricketers Michael Hussey and Darren Lehmann, and athletes Tamsyn Lewis and Scott Martinalso David Hussey. Fact|date=September 2007

References

External links

*AflRleague|ref=R/Ricky_Olarenshaw.html