Rick Olarenshaw (born 1 February 1973) is a former

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er in the

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. He was formerly a boundary rider for

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until being replaced by Matthew Richardson.

Playing career

Essendon

Olarenshaw was recruited from

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in 1990 to the

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, where he won the under-19s

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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, but he went on to enjoy a good season in 1997.

Later career/trades

Olarenshaw was traded to Collingwood (instead of his preferred club, the

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) at the end of 1998 after agreeing to leave Essendon. Olarenshaw was disillusioned by the new surroundings at Collingwood and suffered injuries that restricted him to just five games with the club. At the end of

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, he was traded to the Kangaroos, but he managed only one game before announcing his retirement in 2001.

Bali sex scandal

In October 2024, it was revealed that Olarenshaw was linked to a Bali massage parlour that was allegedly offering illegal sexual services through its employees. While in Australia such a service would generally be considered legal, it is illegal in Indonesia. According to Indonesian law, police charged the pair under pornography laws, which can carry up to 12 years in jail.

Statistics

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1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

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1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

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1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

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1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

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1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

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1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

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1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

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2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

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Post-playing career

Following the 2009 AFL season, he was removed as Channel 7's boundary rider in favour of Matthew Richardson.

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Olarenshaw, Rick 1973 births Living people Australian television presenters Collingwood Football Club players Essendon Football Club players Essendon Football Club premiership players North Melbourne Football Club players Keilor Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Melbourne Australian physiotherapists Australian sports agents People educated at Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School VFL/AFL premiership players People from Keilor, Victoria