(05-22-2018, 02:00 AM)ElwoodBlues1 link Wrote:Recent GF winners Richmond would argue they went with Nankervis and Grigg as their ruckman.......Bulldogs went with Roughead and a inexperienced very part time backup in Boyd...its what suits your gameplan IMO and there is no one size fits all approach. Kreuzer does best when he rucks 90% of the day and the 10% remaining can be filled in by Casboult, Harry Mckay, Rowe etc....
Some days you do need two rucks, say vs WC or a monster like Sandilands....but not all the time and its important not to be stuck with a player who can only ruck and has to be benched when not rucking.
If a solo ruck goes down in the opening minutes of a GF, that team probably lose.
In respect of Grigg, good luck if he finds himself alone in the midfield early in a game against Naitanui and Lycett, Kreuzer and Phillips, Lynch and Wright, Boyd and Roughead, Keefe and Lobb, etc., etc..
Kreuzer does best when he has 90% ToG, rucking or not, if you bench him you take away his biggest weapon which is his aerobic capacity, you have to force his physically matched opponent to stay on the ground with him and not have him anchored in a pocket where the opponent can rest.
The biggest problem I have with Casboult offering chop-outs is that it's like a holiday for the opposition, he has little physical impact on the opponent because he doesn't make them work hard enough! It's probably being made to work hard that has Gawn rating Kreuzer so highly.
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"