05-22-2018, 05:03 AM
Look everyone is calling for hard and fast rules but they ignore too many factors.
1. Richmond's ruck contesting in the grand final worked, because Adelaide became too Dusty focussed, and didnt put enough work into his teamates.
2. Look what West Coast tandemn ruck and tandemn forwardline did to Richmond on the weekend. They monstored them and Richmond had no answers.
3. If Richmond tried to play a midfielder in the ruck against Grundy, or Kreuzer they would get hammered. Not all the rucks are like Sandilands who are out of the contest after the bounce.
At the end of the day, sometimes the decision on what ruck setup you go with has less to do with which ruckman are available, and more to do with the rest of the side you can put out on the field.
1. Richmond's ruck contesting in the grand final worked, because Adelaide became too Dusty focussed, and didnt put enough work into his teamates.
2. Look what West Coast tandemn ruck and tandemn forwardline did to Richmond on the weekend. They monstored them and Richmond had no answers.
3. If Richmond tried to play a midfielder in the ruck against Grundy, or Kreuzer they would get hammered. Not all the rucks are like Sandilands who are out of the contest after the bounce.
At the end of the day, sometimes the decision on what ruck setup you go with has less to do with which ruckman are available, and more to do with the rest of the side you can put out on the field.
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Paul Hewson
Paul Hewson