Round 1 - Blues v Tigers (21 March) Pre-Game

[DJC]

This 6-6-6 rule has to benefit us surely.

In the middle we have Crippa / Kennedy / Setterfield to get the hard ball. 

Samo / Fisher / Dow to get a clean break away. 

For a few moments we have an open forward line with Harry / Charlie / Gov to lead to space or clunk a contested mark.

Have we finally lead the way and got ourselves into prime position to take advantage of the new rules?  Maybe a fluke, maybe good planning, but I can't see how this doesn't helps us.

What we really need to also take advantage of is the kicking in from a point.  Not sure who our best option is there.  We want someone fast, with good decision making, and nice foot skills. I dunno - just chucking a few names out there, but maybe O'brien / Simmo / Newman ?

There was some discussion of the impact of the 6-6-6 rule during the AFLW game.  It was suggested that good centre clearance teams will have an advantage if they can get the ball out of the square before the opposition gets more players behind the ball.  It will be only a matter of seconds so our defensive option must be to keep the ball in the square.

I would expect Simmo to continue to take the bulk of the kick ins.