The rise.... and RISE of Marc Pittonet

[kruddler]

Ruck stats from todays game.
Pittonet
44 ruck contests
20 hitouts
4 hitouts to advantage
9% CA - Hitouts to advantage from ruck contest. (4/44)

Ladhams
48 ruck contests
16 hitouts
2 hitouts to advantage
4% CA - Hitouts to advantage from ruck contest (2/48)

So Pittonet won the ruck work battle for the 6th straight week.....albeit less convincingly than most weeks.

Some other stats....
Pressure acts - Pittonet 13 - 7 Ladhams
Clangers - Pittonet 2 - 3 Ladhams
Turnovers - Pittonet 2 - 5 Ladhams
Contested Marks - Pittonet 1 - 0 Ladhams
Intercepts - Pittonet 1 - 1 Ladhams
Clearances - Pittonet 1 - 4 Ladhams
Disposals - Pittonet 3 - 21 Ladhams
Tackles - Pittonet 1 - 2 Ladhams

What that shows is Pittonet, despite not getting the ball a lot, was not just a passenger. Excellent effort shown as pressure acts

Question i have is, did we not look for him to give him the ball because we had so many other tall forward options to kick too? Harry played well, Casboult is always an option down the line and McGovern was leaping at everything.
As good as Pittonets marking is, i'd say he's 4th behind those 3 in that area.

Did Port look for Ladhams more because they didn't have the same embarrassment of riches up forward?