(08-01-2021, 10:30 AM)kruddler date Wrote:So if Cripps is rucking, its because our other rucks are not. Do i need to draw you a diagram?None of the other makeshift ruck options can do what Cripps does at a ground level stoppage, that is probably the key point.
Having Cripps ruck and leaving others to rove / ruck rove the stoppage is like shuffling everybody into their less than best position. I can't see a massive benefit having Cripps ruck over SoJ, McGovern, BigH or whoever else we have inside F50 at the time given we may have no rucks at all.
In fact I'd be keen for BigH to be coached to ignore the tap and try to draw one or two frees while rucking, as he is very likely to kick goals from a free anywhere inside the F50 arc. I think that is more analogous to Hawkins rucking than anything other scenario.
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"