(04-11-2022, 12:25 AM)madbluboy date Wrote:Clearly McGovern and OMac are miles ahead of Young and Plowman.In the first 3 rounds, if De Koning or Pitto stood their ground and defended the fall of the ball at the centre bounce they were getting pinged for blocking, Witts did it multiple times yesterday as De Koning tried to jump over him, especially more so after Witts started limping, and Witts wasn't penalised once.
Dekoning is not ready to ruck full time, probably 3 years away.
I'm not saying it would have made a difference, but it's a contributing reason why De Koning's form has tailed off. The kid has to be confused about what he can and cannot do!
In particular, there might be one or two umpires in the AFL that use handing out that blocking free to cover for a shizen bounce! More experienced rucks will leverage that knowledge, but it shouldn't really be the case.
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"