04-24-2022, 12:32 AM
Tough gig being a ruckman. At worst, it might have been a free. Lightyears away from being a report.
It's nothing like cleaning someone up with a roundarm punch to the head. The guy throwing the punch rarely gets hurt in that scenario. It's a bit of a cowardly thing to do. But when ruckmen charge each other with knees up, it's hard to say who'll cop the brunt of that contact if knees collide. It's more like 2 players clashing heads in a marking contest. It's hard to initiate contact in a way that'll ensure you won't get hurt yourself. Darcy could easily have ended up with a knee injury.
It's nothing like cleaning someone up with a roundarm punch to the head. The guy throwing the punch rarely gets hurt in that scenario. It's a bit of a cowardly thing to do. But when ruckmen charge each other with knees up, it's hard to say who'll cop the brunt of that contact if knees collide. It's more like 2 players clashing heads in a marking contest. It's hard to initiate contact in a way that'll ensure you won't get hurt yourself. Darcy could easily have ended up with a knee injury.