06-07-2022, 05:49 AM
Being one of the few people on earth who bothered to watch the Port-Essendon match, the ruck situation will be a problem. For whatever reason, Port persisted in rucking Sam Powell-Pepper as a 2nd ruck and he was beaten senseless. Both Phillips and Draper threw him out the way as if he wasn’t there and won frees for being held. I’m not sure this says much about how JSOS will fare, though, as he puts much more effort into competing in the ruck. Powell-Pepper doesn’t seem to bother on that score: he just hopes to win it on the ground.
Draper is a pretty decent ruck. He has an unusual blend of physicality and athleticism. TdK will have his hands full with him but TdK seems to have a major advantage when it comes to his leap and is much more likely to take a pack mark.
Carlton has pretty much made it clear that it won’t resort to using Lewis Young as a secondary ruckman, even when Weitering was controlling D50. I can’t see us breaking from that mindset as JSOS and Cripps are certainly capable of taking on Phillips around the ground. If TdK were to be forced out of the game, would Young be thrown into the ruck then?
Draper is a pretty decent ruck. He has an unusual blend of physicality and athleticism. TdK will have his hands full with him but TdK seems to have a major advantage when it comes to his leap and is much more likely to take a pack mark.
Carlton has pretty much made it clear that it won’t resort to using Lewis Young as a secondary ruckman, even when Weitering was controlling D50. I can’t see us breaking from that mindset as JSOS and Cripps are certainly capable of taking on Phillips around the ground. If TdK were to be forced out of the game, would Young be thrown into the ruck then?