The rise.... and RISE of Marc Pittonet

[ElwoodBlues1]

I thought Jack battled hard and his second efforts were good as usual.  However, he got absolutely hammered both in the physical contests and the outcomes by the Collingwood rucks, and the Bulldog rucks the week before.  And he doesn't get to choose when the opposition second stringer gives the first ruck a spell.  Pitto was off the ground for longish periods leaving Jack to compete against the first rucks.  Apart from handing the opposition rucks and mids an advantage, rucking Jack affects his work as a third tall.

Young is a much better option as back up ruck, provided we're prepared to let his work in defence suffer and have cover from Kemp (or Jack).

I agree with a horses for courses approach but playing two genuine rucks can cause problems for the opposition ... but not if we continually rest one ruckman on the bench.

Agree with all that, if we play two genuine ruckman then they do need to be used to advantage better than we have .
Im interested in seeing how TDK could work out at CHB and how Young could be used as a second ruckman.
I feel we have played Jack out of form and he has become ineffective as a forward as a result...this whole Shaun Grigg tactic worked one year for Hardwick but I havent seen it work for Richmond or anyone else since and it was based on Grigg rucking vs the opposition part timer but now clubs are smarter and wait for the opportunity to run their prime ruckman vs your part timer and I think that tactic is null and void now unless its genuine part timers vs genuine part timers.