06-19-2023, 05:59 AM
So short version of the above.
Pittonet, even to my surprise, is the best tap ruckman in the game.
TDK, who rucks to the same players, isn't near the same standard....and is average at best as a ruck.
Sean Darcy who many rate as one of the best rucks in the game in terms of tapwork is actually rather poor considering how much hits it to the opposition.
However, for me, the take home point in all of this, and what many of you guys say, is that its not about the ruck, its about what they do around the ground. To which i agree.....and have agreed all along. We don't NEED 2 rucks. We NEED someone to help us around the ground.....and our rucks are NOT those players (at least not yet).
TDK played his best game for the year. He only got the ball 11 times though. Yes, he kicked a couple of goals this time against some poor opposition. In his other 8 games for the year he's only managed 2 goals.....total.
He doesn't do enough around the ground......yet.
Hopefully he can....but he doesn't yet.
TBH, i'd much rather an extra small in the side, who would get it 20+ times and allow our other smalls to get more of a rest (they do more running/chasing/tackling/pressuring) and give 2nd ruck duties to someone else. Harry, Young, Jack, Cripps....whoever. Remember, 56% of ruck contests are pointless. We can 'sacrifice' some, for benefit elsewhere.
For a team that has been struggling with running/chasing/tackling/pressuring for most of the year, to play 2 rucks seems rather pointless to me. Did before the season, and still does now.
Pittonet, even to my surprise, is the best tap ruckman in the game.
TDK, who rucks to the same players, isn't near the same standard....and is average at best as a ruck.
Sean Darcy who many rate as one of the best rucks in the game in terms of tapwork is actually rather poor considering how much hits it to the opposition.
However, for me, the take home point in all of this, and what many of you guys say, is that its not about the ruck, its about what they do around the ground. To which i agree.....and have agreed all along. We don't NEED 2 rucks. We NEED someone to help us around the ground.....and our rucks are NOT those players (at least not yet).
TDK played his best game for the year. He only got the ball 11 times though. Yes, he kicked a couple of goals this time against some poor opposition. In his other 8 games for the year he's only managed 2 goals.....total.
He doesn't do enough around the ground......yet.
Hopefully he can....but he doesn't yet.
TBH, i'd much rather an extra small in the side, who would get it 20+ times and allow our other smalls to get more of a rest (they do more running/chasing/tackling/pressuring) and give 2nd ruck duties to someone else. Harry, Young, Jack, Cripps....whoever. Remember, 56% of ruck contests are pointless. We can 'sacrifice' some, for benefit elsewhere.
For a team that has been struggling with running/chasing/tackling/pressuring for most of the year, to play 2 rucks seems rather pointless to me. Did before the season, and still does now.