The rise.... and RISE of Marc Pittonet

[kruddler]

Pittonet is a pure ruckman and has the edge over De Koning in this space. De Koning is better around the ground. I'm really not sure why we have to compare them, or what there is to be gained by doing so. It's not apples and oranges, but they're not the same type of player, and I'm sure the club knows that. De Koning is also 4 years younger.

Until i started comparing them, people assumed TDK was (at worst) the equal of Pittonet in the ruck, and far superior around the ground. Now people seem to accept Pittonets dominance in the ruck. So the question becomes, does TDK do enough around the ground...to which my answer has always been no. I think we have better options as a '2nd ruck'....because that '2nd ruck' doesn't have to be very good as a ruck, but offer more around the ground.