The rise.... and RISE of Marc Pittonet

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How many times do i need to say the same thing?

Go have a look at how much time they spend on the bench when there is 2 of them playing. The first 3 games they played together, they averaged about 60-65% game time each. So that means that we have 1 ruck on the bench for 70-80% of the game.
Essentially meaning we are playing 1 down on the bench for 3/4's of a game.
So because we have basically 1 spot on the bench held up by a resting ruck, all our other players are having to play more game time than we'd like to cover.

That stat doesn't change regardless of whoever is the 2nd ruck, SoJ or Young aren't a cure for it.

I'd even assert, that to be competitive in the ruck and on the ball in the ruck, SoJ and Young probably needs more time resting than genuine 1st rucks, otherwise they becomes a liability when they move into other areas of the field.

If our two genuine rucks get 30-35% game time to rest, they can go that much harder when they are on the field, that lets them match it with teams like Melbourne, or better teams like Gold Coast. It's pretty obvious, quality over quantity.