The rise.... and RISE of Marc Pittonet

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By your 'logic' (and i use that term loosely, a hard ball get isn't a genuine stat because the opposition has a say in it as well....you might be up against Jack Watts or some other 'soft' player.

Not at all, that's still a one on one contest like a hitout.

Or in this instance a hitout isn't a true hitout because they were getting them against no-name rucks....

I'm not going to blame Meek and Reeves for being ruck dominant in a losing Midfield, and that very circumstance highlighted by our team being down in winning ruck contests but dominant in clearances is the very issue that highlights the folly of rucks like Young and SoJ. The reason the Dawks lost the clearances isn't because of the tap, it's because of what came after.

It's bizarre some will claim a weaker ruck is somehow a consistent mechanism for a better outcome, it's just crazy thinking, it exposes just how limited some people think the ruck role really is.