AFL Rd 17 2023 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Fremantle

[kruddler]

A lot of talk about the ruck so you know i have to post the stats.

Hitouts:
Freo - 70
Carlton - 18

Centre Clearances
Freo - 9
Carlton - 8

Total clearances
Freo - 35
Carlton - 41

Hitouts to advantage
Freo - 22 (20 to Darcy)
Carlton - 4

To me that showed Darcy was most effective in the centre bounces with Freo getting more clearances from there, but our mids were clearly best on the day getting a lot from around the ground. It shows that although Freo got first use (through Darcy) our relentless pressure on the ball carrier meant that they did not get any easy possessions

In terms of individuals.
Young had 58 ruck contests, 10 hitouts, 2 to advantage - 3.4% RC-HTA%
Harry had 26, 6 and 1 - 3.8%
Jack had 20, 2 and 1 - 5%
(Darcy had 85 - 58 and 20 - 23.5%)
(Jackson had 20 - 11 and 2 - 10%)

Freo ruck stats are good.....if they are up against a recognised ruck.
They are very poor considering who their opponents were.

As an example, Pittonet vs Dogs (English w/ Lobb) had 21.6% RC-HTA. I think i read that English was in someone AA team right now.
So Pittonets ruck work vs AA ruckman is/was as good as Darcys vs nobody's.