Pre Season Hit Out vs Geelong

[RiverRat]

I thought that Harry was our best player by quite a margin and his ruckwork has improved considerably.  Geelong rotated four players through the ruck to our two (Young did contest one hitout when our ruck couldn't get there) so Harry's effort was quite impressive, as was De Koning's.

H appears to have been coached and looked much more at home in the ruck than ever before. Maybe there is an intention to have him spend more time in the ruck this season.  If so, hopefully he will be resilient because I don't know if we can afford for him to get injured. 

TDK also seemed to have more strength to body up against his ruck opponents - not that the pussies are generally considered to be strong in that department.

I like the games of both Hollands brothers but the big positive for me was the fact that Cripps appeared to be more mobile and to have a bit more zip - maybe he has dropped a little weight and done some speed/agility work or maybe he is just injury free for a change.