The Great Ruck Debate.

[DJC]

I wonder if Voss and co may be looking at Fremantle’s ruck setup. Darcy is the anchor, like a better version of Pittonet, and Jackson is the mobile, athletic one, like Tom De Koning. I’m safely assuming (hoping) the MC will leave  nothing to chance and will continue to thoroughly explore all options, even if that means a variable, horses for courses approach, based on the best solution for the opposition.

I'm not sure that the Fremantle model is one you'd want to follow (although the Freo pair made life very difficult for Grundy), and the hounds are baying for Darcy to be traded so Jackson can scale new heights as the sole ruckman.  The emergence of Treacy and Amiss as key forwards is another factor.

I think that you can safely assume that our MC aren't wedded to a single approach and will play Tom, Pitto or both of them as appropriate.  One thing I think that we can be sure of is that, unlike Melbourne, they won't throw their hands in the air and give up on two rucks.