The Great Ruck Debate.

[PaulP]

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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.

It will be interesting to see where the MC take this, assuming both remain on the list. One of the appropriate ways to play them may be to occasionally use De Koning as a super sub. Get Pittonet to work over the other ruck man for e.g 2 1/2 quarters, then bring on De Koning to use his fresh legs, athleticism and skill to gain dominance around stoppage and in the air. In wet conditions like today, it could work.