07-01-2024, 11:11 AM
(07-01-2024, 10:19 AM)PaulP link Wrote:I think the question of whether or not to ruck certain players needs to be considered separately from the Kennedy incident. Cripps and McKay seem to take their fair share of ruck contests, so the club seems okay with it. I'd be curious to know if other clubs assign occasional rucking duties to their stars.Paul Roos is a good example of what to do (and not do) with your stars in the ruck.
As an aside, to my eyes Taranto's foot seems the likely culprit.
Paul Roos used to ruck Goodes....until he got a knee on knee while jumping at a centre bounce and did a PCL. He vowed never to use him in a centre bounce rucking contest again. (i believe they changed the rules since then anyway), but he never did.
However, he did use him in around the ground stuff when required because the chance of injury was no more or less than in any other contest around the ground, be it marking, or in a midfield battle.