AFL Rd 16 2024 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Richmond

[Thryleon]

Paul Roos is a good example of what to do (and not do) with your stars in the ruck.

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.

It's possible that the increased risk is there and both of you are essentially correct you know.

I dislike rucking cripps, less so Kennedy and Harry is just as likely to knock himself out in a marking duel as anywhere else.  Only other player I'd loathe rucking is weitering. 

Even so, it's going to happen from time to time.  Sooner or later someone will get hurt in a ruck contest.  That's when the call for two rucks come back.  Thing is, whilst we play one lone key defender in weiters we likely can play two rucks, with pitto going a kick behind play and tdk going forward at times.