The Great Ruck Debate.

[Thryleon]

Thanks for posting this. I think Voss has a point. You have 18 take the field, 4 on the bench and 1 sub. The inclusion or omission of one single player cannot have such a dramatic difference, unless the team has problems elsewhere. No doubt some difference must exist, but pairing the W/L and points scored with the number of ruckmen seems simplistic IMO.

I reckon our recent woes have more to do with certain mids getting beaten and opponents nullifying Newman's influence bug you won't hear voss talk about that publicly.

He's had a defensive forward play on him and whilst statistically he looks similar I think his ability to set us up at times was hampered significantly.