Position 2022: Ruck Discussion

Which of the following 2 are leading the race for your starting R1 and R2...?

  • Max Gawn

    Votes: 66 41.8%
  • Sean Darcy

    Votes: 46 29.1%
  • Nic Naitanui

    Votes: 2 1.3%
  • Brodie Grundy

    Votes: 125 79.1%
  • Rowan Marshall

    Votes: 13 8.2%
  • Reilly O'Brien

    Votes: 5 3.2%
  • Oscar McInerney

    Votes: 3 1.9%
  • Jarrod Witts

    Votes: 18 11.4%
  • Braydon Preuss

    Votes: 12 7.6%
  • Scott Lycett, Tim English, Matthew Flynn or Luke Jackson

    Votes: 21 13.3%

  • Total voters
    158
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Ruc/Def don't think we have ever seen one of them. Can we get 2 ?
The Grey Goose must be taking effect. We've had a few over the years (Setanta O'hAilpin, Jason Blake, Kepler Bradley, Jackson Trengove, James Sellar, Cam Pedersen, Jordan Roughead, Ben McEvoy) plus a few rookies.

This year Lewis Young and Caleb Graham are Ruc/Def plus 3 rookies (Majak Daw, Oscar Adams and Dominic Akuei).
 
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The Grey Goose must be taking effect. We've had a few over the years (Setanta O'hAilpin, Jason Blake, Kepler Bradley, Jackson Trengove, James Sellar, Cam Pedersen, Jordan Roughead, Ben McEvoy) plus a few rookies.

This year Lewis Young and Caleb Graham are Ruc/Def plus 2 rookies (Oscar Adams and Dominic Akuei).
Was Blicavs D/R or M/R ?
 

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That's right , I remember now he was the only one so was bizarre their was no link available with anyone else.
I think originally they had him as just a MID being a steeplechaser they prob thought he had a good tank to be a mid. Then he started playing ruck preseason and then so they added RUC to him just before the actual season started. I assume it was too difficult to remove him as an M but easier to add the dpp. (Someone can correct me if I'm wrong)
 
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I've never liked set and forget so Marshall was next in line if I decided not to take English but I wasn't sure he'd get the DPP AFTER ROUND 6. Don't think I'll do anything this week. I see a lot of people trying to work out how to get Hayes on the ground but I'm just grateful for the cash. Don't want to move him for someone not making any money.
 
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So I'm running with Preuss at R2 (Hayes E) and getting a Rd 1 sighter on Witts, O'Brien types, if none presents then English can play R2 and I upgrade the forward line in Rd 2 with the cash saved.

Someone tell me I'm not being too clever by half.
 
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Hard decision to make today, should I shift Xerri or Martin out for Dixon so that I can flip Hayes down to the forwards next week?

Already have one donut in NOD down back so not excited about potentially having having another floating around given how much cash my current F7/8 could potentially make, but on the other hand Hayes would be wasted at R3.

This would then perhaps open up the possibility of making a quick rookie correction trade next week or even just to redistribute a bit of cash elsewhere if the forwards are looking strong and one of the high priced rookies fail.
 
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Ruck Contests Attended:
T Xerri= 46
T Goldstein= 31
C Coleman-Jones= 5

Hitouts:
T Xerri= 18
T Goldstein= 12
C Coleman-Jones= 2

Hitouts to Advantage:
T Xerri= 6 or 33.33%
T Goldstein= 4 or 33.33%
C Coleman-Jones= 2 or 100%
The role is there to make some cash. Those who started would feel ok and those who passed would feel ok at the moment.
 
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