The role of a ruckman is not just to get first hands on the ball. It involves providing a marking target, providing a link through the midfield and using his body as a means to make space for his followers.
In this regard, Hille stands out over Sandilands just through pure athletisism and...
Similar players on the rise except for 3 main points:
1) Grigg can take a mark given his bigger size
2) Grigg is much much better in a contested ball scenario. His clearences and hard ball gets will be way ahead of Houlis...again down to body size
3) Grigg can eat Pork
I'm sorry.
But I can't rate Dermie when Rhys Jones won a Norm Smith playing on him in 1987.
Rhys was a wingman, and killed "Mr Incredible".
Kernahan by a mile
Different players for different eras
Silvagni had to play on the old style power forwards every week.
Carey (Arguably best ever player), Lockett (1300 goals), Dunstall (1000+ goals), Richardson (played on him when Richo was a forward), Longmire (Quality) , Lloyd (Quality), Ablett (Kept him...
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