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He's been doing a bit of both for a while now.
This year is the first year that he's played primarily as a key forward though, right? When Hayes gets back, it will be Ladhams and Hayes sharing the ruck duties.
He's developing really well in the SANFL at this stage in a dedicated role. His task this year is to earn a new contract as a development key forward, rather than as a development ruck, and he's got a great shot at doing that, even if it means that he gets put on the rookie list for a bit (which will help with our salary cap).
If he plays in the AFL, the chances of us being able to retain him in this manner are low, which means we would have to delist someone who we might actually want to keep that may be picked up by another club.
It's a long term list management strategy whereby we can utilise the rookie list as an extension of the primary list.