Senior 10. Harry McKay

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Playing second ruck and showing speed, he has some Joe Daniher about him, too. Daniher was pants last year (for a variety of reasons), but the year before was all superstar-y. I really like McKay as deep-forward and relief ruck.

I really enjoy watching Harry burn past Tom Langdon is a race for a loose ball on Monday. I like Langdon, he's a good player, good interceptor, seems a good egg all round. But what must he have been thinking when a unit 15cm taller and 10kg+ heavier than him ran the f*&^ past him? "Good god, I hope I don't get isolated on this guy again today".
Yeh agreed. Harry is an athletic freak in his own right.

He doesn't have the lateral movement, agility nor evasiveness of Charlie - but his top speed and straight line movement is elite. His co-ordination is rare for his size too.
 

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Playing second ruck and showing speed, he has some Joe Daniher about him, too. Daniher was pants last year (for a variety of reasons), but the year before was all superstar-y. I really like McKay as deep-forward and relief ruck.

I really enjoy watching Harry burn past Tom Langdon is a race for a loose ball on Monday. I like Langdon, he's a good player, good interceptor, seems a good egg all round. But what must he have been thinking when a unit 15cm taller and 10kg+ heavier than him ran the f*&^ past him? "Good god, I hope I don't get isolated on this guy again today".
It's actually good to have a 6'7" tall forward who has a lot of pace and agility about him and is a decent size too!
 

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Yeh agreed. Harry is an athletic freak in his own right.

He doesn't have the lateral movement, agility nor evasiveness of Charlie - but his top speed and straight line movement is elite. His co-ordination is rare for his size too.
Harry has a load of agility for someone who is that tall. Charlie is just an absolute freak!
 

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I trust everyone saw that Harry's contested marks over the first 3 weeks is the most anyone has taken since they started recording the stat? Better than Richo in his prime, or anything Pavlich or Jono Brown or whoever ever did.

Sure, it's only one aspect of the game, but nice to see Harry has a legit weapon. McKay is not something Blues fans need to worry about, he's something 17 other clubs' fans need to worry about.
 

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I wouldn't have picked McKay to have become so dominant in the air so quickly.

Even last year he was muscled out of position much too easily, but he's core strength seems to have been developed exponentially.
Hands are vice-like already. Looks likely to become a very serious player, sooner than later.
 
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