Position 2026 Rucks

[Obese Arachnid]

I'm going with my usual ruck strategy.

Forget & Regret.

 

[The Gulden Child]

If big X is scoring anything like a $700K plus stud he will be extremely hard to remove (think Grundy last year).

Grundy training reports indicate he is likely to keep his form up from last year. Sydney bye sux.

 

[NT.Thunder]

If the new ruck rules do impact the number of ruck contests then I think Max might be the lesser affected out of him and Xerri.

Xerri scoring is much more reliant on his follow-up tackling at the contest.

Max, like Tim English and Darcy Cameron, scores more from his marking and kicking.

I’d lean towards the premier ruckman for the last 5 years still being the pick of the bunch.

But it’s definitely a watch as to how severely ruck scoring is affected.

100% - rucks who score well through transition points will be less effected, that’s logical considering we already know there will be a xx% of less ruck contests around the ground.

Those that rely on points generated through HTA more and contested work like tackling in the contest I’d expect to regress.

It’s just how much is the question. Both Gawn and Grundy are a lot of money to bank into the starting 23 and pose risk without this knowledge.

For me I’ll hedge my bets and likely start a Gawn that I don’t expect to be hurt as much as a Xerri and Jackson/English depending on teams/injuries.

I mean Gawn was too old last year right, has to be too old this season then!

 

[A Bit Dusty]

The only Ruck that really interests me outside of Gawn & Xerri is TDK.
Priced at 96 and $524k I think he could go 110+ average this year but that Round 4 bye is a pain in the a$$.
I already have a few Saints and 1 GWS player so I don't really want any more to start with unfortunately.

 

[The Gulden Child]

The only Ruck that really interests me outside of Gawn & Xerri is TDK.
Priced at 96 and $524k I think he could go 110+ average this year but that Round 4 bye is a pain in the a$$.
I already have a few Saints and 1 GWS player so I don't really want any more to start with unfortunately.

It's hard to come up with a solid bye strategy. My team looks weak if I make allowances. Might need to use two boosts in the first half a dozen rounds.

 

[Here2tellyouwhy]

It's hard to come up with a solid bye strategy. My team looks weak if I make allowances. Might need to use two boosts in the first half a dozen rounds.

You could...you know...

Give TDK the old... treatment.





BTW wheres that Roughie loving campaigner Judd_Magic