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Anthony Rocco v Travis Cloke

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The general consensus is that Cloke was the better player. Cloke had a better pair of hands and worked up the ground more than Rocca.
Rocca on the other hand was a more exciting player, who got the team going with his stirring long goals. He also had that added bit of mongrel, which gave him an edge on the field, in a similar way that Carey had an edge. Cloke never had enough mongrel in him, (strange given his old man had it).
Rocca was Buckley’s right hand man throughout 2002 & 2003. We wouldn’t have made either Grand Final without the pair. Rocca’s game in the 2002 Grand Final was sublime.
As good as Cloke was in 2010 & 2011, he had better players around him than Rocca did. In 2011 he marked everything in sight, but his kicking for goal made so many of his marks wasted.
Anthony Rocca missed some absolute sitters over the course of his career as well.
Rocca was more of a clutch player in my opinion and that’s why he gets my tick.
 
Travis Cloke had more talent, undeniably. Physical freak with his combination of strength + endurance.

That being said, I will always choose Rocca. No chance of him wilting as Trav occasionally did, and Rocca just had that venom that you can't teach.

This performance is one of my all-time most memorable.
 

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Anthony Rocca for me.
 
gouki88 said:
Travis Cloke had more talent, undeniably. Physical freak with his combination of strength + endurance.

That being said, I will always choose Rocca. No chance of him wilting as Trav occasionally did, and Rocca just had that venom that you can't teach.

This performance is one of my all-time most memorable.
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Cloke, Rocca, Tarrant in the same forwardline... How did we not win more that year?

(sees Guy Richards in the ruck) - Oh yeah, right.
 
Jelly Bean said:
I'd order our recent key forwards:

T Cloke
S Rocca
A Rocca
C Tarrant
B Mihocek
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Sav ahead of Anthony? That’s a big call.

to me it’s between Cloke and A Rocca. And it’s tough…Rocca was a very good ruckman so that somewhat offsets Clokes up the ground work on the lead. He was aerobically fitter that’s for sure.

More is asked of players today, and the same can be said of Cloke compared to Rocca. Cloke was a contested marking beast.

Rocca did perform better in the big games and I feel kicked better at goal and had better range. He was still prone to the odd spray, but Cloke was very unpredictable and as such didn’t kick massive bags.

Cloke is a premiership player though and I think that is what tips him over the edge even though my heart tells me Rocca.
 
MooreTreloar said:
Both are great but I think sentimentally I'd have to pick Rocca. As a child of the 90's I use to love going to the G watching him play. Well that and the fact I saw him at Coles one Saturday morning after a Friday night game in the late 90's. I may or may not have offered him some of my hot chips for the local chicken and chip shop....
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Great story, did he pinch a few?
Good story as well, I played cricket agst him in 94/95 i think before he got drafted to go to Syd. He knocked over one of my teammates who said he was overawed playing agst the brother of Sav.
 
Trickster said:
Great story, did he pinch a few?
Good story as well, I played cricket agst him in 94/95 i think before he got drafted to go to Syd. He knocked over one of my teammates who said he was overawed playing agst the brother of Sav.
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Thanks. He politely said no thanks, but fair to say 9-10 year old me was star struck.
 
Mostfamousclub_Pies said:
The general consensus is that Cloke was the better player. Cloke had a better pair of hands and worked up the ground more than Rocca.
Rocca on the other hand was a more exciting player, who got the team going with his stirring long goals. He also had that added bit of mongrel, which gave him an edge on the field, in a similar way that Carey had an edge. Cloke never had enough mongrel in him, (strange given his old man had it).
Rocca was Buckley’s right hand man throughout 2002 & 2003. We wouldn’t have made either Grand Final without the pair. Rocca’s game in the 2002 Grand Final was sublime.
As good as Cloke was in 2010 & 2011, he had better players around him than Rocca did. In 2011 he marked everything in sight, but his kicking for goal made so many of his marks wasted.
Anthony Rocca missed some absolute sitters over the course of his career as well.
Rocca was more of a clutch player in my opinion and that’s why he gets my tick.
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Rocca was a better mark than Clokey.
 

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Jelly Bean said:
Cloke, Rocca, Tarrant in the same forwardline... How did we not win more that year?

(sees Guy Richards in the ruck) - Oh yeah, right.
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Buckley, Swan, Pendles, Daisy, and Clement. Not a bad list at all.

Plus we too easily forget the other collossus in Lockyer, it's criminal how often he is overlooked when we discuss the giants of the club. :)
 
TW Sherrin said:
Cloke was better "on the ground"...wrestling one on one or in a leading contested situation.

Rocca was better above the ground into packs or above opponents.
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They were both great marks, but Cloke could get to more contests and out strength more blokes once he got there. Therefore he took MORE contested marks. Pebbles always needed a run up to take his pack marks.
 

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