St Kilda: McEvoy, Hickey, Stanley (?), Koschitzke, Pierce, Lever (?), Blake (part-timer). Decent depth, our top three are all less than 24 and have shown promise, generally ruckman don't peak until 25-27. I rate Stanley quite highly as a ruckman but it looks like he'll be used down back in the short term and of course there's questions over his durability.
Superior (6):
Carltank: Kreuzer, Hampson, Warnock, Rowe (part-timer). Pretty much any of their top three would be our number one ruck.
Filth: Jolly, Hudson (rookie), Grundy, Gault. Jolly and Hudson are both very skilled but in decline. Should Grundy fail, they're in trouble.
Fremantle: Sandilands, Griffin, Clarke, Hannath, Moller (rookie), Bradley (part-timer): Sandy's the best, Griffin and Clarke have both shown themselves capable. Curious as to why they picked up a 21 year old SANFL ruckman in the pre-season draft last year, maybe they're less confident than I am.
North: Goldstein, Currie, Daw, Wallace (?), Petrie (part-timer?). Currie could well be a bargain pick-up, Daw has huge potential, Goldstein is very very handy.
Sydney: Mumford, Pyke, Tippett (?), Naismith. They're a little thin, but they're Sydney.
Wet Toast: Cox, Natanui, Lycett, Sinclair (rookie). They're the best. It's an absolute crime they got Gaff, Darling and Lycett in the same draft.
Roughly equal (5):
Adelaide: Jacobs, Graham, Osborn (rookie), Dowdell (rookie), Jenkins (part-timer), McKernan (part-timer). Jacobs is excellent, but their stocks fall off a cliff after that.
Brisbane: Leuenberger, Longer, Martin (?), Michael (rookie). The Berger's fantastic, but he only played four games last year and is currently nursing an Achilles. Longer's a great prospect, but still young.
Essendon: Hille, Ryder, Bellchambers. Their stocks are thin, but good. We have the potential to be better, I can see Hickey surpassing Ryder and Big Ben has Bellchambers covered. Last year or year before Hille would've put them ahead.
Hawthorn: Bailey, Hale, Roughead (?), Lowden, Ceglar, Grimley. Too many fitness issues to rate their stocks ahead of ours. They're as deep and possibly better, but they have this many full-time rucks for a reason.
Melbourne: Jamar, Spencer, Gawn, Fitzpatrick, Clark (?). If they used Clark as a full-time ruck, I'd put them ahead. Jamar has come a long way but pushing 30.
Inferior (6):
Footscray: Minson, Cordy, Campbell, Roughead (part-timer). We're one or two years ahead, Minson's good but still under-sized, be interesting to see if he benefits from the new space at throw-ins rule. If Cordy kicks on they could catch us, possibly overtake.
Geelong: Simpson, West, McIntosh, Vardy, Blivcavs, Bathie. If any of the first four could stay fit, they'd be superior
Gold Coast: Smith, Gorringe, Nicholls, Hall (rookie). They will overtake us, but right now their stocks are too raw.
Port: Lobbe, Renouf, Redden. They're Port.
Richmond: Maric, Derickx, Stephenson (rookie), McBean (part-timer), Vickery (?). Not a slight against Maric, but losing him would kill their season.
Western Sydney: Giles, Brogan, Philips, Downie, O'hAilpin (part-timer). Giles is a good battler, but Brogan's more coach than player by now. They must be ruing not taking Longer, expect them to raid for a ruck soon.