One of Buddy's strengths is that when he's being well held down forward, he can push up the ground and use his excellent field kicking to bring other forwards into the game. Obviously hadn't recovered from the corkie, and that impacted his ability to contribute around the ground which was a big loss to Sydney. Feel sorry for him, has been unlucky with injury in finals two years in a row now. With both Franklin and Kennedy having down games at the same time, it was always going to be tough for Sydney given they are not blessed with a large number of other consistent finals performers.

