List Mgmt. Welcome Harry Barnett (Pick 23, 2022 National Draft)

[dinnaz]

Stop your bloody whinging, we just drafted the best young ruckman available FFS

Best ruck prospect for 3 years

 

[Eastern Rangers]

202cm but has the shape of a traditional Key Forward.

Generally skeptical of rucks as they develop so slowly. His physical advantage over his peers may diminish in time but he looks like he's got some football ability.

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[Avalor]

202cm but has the shape of a traditional Key Forward.

Generally skeptical of rucks as they develop so slowly. His physical advantage over his peers may diminish in time but he looks like he's got some football ability.

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With his leap and athleticism, he could indeed make a formidable full forward.

 

[Keys]

Lycett was 203cm and by the looks of Barnett, less agile

Rowan Marshall

19

Rowan Marshall

Age

28

Ht

201cm

Wt

105kg

Pos.

Ruck

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.4

4star

K

8.8

3star

HB

6.6

4star

CL

3.4

5star

HO

20.2

5star

D

12.9

3star

K

9.3

4star

HB

3.6

2star

CL

2.8

4star

HO

17.8

5star

D

10.6

3star

K

5.8

3star

HB

4.8

4star

CL

1.0

3star

HO

7.8

5star

201cm
Sean Darcy

4

Sean Darcy

Age

25

Ht

203cm

Wt

111kg

Pos.

Ruck

Career

Season

Last 5

D

10.1

3star

K

3.4

1star

HB

6.6

4star

CL

2.4

4star

HO

28.8

5star

D

6.8

1star

K

2.0

1star

HB

4.8

3star

CL

1.8

4star

HO

20.3

5star

D

11.4

3star

K

4.6

2star

HB

6.8

5star

CL

2.6

5star

HO

32.0

5star

203cm
Tim English 207cm
Luke Jackson

9

Luke Jackson

Age

22

Ht

199cm

Wt

102kg

Pos.

F/R

Career

Season

Last 5

D

8.3

2star

K

3.3

1star

HB

5.0

4star

M

1.5

2star

T

1.0

3star

G

0.3

3star

D

8.3

2star

K

3.3

1star

HB

5.0

3star

M

1.5

2star

T

1.0

2star

G

0.3

3star

D

8.3

3star

K

3.3

2star

HB

5.0

4star

M

1.5

2star

T

1.0

3star

G

0.3

3star

199cm

They’re some of the young rucks he’ll come up against in time

He’ll be ok

 

[Dylan82]

We had a need to draft a ruck.

And we got the best ruck in the draft with our third selection.


That's a fantastic outcome.


202cm, 97kg. That's taller and heavier than B.Williams. He's a BIG unit already.

Which makes his combine testing all the more impressive - 6:32min 2km and 3s 20m is freakish at that size.


Seems to have gone under the radar somewhat with the media focus of the draft looking elsewhere.


Follows up well from stoppage, pushes into space and reads play behind the ball more like a key defender than a typical ruckman.


If he develops a genuine link-up game to partner those athletic traits then it will become a question in future years of how was he allowed to slip to pick 23.

Outstanding amount to work with here.

The more I see of him, the more things I see that leave me impressed.


With the tactical flavour of the competition being rucks that can push back defensively to free up intercept defenders, he has a unique set of attributes that could make him a very valuable player far beyond basic ruck work.


After Redden hung up his boots and with Hurn not far off either, the club needed to boost its South Australian quota anyway.


Welcome to West Coast Harry. Plenty of opportunity available early if you're willing to take it.

 

[FKASC]

Lycett was 203cm and by the looks of Barnett, less agile

Was thinking about Slyce watching Barnett’s videos. If you watch Lycett’s predraft stuff he was pretty damn agile and had a big leap. That’s what was disappointing about his first few years with the club, he seemed to lose that as soon as he bulked up

 

[Keys]

We had a need to draft a ruck.

And we got the best ruck in the draft with our third selection.


That's a fantastic outcome.


202cm, 97kg. That's taller and heavier than B.Williams. He's a BIG unit already.

Which makes his combine testing all the more impressive - 6:32min 2km and 3s 20m is freakish at that size.


Seems to have gone under the radar somewhat with the media focus of the draft looking elsewhere.


Follows up well from stoppage, pushes into space and reads play behind the ball more like a key defender than a typical ruckman.


If he develops a genuine link-up game to partner those athletic traits then it will become a question in future years of how was he allowed to slip to pick 23.

Outstanding amount to work with here.

The more I see of him, the more things I see that leave me impressed.


With the tactical flavour of the competition being rucks that can push back defensively to free up intercept defenders, he has a unique set of attributes that could make him a very valuable player far beyond basic ruck work.


After Redden hung up his boots and with Hurn not far off either, the club needed to boost its South Australian quota anyway.


Welcome to West Coast Harry. Plenty of opportunity available early if you're willing to take it.

WCE_phil posted last night that Barnett played as a KPD before shifting into the ruck which helps explain your observations here

 

[Dark Sharks]

202cm, 97kg. That's taller and heavier than B.Williams. He's a BIG unit already.

Debatable.

 

[bzparkes]

After Redden hung up his boots

 

[Ambrose Burnside]

I feel he has the most impressive highlights of all our draftees.

A mobile ruckman who can clunk marks up forward and down back, being tutored on the art of tapwork by Nic Naitanui.

* me.

 

[THE A5]

Was thinking about Slyce watching Barnett’s videos. If you watch Lycett’s predraft stuff he was pretty damn agile and had a big leap. That’s what was disappointing about his first few years with the club, he seemed to lose that as soon as he bulked up

Didn’t he struggle with op and knee issues a bit?

 

[Evo47]

Like this pick. Good for B Williams and Jamo to have some friendly competition. Can’t hurt

 

[Ishmael_]

Swinging Dick


Based on what Fox had to say about him bs the BEagles anyway.

I mean,

Did you save this to your notepad?

Probably? He's really got you here. Very meme-able.

 

[Bender_]

I mean,


Probably? He's really got you here. Very meme-able.

Well, it's already unintentionally worked better than the Redden replacement post, so I'll take that as a win.

 

[Ishmael_]

Well, it's already unintentionally worked better than the Redden replacement post, so I'll take that as a win.

It's definitely better material, and for the good of the board.

You're a martyr.

 

[fullbull]

I think it comes down to the ceiling on this guy. I don't know much about him. Being the best ruck in a draft is one thing - but will he be good overall. For a second round selection - I'd expect him to become our number 1 ruck in 4 or 5 years.

Still doesn't help solve our ruck dilemma and in some ways, it makes it worse. We have Jamo and Williams still developing and no mature options to cover if Nic goes down. One of them either needs to take a big step in 2023 or we'll need to cut some losses and get a mature one in at the end of the season.

One thing I noticed is he's already over 90kg, which suggests he's already done a bit of filling out. With a bit of luck, he might be ready by 2025 to lead the ruck. That's best case scenario, but let's hope it eventuates.

 

[ziad]

With his leap and athleticism, he could indeed make a formidable full forward.

and in later years with say teaming with Jamo he could spend time forward as a real threat given his endurance

 

[JoshWoodenSpoon]

ginbey2barnett @ 0:29

 

[Nuffington Post]

We haven’t had a ruck who can take a contested mark in a long time. I know rucks usually take time to develop but I could easily see Barnett becoming our #2 ruck quite quickly.


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[flamingEMBERS]

If he becomes number 2 because he's actually good in the ruck and maybe just maybe Nic loses some weight, it might extend Nic's career if we are willing for him to play forward. Something that has seemed to fall completely off the radar since Cox retired

 

[ziad]

We had a need to draft a ruck.

And we got the best ruck in the draft with our third selection.


That's a fantastic outcome.


202cm, 97kg. That's taller and heavier than B.Williams. He's a BIG unit already.

Which makes his combine testing all the more impressive - 6:32min 2km and 3s 20m is freakish at that size.


Seems to have gone under the radar somewhat with the media focus of the draft looking elsewhere.


Follows up well from stoppage, pushes into space and reads play behind the ball more like a key defender than a typical ruckman.


If he develops a genuine link-up game to partner those athletic traits then it will become a question in future years of how was he allowed to slip to pick 23.

Outstanding amount to work with here.

The more I see of him, the more things I see that leave me impressed.


With the tactical flavour of the competition being rucks that can push back defensively to free up intercept defenders, he has a unique set of attributes that could make him a very valuable player far beyond basic ruck work.


After Redden hung up his boots and with Hurn not far off either, the club needed to boost its South Australian quota anyway.


Welcome to West Coast Harry. Plenty of opportunity available early if you're willing to take it.

Impressive set of numbers - fits the modern game perfectly

 

[BeornJ]

Annoyed we didn't get him as a father-son.

So Embley's illegitimate children don't count? Bloody vic bias

 

[MaxHunt]

I feel he has the most impressive highlights of all our draftees.

A mobile ruckman who can clunk marks up forward and down back, being tutored on the art of tapwork by Nic Naitanui.

* me.

If the results of the quality of tap work by the other recent rucks are anything to go by Nic needs to work on his tutoring.

 

[Ambrose Burnside]

If the results of the quality of tap work by the other recent rucks are anything to go by Nic needs to work on his tutoring.

His students have been Ralph Wiggum though.

 

[Balls In]

We need a ruck desperately and this bloke looks like a proper one.