Player Watch Welcome to Hawthorn : MSD Pick 3, Clay Tucker

[Strapping Young Lad]

Welcome Clay!

 

[bigconornash]

Welcome to the best club Clay!

 

[Judd2Sewell]

Good luck Clay

 

[TDS7]

Ramsden/Tucker at BHH is going to be a nightmare for oppos. Would really like to see how he goes as a forward.

 

[Max Powers]

Welcome to Hawthorn Clay. All the best.

 

[Clickgotheshears]

Welcome to the Family Club Clay!

 

[Hawker55]

Ramsden/Tucker at BHH is going to be a nightmare for oppos. Would really like to see how he goes as a forward.

Wonder if we're looking to use him primarily as a forward? I think it also means Max Lynch's concussion issues may be more serious than we've let on.

 

[spudmaster]

 

[extractasam]

Gee it’s gonna be a hot pre season coming up between all these ruckman with only 2 spots up for grabs every week.

Good luck clay!

 

[Kuuz]

Welcome Clay!

Looking forward to how he shapes up. Definitely a solid ruck that we can mould over the next few years. He strikes me as the type to get fired up.

K I'm all out of puns.

 

[Cleavy]

Wonder if we're looking to use him primarily as a forward? I think it also means Max Lynch's concussion issues may be more serious than we've let on.

feels like a ruck insurance policy to me.

 

[CHUBBSS]

North take the wrong player when picking jai, now again with Tucker, this is a steal in the mid season. Long term development in spades and quite talented.

 

[Slainte]

I see Tucker as a project player and Ryan as insurance

feels like a ruck insurance policy to me.

 

[The Jet From Poowong]

He is a left handed ruckman which is a point of difference.

Good luck Clay. Just temper the old man, please

EDIT - he might be a dual handed ruckman
I could have sworn I saw him tap with his left hand on the weekend and looked so natural, and yet all of the highlights show him tapping with the right

 

[moginie]

So pleased that we've got him. We can develop him at our pace. He's not going to get any shorter, but he will get better.

 

[Fluro Boots]

He is a left handed ruckman which is a point of difference.

Good luck Clay. Just temper the old man, please

EDIT - he might be a dual handed ruckman
I could have sworn I saw him tap with his left hand on the weekend and looked so natural, and yet all of the highlights show him tapping with the right

I prefer right handed ruckman. Lefties increase ruck injuries IMO without any stats to back it up it’s just a 50/50 as to whether it’s our ruck or theirs

 

[Mississippi]

Interesting selection - likely that Max Lynch will be elsewhere next year.

A lot of talls on our list - will one of them step up as a key defender (our biggest weakness) - Ramsden or Ryan, or otherwise Jeka, who’s games as a key defender and elite kick have been good.

I smell a bit of innovation coming up from Sam.

 

[The Cleaner]

With any luck he’ll play 100 for us so we also land Tucker’s daughter.

 

[moginie]

With any luck he’ll play 100 for us so we also land Tucker’s daughter.

She's a memory.....

 

[Agent Smith]

Because rucks are often late developers, the MSD is the perfect forum for picking potential rather than the national draft where we're trying to pan for more obvious gold. Well done recruiters, looks like we've got a couple of likely prospects that could be anything, who knows, which allows us to shop for onballers and KPPs later in the year. It’s now just a wait and see if Tucker and Ryan can take their opportunity with both hands and give it a red hot go.

 

[grumbleguts]

He comes to Hawthorn being the biggest bloke on every team only to have Ned Reeves say "welcome to the club, little fella."

 

[Alite]

204cm, 99kg, 09/8/2004

Started the weekend Box Hill game brilliantly with multiple taps to advantage and a few very smart handballs. Was one of our best in the first qtr but faded. For a 19 year old, the boy has serious ruck-craft. Kicks the ball well enough and can mark.

He reminds me of Oscar McInerney

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Oscar Mcinerney

Age

29

Ht

204cm

Wt

110kg

Pos.

Ruck

Career

Season

Last 5

D

8.1

2star

K

4.1

2star

HB

3.9

3star

CL

1.4

4star

HO

14.3

5star

D

6.9

1star

K

4.1

2star

HB

2.7

2star

CL

1.9

4star

HO

16.4

5star

D

7.6

2star

K

4.0

2star

HB

3.6

3star

CL

0.4

3star

HO

11.2

5star

, but more handsome

Has all of the tools to be an AFL ruckman and I can see him becoming a reliable AFL ruck. Will need to work on his tank but that is OK.

A solid selection in the MSD.

 

[Pinoy Hawk]

Clay Tucker Highlights.

 

[Pinoy Hawk]

 

[Walshawk]

Has been training quite a bit with us. Very good contested mark.