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SavRat, Greek Trampoline, Shannon Knolls. One's bound to stickThe only we are going to get a better ruck than Stanley is to draft and develop our own. We have a lotto ticket at least now.
Question mark would have to be over his ability t physically go toe to toe with the big rucks in the competition. Everything else he looks to have patted down for a future.
the lean beanpole rucks can often end up disasters like English at the dogs or they can develope quite a strong core and hold their own and go into forge elite careers like Sean cox.
huge focus in the gym for this kid
He’s not that skinny. He’s 92kgs so probably only needs to add another 8kg or so.
Are we missing this and he is Hawkins replacement - a key forward who can ruck up front.
At his height do..you see him picking spuds..? Scratcher Neale..? LOLHaving watched footage* of Tsapatolis' on the track last night I'll be backing Scratcher in to position himself as the club's post-Stanley ruckman (unless we end up trading in a ready-made mature ager from another club in the interim).
* couldn't call them highlights, that's for sure - the long streak of Greek has a long way to go, hands like rubber at this stage
That’s what I was wondering. Is he more likely to play predominantly as a key forward than as a ruckman?
Even at his height...lets just see what we have when he is actually playing. I think a truck load of protein shake may be the first requirementHe could but honestly with his vertical leap and tapwork we would be remiss not to play him in the ruck imo.
At his height do..you see him picking spuds..? Scratcher Neale..? LOL
What we have for the first time..in a long long time is two ruck prospects under 20. Finally we have at least given ourselves a chance to develop our own.
The package they showed on the fox coverage showed some traits that are similar to Stanley..he can mark well OH , kick a good ball and had good times at the combine..he presents as player that may well be like SDek in that may well suit a few roles.
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Mature kid, definitely passes the 'character' test.
Hammies are ok. Just watch out for those calves and groins/hips.What a pick, l reckon if ever you were looking for character Wellsey got this one right.
And won't leave anything in the tank.
50.8sec 400, sheesh! Just try that Rheese, then again, please don't, worried about your hammies.
Hammies are ok. Just watch out for those calves and groins/hips.
Glad we have 2 young rucks to develop. Hopefully one turns into a star to replace stanley when he retires in a few years time.
Mature kid, definitely passes the 'character' test.
Good call Daz - he has a bit of Max KingA bloke that size running the 400 like that.... r u kidding me? That anaerobic into that aerobic cross over is murder... but in a 202 bloke.. wow.
FFS and I know its the lower level but him running that kid down in D 50.... thats a mindset as much as the physical tools to do it.
Watching the footage, albeit brief, he reminded my of Max Kingin his marking and kicking style. A high bar for comparison and not suggesting he's that level or will be, but as raw talent goes, its a great place to start.PLAYERCARDSTART12Max King
- Age
- 23
- Ht
- 202cm
- Wt
- 100kg
- Pos.
- Fwd
CareerSeasonLast 5
- D
- 7.3
- 2star
- K
- 4.7
- 2star
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- 2.6
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- 2.7
- 3star
- T
- 0.7
- 3star
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- 1.4
- 5star
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- 7.3
- 2star
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- 4.7
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- 2.6
- 2star
- M
- 2.7
- 3star
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- 0.7
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- G
- 1.4
- 5star
- D
- 8.0
- 2star
- K
- 5.2
- 2star
- HB
- 2.8
- 3star
- M
- 2.8
- 3star
- T
- 0.6
- 3star
- G
- 1.4
- 5star
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haha good point, maybe not ...
will check out Neale's highlight's shortly - in the mean time, did you see footage of Tsapatolis on the training track? footskills look neat ... ish ... but double-clutching everything (when he wasn't spilling it entirely); not the safest pair of hands .. early days I know, but some kids already 'have it' by now; Tsapatolis does not, at the minute.
I've been advocating drafting a ruckman for a while; its a long road though, and as we've seen with Dawson Simpsonand Vardy there are no guarantees that they will complete their journey with us .. happy for the club to invest the time and resources though, hopefully Neale is up to the task.PLAYERCARDSTARTDawson Simpson
- Age
- 35
- Ht
- 210cm
- Wt
- 109kg
- Pos.
- Ruck
CareerSeasonLast 5
- D
- 7.4
- 2star
- K
- 2.5
- 1star
- HB
- 5.0
- 4star
- CL
- 2.0
- 4star
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- 26.2
- 5star
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- D
- 6.2
- 2star
- K
- 2.4
- 1star
- HB
- 3.8
- 3star
- CL
- 1.2
- 4star
- HO
- 13.0
- 5star
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