Ruck It, Yeah! - Ranking The Rucks, 7 and 8
Ranking the teams' ruck divisions. The numbers in brackets indicate where the players rated for total hitouts in 2007.
7 Fremantle
Aaron Sandilands (8)
Robert Warnock (31)
Daniel Gilmore (42)
The Dockers must agree with the idea that "you can't teach height", which means you can teach players how to play but you can't make them taller than they are. The Dockers have a couple of huge players in the ruck, although their backup is The Gilmore Guy who is among the shortest ruckmen around. But Gilmore has been very effective at getting possessions so he can contribute in his own way.
8 Kangaroos
Hamish McIntosh (3)
David Hale (25)
Drew Petrie (30)
A few years ago it seemed Petrie would be their number 1 ruckman, but he is also needed in key positions and now only plays a few minutes to give McIntosh some rest. McIntosh made a drastic improvement last season, he won't be surprising people this time so he will have to have a few extra tricks for 2008. Hale was used as a key forward last season, as well as a backup ruckman.
Rocket, no.
Ruck It, Yeah! - Ranking The Rucks, 9 and 10
7 Fremantle
Aaron Sandilands (8)
Robert Warnock (31)
Daniel Gilmore (42)
The Dockers must agree with the idea that "you can't teach height", which means you can teach players how to play but you can't make them taller than they are. The Dockers have a couple of huge players in the ruck, although their backup is The Gilmore Guy who is among the shortest ruckmen around. But Gilmore has been very effective at getting possessions so he can contribute in his own way.
8 Kangaroos
Hamish McIntosh (3)
David Hale (25)
Drew Petrie (30)
A few years ago it seemed Petrie would be their number 1 ruckman, but he is also needed in key positions and now only plays a few minutes to give McIntosh some rest. McIntosh made a drastic improvement last season, he won't be surprising people this time so he will have to have a few extra tricks for 2008. Hale was used as a key forward last season, as well as a backup ruckman.
Rocket, no.
Ruck It, Yeah! - Ranking The Rucks, 9 and 10
