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dragit wrote:No I meant Lever, listed as 198 on the saints website…
I just remember reading an interview post draft, he was saying how he had been asked to play ruck which he didn't enjoy and that it wasn't his position.
Yeah I read that also.
He's probably a bit like Gaertner was was listed at 199cms but certainly wasn't a ruckman.
Agreed we will miss him - but really it is only because it upsets the team balance. We matched Hawthorn in hitouts and clearances without him - so what does that say? He is the ONLY true ruckman on our list hence we have to play him when fit. My issue has always been that he is still developing and is a long way from becoming an effective ruckman and that we have no one else to put pressure on him. I emailed the club and raised this numerous times prior to the Pre-Season/Rookie drafts but they chose not to recruit another ruckman. To be honest it is a lesson well learnt for the club and list managers - a very poor decision IMO.
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I can't remember us winning too many clearances, especially when the game was on the line early in the last quarter. This is when our incredibly fit and large ruckman could have kept going, rather than what happened, which is Hale eventually monstering Blake and Stanley.
ThePunter wrote:I can't remember us winning too many clearances, especially when the game was on the line early in the last quarter. This is when our incredibly fit and large ruckman could have kept going, rather than what happened, which is Hale eventually monstering Blake and Stanley.
Where would you find one of them McEvoy - couldn't run out of sight in the dark!
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