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5. ROWAN MARSHALL
He’s the old fashioned follower, able to ruck but does his best work around the ground. He had 25 disposals against Richmond’s Toby Nankervis and Ivan Soldo, which are Max Gawn-type numbers. He also took nine marks and won four clearances. In an era of Gawn, Grundy (at Collingwood) and Nic Naitanui and now Tim English, Marshall’s contribution has not been heavily recognised by the greater football public. He’s versatile, athletic, tremendous overhead and a nice kick, and rarely plays a bad game. On Sunday, it was a comfortable win by the Saints who rebounded strongly from half-back. They kicked seven goals from the back half and the Tigers struggled to consistently lay a finger on them. It helps somewhat when Max King is taking marks and kicking 6.1.
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And why at this stage unless a Heath or Campbell can play as a legit forward option playing either as a 2nd ruck isn't going to make us better. Hayes maybe has that skill set but otherwise the 15 min in total in a game is worth the risk as opposed to the rest of the game carrying a player.