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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: 2026 Last Practice Match Carlton vs Geelong
Last post by Lods -
Does anyone have the game stats.
Particularly interested in Pittonet's
He seemed to be picking up quite few disposals.


Edit- No worries got them here
https://www.afl.com.au/afl/matches/8251#player-stats

Pittonet 16 (32 hitouts), Reidy 8 and (19 hitouts)...
Fogarty wasn't great and apparrently iced up but only played a third of the game.
Hayward only played a third of the game as well and apparently threw up again. Maybe he's a bit crook and shouldn't have played at all.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: 2026 Last Practice Match Carlton vs Geelong
Last post by Professer E -
Cats kick well for goal from range (e.g. Henry) but the continued reliance upon aging players like Danger and Martin is catching up... Martin's first goal was rubbish, his second was after a non- HTB call.
I thought SdK was bullied in the ruck and woeful at ground level, didn't want to get his hands dirty.
Pretty clear it's all about slick ball movement in 2026.
George Hewitt is still a vital ball getter and distributor, just wished he was a better kick.
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: 2026 Last Practice Match Carlton vs Geelong
Last post by DJC -
Quote from: Lods – on
Not sure why Byrne was spending a fair bit of time in the backline at one stage of the game but it's not where we need him.

Lewis Young is a strange one. He has the tools to play the game, but is pretty indecisive at times and slow to react. He's very much a confidence player.

Just on the Ruck contests...without looking at the stats Pittonet seemed to be dominating them and continued to do so around the ground. He also seems to be picking up quite a few disposals
After they started getting pinged both him and Reidy seemed to be hesitant in their approach to the contest at centre 'Throw-Ups'. Confusion reigned. ::)

Byrne helping out in defence is part of the small forward's role.  He covers the ground well and seems to have the endurance necessary for end to end running.

I thought that Young was good again last night.  I don't think that he is as indecisive as the look on his face suggests  :-\

Pitto and Reidy smashed the Geelong rucks, even with the dodgy frees.  What was interesting was that the Cats used De Koning as their athletic, leaping ruckman at centre ball ups and he managed just three hitouts for the game.  I think that we'll go with the two rucks next week.  Working in tandem seems to suit Pitto and Reidy more than it did Pitto and TDK. 
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: 2026 Last Practice Match Carlton vs Geelong
Last post by Milhanna13 -
Quote from: Thryleon – on
Quote from: kruddler – on
....and speaking of ruck rules....

We've just seen what looks like our first PCL injury (knee on knee) in the ruck, which is why we went away from these ruck rules originally.

Reckon they will tweak this rule again before 2027.
gawn said something about this a week ago.

Sounds like things will change sooner rather than later.

will TDK have to give some of his contract back???
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: 2026 Last Practice Match Carlton vs Geelong
Last post by Milhanna13 -
Quote from: kruddler – on
Byrne and Chesser i think were the 2 that have played after half time.....with both kicking a goal.


I think Chesser started the game.  It would be easy to miss him, as i reckon he had 2 or 3 touches, where the (blue and white hooped) commentators were too busy telling us about what brand of tea each cats player prefers, to call the name of the blues player with the footy
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Robert Heatley Stand / Re: 2026 Last Practice Match Carlton vs Geelong
Last post by Lods -
Not sure why Byrne was spending a fair bit of time in the backline at one stage of the game but it's not where we need him.

Lewis Young is a strange one. He has the tools to play the game, but is pretty indecisive at times and slow to react. He's very much a confidence player.

Just on the Ruck contests...without looking at the stats Pittonet seemed to be dominating them and continued to do so around the ground. He also seems to be picking up quite a few disposals
After they started getting pinged both him and Reidy seemed to be hesitant in their approach to the contest at centre 'Throw-Ups'. Confusion reigned. ::)