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.
....and speaking of ruck rules....gawn said something about this a week ago.
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.
Sounds like things will change sooner rather than later.
Byrne and Chesser i think were the 2 that have played after half time.....with both kicking a goal.
The AFL got the ruck rules wrong starting two years back when Scott complained about TDK, it was wrong again last year and instead of admitting a mistake it has doubled down.
And as I have been warning, that could easily have been BigH hobbling off instead of Neale.
I probably should have mentioned Cooper Lord before. He’s your quintessential blue collar worker whose efforts lead to chains of possessions and disrupt opposition plays.
He’s a player who is easily overlooked and/or undervalued.