Re: Rd 19: Pre Game Prayers: Carlton vs Hawthorn
Reply #24 –
In round 7, we played one ruckman - Kreuzer - with Casboult as part time back-up. We started off with the same structure in round 8 but Rowe had to step in when Casboult went off. Rowe rucked much better than Casboult ever has. In every other game we have played two dedicated ruckmen (if you can call Gorringe and Rowe dedicated ruckmen - Gibbs got as many hitouts as Rowe in round 9!). In any case, it's a pointless argument; they won't risk Casboult's knee by playing him in the ruck again this season.
We do need to play two key forwards so that Casboult isn't trying to outmark two defenders and can get up the ground to provide an outlet.