Carlton Supporters Club

I think the question of whether or not to ruck certain players needs to be considered separately from the Kennedy incident. Cripps and McKay seem to take their fair share of ruck contests, so the club seems okay with it. I'd be curious to know if other clubs assign occasional rucking duties to their stars.

As an aside, to my eyes Taranto's foot seems the likely culprit.

So the ONLY reason Kennedy did his knee was because he was in a ruck contest??? Yeah nah.

If Taranto and him did the same thing and there was a brick wall there instead of Kosi, it would've been the brick walls fault too.

If what happened with Taranto didn't happen, then he doesn't do his knee. You know how i know this? Because he's done the same things 100's of times already in marking contests, rucking contests, midfield stoppage contests.

He was off balance because of the Taranto contact.
So far, that makes myself, Paul, the commentators agreeing with that side
and
You....and maybe LP blaming it on the ruck contest.

Side by side, in a push and shove and that would ONLY happen in a ruck contest?

As an aside, you suggesting the ONLY reason he hurt his knee was because of the lateral flex caused by Kosi, i refer you to a story i've told many a time previous about a former QB Teddy Bridgewater, who hurt his knee to the point where he almost had to get his leg amputated while at training......and without any contact whatsoever. Doctors said it was akin to a car crash......yet no contact.

Sometimes $h!t just happens.

You can play the blame game, but that did not occur because he was used as a ruckman. That occured because he was playing a game of footy and was a complete accident.

Paul Roos is a good example of what to do (and not do) with your stars in the ruck.

Paul Roos used to ruck Goodes....until he got a knee on knee while jumping at a centre bounce and did a PCL. He vowed never to use him in a centre bounce rucking contest again. (i believe they changed the rules since then anyway), but he never did.
However, he did use him in around the ground stuff when required because the chance of injury was no more or less than in any other contest around the ground, be it marking, or in a midfield battle.

Give it a break Kruddler; the foot clash with Taranto was a factor but it was the force applied by Koschitzke that did the damage.  Watch how Kennedy’s knee buckles as Koschitzke engages with him before winning the hitout.

Could the injury have happened in another play phase?  Of course it could, but it actually happened in a ruck contest and no amount of spin can change that.

utter garbage, Rich player ducked his head and forced the high contact. If he didnt duck his his head it would have been relatively a body on body contact. Roll out the KC.

Game has become a screwing joke

Game has become a screwing joke

Have you ever one a knee?

I have, multiple times. I can feel it while I watch that.
Most of the times I've done it was due to my weight being off balance rather than contact....just like Kennedy.
Difference was, I did my ACL.

If that is your strongest argument for needed 2 rucks in the side then I rest my case.

No it wasn't knee on knee.  Chugga's leg got pinned and his knee was bent inwards; classic medial ligament scenario.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/u0PitVW8a44

Hopefully it won't be as serious as last season's high-grade MCL injury.

No matter what excuses get made, having valuable Mids, and even more valuable and rare Coleman Medallists, repeatedly wrestle with typically the heaviest and often the strongest opposition player will brings increased risk of injury.