Scully was available with our first pick, it was lemmey and keeler who were taken just before us so we never got a chance with them.
I never have and probably never will follow the draft close enough to say we should have gone X and Y players over the ones we picked, especially for picks as late as the ones we had. Just from a list perspective they don’t seem to fill an obvious need like a key forward would have. It just goes back to drafting on talent over need, if those are the best players in the recruiters eyes available at our picks then so be it. Like someone said above there’s no point drafting players just because they are tall and have played forward in their junior careers.
In any case, good luck to the 2 boys selected - I hope they go on to have great careers at the RFC!
Point being made those talls were rated by other clubs to take before us we must have had em on the radar at around the picks we had.
Lemmy in particular had to be on our radar when still there at pick 40 did we not try a trade up.
Carlton certainly saw enough in him to take at 47 and Port saw enough in both Scully and Marshall to get em in their system at 53 and 59.
Of course with players taken so late their is risk as their is risk with the two picks we had.
If we are not prepared to take a punt on talls who have enough good attributes but may take a bit of time with late nd picks or rookie picks where the hell do we get em from.
I still think we take so many smalls because while a lot of em may only end up servicable they are less risk in you may get something out of them. When it comes to taking a chance on talls we are gun shy imo scared to get criticism if they don't work out.
Well hello with late picks regardless of size you will have more misses than hits.It should be expected.
