Comparison of the ruckmen recruited in this year's drafts.
Changing skyline: Clubs find new avenues for ruckmenPeter Ryan
AFL website
December 12, 2016 FIFTEEN of the 18 AFL clubs have added a new ruckman to their list since the Western Bulldogs won the flag with two makeshift ruckmen in Jordan Roughead and Tom Boyd.
Only Adelaide, Carlton and Greater Western Sydney did not use the NAB AFL Trade Period, NAB AFL Draft or NAB AFL Rookie Draft to add depth to the position.
The lack of tall timber coming through the ranks combined with changing rules continually altering the role has seen clubs look at all sorts of avenues to find ruckmen capable of backing up the senior crew in the short term at least.
New talls at your club
Adelaide: Reilly O'Brien 201cm (elevated to senior list)
Brisbane Lions: Oscar McInerney 203cm
Collingwood: Max Lynch 200cm
Essendon: Sam Draper 203cm
Fremantle: Sean Darcy 201cm
Fremantle: Luke Strnadica 201cm
Geelong: Ryan Abbott 200cm
Gold Coast: Jarrod Witts 209cm
Hawthorn: Ty Vickery 200cm
Melbourne: Lachlan Filipovic 199cm
North Melbourne: Nick Larkey 197cm
Port Adelaide: Peter Ladhams 202cm
Richmond: Toby Nankervis 199cm
St Kilda: Rowan Marshall 200cm
Sydney: Darcy Cameron 204cm
West Coast: Nathan Vardy 199cm
Western Bulldogs: Tim English 203cm
*Carlton and Greater Western Sydney did not add a player over 197cm
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2016-12-11/changing-skyline-clubs-find-new-avenues-for-ruckmen
