so where does it leave us in regards ruckmen capable of holding down the 1st ruck role.
at the start of next season
stephenson 32yo battler. really has to be cut. his spot should go to a junior rookie.
maric 29yo decent player but age and niggles are starting to catch up. just my opinion but we need to draft a youngh crash bash ruckman in preparation for ivans demise.
hampson 27 yo battler. his 7 yr performance history at carlton unfortunately is very accurate and we have a need to look elsewhere imo.
in short the long term outlook is dire. short term theres ivan and thats it. we must address this situation by taking two ruckmen one junior 18 - 21 one development 22- 24 if possible.
it is madness waiting until maric retires before we do a thing.