Malthouse rates Nank as the 3rd best ruckman in the league.
Mick Malthouse’s top eight ruckmen/ruck combinations.1. Brodie Grundy (Coll) Age: 25, Games: 112
2. Max Gawn (Melb) 27, 103
3. Toby Nankervis (Rich) 24, 63
At No.3 is the man who set up the Tigers’ premiership win, Toby Nankervis. He is not No.1 in any key stat I’ve mentioned, but he is thereabouts in all of them. He also carries the hope of Richmond supporters on his shoulders this season, but I fear for a lone ruckman when the odds are stacked against him to play out a full year. He will need assistance, just as Grundy has Mason Cox and Gawn now has Braydon Preuss.
4. Jarrod Witts (GC) 26, 84
5. Shane Mumford (GWS) 32, 174
6. Ben McEvoy/Jon Ceglar (Haw) 29, 28 / 191,65
7. Tom Hickey/Nathan Vardy (WC) 28, 27 / 83, 61
8. Rowan Marshall (St K) 23 16
(All numbers at end of Round 4)https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/teams/mick-malthouse-rates-the-most-influential-ruckmen-in-the-afl/news-story/783f9a4fc029560d76eedd455fc485b9