Leppa's review of Garth's 2019 so far:
His first five AFL games of 2019"He's looked really good. He's got that highly defensive mindset and he's still slowly building in his offensive component of his game. He's a big spoiler as we know and likes to glue to his opposition, so they're always trustworthy players."
His huge distance covered in games (15.8km average for his past four games)"There's always one defender, usually your tallest key, that plays 100 per cent of the game and he's it for us. They tend to build the kilometres mostly based off the the time they play, they probably play 10 per cent longer than most other players. There is a lot of that sweeping running where you're pushing up the ground and then going left to right, and a lot of kilometres getting built from a lot of possessions but it does definitely secure our defence well."
His number one rank at the Club for spoils"He's not so much our intercept possession-type player, but he's the one that plays behind, gets the spoil done and gets some distance for our offence to rebound. He's slowly building the offensive part of his game but that will come when he learns some smarter positioning on the ground and more aggressive positioning, but we're hopeful that will build over time."
Experience playing on opposition sides' key forwards"You put him on a guy like Ben Brown (North Melbourne) last week and give him the big job but you're kind of hopeful that the support around him, like Astbury and Grimes, can come in and give him that extra support. Because (Garthwaite's) our most defensive player, we think giving him the bigger jobs is a good idea."
Read more at: https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2019-06-05/coaches-corner-ryan-garthwaite
