Ruck It, Yeah! - Ranking The Rucks: Richmond ranked 15th

[one-eyed]

Ruck It, Yeah! - Ranking The Rucks, 15 and 16
aflinsider.net
January 22nd 2008 01:10

Ranking the teams' ruck divisions. The spines were rated on the site previously, and showed that team success is sometimes not directly associated with a great spine. The ruck spot is often the most important and influential position on the ground, and there does seem to be a direct correlation between having a great ruckman, or two, and being a successful team.

The numbers in brackets indicate where the players rated for total hitouts in 2007. For example, Pattison had the 22nd most hitouts in the AFL last season while Simmonds was 29th in the league for total hitouts.


15 Richmond
Troy Simmonds (29)
Adam Pattison (22)
Angus Graham (70)

They were one draft pick away, due to the priority pick rules, from getting the best ruckman in the draft. Once again they will go into battle with shorter, but more mobile, ruckmen than the opposition.


16 Adelaide
Rhett Biglands
Jonathon Griffin (27)
Ivan Maric (47)

It has been a long time since the Crows had Rehn and they ruled in the ruck. They will even miss Hudson and Clarke who provided a lot of hitouts in recent years. It is all up to Biglands, who returns after missing a year with injury, and he needs a huge season for Adelaide to compete in the ruck.

http://www.aflinsider.net/ruck-it-yeah-ranking-the-rucks-15-and-16/

[richmondrules]

All these stats. Well I suppose we will come last or close to last in most of these ratings. That'd be why we came last on the ladder don't ya know. Really isn't rocket science. The thing that gives me hope is that I know that these stats represent history not future. Although I do not expect us to immediately jump to the top of the rankings I do expect to see improvement. Last year was the bottom and our stats reflect that. I don't expect us to be as bad as last year again.

[mightytiges]

I'm surprised we aren't ranked 16th. We didn't have a ruck division last year with Simmo's ankle and "back-up" Knobel also missing injured. Patto, Polak and even Tucky  had to just fill in. It said it all that we had 100 less hitouts than even the 15th worst ruck Carlton last year and only half the hitouts of the top sides. Simmo is a big bonus if he is right to go and ends up playing every game but Gus and Patto need to make further strides rucking at stoppages this year.

[Fishfinger]

The numbers in brackets indicate where the players rated for total hitouts in 2007. For example, Pattison had the 22nd most hitouts in the AFL last season while Simmonds was 29th in the league for total hitouts.

I thought it was their age - until I saw Angus Graham. 

[one-eyed]

Full Ruck rankings
aflinsider.net

1. Sydney  - Darren Jolly (5), Peter Everitt (7), Daniel Currie

2. West Coast - Dean Cox (2), Mark Seaby (14), Josh J Kennedy (48)

3. Port Adelaide - Brendon Lade (1), Dean Brogan (18), Fabian Deluca (56)

4. Brisbane - Jamie Charman (13), Matthew Leuenberger (41), Beau McDonald (33)

5. Collingwood - Josh Fraser (15), Cameron Wood (34), Chris Bryan (37)

6. Geelong - Brad Ottens (6), Mark Blake (10), Trent West

7. Fremantle - Aaron Sandilands (, Robert Warnock (31), Daniel Gilmore (42)

8. Kangaroos - Hamish McIntosh (3), David Hale (25), Drew Petrie (30)

9. Melbourne - Jeff White (4), Paul Johnson (32), John Meesen (84)

10. St Kilda - Justin Koschitzke (26), Steven King (38), Michael Rix (20)

11. Essendon - David Hille (17), Jason Laycock (23), Tom Bellchambers

12. Hawthorn - Robert Campbell (9), Max Bailey, Simon Taylor (12)

13. Western Bulldogs - Ben Hudson (11), Peter Street (19), Will Minson (40)

14. Carlton - Matthew Kreuzer, Cain Ackland (16), Shaun Hampson (74)

15. Richmond - Troy Simmonds (29), Adam Pattison (22), Angus Graham (70)

16. Adelaide - Rhett Biglands, Jonathon Griffin (27), Ivan Maric (47)

[wayne]

  Sydney.

That's got to be a joke. Everitt will be 57 this year and Jolly doesn't do much around the ground if i'm not mistaken.

With a fit Troy Simmonds we'd be at least 11th.