Rate the rucks 2024

[Dyer'ere]

Here you go! Your chance to rate the rucks for 2024. There are eighteen #1 rucks in the game. Six are below average. Six are average. And six are above average.

Pick your six above average.

NB I have eliminated West Coast from the poll as they have zero rucks and included a second from Fremantle. That doesn't seem very controversial.

If you think about it there are a lot of mediocre rucks in the AFL. But there's not much difference between fifth and seventh, is there? Or fourth and ninth? How about third and twelfth? What about when Marc Pittonet, who is not even on the chart, cleans up Max Gawn? Does that make Pittonet good?

Here's a little grid if you fancy rating all the way through.

Just by the by, rucks can get GBG (mainly loose ball at the fall from ruck contest) and SL (Score Launch from a tap out or their GBG generating a score.) It's not good if the other ruck is getting a lot of these.

Adel ​	Riley O'Brien​	Below Average​
Bris​	Oscar McInerney​	Above average​
Carl​	Tom De Viking​	Average​
COLL​	Darcy Cameron​	​
ESS​	Todd Goldstein​	​
Frem​	Sean Darcy​	​
Geel​	Rhys Stanley​	​
GCS​	Jarrad Witts​	​
GWS​	Kieren Briggs​	​
Haw​	Lloyd Meek​	​
Melb​	Max Gawn​	​
NMelb​	Tristan Xerri​	​
PtA​	Ivan Soldo​	​
Rich​	Toby Nankervis​	​
St K​	Rowan Marshall​	​
Syd​	Brodie Grundy​	​
WB​	Tim English​	​
Frem​	Luke Jackson​	​

 

[taztiger4]

Jarrod Witts is going so well he gets 2 votes from me

 

[TIGER-P155]

No Ryan or Naismith?

 

[Dyer'ere]

No Ryan or Naismith?

Next poll, T-P.

 

[Dyer'ere]

Score launch. It's put on for rucks. Tap to score or GBG/clearance to score. Intercept mark or loose to score.

Marc Pittonet 4.8 per game (5.5 SI)
Jarrad Witts 4.7 (4.7 SI)
Ivan Soldo 4.1 (5.9 SI)
Brodie Grundy 4.0 (5.8 SI)
Daylight
Oscar McInerney on 3.4
Then six rucks including Gawn and English on 3.3 per game. But Gawn and English dominate all rucks for SI. Score involvement including from tap.

Max Gawn 3.3 SL (6.1 SI) 2.8 SI nett of SL. 2.8 score involvements that weren't taps.
Time English 3.3 SL (6.7SI)3.4 SI that weren't from taps.

It's not hard to figure out that Gawn and English make more contribution away from rucking than the other rucks. Note Jarrad Witt gets zip SI that is not SL. Lowest scoring contribution away from tap work.

We gotta remember that measuring any player based on score will show those in very poor teams in an unflattering light. Nankervis is miles better than his SL/SI numbers currently show.

Score launch and SI give us interesting numbers to look at. Does Rowan Marshall get a lot of Supercoach points? That's nice.

 

[Leysy Days]

Not voting. Someone is missing.

 

[Dyer'ere]

Not voting. Someone is missing.

Next poll, Bryan. Emerging rucks. Next week.

 

[spook]

Next poll, Bryan. Emerging rucks. Next week.

McInerney has emerged

 

[Dyer'ere]

Ah. *smile* it. Have now included McIn-duh-ney.

 

[Scoop]

Not voting. Someone is missing.

Got a habit of going missing dont he?

 

[Dyer'ere]

Her's a June snapshot of our views on ruck ratings for 2024.

 

[Dyer'ere]

I reckon the #1 ruck in 2024 so far has probably been Xerri. And Darcy Cameron is flying atm. I might have to move him up the board. And Tom De Viking is disrupting the universe when he gets going.

The ruck world is changing.