I'm a big fan of Rourke he reminds me of Wood , can jump and take a good mark, can run off and kick well , let's hope his knee injuries haven't put an end to his strengths.
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I'm a big fan of Rourke he reminds me of Wood , can jump and take a good mark, can run off and kick well , let's hope his knee injuries haven't put an end to his strengths.
Totally agree Ledge. Let’s just pray no more serious injuries for Roarke.
It will depend on how the structural integrity (that's a horrible thing to have to say about one of someone's joints) in his knee stands up to the crash and bash of AFL. He's Just the same chance of doing a knee as anyone else I reckon after all the work he would have put into his rehab over the last few years. Maybe less, I dunno.
Good news is Murphy, Redpath( I think) and Royal all did both knees and Recovered well enough to keep going.
So where is Roarke at?
5 years
Plenty of injuries
17 games
11 disposal career average
Rookie list spots tight. La Young, Sweet & Khamis signed to next year. Gardner? Can’t see him getting upgraded. Bevo loves him, put what will Sam Power do?
He’s made some progress but you’d need to know how his body is tracking
He’s quite a nice kick and goal kicker when the opportunity presents
Is the challenge whether he can get more of the ball?
As it stands this year, if we let him go we'd be replacing him with the >90th best junior prospect in the country. Roarke offers us more than that for next season, and we may need to find free list spots next year given we'll have 4 x highly rated kids as FS/NGA prospects.
I'd keep him for another 12 months.
What is his situation? He has been on the rookie list for a number of years. I thought you can only be on the list for X years. We may have to delist him and pick him up again, as long as no one else does.
If we keep him the worst case is he opens up a spot for more picks next year