Jack Macrae

[bornadog]

I noticed his long kicking has also improved.

[Greystache]

His physicality is the improvement I've noticed most. He's a genuinely hard inside ball winner.

[bornadog]

Jack Macrae now outright second behind Tom Mitchell in Herald Sun Super Ranking

[BornInDroopSt'54]

I noticed his long kicking has also improved.

He kicked a long one with his right foot too.

[Smads57]

Jack Macrae now outright second behind Tom Mitchell in Herald Sun Super Ranking

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[bornadog]

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Can't get it now I am also locked out. I should have copied the story. Not much it in just this that I can get on Google:


BULLDOGS midfielder Jack Macrae helped lead his team to their first win of the year and as a result is now outright second behind Tom Mitchell in the Herald Sun Super Rankings, while Brodie Grundy has surged into the top 5

[Twodogs]

BULLDOGS midfielder Jack Macrae helped lead his team to their first win of the year and as a result is now outright second behind Tom Mitchell in the Herald Sun Super Rankings, while Brodie Grundy has surged into the top 5

Soon Tim English will be surging into top 5s of rankings.

[The Adelaide Connection]

Seeing him have the confidence to have a shot (and kicking three last week!) has been awesome to see too.

[jeemak]

His physicality is the improvement I've noticed most. He's a genuinely hard inside ball winner.

Interesting, it’s been my most admired of his attributes for a long time. I rate his usage and spread as his biggest improvement areas recently.

[Greystache]

Interesting, it’s been my most admired of his attributes for a long time. I rate his usage and spread as his biggest improvement areas recently.

He seems to welcome the contact now and uses his physicality to knock players off the ball and get himself into space. I'm not sure I'd seen that previously. It probably feeds into him having more time and space on the spread.

Hitting the scoreboard will pretty much round him out as the complete player. Sign are good there already.

[1eyedog]

Interesting, it’s been my most admired of his attributes for a long time. I rate his usage and spread as his biggest improvement areas recently.

Yep he's hard as nails Jack. It's not just his ability to physically spread it's also his vision in close as well as down the field where he is increasingly putting it to our advantage by hitting targets in space.

[boydogs]

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Jack Macrae now outright second behind Tom Mitchell in Herald Sun Super Rankings
Gilbert Gardiner, Herald Sun
April 9, 2018 2:34pm
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WESTERN Bulldogs midfielder Jack Macrae has skipped to outright second behind Hawthorn ball magnet Tom Mitchell in the official Herald Sun Super Rankings.

Macrae boasts the highest average (131) of any player at Whitten Oval, closely followed by premiership teammate Lachie Hunter, who surged 29 spots to round out the top-10.

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Silky-skilled Bulldog Macrae has been one of the main beneficiaries of more midfield minutes as premiership coach Luke Beveridge looks to combat the loss of Tom Liberatore (knee), Jake Stringer (traded) and the retirements of prime movers Matthew Boyd and Bob Murphy.

“I started off, the first few years of my career, more on the wing and as an outside player,” Macrae said.

“With ‘Libba’ going done and a few other people retiring and moving on it’s a good opportunity to get inside and have more impact on the game.”

Macrae has already posted career-high numbers for disposals (30), inside 50s (seven), clearances (five), and contested possessions (11).

The Bulldogs effectively played keepings off against Essendon on Sunday, spreading the Bombers defence with pinpoint passes to players in space.



Jack Macrae is now ranked second in the Super Rankings. Picture: Getty
“It was more just changing the angle of the footy,” Macrae told RSN Breakfast.

“We probably got caught going down the line a bit too often (first two games), so just taking the ball off the line, shifting Essendon’s defence and getting more dangerous inside 50s to our forwards.”

[Ozza]

47 consecutive games (and counting) for Jacko having 20 possessions or more.

[bornadog]

47 consecutive games (and counting) for Jacko having 20 possessions or more.

I wonder what the record is?

[Ozza]

I wonder what the record is?

Josh Kennedy had 68 consecutive 20-plus possession games, and that run ended in round 19 last year.
Currently Danger has had 54, Treloar 52 and Macrae 47.