Quote Originally Posted by jazzadogs View Post
Lobb hating rucking was an interesting point, and backed up by Naughton doing the forward line ruckwork in match sim yesterday. I don't mind Naughton doing that, building a Hawkins-like ability to outbody and get cheap goals from boundary throw ins.

But SURELY Lobb will be our 2nd centre bounce ruck. Surely.
Lobb attended about 20-25% of bounces last year for Freo when he was the second ruck which is usually 5-10 bounces. There were games he had zero when Meek played or they used someone else but generally the second half of the season he was 20-25% CBA. Not sure what the preferred mix with English will be for us I suspect it will evolve. The best rucks hate sharing too much time and thrive on the workload in my experience.

He has to be the ruck when English is resting and that would have been the selling point to get him. Not only does it allow English a rest but we can hold our preferred forward structure if we want to for longer periods. The bonus of Lobb/English over a traditional ruck who only rucks is that you have more options and flexibility on bench time. It’s why if you are going to be a traditional one position tap ruck you need to be exceptional at it, having two positions is critical for all players which is why I liked reports of Weightman getting a few midfield minutes.