Random proposition. Current team v Carlton with Nichols. Who plays ruck? Dunkley?
As above.
Nicholls 6'1" with legs like tree trunks, nousy, great footy brain and temperament, a short stocky giant.
Carlton
B: 19 John O'Connell 20 Geoff Southby 43 David McKay
HB: 30 Vin Waite 11 Bruce Doull 33 Paul Hurst
C: 34 Ian Robertson 12 Barry Armstrong 27 David Dickson
HF: 22 Neil Chandler 42 Robert Walls 5 Syd Jackson
F: 2 John Nicholls (c) 25 Alex Jesaulenko 8 Trevor Keogh
Foll: 28 Peter Jones 3 Kevin Hall 10 Adrian Gallagher
Res: 7 Andrew Lukas 6 Garry Crane
Coach: John Nicholls
Re: Random proposition. Current team v Carlton with Nichols. Who plays ruck? Dunkley?
Originally Posted by BornInDroopSt'54
Would they get their hands on it?
Nicholls?
Yes. How tall you are has very little to do with how good a footballer you are. Big Nick would find a way to dominate opponents exactly the way he dominated them in the '60s and '70s.
They say Burt Lancaster has one, but I don't believe them.
Re: Random proposition. Current team v Carlton with Nichols. Who plays ruck? Dunkley?
Originally Posted by Twodogs
Nicholls?
Yes. How tall you are has very little to do with how good a footballer you are. Big Nick would find a way to dominate opponents exactly the way he dominated them in the '60s and '70s.
Only problem is that they have changed the rules to eliminate the craft that Nicholls relied on.
He would be penalised in every ruck contest because he would need to get between his opponent and the ball to compensate for the lack of reach/height. That is now adjudicated as blocking.