Western Bulldogs defender Jordan Roughead is growing in stature and ready to compete

[Bornadog]

Re: Western Bulldogs defender Jordan Roughead is growing in stature and ready to comp

The days of a Dale Morris sized full back being able to compete with these monster full forwards is probably over.

Those days were over in the 90's

You want me to say Rick Kennedy but this must be a trick question!

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No not a trick. One of my favourites, old Rick.

[Axe Man]

Re: Western Bulldogs defender Jordan Roughead is growing in stature and ready to comp

Those days were over in the 90's

Not really. I would say that 3 of the better key defenders of the last 10 years would be Scarlett, Rutten and Glass - all 192cm. Morris at 190cm has also played a fair portion of his career as a key defender.

It just seems that these emerging 200ish centimetre forwards are going to be too big for a low 190cm defender. Of course there are always exceptions and great players like Scarlett and Morris will always be able to compete against the bigger guys.

[Nuggety Back Pocket]

Re: Western Bulldogs defender Jordan Roughead is growing in stature and ready to comp

Gee he has taken on this challenge in the best way possible. If he does become a competitive beast we will be a far better side because of it.

Macca had a high opinion of Roughead as a future leader even before moving him to FB. He has now emerged as our most consistent at overhead marking and now commands enormous respect down back.