You're right, he didn't take a contested mark at all- but he wasn't the lone ranger in that regard, starting to go over the stats it looks like only 14 of the 44 players involved last night took a contested mark (20 taken overall, 3 players took multiple marks). I know it was against a poor team, but I'm sure I recall the commentators mentioning at some point that Rutten was on Goodes when he went forward unless White went into the forward line as well, in which case Rutten was taking White instead of Goodes; so yes against a poor team, but if he was drawing Rutten when in the forward line he wasn't exactly on a poor opponent in his time there.
Adelaide ran with two legit sized ruckmen and the conditions would have made it pretty difficult as an undersized ruckman at any stoppage- if you're trying to hold position and the ground is soggy and giving way it goes to all strength to hold off your opponent, if both opposition ruckmen have 2-3 inches on you that's not easy and you'll tire pretty quickly.
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