I think that Pyke has been battling knee problems for a couple of years and has to manage himself to avoid injury. He would probably be the best ruck available against Maric and I don't think we can afford to concede anything against Richmond.
I do however think that we should pick some easier games to blood Naismith an Nanka.
Watching the Richmond Wet Toast game what was striking was that Maric could do nothing to nullify Nic Nat because he couldn't leap anywhere near high enough to spoil his taps to advantage.I think we need to think about either Naismith or Derickx against Nic Nat because of their higher leap and greater height in the case of Naismith. They both probably have better speed to run with Nic Nat too.
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