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Yet another story about the Swans chasing a ruckman.
Is there anything more perplexing than how we are handling our ruck position?
If we are in the market for a quality aging ruckman, it would suggest:
- Darcy Cameron, for whatever reason, and without being tested at AFL level, is not considered an AFL capable ruckman. One would expect that he will be delisted this year.
- Despite extending Sam Naismith's contract for another 3 years, through 2021, before he played a single game since his ACL injury, is not expected to ever play again.
Our whole policy surrounding the ruck position has long been mystifying to me. We would save list spots and a lot of angst if we just forget that the position of ruckman even exists. If Sinclair goes down, we just bring in Amartey, or have Josh Kennedy ruck until he's too old to play. Ostensibly, we are currently treating the position as a partially negating role filled by someone who is a handy player around the ground. I'm okay with that, but let's not pretend that we want to play a real ruckman.
Should we be surprised if to see Tom Derickx back in the red and white? He's still only 31 and has the same birthday as Noam Chomsky. What more could you want in a ruckman?
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