Feeding an addiction to number-crunching

Hellopplz once again. Since there hasn’t been much activity on sca101 I’m going to try and post a few new topics up here during the weekend to keep our loyal readers happy. Can you guess what this article is about just from the title? Hope you said ruckman and not Barry Hall!! This article is dedicated to a few underappreciated ruckman in the supercoach world. One had a stunning last year, One is second highest scoring ruckman going into round 7 and the Other is a breakout star looming on a poor team this year. First 2 are obvious in the big Hmac and Jamar but I’ll let you think about the third one for a little bit. Sorry if it seems a tad longer than my other posts but hope you enjoy the little extra read. Maybe grab lunch/dinner and eat while you read.

Towering at 2.03m tall is the big old reliable Hamish MacIntosh. How he is selected in only 16,000 odd teams is fairly suprising as Kreuzer is well over 50,000. He is fairly consistent for a big man and is doing well in a rebuilding team. Hasn’t had a game under 10 disposals but none over 20 either. His ruck work and round the ground skills is what is saving him. He is taking a fair few marks and has been moved up forward a bit more with the injection of Goldstein into the team. A reliable pick for those who are looking to cash in Seaby after his injury or looking to upgrade any of their other ruck picks. He is a top 5 ruckman in the comp both in real life and in supercoach so isn’t that risky pick.

Mark Jamar at an age of 27 is entering the prime of his ruck years. In a rebuilding Melbourne side and is probably their best ruckman available, looks to have good job sercurity this year. His scoring is looking like he will be another rollercoaster ride. 3 rounds so far he has scored 100+ but 2 rounds he has scored 60+ (3 if you count this round). He is a typical tap ruckman which can do this. Jolly is a tap ruckman and his main goal is just to tap the ball down. Jamar is the same in the sense and will go missing some games possession wise just to concentrate on his ruckwork. But like any typical tap ruckman, when up against a team with no ruck division (*cough Hawthorn) they should dominate and rack up an easy 100 which he did round 1. But his other 2 100’s came against collingwood and kangaroos. Looks to be a decent smokie if you want to back a dark horse this year in the ruck.

The moment of truth has arrived. I’ll let you take a moment to lock in your answers and lets see what happens. Drumroll please…… The breakout potential this year in the ruck is……. Ivan Maric (hoorah hoorah). WHO? I was saying the same thing until I was pointed into his direction but a fella who was thinking outside the box. A 24 year old in a big 1.98m and 102kg body seems worth a look. Might turn you off that he plays for Adelaide, but he might be that X factor who could do wonders once the crows hit their straps. He is more like Hmac and not Jamar. He has been around that 10 possession mark for the entire year so far. A stunning game against Melbourne pulled him a 121 with only 13 hitouts and 18 disposals. Came close to the 100 last week against the tigers with just 11 possessions (+28 hitouts). Pretty impressive isn’t it? If he can set one more game alight within the next week or two, will be on alot of people’s watchlist incase a ruckman goes down. If Adelaide can go on a winning streak, he might just be a Wonderwall….

If you had noticed the title is based off Two songs. Can you guess which songs? One is a given but the other might be a little tougher. If you have read this far, hope you enjoyed the read.