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BazBoy
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About to start his career.
Saw the line up with players. It had Smit wth. OO. Surely not
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stui magpie 
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He's playing in No 20. Looks like a solid boy.
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Dave The Man 
Joined: 01 Apr 2005
Location: Someville, Victoria, Australia
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Had a Great Debut.
Played 3 Qtrs and had most Hitouts with 22. Center Bounce work was Amazing
Took 6 Marks and 6 Tackles
Looks very Promising and worth keeping an Eye on at VFL Level
Not Stick Skinny like most Young Rucks
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RudeBoy
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Those are great stats Dave.
Reckon he might have a big impact next year, which would be much earlier than most young ruckmen do at such a young age. The thing I love the most is apparently his aggressive competitiveness. |
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LaurieHolden 
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Joined: 22 Feb 2009
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He'll gain invaluable experience from having coach and importantly former Ruckman in Josh Fraser guiding his journey.
Has Fraser made a statement internally to suggest Steene and Begg are lacking the required ruck DNA required to push into AFL? I suspect Smit simply came available at the right time, and at 18 remains a project player behind Steene.
By 25 y/o, you'd expect Smit to bulk out towards Shane Mumford / Max Gawn playing weight (110kg). Twice he clocked sub-3-seconds in the 20m sprint in 2022 pre-league testing, showing great speed that belies a 200cm / 95kg frame.
Several have indicated Smit is aggressive. Might that suggest Steene and Begg perhaps lack that aspect? Echoing Dermott Brereton - if you are a big man, play as a big man.
Go well young man.
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Joined: 16 May 2005
Location: Adelaide
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The Black and White Lion
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Joined: 29 Apr 2022
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That was a very good highlight from Smit and Allen and Johnson to show how things could be. Pretty much a one time event on Sunday. Johnson missed the long kick unfortunately but definitely Smit's endeavour at the ruck and Allen on the move were highlights.
Smit tried hard most of the game time he played. I think he was far more effective in the ruck and around the ground than Delaney who just tapped it to the ground or straight to a Casey Demon.
Smit's first game in the system with a week under his belt wasn't a great game but showed some glimpses. Has a big frame, a little clumsy falling to ground a lot like Cox but physical in the ruck and got a few taps here and there and generally followed up ok.
No doubt he's got to work on his fitness, ruck craft and skills but there's a bit to work with there. I'd say more so than Begg or Steene.
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stui magpie
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It may have just been perception, but it seemed to me that most of our goals were scored when Roo was in the ruck.
I think there's definitely a lot to work with there. He's not one dimensional in is ruckwork, I saw one instance where he held the other ruckman off with his left arm, and did a deft tap backwards straight to one of our players.
I really love his follow up, he becomes an extra midielder at contests. Similar to Begg but he's bigger and stronger than Begg and already able to hold his ground against mature bodied rucks.
I reckon the recruiters believed that if he played the remainder of the season in the U18's he would go high in the draft so they jumped in and nabbed him now.
He should be No 1 ruck in the VFL and Begg and Steene will need to work on being KPP/2nd ruck.
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The Black and White Lion
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yeah ok Stui I can buy into a little bit of that.
Ok just noting as it stands with Cox injured and AJ unplayable, if Cameron goes down then we swing Frampton into the ruck.
If Frampton goes down then we have Smit as our next available option. He's second in line at the moment.
We have Xerri, Witts/Moyle, Goldstein, Stanley/Conway and Meek/Reeves to come over the next 6weeks assuming Cox's timely recovery.
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Dave The Man
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Steene has shown last year he can Clunk Strong Mark
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