The Saints are pretty close at the moment and the Swans tiny chance of still making finals still stands although teams who we needed to lose won on the weekend so it actually closed more then it opened!
I Tweeted during the week that Brodie Grundy now has to be a serious consideration to over throw Max Gawn as the leading All-Australian ruckman and he pushed his case again on the weekend, with another best or ground performance.
The difference is between the 2 s their game styles where Gawn leads marks 91-51 (8-38 contested!) but Grundy dominates tackles 75-40 (196-127 pressure acts) with just 1 clearance separating the 2 (95-96 Gawn).
Gawn is + 36 in contested possessions but then -30 in ground ball gets as well with Grundy also having a +19 lead in hit outs to advantage.
My thoughts are that if Xerri was the leading contender here as a pressure-based ruck then Grundy has overtaken him in those metrics, and thus would then be the leading contender but I can't see selectors making a change just "because".
Anyway from this game we look at;
- St Kilda Forward Half Defense
- Heads Up Play from Sheldrick
- Marshall at Center Bounce Clearance
- Campbell Nailing the Outnumber Advantage
- Gulden Stoppage Goal
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