ROB's fitness means he is capable of competing for (more or less) a whole game well enough that his opponent isn't allowed to do whatever he wants. Nobody else on the list can bring that. It's not even really about hitouts, though obviously that's one indicator of being competitive.Unfortunately Burgess is statistically our second best ruckman in ruck contests this year
Hitout Win Rate
O'Brien - 51%
Burgess - 35%
Himmelberg - 30%
Gollant - 25%
Walker - 25%
Strachan - 23%
Borlase - 15%
Hitout To Advantage Win Rate (as % of ruck contests)
O'Brien - 15%
Burgess - 12%
Gollant - 8%
Himmelberg - 6%
Strachan - 4%
Walker - 4%
Borlase - 0%
Hitout to Advantage Rate (as % of hitouts)
Burgess - 35%
O'Brien - 30%
Gollant - 28%
Himmelberg - 20%
Strachan - 17%
Walker - 15%
Borlase - 0%
ROB isn't going to give too much else but as we've seen the last two weeks that competitiveness is pretty important. Strachan's opponent has been among the best on ground both games.