Player Watch #38: Tristan Xerri - signed thru '29 - 2024 All Australian squad member - runner up '24 SBM

[amaz199]

feels like he's a 200 game veteran

 

[Supreme_Chancellor]

Would definitely be top 3 in the Syd Barker count, would be delighted for him to take it home.

 

[nelroo]

Absurd that he has only played 50 games.

My thoughts exactly. What will he be like once he hits 100!?

 

[Hojuman]

 

[ozzyoslo]

Wandered in here to read the posts......and to think if we didn't dig in and say no to his request to transfer to St Kilda.

This lad would be my preference over Gomer Pyle any day........and we're paying him a Ruckman salary.

 

[koshari]

IDGAF but I'd be staggered if even the coaches or he thought he had this sort of regular form in him. Massive.

Whoever has helped him get to this point (including himself obviously) deserves a seat at the table in Valhalla.

St kilda could see it

 

[shinboner magic]

St kilda could see it

Who did they take with their precious 2nd rounder

 

[shintemaster]

St kilda could see it

Nope.

They'd have easily coughed up that pick. We saw more in him than they did - facts.

 

[muttley45]

Hope X has a good look at how Briggsy destroyed Tom DeKoning by taking away his leap, and ragdolling him at his leisure, worked an absolute treat

 

[Roostorm]

 

[Dingster]

Hope X has a good look at how Briggsy destroyed Tom DeKoning by taking away his leap, and ragdolling him at his leisure, worked an absolute treat

X's two shockers this season were against the athletic Jackson and Grundy. Absolutely need to watch a lot of tape this week.

 

[shinboner magic]

Biggest issue I have with X , is that he doesn’t feed off the handball to a running player. To many hack kicks forward

 

[kaboom kid]

Biggest issue I have with X , is that he doesn’t feed off the handball to a running player. To many hack kicks forward

I think this has been a real growth area for him. I used to get very frustrated with this but I find his handball has improved a lot of late. He's so big and strong he can get his arms clear in the tackle and dish it off to a runner. He still does the odd dump kick. There's a time and place for that but overall I think that's decreasing.

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

X's two shockers this season were against the athletic Jackson and Grundy. Absolutely need to watch a lot of tape this week.

Yep, has been destroyed by blokes who can get around the field.

 

[Roostorm]

Continues a solid year as first ruck…

 

[Shack18]

Awesome year to date

 

[Flawed Genius]

Top 10 in the comp for

Contested possessions
Clangers (lol)
Contested possession percentage rate
Centre clearances
Stoppage clearances
Total clearances
Hitouts (#2 comp)
Hitouts to advantage
Frees for (#1 comp)
Free against (#1 comp)

Has attended the most ruck contests in the league and the most centre bounces in the league

 

[shinboner spiggs]

It is clear how hard he is to play against. Our mids must walk taller having that sort of presence around.

 

[Topparoo]

He's having a great year but I thought he lowered his colours today.

 

[Nylex]

Thought X was good, but for a 10 min period in the 3rd qtr where he lost focus. TDK got 4 centre clearances in a row and helped swing the game Carlton’s way. The Griff turnover and Colby slip during this time did not help things either.

 

[tazaa]

Saints game to Gold Coast game was a great stretch

But both Grundy and now De Koning have gotten ahold of him.

De Koning got them going in the 3rd quarter and at the time, X wanted to wrestle and he was being used as a step ladder.
It’s the exact same way Luke Jackson

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Luke Jackson

Age

23

Ht

199cm

Wt

102kg

Pos.

F/R

Career

Season

Last 5

D

8.3

2star

K

3.3

1star

HB

5.0

4star

M

1.5

2star

T

1.0

3star

G

0.3

3star

D

8.3

2star

K

3.3

1star

HB

5.0

3star

M

1.5

2star

T

1.0

2star

G

0.3

3star

D

8.3

3star

K

3.3

2star

HB

5.0

4star

M

1.5

2star

T

1.0

3star

G

0.3

3star

monstered him earlier in the year.

Needs to lift again.

 

[justroyal]

Saints game to Gold Coast game was a great stretch

But both Grundy and now De Koning have gotten ahold of him.

De Koning got them going in the 3rd quarter and at the time, X wanted to wrestle and he was being used as a step ladder.
It’s the exact same way Luke Jackson monstered him earlier in the year.

Needs to lift again.

Spot on.
Which surprised me because De Konning was just flapping around like a Godfrey’s inflatable sky dancer for the first half. Gave his mids everything at that point. What was Xerri doing? Is it that checking-out type of thing our whole list seem to be quite susceptible to at half time this year?

 

[tazaa]

Spot on.
Which surprised me because De Konning was just flapping around like a Godfrey’s inflatable sky dancer for the first half. Gave his mids everything at that point. What was Xerri doing? Is it that checking-out type of thing our whole list seem to be quite susceptible to at half time this year?

The next step for the group is to try to arrest momentum in quarters and not wait till 3QT.
1st quarter, X was all over him and even after TDK came back onto the ground after his injury, with his knee heavily strapped I thought X was going to tear him apart.
But no, the 3rd quarter was elite by Carlton. Disappointing all round.

 

[the big lebowski]

The next step for the group is to try to arrest momentum in quarters and not wait till 3QT.
1st quarter, X was all over him and even after TDK came back onto the ground after his injury, with his knee heavily strapped I thought X was going to tear him apart.
But no, the 3rd quarter was elite by Carlton. Disappointing all round.

Had a good look at this.

X got the first clearance of the 3rd qrt, his 10th for the day and teakle kicks the goal.

Carlton win the next 6 clearances but I wouldn’t say much of that was TDK. We had first hands a few times but got pressured out of it. X took one out of the air at boundary throw in and got caught HTB. Certainly TDK lifted, no doubt about that. North won the next 2 making it 6-3 blues way.

At the 13 min mark both X and TDK went off, and McKay beat comben and then teakle for 2 goals with the blues getting well on top again.

When X and TDK came back on with 8 to go, north won 6 clearances to 0 with X dominant from boundary throw ins.

One area TDK dominated X was when razor threw the ball up at CB.

All in all, X was good, TDK a bit better.

But when you factor in the rest of the game X took the chocolates comfortably albeit with TDK off the ground a bit.

McKay surprised me with how good he was in there against teakle.

 

[Sphynx]

I think some of you seriously need to reconsider what your definition of "destroyed" and "got a hold of is"

The only ruckman that was destroyed on that field yesterday was TDK in the first half. And I say that as someone that thinks TDK has been close to the best player in the comp the last 2 months.

Tristan had 9 clearances at half time ffs.

That was TDK's worst game statistically since he's moved full time in the ruck. He's been pretty much unbeatable the last 2 months.

Some people have raised the GWS game, Briggs didn't dominate him at all. De Koning had 26 touches and 11 clearances against Briggs.

It was TDK's lowest disposal game in 2 months.


Xerri is the only one that's been able to work over TDK physically in that time. He's been a force of nature, including against his own brother.

It was Tristan's biggest hitout game of the season, whilst he didn't have his way in the air like he has the last month, TDK is also a quality player.

Tristan brutalised the Carlton mids around the ball and a lot of them would be waking up very sore boys.


For years we critiqued Goldy wishing he had genuine mongrel and was a physical imposing ruckman.

Well Xerri is pretty much the alpha male of rucks at the moment. I reckon he'd even rag doll peak Mumford at the moment.

What our major issue is at the moment is Teakle. He's a bit of bizzaro man. Drafted as a ruckman, Collingwood put a pre-season into him as forward. He's a liability in the ruck at times, McKay absolutely killed him, which is crazy considering he's a ruck, but he's proving a really handy outlet as a forward.

He needs a massive preseason ghosting Xerri in the gym as he's getting bullied even by relief ruckman at the moment.