Best ruckman in local leagues

[Bryan Strauchan#59]

There is always a lot of talk about best full forwards etc but who are the best ruckman going around in country footy at the moment?
Ryan O'Sullivan in the CMFL is by far the best that I have seen.

 

[bigpapagman]

Nick Collins from Nar Nar Goon.

Brian Potter from Phillip Island.

Chris Kelf - Sale.



although the first two are getting on a bit now.

 

[bigbunyip14]

S. Mumford - Now rookied at geelong.

 

[bigpapagman]

yeah i nearly said him dane, but he doesnt count now.

 

[Adrian Shelton]

Mick Ryan for many yrs at South Gambier

 

[ozdevil1978]

rick wilde in in geelong f.l

 

[boom crash opera]

rick wilde in in geelong f.l

no way devil you got zero clue

 

[The Toecutter]

Simon Svarc was up there with the finest in the UMFL in '04 but sadly injury curtailed a fine career. Assisting the 3rds at Wodonga Saints these days.

 

[6uldv8]

Steve Murphy from Howlong

 

[ozdevil1978]

no way devil you got zero clue

then who boom some1 from alvie yeah right

 

[Hilly72]

Peter Featherston from Irrewarra Beac and Apollo Bay in the CDFL was a great ruckman, big enough to clean you up badly but played a fair game. Has won at least one League Best and Fairest.

 

[goal sneak]

Dale Robinson - Lang Lang FC

End thread

 

[bigpapagman]

how did i know you were going to post that?

 

[meltdown]

Scott Winduss from Daylesford FC, Won 2 Henderson medals (BFL), Vic state rep, interleague rep in the Ballarat FL, Castlemaine grand finalist '99, Castlemaine premiership side '00 , Daylesford premiership side '07 CHFL.

And the guy played alot of 2's games before he cracked a senior game. Overlooked early in his career.

 

[playsnogood]

Peter Doherty, multiple league medals, in succession before playing a year of 1's in VFL then went back to Beaufort CHFL and won another league medal. Not overly tall, got alot of the ball.
Matt Brown (The Chief) played at hepburn and Sebastopol in and around Ballarat. Former heavy weight boxer who was hard at ball and man, again not overly tall, very fit and skilled, also may have won a Henderson Medal in BFL.
Tom Gilligan, St Mary's, one of the best tap ruckman in country football.
Another Ruckman that played at Beaufort for a few years also did ok as far as tap work and body work went, didn't get alot of it around the ground but had gun onballers around him so it didn't matter.
Played against Rick Wilde, handy but overpaid and over rated.
Nick Venner was pretty good as was his brother Andrew Venner.

 

[meltdown]

Peter Doherty, multiple league medals, in succession before playing a year of 1's in VFL then went back to Beaufort CHFL and won another league medal. Not overly tall, got alot of the ball.
Matt Brown (The Chief) played at hepburn and Sebastopol in and around Ballarat. Former heavy weight boxer who was hard at ball and man, again not overly tall, very fit and skilled, also may have won a Henderson Medal in BFL.
Tom Gilligan, St Mary's, one of the best tap ruckman in country football.
Another Ruckman that played at Beaufort for a few years also did ok as far as tap work and body work went, didn't get alot of it around the ground but had gun onballers around him so it didn't matter.
Played against Rick Wilde, handy but overpaid and over rated.
Nick Venner was pretty good as was his brother Andrew Venner.

Rick Wilde = Dud.

Didn't know that about the Chief, good call.

 

[Hilly72]

Peter Featherston from Irrewarra Beac and Apollo Bay in the CDFL was a great ruckman, big enough to clean you up badly but played a fair game. Has won at least one League Best and Fairest.

Should I add that he was badly injured and lost a part of his foot while at junior level and was still able to dominate.

 

[bf virge]

Wang Magpies ruckman Kirby goes allright was a good player in the gv before crossing over to Wang.

 

[floater]

shannon ginn is a good ruckman and can all around the ground and hes only 17. he plays for the avenal 3rds and is most likely the best ruckman inthe 18s

 

[localfootyguru]

Craig Clarke from Gembrook Cockatoo in the Yarra Valley Mountain District Football League.

Outstanding tap ruckman and fantastic around the ground. Certainly a loyal clubman too as he has received many better offers to head elsewhere and has stuck with the Brookers.

 

[Sacrificial Lamb]

Used to be a fella that played at Trentham in the late 90's early 2000's
about 6ft 1 i think his name was Mick Tadd nickname was Turk. had one of the best leaps i've ever seen and was brilliant in the air or at ground level.gave away inches at the centre bounces but was rarely beaten. not sure if he still plays. also was named BOG in Woodend s 2002 premiership side

 

[jayaa01]

Michael Mcfarlane from st albans in the GFL absolute freak, rucked for the vic country side this year and last.
rick wilde wouldn't be an arse hair of big macca

 

[ItsAllAboutMe]

Myles Quinn, dominated for Strathmore in EDFL now playing at StKilda City and doing the same.

 

[the_interloper]

Daniel King from Montmorency in the Northern Footy League (formerly DVFL) 2 comp B&Fs, would average about 40 hitouts a game.

 

[Tigersman]

Craig Clarke from Gembrook Cockatoo in the Yarra Valley Mountain District Football League.

Outstanding tap ruckman and fantastic around the ground. Certainly a loyal clubman too as he has received many better offers to head elsewhere and has stuck with the Brookers.

Was the difference in a GF against my mob a few years back. Would be great to play with him feeding you the footy.

Is he still playing?