- Apr 7, 2010
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At the time he looked more like a tall mobile forward hail Mary that could pinch hit in the ruck to me. Not a backup ruckman.I felt at the time the pick was a bit wtf. Lions fans were happy to see the back of him and what I've seen of him at Casey hasn't filled me with any confidence at all that he could hold down a ruck position. The small amount of games he got for the Lions he was merely a pinch hitter in the ruck and even though i haven't looked at his stats, I'd say the ruck stats are pretty underwhelming. Wouldn't be at all surprised if Tmac and JVR's ruck stats are better. Fullerton is more like a Schache from what I've seen of him. Probably a waste of a trade/pick, but i guess we needed some sort of Plan C. I'm a little shocked Verrall didn't get the call up. I'd say he hasn't had enough time after his concussion.
I still think there is potential in him. Good size and fairly mobile. Set shot goal kicking looks good. Hasn't got a clean run at it injury wise and competitiveness looks questionable. Schache comparisons are bang on (maybe slightly smaller and more mobile) but maybe still young enough (by tall player standards) that he can become something else.