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I don’t mind Petty spelling Gawn in the ruck instead of JVR. He’s got more height than JVR and given his defender experience he should be more adept at dropping back to take saving marks.Short of sending him to Casey for a month, I was thinking it might not hurt to throw him into the ruck for 5 minutes a quarter just to get him into some games and having to throw his body around.
Might not actually be the worst thing.
Then there’s the added benefit as Demon 16 says of at least getting Petty involved in high might improve his confidence and touch.
Perfect opportunity to do it this week like they did in that excellent West Coast performance…
But there obviously must be a reason the coaches favour JVR over Petty in that ruck relief role when both are in the team. Not sure what that reason is though.