Player Watch Welcome to Hawthorn, Ned Reeves. Extends to 2026!

[Hawkas1988]

Reeves haters once again quiet.

43 hitouts, 10 disposals, 7 tackles, 4 score involvements and 3 marks

Makes a huge difference to our midfield. Had a better game around the ground too today.

Just baffles me how some thought he should be dropped this year. He just needs more and more games. Gets better every year and so important to our mids.

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[hawkmang]

Reeves as solo ruck is one of best rucks in the league. Unfortunately for Meek I think he’s likely to be the bridesmaid at another club

 

[badboybobba]

Just comprehensively beat arguably the best ruckman in the league

 

[Elhawko]

Just comprehensively beat arguably the best ruckman in the league

For the second time this year if memory serves.

 

[rei154]

Now that he's built his tank, gotten past the shoulder issues and has had some continuity he's looking like what a lot of us were expecting him to look like.
Bright future!

 

[SSSSSS]

Plays so much better as the sole ruck. Is starting to get around the ground and clunk marks.

 

[TylerDurden]

Thought he had the better of English. Rated his game.

 

[Simon Crawshay]

Be a great test next week against Big Max who has in the past has absolutely made us his own personal bunny.

What I have noticed with Reeves which is interesting is that he still isn't putting out massive possession numbers around the ground but then generally neither is his direct opponent.

Classic case is in his two games against the Doggies English has only had disposal counts of 10 and 11 (he is averaging close to 20 across the season).

Probably a case of having to ruck against such a big unit in Reeves causes the oppo ruckman to become more physically tired than normal?

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

Was pretty big for us today.

https://x.com/hawthornfc/status/1693190353187377298?s=46&t=dZE9oBzxRwHk7AJiOe1ooQ

 

[GerryLewis]

I thought he was fantastic today. More than held his own against the premier ruckman in the comp.

 

[jenniferHAWKinS]

Thought it was one of his best games. Tracking very nicely!

 

[The Jet From Poowong]

Was pretty big for us today.

https://x.com/hawthornfc/status/1693190353187377298?s=46&t=dZE9oBzxRwHk7AJiOe1ooQ

Agree. He was seriously good and tired very late in the game. opposition haven’t yet cottoned on, but he is giving us a lot of first ball use from the centre. And he is positioning himself better to take a few marks

 

[PenAndPaper]

Was pretty big for us today.

https://x.com/hawthornfc/status/1693190353187377298?s=46&t=dZE9oBzxRwHk7AJiOe1ooQ

Played on one of the best ruckmen in the game for both ruck work and around the ground work. Beat him in the hitouts and held his own around the ground.

It amazes me how quickly people wanted a 211cm bloke to be delisted after 17 games. He's now played 37 and showed so much improvement from game to game.

 

[TazHawk15]

If he keeps developing imagine how good Ned is going to be once he hits the 80 to 100 games played, he could become the AA ruckman.

 

[The Jet From Poowong]

Played on one of the best ruckmen in the game for both ruck work and around the ground work. Beat him in the hitouts and held his own around the ground.

It amazes me how quickly people wanted a 211cm bloke to be delisted after 17 games. He's now played 37 and showed so much improvement from game to game.

He also beat AA Tim twice this season.

looking forward to see how he handles the jumping unicorn from Freo next week

Ned has had a very strong year all things considered and in the second half of the season he has established himself as the clear 1 ruck at Hawthorn in doing so

 

[PenAndPaper]

He also beat AA Tim twice this season.

looking forward to see how he handles the jumping unicorn from Freo next week

Ned has had a very strong year all things considered and in the second half of the season he has established himself as the clear 1 ruck at Hawthorn in doing so

Didn't even just beat him but I felt he dominated him in both of those games. Love his work.

 

[extractasam]

Had a great game around the ground today and his centre bounce stuff was good as usual.

You could see late in the game he got a lesson in workrate from Gawny, but he’s a seasoned ruck and probably the best ruck I’ve seen since 2000 (imo) at the top of his game.

 

[Billyc]

Finishing the year very strongly. Great today in largely breaking even with a guy who has made a habit of destroying us for half a decade.

 

[tommyk72]

Meek would have thought he was a chance at a game next week after his output for box hill. Brilliant work by big Ned to step up like that.

 

[Nick the Pig]

Outside of pure tapwork, I feel this was Ned's best game.

 

[MrPremiership]

Was pretty big for us today.

https://x.com/hawthornfc/status/1693190353187377298?s=46&t=dZE9oBzxRwHk7AJiOe1ooQ

I think he's pretty big every day

 

[SSSSSS]

For the second time this year if memory serves.

Just beat the best ruckman of the last decade or so too.

Beating his oppo in back to back weeks.

He's building.

 

[Turtles all the way down]

I liked his intercept marking yesterday. Great to see him developing his game outside of his excellent tap work.

 

[Munby]

Didn't even just beat him but I felt he dominated him in both of those games. Love his work.

And yet English got 3 votes v Hawthorn

 

[Mitchell Madness]

And yet English got 3 votes v Hawthorn

Most people were a bit perplexed by that, but there's always a few games where the umps get it wrong this was one of them.