True. The trouble is the umpire (Nathan Williamson?) must have viewed the incident to report Weitering on the spot. Without any clear vision, his account of the incident may be the determining factor.

Cottrell in for Ed

One of the rucks in for Young, if they are available. Although Young might hold his spot if Weiters goes.

Yes fair enough bondi

I wouldn't want to miss seeing Young & Jackson in the ruck...

Two of the competition’s most in-form ruckmen did battle at Marvel Stadium on Saturday afternoon when Sean Darcy and Tim English met for the seventh time over their AFL careers.

A late flurry of goals saw the Bulldogs overrun Fremantle, but an intriguing ruck duel ensued throughout as both lead rucks had a major impact on the match.

The pair shared statistical similarities with Darcy recording 50 hitouts to English’s 30 while they each kicked a goal and featured with their clearance work (4-3 English’s way).

Darcy also tallied 18 disposals, six marks and six score involvements, while English had 10 disposals, 10 tackles and four inside 50s.

Despite Darcy’s hitout dominance, the Fremantle engine room were unable to capitalise, going down in the centre clearance count 10-13.

Heading into the clash, Darcy knew he would be required to run all day to match and exceed English’s work rate around the ground.


“Going up against Tim, he is a workhorse, and he drags you from one side of the ground to the other, so you’ve got to put your runners on,” Darcy told 6PR.

“In the centre bounce, in the first probably two quarters he got me but in the second half I thought I was much better around the ground and I was hitting it.

“We just need a bit more connection with our mids, but he is always a tough opponent.”

Weiters cleared!

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Nothing to see in that incident.

Kemp, Fogarty, Cincotta, Boyd, Cuningham and Martin have all added that something.

It will be interesting to see if Cotrell pushes Hewett or Fogarty out this week, I suspect it will be Hewett.

Not Ed?