Brodie Grundy

Because the Ruckman is such a vexed draft question.

Brodie Grundy, pick 18.

Tim English, pick 19.

Luke Jackson, pick 3. Cooper Duff, tight line, half forward type, but pick 4 last year.

But age continues to be the thing that slows them down.

Max Gorn, Brodie Grundy.

And when I say slow them down, I mean slow them down on the amount of real estate they're going to take in your keeper side over the next few years.

Caleb Sorong, he has dropped down significantly in the tiers for us.

So to be true, no, he scored more hundreds in 2025.

But in totality over the year, I'm letting you know it's a little bit better from that perspective as well.

But talk to me about why is a 32-year-old who regressed in his average, how does he still make the list? What for you puts Brodie Grundy so high in these tiers still?

Position matters.

And just quickly looking at the team, the midfield looks absolutely stacked with Will Day and Jordan Dawson and Wanganeen Miller and Horne Francis and who else have they got? Lockie Neal and Connor Rosey.

Stars everywhere, Brodie Grundy.

We look a bit skinny down back.

That's my only concern.

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I was a mad Daisy Thomas fan, and then sort of when he went off to Carlton, uh, I switched to Brodie Grundy.

I love that.

So have you learnt your ruck craft from afar of people like Brodie Grundy? Or who's been your, your icon or your, your mentor from a ruck perspective?

Yeah, look, watching growing up, like, really, um, was, like, Brodie Grundy.

Uh, watching him play at Collingwood, how unreal he, he was going.

Even, like, him at Sydney now, I still watch him play when he's at Sydney and just how he goes about it, it's just awesome.

Look, Darcy Cameron's a really nice, talented piece.

He came in as depth to Brodie Grundy and evolved, uh, his game and his style to now becoming the number one ruck.

I think that would ultimately be the ideal situation and scenario here for Collingwood to be able to get into.

But this look and trade and move, I, I'll just be clear with you.

I've always said on the pod though, I don't think the cap is that big of a deal.

The only time I've seen a team really struggle cap space-wise is Brodie Grundy and Collingwood.

Other than that, everyone always makes the cap work, um, especially when you're paying people in farmland off the books.

So look, it is what it is.