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Every Team's Best Tackler

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1 hour ago, joeboy said:

Seriously, he’d have to be amazing to outrank Viney

Looking at the stats for 2025:

Steele - 183 Total at an average of 8.7 per game
Viney - 122 Total at an average of 6.8 per game

Over their careers, Steele averages about 1.3 more tackles per game (7.27) v Viney (5.89).

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    1 hour ago, DemonWorshipper said:

    Looking at the stats for 2025:

    Steele - 183 Total at an average of 8.7 per game
    Viney - 122 Total at an average of 6.8 per game

    Over their careers, Steele averages about 1.3 more tackles per game (7.27) v Viney (5.89).

    Impressive

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    3 hours ago, joeboy said:

    Impressive

    Very impressive, nice stuff up Ross!😂

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    Quite an indictment for North where despite all their top end midfielders their ruckman is leading this category. Might help explain their lack of progress.

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    2 hours ago, picket fence said:

    Very impressive, nice stuff up Ross!😂

    Toby Bedford at the Giants.

    Simon?! 😂

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    Jack Viney came to my mind first.

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    Both Giants and Richmond’s numbers extremely surprising and I echo the sentiments about Norths Ruck leading the way. Bruise free football?

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    18 hours ago, DemonWorshipper said:

    Looking at the stats for 2025:

    Steele - 183 Total at an average of 8.7 per game
    Viney - 122 Total at an average of 6.8 per game

    Over their careers, Steele averages about 1.3 more tackles per game (7.27) v Viney (5.89).

    But also 0.5 clearance and one less contested possession. Easier to rack up more tackles when Oliver and Tracc aren't winning the clearances from the other side too.

    Steele's a good tackler though, but he's going to need a big revitalization and change of health luck to make any impact for us. He was completely shot last year.

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    Some say Steele is too much sameness of Viney, but honestly I think having them both in the same side is going to be an asset to us. Think their leadership will inspire others around them as well.

    As much as we want to play a free flowing attacking game when we move it forward, the counterbalance has got to be that we don't loose that hard defensive side when the opposition have the ball as well.

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    20 hours ago, Demonland said:

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    That list does also go to show what an absolute beast Matt Rowell is as well. Dion Prestia has the nickname "The Human Meatball", but I really think it is one that more rightly belongs to Rowell.

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    22 hours ago, Demonland said:

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    Atkins is a dawg. Has carved out a nice career considering where he came from.

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    I am still a bit surprised that we were able to pick up a player of Jack Steele’s calibre so late in the trade period, he looks like he will fit right in and his stats back this up. Two time AA as well, he and JV provide that hard edge and leadership that will Instill confidence and encourage our new group of mids to aspire to.

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    On 23/01/2026 at 14:22, Demonland said:

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    21 minutes ago, DeeZone said:

    I am still a bit surprised that we were able to pick up a player of Jack Steele’s calibre so late in the trade period, he looks like he will fit right in and his stats back this up. Two time AA as well, he and JV provide that hard edge and leadership that will Instill confidence and encourage our new group of mids to aspire to.

    Agree. He is the second best tackler in the league according to this list. His defensive pressure alone will make him invaluable, let alone his leadership and experience.

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    This best tackler list appears to be based on quantity of tackles. For a better understanding, don’t we need something about quality of tackle? Eg, free kicks won through tackling, or turnovers created through tackling?

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    On 24/01/2026 at 10:43, Rodney (Balls) Grinter said:

    Some say Steele is too much sameness of Viney, but honestly I think having them both in the same side is going to be an asset to us. Think their leadership will inspire others around them as well.

    As much as we want to play a free flowing attacking game when we move it forward, the counterbalance has got to be that we don't loose that hard defensive side when the opposition have the ball as well.

    I agree to a point and I'll openly say I'm not as negative as some about the potential role that Steele will play for us. But I would say I think we're in big trouble if Viney is still in our weekly best 23 at the end of this season.

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    Volume=Steele Intensity=Viney, no doubt in my mind.

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    On 23/01/2026 at 14:22, Demonland said:

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    Wonder if there’s a stat for tackles resulting in free kicks for? Curious on where our team sits there. I’d guess on the lower side.

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    39 minutes ago, DEE fence said:

    Volume=Steele Intensity=Viney, no doubt in my mind.

    I’d agree with this in the past, but Vineys intensity has faded the past few years IMO. Probably a combination of age and having kids. There was a time in the mid-late 2010s where he would’ve been the best tackler in the league.

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