Now I know why I have been getting all these requests for my Lobbe DPS (lol)
From alf.com.au
PORT Adelaide coach Mark Williams says he's already pencilled Matthew Lobbe's name in next to the vacant ruck position for next season.
Lobbe, 20, joined the club with its first-round selection (No.16 overall) in the 2007 NAB AFL Draft, but has only just started to find his feet at Alberton.
The untried Victorian was languishing in the Port Magpies reserves partway through last season before a switch to rival club West Adelaide gave him the confidence boost he needed.
He finished the year as lead ruckman for the Bloods' league side and has carried his good form into pre-season training.
Last week, Lobbe's ground-ball contest with premiership ruckman Dean Brogan earned rapturous applause from the coach.
Williams said Lobbe was ready to stand up as Brogan's right-hand man, given the vacancy created by the retired Brendon Lade.
"Right now, Matthew Lobbe will be taking the second ruck spot and he’ll get the opportunity to do that," Williams said.
"One of the things (assistant coach) Matty Primus has to work on is getting the development of our ruck stocks right up. That means that both Westhoff brothers and Jackson Trengove will be rucking.
From alf.com.au
PORT Adelaide coach Mark Williams says he's already pencilled Matthew Lobbe's name in next to the vacant ruck position for next season.
Lobbe, 20, joined the club with its first-round selection (No.16 overall) in the 2007 NAB AFL Draft, but has only just started to find his feet at Alberton.
The untried Victorian was languishing in the Port Magpies reserves partway through last season before a switch to rival club West Adelaide gave him the confidence boost he needed.
He finished the year as lead ruckman for the Bloods' league side and has carried his good form into pre-season training.
Last week, Lobbe's ground-ball contest with premiership ruckman Dean Brogan earned rapturous applause from the coach.
Williams said Lobbe was ready to stand up as Brogan's right-hand man, given the vacancy created by the retired Brendon Lade.
"Right now, Matthew Lobbe will be taking the second ruck spot and he’ll get the opportunity to do that," Williams said.
"One of the things (assistant coach) Matty Primus has to work on is getting the development of our ruck stocks right up. That means that both Westhoff brothers and Jackson Trengove will be rucking.
