Official Toby Rudolf

[sharkstragic]

This guy just loves an error when it really bloody matters. Busted his ass the whole game regardless but there is something about this dude and just spilling it and ****ing momentum.

You mean whet the ball was stripped off him
In a 3-1 tackle

 

[puma1355]

tried hard tonight

 

[common]

Tried hard. Still needs to be better.

 

[apezza]

You mean whet the ball was stripped off him
In a 3-1 tackle

I would love to have seen a replay of that lost ball. Looked like a strip for all money

 

[GF78]

You mean whet the ball was stripped off him
In a 3-1 tackle

100% this - ball rifled forward 10 meters. Either he threw it forward quarter back style - or there was a defenders racking motion towards the defenders try line.

 

[GF78]

See you next year Toby - post Toe operation.

 

[Wilson]

I would love to have seen a replay of that lost ball. Looked like a strip for all money

 

[Jaz]

Ridiculous

 

[Deleted member 3365]

For a bloke that is playing injured, he was a machine. Shame someone like Kaufusi didn't bother to show up.

 

[apezza]

Ha. Both his hands on the ball

 

[apezza]

Get that penalty and we are 30 out. Instead they get the field goal.

 

[Deleted member 3365]

Hold the ball with both hands when you know the ball is being played at? Try to eliminate the possibility of it being stripped and not getting the call.

 

[Proud Shark]

Thought he was great tonight. Left it all out there. Would have been nice to have had the challenge for his knock on. Looked like it could have been stripped.

 

[Blue_Eyes84]

Great game on Saturday night. Too bad it wasn't enough for a win. He did what he could, though.

 

[puma1355]

Totally. Was our best forward. Tried his heart out. I dont understand though why he didnt dispute the rake by keary

 

[Gumby]

hoping he takes the next step next season. Has the potential just needs a massive off season.

 

[apezza]

Totally. Was our best forward. Tried his heart out. I dont understand though why he didnt dispute the rake by keary

Probably too tired. Plus with the ball still in play he had to get back and defend.

 

[Gards]

Hold the ball with both hands when you know the ball is being played at? Try to eliminate the possibility of it being stripped and not getting the call.

'loose carry'

Toby gets some serious leg drive going in tackles , made some strong runs again and gets the crowd into it a bit when he does it

 

[Deleted member 2543]

Toby Rudolf - 2023
Consistent season from Toby. I'd say there was two games where his involvement was down (Rd20 and Rd24). Otherwise he was outstanding. An amazing performance considering the injury he was dealing with.

He definitely played too many minutes in the finals game, but I can't really hold that against Fitz. There was no BHU, no Finucane, an injury to Hazelton early in his stint, and two of the guys on the bench were Coquhoun and an underdone Kaufusi.

The comparison charts are where Toby really stands out...
(* apologies to the colourblind. Had to use orange. Starting to run out of colours. If you want to see a specific comparison once I'm finnished I can re-format Toby v another player in different colours).




I'll drop the full running comparison charts in the Fancy Stats thread, but these are the most relevant for Toby.

#1 - Involvement
On average, Toby does as much work as any other middle (so far) but does it for longer. Only Colquhoun (in very limited minutes) was more heavily involved in the play.



#2 - Attacking Trend
* excludes finals game

Up to ~35 minutes of ball in play (about 50 minutes of game time) Toby doesn't slow down. He'll take as many runs as anyone who is playing more than 15 minutes.


#3 - Defensive Trend
* excludes finals game

Toby makes as many tackles as any other player (so far), and does it for longer.




#4 Runs inside own 40 Trend
* excludes finals game

Toby takes more runs inside his own 40 than Kaufusi and Hunt, more than Hazelton if he plays longer than 15 minutes, and is on par with Williams.

 

[Gumby]

The big guy has re signed for 3 years with us!