And the winner is ......... Kayne Pettifer.
He's averaging a huge 1.5 contested possessions a game.
Followed closely by:
Hyde with a fraction under 1 a game (0.9)
Raines with a fraction over 1 a game (1.1)
Kane Johnson with 1 a game (1.0)
King with 1 a game (1.0)
Newman with a fraction under 1 a game (0.9)
The leading ball winner at the club is now Shane Tuck, followed by Foley, Richardson and Pattison. Next comes Tivendale, Polak and Deledio.
What all this highlights to me, or rather reiterates exactly what everyone already knows is, if a squib like pettifer can get that much contested ball, and be so high up the clubs list (only Bowden and Schulz follow Deledio), then we really need to get some more people who can win their own ball. Too much is being done by too few (Tuck and Foley). Obviously we need some help in the ruck, but a ball winning midfielder must be close behind.