I spotted
this article a couple of days ago. According to the Telstra Tracker, the five Freo players that covered the most ground per game in 2020 were:
Matt Taberner, 12.3km
Brett Bewley, 11.9km
Blake Acres, 11.6km
Rory Lobb, 11.5km
Jesse Hogan, 11.3km
Bewley is a given, but the rest surprised me. Acres and Hogan had interrupted seasons so that’s a pretty good effort by them and bodes well for next season. Lobb playing between ruck and forward was always bound to rack up some distance, but that’s still pretty impressive.
But Tabs really stands out; he somehow managed to play closer to goal and run 12.3 km a game. Should we give all our players a training session off each week?