AFL: Garry Lyon, Nathan Buckley and Johnathan Brown discuss why it's taken so long for the tagger to come back into vogue.
The likes of Carlton’s Alex Cincotta, Sydney’s James Jordon and St Kilda ’s Marcus Windhager have been used in negating roles in recent weeks to great effect, having taken some huge scalps of opposition stars .
Watch every game of every round this Toyota AFL Premiership Season LIVE with no ad-breaks during play on Kayo. New to Kayo?Starting with Brisbane’s stirring win over the Western Bulldogs on Friday night, Jarrod Berry closely followed Marcus Bontempelli, who combated it by moving forward and kicking three goals. Windhager shut down Touk Miller in St Kilda’s victory over Gold Coast, while Cincotta nullified Zach Merrett’s influence as Carlton downed Essendon.And despite Collingwood defeating Melbourne in Monday’s King’s Birthday clash, Alex Neal-Bullen held Nick Daicos to just 15 disposals before the Magpies superstar was subbed out of the game in the fourth quarter with a corked shin.Demons legend Garry Lyon, who’s long endorsed the use of a tagger, questioned why coaches have only recently reintroduced tagging given it’s success.“It’s back and it was back over the weekend. Over the last month or so it’s come back into vogue. “I thought Neal-Bullen stuck to his task beautifully. I watched the off the ball stuff, he wasn’t going outside the boundaries. “This one pushed the boundaries every now and then, which is OK ... Windhager had an influence on the result.“And this on Friday night, which was a really big win . And because Bontempelli is a generational player, he goes forward and kicks three goals. Lyon later flippantly added: “Same weekend Bontempelli and Daicos both get tagged. Almost brought a tear to my eye.”One view on why tagging has become phased it is because it disrupts team defence, however Saints coachStar Geelong defender Tom Stewart has received constant attention this season including Jordon locking down on the five-time All-Australian in Sydney’s 30-point win at the SCG. It’s clear opposition clubs have identified Stewart as the key instigator for Geelong with his intercept marking out of defence, with the now 8-5 Cats having struggled when he’s negated. “Years later, five All-Australians later, they won’t let Tom Stewart play on his terms – to sit and half back, in a hole and be arguably the most influential player on the ground,” Lyon added.“All these things have into play because the half back flankers have had it their own way for so long. Now they’re made to defend and it’s really influencing the way Geelong is playing.” Collingwood legend Nathan Buckley highlighted that forward tagging “has happened” in the past, but is going through a “purple patch” right now with so many damaging defenders. “We have seen it periodically. Half backs have become so dominant, the playmaker or quarterback ... those players who intercept so well,” he said on Fox Footy.“One of the reasons forwards might not be getting as many votes, forwards get tagged every week. You know you’ve got a defender who plays on you. “So Tom Stewart has to think about an opponent before he goes to the ball, a luxury he’s had his entire his career.”
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