Ryan Crowley taught Lachie Neale how to shake a tag, and two weeks ago he gave Marcus Windhager tips on how to shut players down. On Friday night, the two worlds collide.
When Saint Marcus Windhager lines up on Brisbane Lions star Lachie Neale at the Gabba on Friday night, the former Docker will be cheering for the St Kilda tagger, while barracking for his friend, caught between supporting his ball-winning ex-teammate and the Ross Lyon disciple assigned to stop him.“I thought it would be a great match-up,” Crowley said. “It’s a tough one because I am good mates with Lachie, but then I also go for Ross’ teams most of the time, especially with a tagger.
“When Ross first got to the club, I would always play on a guy like Lachie Neale at training because he was a young guy coming through and he’d be in the second 18 when we were doing match practice,” Crowley said. “I was really impressed with the way he did it. He’s got the application and he’s got all the attributes .”“It’s like the mullet, right? Everything comes back into fashion,” Lyon said this week.“Saints, Dockers, we always ran a heavy tag. Geelong had Ling running around. You can certainly play team defence and have a tag.”Tagger Ryan Crowley became a vital cog in Fremantle’s midfield under Ross Lyon.“I did mention that I find it bizarre that more teams don’t do it,” Crowley said.
“It’s probably a couple of times a year, I reckon, since I retired that somebody would message me and say, ‘I’ve got a tagging role this week, have you got any tips’?” “If you get towed around like a caravan, it’s very easy to get blocked. Whereas if you play in between them and the ball, they have got to come through you to get it.”Crowley seeks out emerging taggers such as Windhager to offer them encouragement.
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