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From AA defender to ‘raw’ mid: Why Rory is staying in the guts – AFL
2020’s Rory Laird experiment will continue. Matthew Nicks explains why
ADELAIDE star Rory Laird has kicked on after his midfield switch in 2020 and made the role his own this summer as the Crows look to settle their engine room ahead of round one.
Laird, a two-time All-Australian defender and 2018 club champion in the role, was thrust into the midfield late last season and thrived, winning 25 possessions or more in eight of the last nine game and finishing second in the best and fairest.
Over the same nine-game period, he averaged 11.7 contested possessions and 4.6…
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