It’s a fair little list of the best one-on-one defenders of the 2000s and 2010s.
On the latest episode of Footy Talk, Nick Riewoldt was talking up an epic one-on-one battle between Rowan Marshall and Luke Jackson in the ruck between the St Kilda/Fremantle game.
It led him and Joey Montagna down a little rabbit hole…
…so Joey asked him who his best one-on-one battles were with.
There were three standouts – if you exclude a former teammate of his.
“I used to hate going to training because I knew Max Hudghton was going to wear me like an absolute glove!”
WHO ROOEY STRUGGLED AGAINST:
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