Blues ponder 'Richo role' for Curnow
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The Curnow brothers, Charlie and Ed, are the two fittest players at the club, both powerful runners and endurance athletes, so there is confidence that Curnow would comfortably have the fitness to make the move to a wing or high half-forward running hard up the field and be a link player.
The club is mindful of how damaging players with similar physical characteristics such as Matthew Richardson and Nick Riewoldt were in playing on a wing for periods later in their careers and being hard-to-match-up-on link players.
Richardson, who was mindful football had shifted and the role had changed somewhat since he retired, said Curnow was a natural player and had the physical characteristics to be damaging in any position.
“What I would say is looking at the 6-6-6 zoning, if anything football has gone back to a bit more of a traditional wingman. You see games with guys playing out on a wing for the whole game – Lachie Hunter and [Bradley] Hill sat out there the whole match on the weekend, [Steele] Sidebottom is another, so there has been that shift,” Richardson said.
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