Despite all the turmoil in an undermanned senior ruck position over the past few years at West Coast, they have only picked Fraser McInnes a handful of times. He averaged a fantasy ton in the WAFL last season from 12 games with 31 hit outs, 17 disposals and a goal per game. The obvious reason for this is that McInnes has never shown any signs that he can recreate his wondrous form at the lower level when the big lights are shining on him. He wasn't even given a shot at ruck last year, playing forward in his three games for a return of 1.3. Avoid.
Have a Guinness, Fraser
Despite all the turmoil in an undermanned senior ruck position over the past few years at West Coast, they have only picked Fraser McInnes a handful of times. He averaged a fantasy ton in the WAFL last season from 12 games with 31 hit outs, 17 disposals and a goal per game. The obvious reason for this is that McInnes has never shown any signs that he can recreate his wondrous form at the lower level when the big lights are shining on him. He wasn't even given a shot at ruck last year, playing forward in his three games for a return of 1.3. Avoid.
McInnes is McOutski
With West Coast's first- and second-choice ruckman effectively out for the season, Fraser McInnes might have expected to get more than two senior games. He ended up playing WAFL as Nathan Vardy showed surprising resilience and Drew Petrie gave one last good year, used in ruck before the byes then mostly forward after that. McInnes looks to be way down the bottom of the depth charts in both of the positions he can play to start 2018 with a bunch of draftees set to go ahead of him too, so unless a terribly infectious disease affecting cruciate ligaments to which he is immune strikes the club, he should be left to moulder away at lower levels.
