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Herald Sun Super Rankings: Mark Robinson and Jon Anderson rate the top 20 players from Round 16

LUKE Breust’s “surgical” performance against the Western Bulldogs sees the Hawks star claim top honours in the Round 16 Super Rankings. SEE ROBBO & ANDO’S TOP 20 HERE

Luke Breust celebrates a goal. Picture: Michael Klein
Luke Breust celebrates a goal. Picture: Michael Klein

IN a game where brute force often rules, it’s a delight to watch Luke Breust play football with the precision of a surgeon.

The best sporting icon to come out of Temora since pacer Paleface Adios, Breust almost floats from contest to contest as he dissects his opposition.

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His sublime skills see him top of the pops for Round 16, although a ball-winner of a different style in Clayton Oliver was a close second.

Then there’s father time himself, Collingwood captain Scott Pendlebury who may or may not be the finest Magpie ever, but who can clearly stake a claim as the club’s most consistent champion along with his coach Nathan Buckley.

Luke Breust kicked six goals in Round 16.
Luke Breust kicked six goals in Round 16.
Clayton Oliver was prolific in Darwin.
Clayton Oliver was prolific in Darwin.

Indeed, Breust aside, it was a round of on-ballers given Dayne Beams, Andrew Gaff and Geelong pair Joel Selwood and Mitch Duncan were all architects of their teams’ successes.

That’s why it was a pleasure to watch the work of 32-year-old Scott Thompson who is at his 2013 levels when he won North Melbourne’s best-and-fairest.

In the rucking world the same two names bobbed up again in Brodie Grundy and Max Gawn, making it all the more interesting to see how this pair fares on Brownlow night.

And what about Eric Hipwood, the tallest member of Brisbane’s new wave that hopefully takes the Lions back up the ladder?

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Originally published as Herald Sun Super Rankings: Mark Robinson and Jon Anderson rate the top 20 players from Round 16

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