List of South Melbourne / Sydney ruckmen

Ruckmen who have played in at least one match for South Melbourne / Sydney in a VFL/AFL premiership. This list may be incomplete due to incomplete match player position records (from which these general player positions are generated).

Player List

No. Player Season(s) Match(es) Position(s) Detail(s)
1 Dick Gibson 1897-1898 29 Ruckman
2 Dinny McKay 1897 14 Ruckman
3 Mick Pleass 1897-1904 109 Ruckman
4 Harry Purdy 1897-1901 72 Ruckman
5 Jack Fleming 1897-1898 12 Ruckman
6 Frank Worroll 1901-1903 31 Ruckman
7 Tom Fogarty 1902-1906 66 Ruckman / Forward Ruckman / Key Forward
8 Jim Cameron 1903-1911 117 Ruckman / Forward
9 Charlie Cameron 1905 1 Ruckman / Defender Ruckman / Key Defender
10 Bert Franks 1906-1913 99 Ruckman
11 Vic Belcher 1907-1920 226 Ruckman / Forward Ruckman / Half-Forward Flanker
12 Johnny Jackson 1907 7 Ruckman
13 Hughie Callan 1907-1910 36 Ruckman / Forward
14 Bruce Sloss 1910-1914 81 Ruckman / Forward
15 Herbert Milne 1911-1912 31 Ruckman
16 Herb Matthews 1914-1924 32 Ruckman / Forward
17 Roy Cazaly 1921-1927 99 Ruckman / Forward
18 Harold Alexander 1922-1926 70 Ruckman / Forward
19 Greg Stafford 1993-2001 130 Ruckman / Forward
20 Jason Ball 2000-2005 90 Ruckman
21 Darren Jolly 2005-2009 118 Ruckman
22 Peter Everitt 2007-2008 39 Ruckman
23 Mike Pyke 2009-2015 110 Ruckman
24 Shane Mumford 2010-2013 79 Ruckman
25 Mark Seaby 2010-2012 18 Ruckman / Forward Ruckman / Forward Pocket
26 Tom Derickx 2014-2015 13 Ruckman / Forward Ruckman / Forward Pocket
27 Sam Naismith 2014-2020 30 Ruckman
28 Toby Nankervis 2015-2016 12 Ruckman
29 Callum Sinclair 2016-2021 89 Ruckman
30 Darcy Cameron 2018 1 Ruckman / Forward Ruckman / Key Forward
31 Tom Hickey 2021-2022 37 Ruckman
32 Peter Ladhams 2022 11 Ruckman / Forward Ruckman / Forward Pocket