the ball down, allowing an easy take away, or clearance, from a stoppage. Typically, players are not as tall as the ruckman, ranging from in height. Rover—their role is to lurk around centre bounces and stoppages to receive the ball from a ruckman or ruck-rover and complete a clearance. Rovers are typically the smallest player on the ground. In modern football, the rover, ruck-rover, centreman and wingmen are often grouped together as midfielders. The traditional ruck-rover and rover positions are an anachronism in today's game. Along with the centre line players, the ruck-rover and rover form the midfield. Midfield The traditional centreline consists of the centre and the wingmen. These three players are usually good at winning the ball and running with it. They help turn defence into attack and set up attacking plays. As their main role is to deliver the ball to the forwards, they are sometimes called link men. Physically, centre line players need to have good turning agility, above-average ability to read the play and, as they are involved in both attack and defence, a high level of stamina and teamwork. Furthermore, they must possess very good kicking or handball skills, preferably on both sides of the body. The centreline and on-ballers form what is known as the midfield. Midfielders are generally separated into two categories: inside midfielders and outside midfielders. The inside midfielders' main responsibility is to win the ball from the stoppages and feed it out to the outside midfielders, who are generally the quicker, more elusive players. Notable midfielders: Haydn Bunton Jack Worrall Allan La Fontaine Dick Reynolds Thorold Merrett Stan Heal Les Foote Bill Hutchison Bob Quinn Des Fothergill Allan Hopkins Allan Ruthven Allen Aylett Bob Hank Herbie Matthews Marcus Whelan Ron Barassi Jack Clarke Bob Skilton Bob Rose Ian Stewart Des Tuddenham John Murphy Barry Cable Kevin Bartlett Peter Bedford Leigh Matthews Garry Wilson Keith Greig Robert Flower Maurice Rioli Wayne Schimmelbusch Michael Tuck Gerard Healy Tim Watson Dale Weightman Jim Krakouer John Platten Craig Bradley Greg Williams Gavin Brown Garry Hocking Chris McDermott Tony McGuinness Peter Matera Paul Kelly Anthony Stevens Robert Harvey Michael Voss Mark Ricciuto Nathan Buckley Shane Crawford Scott West Simon Black Daniel Kerr Nigel Lappin Gary Ablett, Jr. Chris Judd Luke Hodge Sam Mitchell Jimmy Bartel Dane Swan Scott Pendlebury Jobe Watson Joel Selwood Patrick Dangerfield Ben Cousins Nathan Fyfe Dustin Martin Trent Cotchin Josh Kennedy