A generational ruckman - Naitanui

Teammates past and present pay tribute to Nic Naitanui and his achievements on and off the field

[@marcturner5809]

I will truly miss Nic as a member, you are a champion

[@Riley_Lavender19]

What a legend you were Nic Nat enjoy your retirement #9 🦅🦅🦅

[@YvonneHynes-gf4ib]

You are a super star Nic Nat and you made people better

[@richardhayes722]

Nothing made me happier as a West Coast fan to see Nic Nat dominating the centre and burying opposition players in heavy tackles. Injuries are the bain of professional sports people, but boy does Nic Nat have an awesome highlight reel. Great player, mentor and character within our State. Congratulations on a stellar career.

[@stallon720]

I definitely didnt realise how good we had it for so long until I look back and see how much he made the midfield so good, guys like Shuey and Yeo not having to wonder what their man is doing because they know theyre gonna get the ball anyway. No other ruckman ive seen brings as much impact as Nic Nat to a game

[@honeybadgerarse3240]

Love to see the big man play again, a true wonder when he was on the field.

[@seanchristie7150]

From Cox to Nic Nat, we were very spoilt. Both have changed the game radically and have been and will be sorely missed. Nic was a Ruck n also an extra player across the ground

[@darthjarjar4305]

Name another person that could turn a game on it's head with 5 touches. Gonna miss ya big Nic. Glad I got too watch you in your prime.

[@ojhstreams21]

so sad but happy for him at the same time

[@owendavies7452]

Fantastic bloke to have watched play the game. Also a fantastic mentor off field as well. He speaks well and I believe he belongs in some way at West Coast as a Coach or mentor some day. Like a piece of quality furniture.Well done Nic great career mate.

[@chinthanawijewardana1453]

What a legend ! Go well Nicnat

[@YvonneHynes-gf4ib]

You save every body Nic nat

[@Reboundfifty]

He was a big reason for lots of our wins and 2 rebuilds💙💛everyone who hated him was just jealous af they didn’t have him on the team

[@alec6377]

Sad to see you go Nic. You are an icon for us.

[@brett5847]

Great article about one of the games greatest ruckman and a champion person. Why was he and the club criticised for the first half of his career they said he couldn't read the play,didn't have enough possessions,should have kicked more goals when from the beginning he was a teenager playing ruck had great hand,eye and brain coordination plus he ran hard and has what I call a hard body he hits like a truck then keeps moving forward. He and Coxy were an unmatched both rucked and had the ability to stay with the midfielders. I believe he is the best ruckman I've seen play with his ability to change a game,win games and place the ball exactly where intended. Always remembered his beginnings

[@tysongibbs5809]

😢 Legendary!

[@_LeeTurner]

The 🐐

[@kvtman]

Vinaka boy😁🤙🏾

[@smoothbeak]

I think what Priddis said is very true, he made the midfielders look better than they were, or maybe a nicer way of saying it is that he made them all greater. I wonder how the Eagles would have gone here with a fully fit Nic Naitanui who played 20 games. Probably night and day different, and you can't really say that about many players.

[@WestCoastJoegaming]

Yeah same but why is jk in the vid

[@darthjarjar4305]

Former Teammate. Pridda, Schoey and Glass were in the vis as well

[@Den-pu6re]

This is your comment!

[@kevinrice4887]

Bigger version of Stephan Michaels,amazing players...

[@user-xh2ml2jq6z]

Nic Nat wouldn't carry Stephen Michael's bag. Nic Nat was the poor man version

[@kevinrice4887]

Stephen Michaels disagrees with you!@@user-xh2ml2jq6z

[@user-xh2ml2jq6z]

The most overrated player . Polly Farmer. Stephen Michael. They were true ruckman. They were champions. They were premiership players. They were Sandover medalist at the highest level.

[@jennifermoncrieff2449]

They were all a good in their own times, why the comparisons