Brenton Sanderson

And the reality is you can't stop Dacos.

You can only influence his impact on the game.

So his first tactic, he's got to be so disciplined with his body positioning at stoppage.

You can play him from behind and push him under, but we know that he thrives when he gets separation and receiving the ball in space.

So McGrath's got to make sure around stoppage and clearance that he denies any clean exits.

Then in the open field, he's got to take away any time and space.

That's his biggest weapon, Dacos.

If you can give him some space, we see how good his decision-making is under pressure.

But if he's under no pressure, he never misses a target.

So, yeah, McGrath's got to play him super close.

He's got to pressure him before he gets the ball.

It's not just tackling.

And then he's got to force him wide.

He's got to keep him out of the corridor, make sure the possessions that he gets are in the back half, just keep him outside of handball receive lanes, make sure any handballs he receives are those backwards one.

And, yeah, every possession that Nick Dacos has has got to be a low-impact one.

So he might get the ball.

Preferably it's in the back half and wide.

We just can't give him corridor access in any front half.

But it's a massive job for their captain and he'll be relying on a lot of team defence and help from his Bombers teammates.

If he does it successfully in Essendon win, he'll win the medal.