A player with no fixed position who follows the play.
 the loss of the ruckman to injury has been a big blow for the team
 Example sentencesExamples
-  This particular coach was the biggest influence on the ruckman's career.
 -  He's more like the height of an average AFL ruckman or a basketballer.
 -  A highlight was a massive goal kicked from inside the centre square by their ruckman.
 -  The Fremantle ruckman marked and goaled early in the last quarter to give his team the lead.
 -  The veteran showed why he has been the best ruckman in the league.
 -  In his earlier days, he was a ruckman for a college in his native Ballarat.
 -  He's the super-fit and mobile ruckman who has added an essential ingredient to the team.
 -  I also recall that his brother was a better than average ruckman.
 -  The league leaders had no answer to the in-form Lions ruckman.
 -  Her husband was a ruckman in the 1961 premiership side.