STRENGTHS:

+ Ruck craft
+ Aerial ability
+ Contested marking
+ Left-foot kick
+ Competitiveness
+ Clean hands

IMPROVEMENTS:

- Production
- Game sense
- Strength

Hishongwa-Gibb has some real points of difference as a ruck, and while she might lack in other areas compared to her peers, the Knights draft prospect has shown really nice development across the course of the last 18 months. It starts with the most important aspect which is her ruck craft, a skill that the Vic Metro representative does really well.

Whether it is palming the ball down neatly or able to put it to space for teammates, Hishongwa-Gibb's hitout numbers are nothing to sneeze at, and a lot of them are very good. She is 181cm and while her physical testing numbers do not jump off the page, her on-field work at stoppages is very good. She times her jumps well, and is able to craft taps down to her onballers, or force the opposition to shark her.

Around the ground Hishongwa-Gibb does not win a heap of the ball, but what she does do well is take a strong mark and is clean both in the air and at ground level. She presents for the grab, safely takes it, and of all the ruck prospects with Draft Combine invites, she might even be the number one with her contested marking. She clunked 10 contested grabs throughout the Talent League, at almost one per game, while averaging 2.8 total marks.

While she does need to improve her game sense and production, Hishongwa-Gibb has done so from 2024 to 2025 and her numbers have been rewarded. However the real element to her game that sets her aside from other players is her kicking. Her left foot has become somewhat of a weapon, and compared to the other rucks in the class, she clears them fairly comfortably.

Hishongwa-Gibb thinks through her kick and ran at 66.1 per cent by foot through the Talent League despite a 46.6 per cent contested rate, boasting the highest kicking efficiency at her club of players who had played more than three games. Each time you watched her it looked to be getting better, and her numbers reflect that improvement.

Alongside those traits, Hishongwa-Gibb is also a competitor, and will compete both in the air and at ground level, with those aforementioned clean hands. She still needs to further build strength as opponents can use their weight to limited her influence, but she never dies wondering about winning a contest.

From an athletic point of view, her speed and agility are not up with the other rucks, and perhaps another reason she is that rung below in the sense of State Draft Combine compared to National Draft Combine. Though her endurance is very handy, and with the natural footballing traits, she has enough to suggest she could carve out a career.

As a whole, Hishongwa-Gibb has come on in leaps and bounds of late, and has a really nice overall draft profile. She has some points of difference in her contested marking and kicking, and while her game sense and strength can improve, she has made inroads this season. A good value raw talent who can further develop.