Richmond v Melbourne at Deakin Reserve, 4.40pm AEDT
RICHMOND
B: A.Rance 18, D.Astbury 12, D.Grimes 2
HB: N.Vlastuin 1, B.Houli 14, J.Short 15
C: D.Prestia 3, S.Edwards 10, T.Cotchin (c) 9
HF: D.Rioli 17, R.Collier-Dawkins 26, J.Higgins 13
F: J.Riewoldt 8, D.Martin 4, D.Butler 7
Foll: T.Nankervis 25, K.Lambert 23, I.Soldo 47
I/C: O.Markov 31, N.Broad 35, J.Ross 27, L.Baker 48, J.Graham 34, B.Ellis 5, M.Weller 16, N.Balta 38
Emerg: C.Moore 36, C.Menadue 37, F.Turner 28, C.Coleman-Jones 40
Notable absentees: Shaun Grigg, Jason Castagna, Tom Lynch, Josh Caddy, Kamdyn McIntosh
MELBOURNE
B: J.Wagner 42, S.Frost 17, J.Hunt 29
HB: B.Fritsch 31, O.McDonald 28, J.Smith 44
C: M.Hore 34, J.Harmes 4, J.Kennedy Harris 24
HF: A.Brayshaw 10, S.Weideman 26, H.Petty 35
F: C.Spargo 9, T.McDonald 25, J.Garlett 36
Foll: B.Preuss 21, A.Neal-Bullen 30, C.Oliver 13
I/C: C.Salem 3, C.Petracca 5, B.Stretch 15, C.Maynard 20, J.Jordon 23, T.Sparrow 32, C.Wagner 40, D.Keilty 45
Emerg: M.Gawn 11, M.Hibberd 14, A.vandenBerg 22, N.Jetta 39
Notable absentees: Jack Viney, Jordan Lewis, Nathan Jones, Steven May, Jake Lever, Jake Melksham
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would love to see snag higgins play through that midfield alot today.
I cant lock down a F3.
Olivers shoulders looking good to me. 11 touches and 4 tackles and 2 marks in the first quarter. Brayshaw also dominating early. They are going to be huge this year as a duo.
Preuss looking solid early although has mainly been rucking against Soldo.
Oliver still handball heavy but shoulders don’t look to be holding him back!
Have had brayshaw in and out of my side i wonder if vineys return will impact his job role and scoring?
Agreed that Vineys impact the only potential issue. However i believe Viney will impact Harmes more than anyone. Hopefully Viney, Brayshaw and Oliver play JLT 2.
Oliver at his best is just behind Cripps and both will push the top 2 mids for the year i think. Hard to ignore.
Cripps, Oliver, Kelly, Fyfe and neale they’ll finish top 10 but can’t select them all when there is so much value around 550k.
Beams, Crouch, Brayshaw Dusty, sloane and even taranto an BCrouch worth another look in JLT2.
It’s tough!
I’m having the same problem! Atm I’ve got Cripps + Oliver as my 2 mids above 600k. To be fair you can’t go all that wrong with the likes of Neale, Fyfe around the same price.
They are my mid 1 & 2 as well, cogs at m3 at the moment, as you say a lot of quality around that price.
Don’t rate Macrae?
Na I’ll grab him 100k cheaper later. Don’t trust bevo & libba to come back in that midfield puts me off.
Definitely rate him, but it is not easy (for me) to find extra 70 odd k over those other quality mids.
Ive had Brayshaw in my side basically since SC opened, I think him and Oliver will be an amazing duo this season
Brayshaw’s disposal efficiency will cap his ceiling at most 110 ave which would be a win still.
Balta has come out of nowhere and just before 3QTR time he is on 98 points. Priced at 124k, it would be great if he could break into that Richmond team, but that would be a real tough job when you have Riewoldt, Caddy and Lynch in the Richmond team
I mentioned this in the richmond preview thread.
Noah Balta is a chance to play back up ruck and push forward because of the concern over the second ruck, or lack there of.
Grigg (their current back up “Ruck”) hurt his knee recently so there is now a spot in the best 22 up for grabs. It will come down to Noah or CCJ in my opinion. But after today…
Jack Ross is another richmond rookie that did well today.
richmond likes to hurt you on the rebound so push numbers back and almost concede the clearance Not sure where a bash and crash guy like Ross fits into that.
Looked fantastic, only concern is if they can fit him in with Lynch too.
So it turns out that Oliver is quite good at football…
Dude is a freak. didn’t do contested work at training for the second half of the year.
has two shoulder ops over the pre season so has every excuse to start slow… then does this.
Oliver is an auto-lock for the next 5 years!
I just can’t see how Preuss would possibly improve Melbourne by being in the team alongside Gawn. Struggles at times with mobility and getting to every contest when solo ruck and doesn’t seem to have a good tank. Also can’t see what he provides as a forward with McDonald and Weideman the key targets.
Richmond:
Bachar Houli 112
Alex Rance 110
Noah Balta 104
Jayden Short 100
Nathan Broad 91
Dylan Grimes 83
Brandon Ellis 82
Jack Higgins 79
Dustin Martin 78
Dion Prestia 78
Nick Vlastuin 75
Maverick Weller 75
Jack Ross 67
Daniel Rioli 66
Kane Lambert 65
Jack Riewoldt 64
Toby Nankervis 58
Liam Baker 55
Oleg Markov 55
David Astbury 49
Ivan Soldo 48
Shane Edwards 44
Trent Cotchin 41
Jack Graham 36
Riley Collier-Dawkins 22
Dan Butler 16
Melbourne:
Clayton Oliver 127
Angus Brayshaw 111
Christian Salem 103
James Harmes 101
Bayley Fritsch 94
Christian Petracca 92
Sam Weideman 77
Braydon Preuss 69
Tom McDonald 61
Alex Neal-Bullen 58
Marty Hore 57
Sam Frost 57
Harrison Petty 56
Joel Smith 53
Jayden Hunt 48
Oscar McDonald 47
Jay Kennedy Harris 45
James Jordon 45
Josh Wagner 42
Corey Wagner 38
Charlie Spargo 37
Corey Maynard 31
Jeff Garlett 30
Billy Stretch 29
Declan Keilty 29
Tom Sparrow 10
TOG %:
RICHMOND
Bachar Houli 82
Noah Balta 77
Nathan Broad 72
Jayden Short 69
Maverick Weller 76
Jack Higgins 80
Dustin Martin 64
Kane Lambert 55
Alex Rance 81
Nick Vlastuin 79
Jack Riewoldt 79
Brandon Ellis 83
Jack Ross 59
Toby Nankervis 69
Dylan Grimes 75
Dion Prestia 72
Oleg Markov 79
Ivan Soldo 62
Daniel Rioli 76
Trent Cotchin 49
Jack Graham 69
Liam Baker 36
David Astbury 63
Dan Butler 80
Shane Edwards 75
Riley Collier-Dawkins 40
MELBOURNE
Angus Brayshaw 69
Clayton Oliver 68
Christian Salem 72
Bayley Fritsch 70
James Harmes 66
Christian Petracca 82
Braydon Preuss 63
Sam Weideman 85
Alex Neal-Bullen 80
Tom McDonald 83
Marty Hore 81
Jay Kennedy Harris 66
Jayden Hunt 80
Joel Smith 72
Josh Wagner 65
Corey Wagner 80
Oscar McDonald 89
Charlie Spargo 72
Billy Stretch 69
Harrison Petty 75
Sam Frost 84
Declan Keilty 28
James Jordon 71
Corey Maynard 31
Jeff Garlett 53
Tom Sparrow 34
Welcome back Oliver