(Written & Created By The Salamander)
In addition to the AFLW Fantasy competition, I’m also running a Crystal Ball competition, like Roo Bloke runs for the men’s season.
Rules:
As with Roo Bloke’s competition, points are awarded as follows:
5 points if you get it right
4 points if your pick comes 2nd
3 points if your pick comes 3rd
2 points if your pick comes 4th
1 point if your pick comes 5th
In your entry, names of players should include both her first and last names (please try to spell them correctly! It makes my life much easier). Teams should be named as follows:
Adelaide
Brisbane
Carlton
Collingwood
Fremantle
Geelong
GWS
Melbourne
North Melbourne
Western Bulldogs
Post your entry in the comments section below.
Categories:
● Premier
● Runner-up
● Minor Premier – the AFL may or may not officially award a Minor Premier this year, given the new conference system, but we can still calculate it easily enough: most premiership points in the home-and-away season, sorted by percentage in the event of a tie.
● Conference A winner – the highest on the Conference A ladder at the end of the home-and-away season (Adelaide, Fremantle, North Melbourne, Melbourne, and the Western Bulldogs).
● Conference B winner – as above (Brisbane, Carlton, Collingwood, Geelong, and GWS).
● Wooden Spoon – see Minor Premier notes.
● Biggest mover – which team will move the greatest number of spots on the ladder from last year (includes finals)? As with the Minor Premier and Runner-up categories, we’re pretending that there is a single ladder.
● How many places? – by just how many places will the above mover move? Value must be either positive or negative, with entries that do not have a + or – sign assumed to be positive.
● B&F – the AFLW version of the Brownlow.
● Leading Goalkicker – the award that will one day be called the Vescio Medal/Award/Trophy. For now though, it’s just the ‘leading goalkicker’. Home-and-away season only.
● Biggest haul – who will kick the most goals in a single game? Includes finals.
● Rising Star
● Top Defender – highest scorer by total points in the home-and-away season, under the new SalamanderCoach 2.0 system.
● Top Midfielder – as above.
● Top Ruck – as above.
● Top Forward – as above.
● No. 1 Rookie ($200,000 or less) – as above.
● No. 1 Mid-pricer ($450,000 or less) – as above.
● Highest Score – the player who scores the highest SalamanderCoach score in a single game.
● Geelong finish – where will the newest teams finish? Includes finals series.
● North Melbourne finish
● Overall scoring trend – The average collective score of both teams last year was 71 points. To the nearest 10 %, how will the scoring this season compare? E.g. 120 % if you think that number is going to trend upwards, 80 % if you think it will go down, 100 % if you think it will stay the same, etc. Home-and-away season only.
Example:
I’ll use my own entry as an example.
Premier, Carlton
Runner-up, Western Bulldogs
Minor Premier, Carlton
Conference A winner, Western Bulldogs
Conference B winner, Carlton
Wooden Spoon, Collingwood
Biggest mover, Carlton
How many places?, +7
B&F, Emma Kearney
Leading Goalkicker, Darcy Vescio
Biggest haul, Darcy Vescio
Rising Star, Madison Prespakis
Top Defender, Chelsea Randall
Top Midfielder, Emma Kearney
Top Ruck, Emma King
Top Forward, Tayla Harris
No. 1 Rookie ($200,000 or less), Madison Prespakis
No. 1 Mid-pricer ($450,000 or less), Darcy Vescio
Highest Score, Courtney Gum
Geelong finish, 6th
North Melbourne finish, 5th
Overall scoring trend, 120%
Form:
Premier,
Runner-up,
Minor Premier,
Conference A winner,
Conference B winner,
Wooden Spoon,
Biggest mover,
How many places?,
B&F,
Leading Goalkicker,
Biggest haul,
Rising Star,
Top Defender,
Top Midfielder,
Top Ruck,
Top Forward,
No. 1 Rookie ($200,000 or less),
No. 1 Mid-pricer ($450,000 or less),
Highest Score,
Geelong finish,
North Melbourne finish,
Overall scoring trend,
Let me know in the comments if you have any questions. Entries close on February 2, 6:45 PM AEDT. Up for grabs is a spot in the prestigious SCT Hall Of Fame…………Good luck!
** And The Salamander isn’t done yet! Stats Guide coming soon…….. – Schwarzwalder **
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Premier, Brisbane
Runner-up, North Melbourne
Minor Premier, GWS
Conference A winner, Adelaide
Conference B winner, GWS
Wooden Spoon, Collingwood
Biggest mover, Western Bulldogs
How many places?, -7
B&F, Ebony Marinoff
Leading Goalkicker, Sabrina Frederick-Traub
Biggest haul, Sabrina Frederick-Traub
Rising Star, Madison Prespakis
Top Defender, Nicola Stevens
Top Midfielder, Ebony Marinoff
Top Ruck, Emma King
Top Forward, Sabrina Frederick-Traub
No. 1 Rookie ($200,000 or less), Madison Prespakis
No. 1 Mid-pricer ($450,000 or less), Emma Swanson
Highest Score, Ebony Marinoff
Geelong finish, 9th
North Melbourne finish, Runner-up/2nd
Overall scoring trend, 130%
And we have our first entry! For a while there was worried I was going to win by default… 😛
I’ve just realised that I didn’t make it clear when I wrote it, so I’ll do so now: the ‘Highest score’ category includes finals.
Is the close-off first bounce tomorrow?! I better get on it.
Yep. And tell your friends! The more entries, the merrier.
Premier, Carlton
Runner-up, Western Bulldogs
Minor Premier, Carlton
Conference A winner, Western Bulldogs
Conference B winner, Carlton
Wooden Spoon, Fremantle
Biggest mover, Carlton
How many places?, +7
B&F, Emma Kearney
Leading Goalkicker, Moana Hope
Biggest haul, Tayla Harris
Rising Star, Chloe Scheer
Top Defender, Chelsea Randall
Top Midfielder, Emma Kearney
Top Ruck, Lauren Pearce
Top Forward, Jaimee Lambert
No. 1 Rookie ($200,000 or less), Chloe Scheer
No. 1 Mid-pricer ($450,000 or less), Aasta O’Connor
Highest Score, Chelsea Randall
Geelong finish, 9th
North Melbourne finish, 7th
Overall scoring trend, 110%
Premier, North Melbourne
Runner-up, GWS
Minor Premier, North Melbourne
Conference A winner, North Melbourne
Conference B winner, GWS
Wooden Spoon, Collingwood
Biggest mover, Brisbane
How many places?, -3
B&F, Karen Paxman
Leading Goalkicker, Christina Bernardi
Biggest haul, Erin Phillips
Rising Star, Madison Prespakis
Top Defender, Chelsea Randall
Top Midfielder, Ellie Blackburn
Top Ruck, Emma King
Top Forward, Christina Bernardi
No. 1 Rookie ($200,000 or less), Madison Prespakis
No. 1 Mid-pricer ($450,000 or less), Darcy Vescio
Highest Score, Karen Paxman
Geelong finish, 4th
North Melbourne finish, 1st
Overall scoring trend, 120%
Premier, Carlton
Runner-up, North Melbourne
Minor Premier, Carlton
Conference A winner, North Melbourne
Conference B winner, Carlton
Wooden Spoon, Collingwood
Biggest mover, Carlton
How many places?, +7
B&F, Erin Phillips
Leading Goalkicker, Darcy Vescio
Biggest haul, Darcy Vescio
Rising Star, Madison Prespakis
Top Defender, Chelsea Randall
Top Midfielder, Emma Kearney
Top Ruck, Emma King
Top Forward, Brie Davey
No. 1 Rookie ($200,000 or less), Madison Prespakis
No. 1 Mid-pricer ($450,000 or less), Katie Brennan
Highest Score, Karen Paxman
Geelong finish, 7th
North Melbourne finish, 2nd
Overall scoring trend, 115%
Hey Emma,
I just thought I should let you know that although she is slated to play forward this season, Davey does not have fwd-status, and so is ineligible to be the no. 1 forward.
Also, in the interest of simplicity, the ‘Overall scoring trend’ category based on 10 % increments, so you’ll need to round your 115 % prediction up or down 5 %.
Top Forward: Katie Brennan
Overall scoring trend: 120%
Premier, Bulldogs
Runner-up, Carlton
Minor Premier, Carlton
Conference A winner, Bulldogs
Conference B winner, Carlton
Wooden Spoon, Fremantle
Biggest mover, Carlton
How many places?, +5
B&F, Erin Phillips (ADE)
Leading Goalkicker, Frederick-Traub (BRL)
Biggest haul, Frederick-Traub (BRL)
Rising Star, Jessica Foley (ADE)
Top Defender Chelsea Randall (ADE)
Top Midfielder, Ellie Blackburn (WBD)
Top Ruck, Lauren Pearce (MELB)
Top Forward, Frederick-Traub (BRL)
No. 1 Rookie ($200,000 or less), Philipa Seth (FRE)
No. 1 Mid-pricer ($450,000 or less), Darcy Vescio (CAR)
Highest Score, Erin Phillips (ADE)
Geelong finish, 4th in Conference
North Melbourne finish, 4th in Conference
Overall scoring trend, 90%
Hey Schwarz,
Sorry if I didn’t make it clear, but the ‘Geelong/North Melbourne finish’ categories are based on the whole ladder, not the conferences.
Apart from being a (very trustworthy) administrator of this site, AFAIK Schwarz is in a very different timezone, so although the lockout is in 25 minutes, if there are no objections I’ll make an exception and let him fix these when he’s awake.
Since we’re now nearly three rounds in, I’ve decided in the interest of simplicity that I will accept the entries of ‘4th in conference’ as they are.
Thanks again for organising all this Salamander. Amazing effort. I have little or no idea what I’m doing, so consulted Sportsbet for some tips 😉
Team is on its way over the interweb.
Premier, Brisbane
Runner-up, North Melbourne
Minor Premier, Brisbane
Conference A winner, North Melbourne
Conference B winner, Brisbane
Wooden Spoon, Geelong
Biggest mover, Western Bulldogs
How many places?, -4
B&F, Emma Kearney
Leading Goalkicker, Katie Brennan
Biggest haul, Sabrina Frederick-Traub
Rising Star, Madison Prespakis
Top Defender, Chelsea Randall
Top Midfielder, Emma Kearney
Top Ruck, Emma King
Top Forward, Tayla Harris
No. 1 Rookie ($200,000 or less), Madison Prespakis
No. 1 Mid-pricer ($450,000 or less), Darcy Vescio
Highest Score, Emma Kearney
Geelong finish, 7th
North Melbourne finish, 2nd
Overall scoring trend, 118% (or +18%)
Just so you know, the ‘Overall scoring trend’ category is based on 10 % increments, so 118 % will be rounded to 120 %.
No probs, thanks.