The 2 SANFL clubs had a bye this week to cover their AFL sides midyear bye.
The Mid-Season Draft was last week and gave us a nice influx of potential rookies with some playing well in their respective debuts for the club.
It was a pretty good week of scoring for the rookies at reserve level especially the rucks who seemed to dominate. I think there’s a good chance we will see a handful of new players in this week.
LEGEND – Name, Price, Position, AF Score (Ave/Games)
VFL
BRISBANE
D. Robertson $121.2k F/M, 117 (93/7) – 31 touches, 5 marks, 6 tackles and 6 clearances as he backed up his game as the sub the night before
J. Tunstill $119.9k F/M, 113 (105/6) – 27 touches, 6 marks, 5 tackles, 7 clearances and a goal
L. Beecken $119.9k DEF, 88 (92/8) – 19 touches at 84% with 17 kicks, 4 marks, 5 tackles and 4 intercepts
W. McLachlan $102.2k FWD, 106 (84/5) – 19 touches, 8 marks and kicked 5 goals
COLLINGWOOD
H. DeMattia $119.9k MID, 94 (79/9) – 25 touches, 5 tackles, 3 clearances, 6 intercepts and a goal
R. Steene $99.1k MID, 85 (85/1) – 24 touches at 75%, 7 marks and 8 intercepts in his 1st game since being drafted
ESSENDON
V. Visentini $119.9k RUC, 129 (94/7) – a massive game with a huge 58 hitouts to go with 20 touches, 5 tackles and 5 clearances
GEELONG
M. Knevitt $188.9k MID, 65 (56/2) – 19 touches at 84%, 4 marks, 4 tackles and 7 clearances
J. Martin $150.9k FWD, 86 (79/2) – 22 touches at 86%, 6 marks, 3 tackles and 3 intercepts in his 2nd game back from a long injury lay off
G. Stevens $119.9k MID, 87 (91/8) – 26 touches at 54%, 7 tackles and 8 clearances
P. Retschko $99.1k MID, 88 (79/9) – 21 touches at 52%, 3 marks, 3 tackles, 4 clearances and kicked 2.2
GOLD COAST
B. Jepson $99.1k DEF, 88 (83/8) – 23 touches at 61%, 3 marks, 5 tackles, 4 intercepts and a goal
GWS
C. Stone $199k F/D, 121 (92/5) – 25 touches, 13 marks, 4 intercepts and a goal
J. Leake $119.9k DEF, 134 (100/7) – 34 touches at 62%, 6 marks, 6 tackles, 6 clearances, 7 intercepts and a goal in a big game
H. Rowston $119.9k MID, 141 (100/8) – had a huge game with 28 touches at 75% with 14 contested, 8 marks, 8 tackles, 6 clearances, 6 intercepts and 2 goals
N. Madden $119.9k RUC, 89 (97/9) – 19 touches with 14 contested, 4 marks, 6 clearances, 5 intercepts and 37 hitouts. Could make his debut with Briggs out for a few weeks
HAWTHORN
S. Mitchell $202.1k DEF, 146 (107/8) – 35 touches at 89%, 12 marks, 11 intercepts and a goal. Could be a Sicily replacement as his form has been excellent all year
J. Serong $185.4k DEF, 95 (88/8) – 19 touches at 79%, 6 marks, 4 tackles, 4 intercepts and 2 goals. Another possible inclusion
H. Hustwaite $169.6k MID, 108 (113/6) – 32 touches, 4 marks, 5 tackles and 5 clearances
S. Butler $126.6k FWD, 131 (97/7) – another big game backing up last week. 29 touches at 52%, 3 marks, 11 tackles and 6 clearances
B. Macdonald $125.5k DEF, 60 (68/5) – 18 touches at 78%, 4 marks and 3 intercepts
MELBOURNE
O. Sestan $119.9k FWD, 67 (86/8) – 21 touches at 76%, 4 marks and 3 intercepts
M. Jefferson $107.1k FWD, 106 (66/5) – kicked 5 goals from 18 touches at 83% and 7 marks. A chance to return to the side to replace Johnson
RICHMOND
J. Clarke $119.9k FWD, 114 (69/5) – 27 touches at 74%, 8 marks, 8 intercepts and 2 goals. Will definitely play this year, hopefully sooner rather than later
ST. KILDA
A. Hastie $134.4k M/D, 76 (78/6) – 24 touches at 63%, 2 marks, 2 tackles, 9 intercepts and a goal
H. Boyd $99.1k RUC, 150 (92/7) – massive game with 18 touches at 44% with 17 contested, 5 tackles, 10 clearances, 69 hitouts and a goal. You never know, he might get a couple of games with Marshall to give him a bit of an in-game rest
SYDNEY
B. Paton $158.2k D/F, 70 (99/6) – not the heights he normally hits but still decent with 19 touches at 79%, 4 marks and 3 intercepts
WAFL
FREMANTLE
N. O’Driscoll $309.8k MID, 80 (67/3) -21 touches at 38%, 3 marks, 4 tackles and 5 clearances as he builds back after his injury
L. Reidy $132.6k RUC, 127 (91/8) – 18 touches with 15 contested, 6 tackles, 9 clearances, 46 hitouts and a goal
WEST COAST
C. Hall $187.1k MID, 129 (99/4) – 30 touches, 6 marks, 6 tackles, 6 clearances, 4 intercepts and 2 goals
T. Gross $167.3k F/M, 54 (67/3) – 19 touches at 68%, 2 marks, 3 clearances and a goal, not the game 20% of coaches were hoping to see
T. McCarthy $99.1k D/M, 90 (90/1) – 26 touches at 77%, 5 marks and 7 intercepts in a nice debut for the club
Great write up as usual Alza – thank you.
I am living in hope some of my dead rookies (my entire bench) get a Guernsey this week with some nice scores. Namely:
Leake – GWS
Hall – WCE
Hustawait – HAW
Boyd – STK
Do you or any others think any of these guys will get a crack this round?
Sam Butler will return to the Hawks firsts this week – over a year since his last senior game. Hopefully he will play midfield as he has been in the VFL where he has posted huge numbers of late.