A ton from a popular rookie Hawk highlights this week’s review. Hopefully you found a way to get Bramble on the field! The bad news is that if you need a downgrade option this week, then you’ll have to be a bit creative. A lot creative, actually.
By the way, it’s only TWO WEEKS until Supercoach finals start.
Here’s a review of the rookie performances from Round 17. Players “on the bubble” are marked with an asterisk.
DEFENDERS
| Player | Club | Price | Score (avg) | BE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leo CONNOLLY (MID) | STK | $136 000 (+$12.1K) | 43 (34) | 3 |
| Luke FOLEY | WCE | $197 100 | DNP (45) | 8 |
| Nicholas MURRAY | ADE | $219 600 (+$21.4K) | 81 (54) | 12 |
| Brandon WALKER | FRE | $159 800 (+$12.7K) | 30 (42) | 15 |
| Denver GRAINGER-BARRAS* | HAW | $184 800 | 52 (43) | 25 |
| Trent BIANCO (MID) | COL | $215 000 (+$11.1K) | 33 (55) | 36 |
| James MADDEN (FWD) | BRL | $257 000 (+$13.5K) | 64 (61) | 37 |
| Thomas HIGHMORE | STK | $324 300 (+$26.7K) | 97 (65) | 46 |
| Nathan MURPHY | COL | $205 100 ($13.9K) | 47 (44) | 49 |
| Liam STOCKER | CAR | $316 900 (+$5.5K) | 57 (56) | 64 |
| Ryan GARTHWAITE | RIC | $188 000 | 48 (48) | N/A |
Goodbye for now: Briggs.
Another great game from Highmore (94% efficiency, 9 intercepts), and he will provide good cover for Whitfield this week if you have both players. Solid effort from Nick Murray in a fairly abysmal Crows outfit (including 10 one percenters), a nice reward for those who have carried him at D8 for the entire season!
MIDFIELDERS
| Player | Club | Price | Score (avg) | BE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lachlan BRAMBLE | HAW | $222 500 (+$67.5K) | 120 (75) | -68 |
| Riley GARCIA | WBD | $181 800 (+$38.3K) | 62 (45) | -28 |
| Jai NEWCOMBE | HAW | $169 600 | DNP (55) | -19 |
| Jeremy SHARP | GCS | $198 200 (+$56.4K) | 57 (71) | -18 |
| Riley COLLIER-DAWKINS | RIC | $227 200 (-$1.6K) | 69 (56) | 30 |
| Ryan BYRNES | STK | $300 900 (+$14.7K) | 82 (62) | 42 |
| Luke EDWARDS | WCE | $192 900 | DNP (55) | 53 |
| Luke PEDLAR* | ADE | $162 300 | 4 (20) | 56 |
| James JORDON | MEL | $405 400 (-$5.6K) | 78 (75) | 95 |
The star of the week was Bramble, who took a bunch of kick ins down at UTAS and wound up with a massive maiden Supercoach ton. Possibly the best loophole option of the year so far! Solid efforts from Garcia, Byrnes and RCD too, and if you have any of these players you may as well keep them as long as they keep playing.
Pedlar is on the bubble, but only seems to be good for a cash grab and not much else. Maybe next year?
RUCKS
| Player | Club | Price | Score (avg) | BE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joel AMARTEY (FWD) | SYD | $270 300 (+$14.2K) | 47 (64) | 15 |
| Josh TREACY (FWD) | FRE | $253 100 (-$7.2K) | 74 (47) | 46 |
| Riley THILTHORPE (FWD) | ADE | $313 200 (-$31.4K) | 25 (63) | 102 |
| Matt FLYNN | GWS | $422 600 | DNP (89) | 113 |
Goodbye for now: Reeves
Treacy was actually staring a ton in the face, but some wicked clangers knocked him down to a still respectable score. Job security seems good and he might be worth keeping as a swingman option for your bench. Amartey was quieter this week, but the Swans won so he should hold his spot.
FORWARDS
| Player | Club | Price | Score (avg) | BE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emerson JEKA | HAW | $143 600 (+19.7K) | 61 (39) | -7 |
| Archie PERKINS (MID) | ESS | $246 600 (+$25.6K) | 101 (52) | 3 |
| Tyler BROCKMAN (MID) | HAW | $186 200 (+$13.5K) | 60 (46) | 6 |
| Max HOLMES (MID) | GEE | $182 700 (+$27.9K) | 62 (52) | 13 |
| Alec WATERMAN | ESS | $218 300 (+$3.9K) | 66 (51) | 26 |
| Cody WEIGHTMAN | WBD | $311 100 (-$0.3K) | 28 (69) | 41 |
| Paddy DOW (MID) | CAR | $315 500 (+$23.8K) | 55 (56) | 48 |
| James ROWE | ADE | $303 700 (-$0.1K) | 42 (59) | 78 |
| Matthew OWIES | CAR | $302 800 (+$9.2K) | 57 (59) | 80 |
| Sam FLANDERS | GCS | $305 200 (+$1.8K) | 45 (55) | 83 |
| Miles BERGMAN | PTA | $329 900 (-$7.5K) | 57 (60) | 87 |
| Caleb POULTER (MID) | COL | $301 800 | DNP (64) | 94 |
| Deven ROBERTSON (MID) | BRL | $332 000 (-$15.4K) | 20 (65) | 109 |
| Jamarra UGLE-HAGAN | WBD | $207 300 | 31 (31) | N/A |
Goodbye for now: Williams
Perkins has been inconsistent as rookies tend to be, but he gave another exciting glimpse into the future for Bombers fans with 18 touches and three goals on the half forward flank. Jeka, Brockman and Holmes were all solid and might be worth a look if you’re after bench cover for the remainder of the season.
Weightman came crashing back to earth and completely stuffed his potential cash gen. Might have more luck against the Suns this week. Then again, given how the Coasters have been going lately, maybe not…
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have only 4 trades left for the season. I was going to upgrade CCJ and Robertson to Walsh this week but have missed that boat unfortunately
I still need to trade these two but I also need to preserve trades. I was thinking of the following:
Robertson to Tim Kelly (1 trade) or
Robertson and CCJ to de Goey (2 trades)
which is the better option
Tim Kelly at 397k is enticing, and a POD
I was keen on him last week but played it safe with Mitchell. If you can get him in 1 trade then I reckon go for it. I think he’ll average 100 or more from here
Thanks Alza l can get him in one trade. Would solve a lot of issues for me if he can ave 100+