SuperCoach has started for 2025 and our teams are now locked into our initial starting squads which is a relief! 55 rookie priced players got a game this week compared to 47 last year in Round 1.
Players that are considered rookies for this review are players priced under the Lalor Line of $203,500.
Of the players on the bubble I’m not sure who the best pick is, they all have some doubts associated with them. Paton was subbed out with 53% TOG and Hanily started as the sub last week. Long has scored well and had a nice role but is expensive. He still may be the pick of the crop. Warner in his 4th year might have cemented a spot in the team but how confident would you be to bank on that. McInnes is probably too expensive to be a real target also.
With no one forcing our hand as a trade target or to offload, all eyes on Leake who has a bye this week. I would suggest waiting until next week to get some more data when more of the rookie crop have played 2 games.
DEFENDERS
| Player | Club | Price (Change) | Score (Ave) | BE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben PATON* (FWD) | SYD | $133,400 | 43 (55) | -36 |
| James LEAKE* | GWS | $119,900 | 13 (39) | -10 |
| Riley BICE | SYD | $113,500 | 52 (52) | -10 |
| Luke TRAINOR | RIC | $113,500 | 50 (50) | -8 |
| Zach REID | ESS | $119,900 | 45 (45) | 0 |
| Connor O'SULLIVAN | GEE | $148,700 | 48 (48) | 7 |
| Jaxon PRIOR | ESS | $169,200 | 50 (50) | 13 |
| Liam O'CONNELL | STK | $119,900 | 28 (28) | 17 |
| Karl WORNER | FRE | $185,400 | 45 (45) | 24 |
| Luke CLEARY | WBD | $171,600 | 25 (25) | 39 |
Good: Trainor scored well considering he had 6 clangers. 15 touches with 5 marks, 4 intercepts and even 2 clearances in a nice debut. Prior left his scoring late ending with 11 touches and 7 marks but his uncontested style did him no favours even going at 91%.
Bad: Leake played 60% of the game this week for 3 touches and a tackle. Has a bye this week but could very well see himself out of a few teams if any defender rookies put their hand up.
Sub: Bice came on in the 3rd quarter and made a big impact in 31% TOG. He had 12 touches and over 300m gained.
MIDFIELDERS
| Player | Club | Price (Change) | Score (Ave) | BE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ned LONG* | COL | $200,900 | 113 (72) | -31 |
| Xavier LINDSAY | MEL | $158,500 | 86 (86) | -27 |
| Mitch KNEVITT | GEE | $149,800 | 82 (82) | -27 |
| Nathan O'DRISCOLL | FRE | $198,000 | 91 (91) | -18 |
| Jack HENDERSON | MEL | $99,100 | 55 (55) | -18 |
| Levi ASHCROFT | BRL | $185,500 | 84 (84) | -15 |
| Lucas CAMPOREALE | CAR | $113,500 | 56 (56) | -14 |
| Angus HASTIE | STK | $119,900 | 53 (53) | -8 |
| Tom HANILY* | SYD | $119,900 | 47 (37) | -7 |
| Murphy REID | FRE | $131,500 | 50 (50) | -1 |
| Sam LALOR | RIC | $203,500 | 74 (74) | 1 |
| Edward ALLAN | COL | $194,000 | DNP (71) | 1 |
| Elijah TSATAS | ESS | $191,200 | 50 (50) | 21 |
| Finn O'SULLIVAN | NTH | $199,000 | 51 (51) | 23 |
| Angus SHELDRICK | SYD | $161,700 | DNP (32) | 28 |
| Harry SHARP | MEL | $189,100 | 37 (37) | 33 |
| Sid DRAPER | ADE | $190,000 | 27 (27) | 44 |
| Harvey LANGFORD | MEL | $181,000 | 18 (18) | 49 |
Good: A great week for our rookie mids which could have anywhere from 5-10 players here but will limit it to the top 3 scorers. Long played as a pure mid to get his 24 touches with 14 contested, 7 tackles and 5 clearances. He even went into the ruck and managed a hitout. He’s a bit expensive but he has a great role so far. O’Driscoll relished his time as an inside midfielder with 25 touches and 4 tackles with 7 score involvements. An excellent debut from Lindsay saw him have 22 touches at 82%, 3 marks, 6 tackles and 5 free kicks.
Sub: Draper had a nice impact in his 33% game time. He had 8 touches and 4 marks playing in the guts. The game was over otherwise his score could have been much higher. Langford managed 5 touches in 21% game time.
RUCKS
| Player | Club | Price (Change) | Score (Ave) | BE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lachlan KEEFFE* | GWS | $179,800 | 84 (66) | -31 |
| Harry BOYD | STK | $99,100 | 63 (63) | -26 |
| Darcy FORT | BRL | $190,500 | 76 (76) | -5 |
| Archer REID (FWD) | WCE | $119,900 | 44 (44) | 1 |
| Liam REIDY | FRE | $132,600 | 34 (34) | 15 |
Keeffe had the ruck duties with Briggs out. He scored well with 13 touches, 6 tackles, 14 hitouts and a goal. 7 clangers held him back a bit. Fort had 14 touches, 12 hitouts and a goal as he took about a third of the ruck contests. Boyd rucked for majority of the game and scored well as a result. He had 12 touches with 8 contested, 4 clearances and 27 hitouts. Reid had 6 touches with 5 contested, 3 tackles and 6 hitouts. Reidy was decent in the ruck with 18 hitouts but had 6 touches and 3 clangers.
FORWARDS
| Player | Club | Price (Change) | Score (Ave) | BE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corey WARNER* | SYD | $148,700 | 72 (61) | -39 |
| Conor STONE* | GWS | $119,900 | 42 (53) | -39 |
| Ethan READ | GCS | $169,200 | 100 (100) | -37 |
| Max HALL (MID) | STK | $119,900 | 74 (74) | -29 |
| Jacob KONSTANTY | NTH | $119,900 | 74 (74) | -29 |
| Aidan JOHNSON | MEL | $113,500 | 60 (60) | -18 |
| Joel HAMLING | SYD | $159,600 | 76 (76) | -17 |
| Roberts HANSEN JR | NTH | $165,700 | 71 (71) | -10 |
| Isaac KAKO (MID) | ESS | $149,500 | 62 (62) | -7 |
| Elijah HEWETT (MID) | WCE | $122,800 | 52 (52) | -7 |
| Sam DAVIDSON | WBD | $113,500 | 39 (39) | 3 |
| Reef MCINNES* | COL | $200,600 | 53 (54) | 4 |
| Matthew JEFFERSON | MEL | $119,900 | 41 (41) | 4 |
| Harry ARMSTRONG | RIC | $113,500 | 38 (38) | 4 |
| Max GRUZEWSKI* | GWS | $119,900 | 1 (31) | 5 |
| Tom LYNCH | RIC | $183,200 | 61 (61) | 7 |
| Joe BERRY | PTA | $140,500 | 38 (38) | 14 |
| Josh DOLAN | WBD | $113,500 | 26 (26) | 16 |
| Jesse MOTLOP | CAR | $190,700 | 40 (40) | 31 |
| Daniel CURTIN | ADE | $158,600 | 26 (26) | 33 |
| Tyrell DEWAR | WCE | $166,300 | 27 (27) | 35 |
| Arthur JONES | WBD | $150,900 | 10 (10) | 46 |
| Steely GREEN | RIC | $182,700 | 20 (20) | 48 |
| Sam POWELL-PEPPER | PTA | $180,500 | 18 (18) | 49 |
Good: Read played his best game kicking 2.2 from 10 touches with 6 contested, 3 marks and 9 hitouts from just 15 ruck contests. Hamling had an excellent game in defence with 11 touches, 4 marks, 10 intercepts and 9 one percenters.
Bad: Powell-Pepper did not have a good return game with 8 touches and 3 marks. 27% of coaches will be hoping for a better showing or he may have to go.
Sub: Jones had 2 touches in 23% TOG. Gruzewski played 27% of the game after a good game last week but only managed 1 tackle which was also a free against.
Nick Daicos Rookie of the Year Award:
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