Round 11 Review

Geelong (20.7.127) defeated Western Bulldogs (16.17.113)

1. Ed Richards (140). Broke the Mullum tag to perfection with a monster game of 28 touches (19 contested) plus 10 clearances, 7 tackles, 547 metres gained and 2 goals.
2. Tom Liberatore (129). Kept his monster season going with another 31 touch (18 contested), 9 clearance, 8 tackles game.
3. Max Holmes (128). His up and down scores continued as Holmes found 33 touches (17 contested) with 8 clearances, 512 metres gained and 1 goal.
4. Shannon Neale (126). Super up front with some important majors late. 5 of them all up from 16 touches.
5. Bailey Smith (118). Rounds out the top five in his revenge game. 33 touches, 7 tackles and a clear game best, 810 metres gained.

Other 100+ scores: Jeremy Cameron (114), Marcus Bontempelli (107)

Disappointment: Dale (80) was down on what form says, while Freijah (43) was back to the low scores.

Rookies: Bews (46) played his third game while Clohesy (21) came on as the sub, closing out the Cats rookies. Davidson (77) was good for the Dogs with 14 touches, 7 tackles and 1 goal, but Cleary (27) was quiet.

Injuries: Clean sheets with just Henry and Cleary being the tactical subs in the 4th.

 

Essendon (11.15.81) defeated Richmond (8.10.58)

1. Nic Martin (163). Super game from Martin. 35 touches, 9 marks, 8 tackles, 6 clearances, 2 goals and 660 metres gained as he won B.O.G honours.
2. Zach Merrett (156). Super as well. 37 touches, 8 marks, 7 tackles and 619 metres gained for the Essendon skipper who is at a reduced price still.
3. Sam Durham (122). Great at the contest with 26 touches (13 contested) plus 1 goal and 6 clearances for the game.
4. Jye Caldwell (119). Another Essendon mid to smash it out of the park. Caldwell had 29 touches (16 contested) plus a game best, 11 tackles.
5. Todd Goldstein (109). Old Gold rounds out the top five with 11 touches (10 contested), 8 clearances and silver service of 38 hit outs.

Other 100+ scores: Tim Taranto (103), Nathan Broad (101), Jacob Hopper/Andrew McGrath (100)

Disappointment: Breaking my rule for not giving it to rookies but Trainor (28) was grim, especially when thrown forward.

Rookies: Skipping Trainor, the Tigers had Gray (82) and Smith (69), who will look like downgrade options next week after some good scores. After that was Sims (44), Faull (37) and Green (21). McAuliffe (97) is at 244K but now has 96 and 97 before his bubble. Debutant Clarke (97) led the Bombers with a great debut of 3 goals and 16 touches, while Reid (87) was great before a hamstring injury. Prior (87) was also super with 23 touches and 8 marks. Bar that, it was just Kano (44), who failed to really impact the game.

Injuries: Reid (hamstring) and Lalor (hamstring) will affect a few coaches, while Langford (quad) and Dow (knee) probably won’t but we wish them all a speedy recovery.

 

Carlton (12.10.82) defeated by GWS (17.8.110)

1. Toby Greene (127). Showed up in his 250th. 28 touches, 9 marks, 6 clearances and 3 goals to be Giants best.
2. Adam Cerra (122). Very well rounded game from Cerra with 23 touches (10 contested) plus 5 clearances, 6 tackles and 1 goal.
3. Sam Docherty (118). Back in the side and performed so well with 30 touches, just 1 clanger, 1 goal and a team best 492 metres gained.
4. Patrick Cripps/Lachie Ash (112). The skipper was at the coalface, finding 25 touches (20 contested) plus 7 tackles, 8 clearances and 1 goal, while Ash kept his breakout year going thanks to 28 touches and a game best 699 metres gained.
5. Darcy Jones (102). Jones rounds this game out with a quieter statline of 16 touches and 7 tackles but he was clean and creative with it, having just 1 clanger and 81% DE.

Other 100+ scores: Zilch

Disappointment: TDK (80) owners would be frustrated while Hewett (63) had his first sub ton. Whitfield (82) down on form.

Rookies: Motlop (56) led the Blues ahead of White (51), debutant O’Farrell (49), Carroll (47) and Binns (5). The Giants had Fonti (57), Angove (47) and Rowston (3).

Injuries: Clean reports with Angove and Acres the tactical subs, nice.

 

Hawthorn (8.12.60) defeated by Brisbane (14.9.93)

1. Lachie Neale (143). Dominated as you’d expect a 2 x Brownlow medalist to do. 32 touches @ 75% DE with 5 tackles, 5 marks and 5 clearances.
2. Dayne Zorko/Hugh McCluggage (118). Zorko just kicked it forward with 996 metres gained from his 33 touches and 9 marks, while Hugh kept his underrated season ticking with 24 touches (17 contested) with 11 clearances, 6 tackles and 511 metres gained.
3. Callum Ah Chee (112). Most dominant forward on the day with 4 goals from 20 touches and 10 marks, great game.
4. Charlie Cameron/Karl Amon (106). Cameron turned it on with 3 goals from 14 touches to be important in the Lions win, while Amon had 768 metres gained from 29 touches with 11 rebounds from 50.
5. Harry Morrison (101). Rounds out this games top five thanks to 28 touches @ 82% DE plus 8 marks.

Other 100+ scores: Zilch

Disappointment: Newcombe (79) had enough of the ball but had minimal impact. Will Ashcroft (87) not great.

Rookies: Ashcroft (95) was great and led Fort (80) and the subbed on Robertson (4). The Hawks had no one to mention.

Injuries: Clean cards here too, McKenzie and Morris the tactical subs for their respective teams.

 

North Melbourne (9.9.63) defeated by Collingwood (15.18.108)

1. Ned Long (134). It’s been such a breakout season for Long who is the Pies glue in the midfield now. 29 touches (13 contested) plus 14 tackles and solid DE of 79%.
2. Jack Crisp/Tristan Xerri (126). Crisp was important with 16 touches, 11 score involvements, 3 goal assists, 1 goal himself and 10 tackles. Xerri was the tale of two halves with just 30 points after half time but 17 touches with 18 contested possessions and 31 hitouts is still a great game.
3. Riley Hardeman (119). Hardeman was fantastic with a career night thanks to 28 touches, 10 marks and 776 metres gained.
4. Jamie Elliott/Isaac Quaynor (109). 5 goals from 11 touches plus 5 tackles from Elliott to be the most dominant forward on the ground, while Qauynor had 23 touches and 8 marks in a great game down back.
5. Tom Powell/Nick Daicos (107). Powell was central to the Roos midfield with 1 goal, 28 touches and 4 clearances, while Daicos went nuts after half time to finish with 38 touches, 736 metres gained and 12 inside 50s.

Other 100+ scores: Charlie Comben (103)

Disappointment: I almost threw up when I saw Sheezels score of 63.

Rookies: Bar Hardeman, the Roos had O’Sullivan (50), Maley (41) and Konstanty (35). Collingwood, bar Long, had a solid score from Ed Allan (82), then debutant Hayes (44) and finally Parker (39).

Injuries: Maynard (foot) didn’t last long in this contest but was the only injury. Maley was the tactical sub for North.

 

Walyalup – Fremantle (15.10.100) defeated Yartapuulti – Port Adelaide (7.9.51)

1. Luke Jackson (163). Not for the first time this year, dominated as the solo ruck. 21 touches (15 contested) plus 1 goal, 38 hitouts and 8 clearances.
2. Williem Drew (121). Drew was his usual self in the midfield, finding 21 touches and having 10 tackles to be Ports best scorer.
3. Heath Chapman (115). 21 touches and 9 marks for Chapman but it was his DE of 76% which boosted his score in wet conditions.
4. Caleb Serong (107). 29 touches for Serong with 18 contested touches in the game, plus 12 clearances to his name.
5. Luke Ryan (105). Underpriced for his potential and in a good run of form. Ryan rounds out this game thanks to 22 touches and 7 marks at 91% DE.

Other 100+ scores: Murphy Reid/Rory Atkins/Miles Bergman (104), Zak Butters/Ollie Wines (100)

Disappointment: Bolton (73) was a semi popular pick up this week, but couldn’t capitalise on the Dockers big win.

Rookies: Murphy Reid was great with 4 goals as he led the way off all rookie scores with 104. Worner was solid again with 79 and has been an underrated rookie, while Dudley (69) and Erasmus (62) were solid too. Simpson (0) was injured so early after being the most popular pick up this week. Port had Moraes (55) as their best, coming in ahead of Powell-Pepper (25), debutant Hugh Jackson (23) and Lord (17).

Injuries: Well, Simpson lasted about 2 minutes before an AC joint injury, which hurt so many coaches. Byrne-Jones unfortunately suffered concussion and was subbed at half time.

 

Kuwarna – Adelaide (19.14.128) defeated West Coast (8.14.62)

1. Reilly O’Brien (161). The latest ruck to dominate the Eagles, ROB had 18 touches, 1 goal, 4 marks and 45 hitouts to lead this game.
2. Jordan Dawson (138). One of the Crows best and a popular C pick this week. Dawson had 27 touches, 6 marks, 9 tackles, 2 goals, 8 clearances and 610 metres gained.
3. Sam Berry (130). Really good in a midfield role for the Crows. Had 26 touches plus 9 tackles and 1 goal.
4. Riley Thilthorpe (126). Little bit of everything for Thilthorpe. 2 goals from 17 touches and 7 marks, as well as 4 tackles and 11 hitouts.
5. Josh Rachele (111). Most dominant forward on the day with 5 goals from 16 touches plus good pressure with 6 tackles to round out an all Crows top five.

Other 100+ scores: James Peatling (107), Alex Neal-Bullen (103)

Disappointment: Maric (49) not good, neither was Flynn (46). Rankine (87) couldn’t get involved in the Crows party.

Rookies: Curtin (83) was really solid in the win, as was Pedlar (79) who played his first game of the season. Draper (12) struggled. For West Coast, they were led by Brock (79), who has made some good money thus far. average reading last that with Hewett (57) coming in ahead of Gross (8) and Dewar (6).

Injuries: Waterman is listed with a shoulder injury but it was Gross who was the initial sub. Taylor was the tactical for Adelaide.

 

Narrm – Melbourne (19.17.131) defeated Sydney (12.6.78)

1. Max Gawn (153). Popular C choice purely down to form and that was the case as Gawn top scored thanks to 21 touches (17 contested), 1 goal, 9 tackles and 35 hitouts.
2. Kysaiah Pickett (148). Had the forward line all to himself it seemed, slotting 5.4 from 24 touches in what could’ve been an even bigger game.
3. Clayton Oliver (130). Vintage Oliver here. 31 touches plus 1 goal and 12 tackles in a big win.
4. Christian Petracca (125). Game 200 was vintage Petracca as he found 28 touches (14 contested) plus 2 goals.
5. Ed Langdon (118). Rounds out an all Demon top five thanks to 31 touches and 8 tackles on the outside.

Other 100+ scores: Christian Salem (117), Isaac Heeney (110), Brodie Grundy (109)

Disappointment: Warner couldn’t hit a target all game long, resulting in just 84.

Rookies: The Swans were here by Angus Sheldrick (85) who was busy all day, while just behind him was Corey Warner on 79. Bice (68) needs a spike game soon to stem the bleeding, while the leftovers were Cleary (40) and Hamling (34).

Injuries: Wicks (hamstring) the only concern here. Spargo the sub for Melbourne.

 

Euro-Yroke – St Kilda (8.13.61) defeated by Gold Coast (12.8.80)

1. Jack Sinclair (143). Popular pick this week and returned a great score thanks to 29 touches @ 83% DE plus 1 goal and 620 metres gained.
2. Jack Steele (131). The Saints skipper might come into calculations despite a grim start to the year. Had 33 touches @ 85% DE with 7 marks, 5 clearances and 1 goal.
3. Jarrod Witts (127). Dominated Marshall all game long, having 49 hitouts plus 12 touches, 6 clearances and 6 tackles.
4. Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera (126). Led the game with 36 disposals as well as slotting 1 major. Also had a massive 902 metres gained.
5. Matt Rowell (121). Finishes off the week with a 24 touch, 15 tackles and effort  to be central to another Gold Coast win.

Other 100+ scores: Joel Jeffrey (115), Touk Miller (114), Noah Anderson (113), Sam Clohesy (110), Mitch Owens (103)

Disappointment: Sick effort from Marshall to end the round, just 55.

Rookies: The best for the Saints was Keeler (67), leading the way with Travaglia (56) next best. Poor after that with O’Connell (29) coming in ahead of Hall (28) and Boxshall (27). Just Walter (55) and Read (29) for the Suns.

Injuries: Only issue from this game is an ankle injury to important defender Mac Andrew. The initial, tactical subs were Read and Wilson.