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JLT Players of Interest: Port Adelaide vs North Melbourne

It was a pretty open and bruise-free contest for much of the game. For many fantasy coaches, we were keen for a final look at some very relevant cash cows and some value premiums, but the show was fell and genuinely stolen by a fantasy footy all-star.

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Port Adelaide

Tom Rockliff

He had less than 5% ownership across all formats before the game, but I expect his numbers to increase between now and the start of round one drastically. We saw Rocky back to his accumulating best racking up over 40 touches, 16 marks and kicked a few goals for good measure. Is he a trap? I’ll put it this way if Port’s new game style looks to keep the game open and high retention of possession is their further mission objective then he’ll provide tremendous value. For what it’s worth it’s a pass for me, but don’t let that stop you from picking him.

Travis Boak

The story of the day, the former skipper backing up last week’s match in the middle again with 18 centre bounces attended 28 touches, a goal and registering the ton across the formats must place Travis Boak right into contention as a top 10 forward and a unique starting option.

Scott Lycett

The dominant big man on the ground. He may be a sneaky R2 in AFLFantasy if Patrick Ryder’s cheek injury prove to be more serious that costs him a few weeks out of the game.

Will Drew

I loved his game, and without Ollie Wines in the side early on Drew must get games. The young bull attended 12 centre bounces, had 16 disposals and as a basement price MID/FWD cash cow he’ll be very difficult to be passed on if named round one.

Xavier Duursma

With news of Jarrod Lienart suffering a knee injury, it should give the X Man an early run in the port side. He possesses line breaking speed, reads the play well, has a booming boot on him and looks sharp in the contest overhead — a likely debut looking in round one.

Zac Butters

Like Xavier above, the Power have a ripping talent in Butters. Everything he does excites the Port fans and is already one of the favourites of fans. Today’s 14 disposals and a goal was precisely the sort of game the coaching staff would be very pleased with from Butters. He’s locked into the Powers round one side, and for SuperCoach, he is a solid midfield cash cow.

Robbie Gray

Not getting enough midfield time yet to warrant selection in AFLFantasy or DreamTeam. For SuperCoach players this was a reminder that everything he does is class and even with minimal midfield moments he can be a damaging scorer.

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North Melbourne

Bailey Scott

His elite endurance and work ethic was on display even though he played just 58% game time. From such a limited game time he still managed 19 disposals 7 of which were contested, four marks, two tackles and two goals. The father-son selection has put his hand forward for a round one debut.

Aaron Hall

In a round where midprice midfield like Brad Crouch & Tom Rockliff shined bright, it was a quiet fantasy day from Aaron Hall. While he does have the midfield role, he’s now had others in his price range surge past him.

Paul Ahern

Not salary cap relevant, but late in the draft rounds it’d be worth a selection. With limited time on ground, he managed to score well and racked up 21 touches.

Jack Ziebell

Spent the majority of the game forward. If you were considering him in a salary cap format, this game was a reminder to change plans quickly. Draft and Daily Fantasy relevant only.

Luke Davies-Uniake

Led the club for centre bounces attending 28 for the game. Six of his 16 disposals were contested and showed some more moments of why he was taken so high in the draft at the end of 2017. Is he worth the inflated price tag as a cash cow? Probably not, but he looks like he’s made his way into the Roos best 22 which is fantastic for his development.

JLT Players of Interest: Adelaide Vs Port Adelaide

It was a scorching afternoon at Memorial Oval in Port Pirie, and the Crows and Power did battle in over 40-degree temperatures. Both sides have plenty of fantasy football relevant players to discuss, and we learnt plenty because of this hitout.

Rory Sloane

A strong all-around game from the new co-captain. Sloane amassed 28 disposals at 75% efficiency, seven score involvements, eight marks, five clearances and four tackles. With no tagger employed today by Port, we got to see exactly how good a fantasy footballer he is when permitted to dictate the game.

Rory Laird

Plenty has been speculated (including by myself) about the potential impact of the new kick-in rules and the scoring damage it could have on Laird. Based off this game, it seems apparent that we may be over complicating it as he continued on his merry way scoring at will and very much showed that a ‘dip’ in scoring might be marginal if any.

Brodie Smith

If you’d been considering Brodie before today, he did nothing to dent your confidence. He started the game on fire and was used often used by his club to rebound out of defensive 50 (6) and also deliver the ball inside 50 (4). Smith spent most of the game across half-back. He had only two kick-ins today (from a possible five) and played on in every occasion.

Brad Crouch

Brad looked not just good, but very good. Moved freely and covered the ground in trying conditions with relative ease. Won his fair share of the contested ball, and was able to utilise his speed from stoppage as he won five clearances. He showed everything you’d want as a current owner and will tempt those looking for value even more so given how strong his performance was.

Matt Crouch

Matt led all players for total disposals on the ground finishing with 32 at 71% efficiency. Typical Crouch game and showed precisely what he’s capable of delivering.

Travis Boak

Travis is listed as a forward, but he played this game predominantly as a midfielder, something the coaching staff have spoken about numerous times during the preseason. With Ollie Wines likely to miss the opening 2-3 games he could well be the leader of the midfield unit and like today score well.

Zac Butters

Zac demonstrated speed, class and poise beyond his years. Port Adelaide have a beauty of a player, and he’ll be a long term fan favourite for the club. With the departures of the side during the offseason, they need to add a dynamic player and Butters meets that criteria. Lock him in for a round one appearance based off that performance.

Will Drew

Drew did plenty of nice things leading his side with seven clearances, kicked a nice goal and used the ball well both in traffic and in space. As mentioned above with Wines missing a few games early this cash cow is doing everything required to be named round one.

Justin Westhoff

Played just over 50% of the game time and did some nice things, but all my fears got confirmed across this game. That being Port at times looked too tall and lacked speed and ground pressure. Mr FixIt is still an upgrade target, but someone I’m still going to steer away from as a starter.

Tom Rockliff

Spent plenty of time off the ground with Tom just playing 60% of game time. For the minority of coaches that were considering Rocky, I do think it’s time you look elsewhere. At his price, while he will improve on his average I don’t see it being to the level owners may hope for.