Early Trends – Ep. 174

Thousands of eager AFL Fantasy coaches have already started piecing together their Fantasy Classic squads for the new season.

The game launched last week and although we are only a handful of days in, some trends have started to appear in how coaches are picking their teams.

AFL Fantasy kicks off for season 2018

It appears that the ruck combination of Nic Naitanui (RUC, $417,000) and Max Gawn (RUC, $605,000) is set to be the most popular to start the season. Naitanui’s price attracted a 30 per cent discount due to missing all of 2017, while Gawn is under-priced based on his output last season compared to the season prior.

The ruck bench of Darcy Cameron (RUC, $170,000) and Tim English (RUC/FWD, $187,000) is common as coaches believe they have the best opportunity of game time of the bargain basement options.

Tom Mitchell (MID, $896,000) is the most expensive player in the competition but that hasn’t stopped him from being selected by the early birds. As a lock in captain week-to-week, it will be worth spending a fair chunk of the $12,600,000 salary cap.

Roy, Calvin and Warnie look at the early trends in Fantasy Classic in their first podcast since the game opened. Join The Traders every week as they help you piece together your squad this pre-season.

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NAME	CLUB	POSITION	PRICE	OWNERSHIP
Nic Naitanui	WCE	RUC	$417000	53.3%
Max Gawn	MELB	RUC	$605000	47.0%
Darcy Cameron	SYD	RUC	$170000	44.9%
Tom Mitchell	HAW	MID	$896000	44.9%
Rory Laird	ADEL	DEF	$707000	44.5%
Isaac Heeney	SYD	MID/FWD	$649000	39.7%
Cameron Rayner	BL	MID/FWD	$270000	37.9%
Patrick Dangerfield	GEEL	MID	$849000	36.2%
Tim English	WB	RUC/FWD	$187000	35.1%
Tom Doedee	ADEL	DEF	$170000	34.3%
Willie Rioli	WCE	FWD	$170000	34.2%
Luke Davies-Uniacke	NM	MID	$264000	31.5%
Paul Ahern	NM	MID/FWD	$170000	31.2%
Nathan Freeman	STK	MID	$170000	30.5%
Joel Smith	MELB	DEF/MID	$170000	26.2%
Jack Higgins	RICH	MID/FWD	$238000	26.0%
Nat Fyfe	FRE	MID	$686000	25.6%
Jaeger O’Meara	HAW	MID	$438000	25.3%
Elliot Yeo	WCE	DEF	$692000	24.5%
Jake Lloyd	SYD	DEF	$649000	24.2%