Bacon Cup Draft 2018

Our annual Draft Day was held on Friday night with 10 of our 14 coaches in attendance at former winner Stu’s house. The coach of the Soup Nazis put on a great spread with some pulled pork a staple for us pig loving coaches).

The Bacon Cup has been running in this form for four seasons and to determine our draft order this year, Roy – the reigning premier – went with a lottery, complete with his spinning sphere and the last ball pulled out got pick one.

Click here for our Draft Rankings

Our league settings include:

• 3-4-1-3-(4) team structure
• 14 coaches
• 8 teams finals fixture
• snake draft
• byes off
• captains off

Here’s how it went down pick-by-pick and a bit of a summary of each team (a few words from me about best and worst picks).

PICK	PLAYER	CLUB	POSITION	TAKEN BY
1	Tom Mitchell	HAW	MID	The Soup Nazi's
2	Zach Merrett	ESS	MID	Bearfoot Running
3	Patrick Dangerfield	GEE	MID	Scottie doesn't know
4	Josh Kelly	GWS	MID	Merv Gray Autos
5	Dustin Martin	RICH	MID	Warne Dawgs
6	Adam Trelaor	COLL	MID	Tackling Tit-ed
7	Taylor Adams	COLL	MID	The Manzacs
8	Dayne Zorko	BL	MID	A Point For Trying
9	Tom Rockliff	PA	MID	Calvinator
10	Rory Laird	ADE	DEF	Thorpedo Punts
11	Gary Ablett	GEE	MID	Cubby House
12	Mitch Duncan	GEE	MID	destROY
13	Scott Pendlebury	COLL	MID	Poketrain
14	Dayne Beams	BL	MID	BEATBOX11
15	Matt Crouch	ADE	MID	BEATBOX11
16	Brodie Grundy	COLL	RUC	Poketrain
17	Lachie Neale	FRE	MID	destROY
18	Jack Billings	STK	FWD	Cubby House
19	Nat Fyfe	FRE	MID	Thorpedo Punts
20	Bryce Gibbs	ADE	MID	Calvinator
21	Max Gawn	MELB	RUC	A Point For Trying
22	Sam Jacobs	ADE	RUC	The Manzacs
23	Luke Parker	SYD	MID	Tackling Tit-ed
24	Stefan Martin	BL	RUC	Warne Dawgs
25	Isaac Heeney	SYD	MID/FWD	Merv Gray Autos
26	Matthew Kreuzer	CARL	RUC	Scottie doesn't know
27	Lance Franklin	SYD	FWD	Bearfoot Running
28	Steele Sidebottom	COLL	MID	The Soup Nazi's
29	Kade Simpson	CARL	DEF	The Soup Nazi's
30	Elliot Yeo	WCE	DEF	Bearfoot Running
31	Sam Menegola	GEE	MID/FWD	Scottie doesn't know
32	Michael Barlow	GCS	MID/FWD	Merv Gray Autos
33	Michael Hibberd	MELB	DEF	Warne Dawgs
34	Rory Sloane	ADE	MID	Tackling Tit-ed
35	Jake Lloyd	SYD	DEF	The Manzacs
36	Toby Greene	GWS	FWD	A Point For Trying
37	Michael Hurley	ESS	DEF	Calvinator
38	Lachie Whitfield	GWS	MID	Thorpedo Punts
39	Jack Macrae	WB	MID	Cubby House
40	Marc Murphy	CARL	MID	destROY
41	Tom Lynch	ADE	FWD	Poketrain
42	Patrick Ryder	PA	RUC	BEATBOX11
43	Aaron Hall	GCS	MID	BEATBOX11
44	Scott Selwood	GEE	MID	Poketrain
45	Toby McLean	WB	MID/FWD	destROY
46	Bachar Houli	RICH	DEF	Cubby House
47	Toby Nankervis	RICH	RUC	Thorpedo Punts
48	Luke Dahlhaus	WB	MID/FWD	Calvinator
49	Chad Wingard	PA	MID/FWD	A Point For Trying
50	Dylan Roberton	STK	DEF	The Manzacs
51	Zach Tuohy	GEE	DEF	Tackling Tit-ed
52	Devon Smith	ESS	FWD	Warne Dawgs
53	Jack Crisp	COLL	DEF	Merv Gray Autos
54	Brad Crouch	ADE	MID	Scottie doesn't know
55	Patrick Cripps	CARL	MID	Bearfoot Running
56	Todd Goldstein	NM	RUC	The Soup Nazi's
57	Travis Boak	PA	MID/FWD	The Soup Nazi's
58	Mitch Robinson	BL	MID/FWD	Bearfoot Running
59	Luke Hodge	BL	DEF	Scottie doesn't know
60	Sebastian Ross	STK	MID	Merv Gray Autos
61	Stephen Coniglio	GWS	MID	Warne Dawgs
62	Robbie Gray	PA	FWD	Tackling Tit-ed
63	Josh P Kennedy	SYD	MID	The Manzacs
64	Ryan Burton	HAW	DEF	A Point For Trying
65	James Sicily	HAW	DEF/FWD	Calvinator
66	Joel Selwood	GEE	MID	Thorpedo Punts
67	Luke McDonald	NM	DEF/MID	Cubby House
68	Christian Petracca	MELB	MID/FWD	destROY
69	Brad Ebert	PA	MID	Poketrain
70	Kane Lambert	RICH	MID/FWD	BEATBOX11
71	Darcy Parish	ESS	MID/FWD	BEATBOX11
72	Ollie Wines	PA	MID	Poketrain
73	Connor Blakely	FRE	MID	destROY
74	Christian Salem	MELB	DEF	Cubby House
75	Jack Gunston	HAW	FWD	Thorpedo Punts
76	Shane Savage	STK	DEF	Calvinator
77	Marcus Bontempelli	WB	MID	A Point For Trying
78	Jeremy Howe	COLL	DEF	The Manzacs
79	Jeremy McGovern	WBE	DEF	Tackling Tit-ed
80	David Mundy	FRE	MID/FWD	Warne Dawgs
81	Heath Shaw	GWS	DEF	Merv Gray Autos
82	Andrew Gaff	WCE	MID	Scottie doesn't know
83	Jack Steven	STK	MID	Bearfoot Running
84	Clayton Oliver	MELB	MID	The Soup Nazi's
85	Angus Brayshaw	MELB	DEF/MID	The Soup Nazi's
86	Ben McEvoy	HAW	RUC	Bearfoot Running
87	Nathan Jones	MELB	MID	Scottie doesn't know
88	Jarrod Witts	GCS	RUC	Merv Gray Autos
89	Jeremy Cameron	GWS	FWD	Warne Dawgs
90	Dyston Heppell	ESS	MID	Tackling Tit-ed
91	Tom Lynch	GCS	FWD	The Manzacs
92	Dan Hannebery	SYD	MID	A Point For Trying
93	Aaron Sandilands	FRE	RUC	Calvinator
94	Jacob Townsend	RICH	FWD	Thorpedo Punts
95	Zac Smith	GEE	RUC	Cubby House
96	Michael Walters	FRE	MID/FWD	destROY
97	Josh J Kennedy	WCE	FWD	Poketrain
98	Shane Biggs	WB	DEF	BEATBOX11
99	Josh Caddy	RICH	MID/FWD	BEATBOX11
100	Joe Daniher	ESS	FWD	Poketrain
101	Jason Johannisen	WB	DEF	destROY
102	Blake Acres	STK	MID/FWD	Cubby House
103	Brandon Ellis	RICH	DEF	Thorpedo Punts
104	Jack Martin	GCS	FWD	Calvinator
105	Kade Kolodjashnij	GCS	DEF	A Point For Trying
106	Jarryd Roughead	HAW	FWD	The Manzacs
107	Callum Sinclair	SYD	RUC	Tackling Tit-ed
108	Brandon Goddard	ESS	MID	Warne Dawgs
109	Dylan Shiel	GWS	MID	Merv Gray Autos
110	Luke Shuey	WCE	MID	Scottie doesn't know
111	Bernie Vince	MELB	DEF	Bearfoot Running
112	Jarryd Lyons	GCS	MID	The Soup Nazi's
113	Tom Papley	SYD	MID/FWD	The Soup Nazi's
114	Caleb Marchbank	CARL	DEF	Bearfoot Running
115	Alex Witherden	BL	DEF	Scottie doesn't know
116	David Zaharaks	ESS	MID	Merv Gray Autos
117	Ryan Clarke	NM	DEF	Warne Dawgs
118	Liam Picken	WB	FWD	Tackling Tit-ed
119	Jordan Lewis	MELB	MID	The Manzacs
120	Callan Ward	GWS	MID	A Point For Trying
121	Alex Neal-Bullen	MELB	FWD	Calvinator
122	Nic Newman	SYD	MID	Thorpedo Punts
123	Josh Dunkley	WB	FWD	Cubby House
124	Tom Bellchambers	ESS	RUC	destROY
125	Jayden Hunt	MELB	DEF	Poketrain
126	Jasper Pittard	PA	DEF	BEATBOX11
127	Josh Smith	COLL	DEF	BEATBOX11
128	Daniel Rich	BL	DEF	Poketrain
129	Hamish Hartlett	PA	DEF	destROY
130	Jack Steele	STK	MID	Cubby House
131	Sam Gray	PA	FWD	Thorpedo Punts
132	Shaun Grigg	RICH	MID	Calvinator
133	Jordan de Goey	COLL	MID/FWD	A Point For Trying
134	Trent Cotchin	RICH	MID	The Manzacs
135	Jack Viney	MELB	MID	Tackling Tit-ed
136	Lachie Hunter	WB	MID	Warne Dawgs
137	Rory Lobb	GWS	FWD	Merv Gray Autos
138	Nick Graham	CARL	MID/FWD	Scottie doesn't know
139	Jesse Hogan	MELB	FWD	Bearfoot Running
140	Daniel Wells	COLL	MID/FWD	The Soup Nazi's
141	Tom McDonald	MELB	DEF/FWD	The Soup Nazi's
142	Isaac Smith	HAW	MID	Bearfoot Running
143	Pearce Hanley	GCS	DEF/MID	Scottie doesn't know
144	Callum Mills	SYD	DEF	Merv Gray Autos
145	Luke Ryan	FRE	DEF	Warne Dawgs
146	Paul Seedsman	ADE	DEF/MID	Tackling Tit-ed
147	Dion Prestia	RICH	MID	The Manzacs
148	Jarrod Harbrow	GCS	DEF	A Point For Trying
149	Luke Dunstan	STK	MID	Calvinator
150	Shaun Higgins	NM	MID	Thorpedo Punts
151	Braydon Fiorini	GCS	MID	Cubby House
152	Andrew McGrath	ESS	DEF	destROY
153	Ben Reid	COLL	DEF/FWD	Poketrain
154	Ed Curnow	CARL	MID	BEATBOX11
155	Tom Scully	GWS	MID	BEATBOX11
156	Brayden Maynard	COLL	DEF	Poketrain
157	Nic Naitanui	WCE	RUC	destROY
158	Matt Scharenberg	COLL	DEF	Cubby House
159	Jarrad McVeigh	SYD	DEF	Thorpedo Punts
160	Sean Darcy	FRE	RUC	Calvinator
161	Liam Shiels	HAW	MID	A Point For Trying
162	Brett Deledio	GWS	FWD	The Manzacs
163	Lewis Taylor	BL	FWD	Tackling Tit-ed
164	Jack Ziebell	NM	MID	Warne Dawgs
165	Dom Tyson	MELB	MID	Merv Gray Autos
166	Justin Westhoff	PA	MID/FWD	Scottie doesn't know
167	Jaeger O'Meara	HAW	MID	Bearfoot Running
168	Allen Christensen	BL	FWD	The Soup Nazi's
169	Jacob Weitering	CARL	DEF	The Soup Nazi's
170	Steven Motlop	PA	MID/FWD	Bearfoot Running
171	Bradley Hill	FRE	MID	Scottie doesn't know
172	Jack Redden	WCE	MID	Merv Gray Autos
173	Nathan Wilson	FRE	DEF	Warne Dawgs
174	Dane Rampe	SYD	DEF	Tackling Tit-ed
175	Hraley Bennell	FRE	FWD	The Manzacs
176	Sam Kerridge	CARL	MID	A Point For Trying
177	Tom Langdon	COLL	DEF	Calvinator
178	Cameron Pedersen	MELB	RUC/FWD	Thorpedo Punts
179	Tom Liberatore	WB	MID	Cubby House
180	Jack Newnes	STK	MID	destROY
181	Mark Blicavs	GEE	MID	Poketrain
182	Matthew Wright	CARL	FWD	BEATBOX11
183	Koby Stevens	STK	MID	BEATBOX11
184	Jack Watts	PA	FWD	Poketrain
185	Charlie Curnow	CARL	FWD	destROY
186	Sam Gibson	ADE	MID	Cubby House
187	Riley Bonner	PA	DEF	Thorpedo Punts
188	Tom Hawkins	GEE	FWD	Calvinator
189	Ricky Henderson	HAW	MID	A Point For Trying
190	Mitch Wallis	WB	MID/FWD	The Manzacs
191	Alex Fasolo	COLL	FWD	Tackling Tit-ed
192	Josh Jenkins	ADE	FWD	Warne Dawgs
193	Scott Lycett	WBE	RUC	Merv Gray Autos
194	Dawson Simpson	GWS	RUC	Scottie doesn't know
195	David Swallow	GCS	MID	Bearfoot Running
196	Shaun Burgoyne	HAW	MID	The Soup Nazi's
197	Jack Stringer	ESS	FWD	The Soup Nazi's
198	Darcy MacPherson	GCS	FWD	Bearfoot Running
199	Caleb Daniel	WB	MID/FWD	Scottie doesn't know
200	Dam Petrevski-Seton	CARL	MID/FWD	Merv Gray Autos
201	Dom Sheed	WCE	MID	Warne Dawgs
202	Rory Atkins	ADE	MID	Tackling Tit-ed
203	Liam Duggan	WCE	DEF	The Manzacs
204	Cyril Rioli	HAW	FWD	A Point For Trying
205	Ben Cunnington	NM	MID	Calvinator
206	Taylor Walker	ADE	FWD	Thorpedo Punts
207	Rhys Mathieson	BL	MID/FWD	Cubby House
208	Hayden Crozier	WB	FWD	destROY
209	Will Hoskin-Elliott	COLL	MID	Poketrain
210	Anthony Miles	RICH	MID	BEATBOX11

Pick 1 – The Soup Nazis – Coach: Stu

Best pick: Clayton Oliver at 84 drew the most disappointment from other coaches in Stu’s loungeroom.
Worst pick: FWDs are super weak – used last three on-field picks to fill that line.
Possible league winning pick: Having pick one (& wanting captains on AFTER the fact – not happening, Stu) sets up the Nazis for a big year.

Pick 2 – Bearfoot Running – Coach: Luke

Best pick: Jesse Hogan and Caleb Marchbank late could be two of the better selections for this year as well as Jack Steven at pick 83… so long as he avoids the tag.
Worst pick: Hard to call any a bad pick, but Bernie Vince may not be the best 2nd defender.
Possible league winning pick: Opting for Zach Merrett over Patrick Dangerfield may define the season.

Pick 3 – Scottie doesn’t know – Coach: Scottie

Best pick: Lions fan Scottie will be happy to get Witherden as his D2 next to Hodgey.
Worst pick: Maybe Hodgey is a little early… even a lot early, but his team has those beautiful eyes staring at him in the backline.
Possible league winning pick: Bench is very solid and will cover well for those missing – although with Hodgey down back, may need to find a DEF emergency.

Pick 4 – Merv Gray Autos – Coach: Chook

Best pick: A top couple MID and FWD had Chook off to a flier.
Worst pick: Some old man risks there with Barlow and Shaw.
Possible league winning pick: Could have some ruck trade bait with Witts, Lycett and Lobb (who should gain DPP) to help him bolster another line.

Pick 5 – Warne Dawgs – Coach: Warnie

Best pick: Coniglio sliding to 61. Oh – and getting my boys Hibberd and Devon as picks 3 & 4.
Worst pick: Ryan Clarke could be an ugly pick.
Possible league winning pick: The Dawgs drop away for depth, but if Goddard can gain DPP – which is a possibility as it has been noted that he’ll play behind the ball – then that may help. Just a shame the midfield looks weak.

Pick 6 – Tackling Tit-Ed – Coach: Tit-Ed

Best pick: Massive midfield with Treloar, Parker and Sloane likely to be 110+ and Heppell not far behind. *Sloane was traded to Manzacs soon after the Draft for Lloyd
Worst pick: Robbie Gray may play too much forward to be worth Tit’s fifth pick.
Possible league winning pick: We well balanced side where the heavy MID strategy could pay off – especially his Sinclair as ruck in the 8th round who is likely to be solo.

Pick 7 – The Manzacs – Coach: Brett

Best pick: The coach of the Manzacs loves some DPP and I reckon Jordan Lewis will be heading back. A bargain in round 9.
Worst pick: Massive punt in the forward line.
Possible league winning pick: The first up trade to bring in Sloane for Lloyd shows how much Brett is keen for a couple to gain DPP. If they don’t, there’s going to need to be some work done with free agents.

Pick 8 – A Point For Trying – Coach: Chopper

Best pick: Grabbing Max in the ruck run.
Worst pick: Chad Wingard will probably play a lot of forward minutes to justify a fourth round selection… and defence is shaky.
Possible league winning pick: Chop’s mate Cyril as his last bench option. Haha. But really, if some under performers such as Hanners, KK and Shiels step it up, it’s a nice squad.

Pick 9 – Calvinator – Coach: Calvin

Best pick: Rounding out defence early with Savage. Looks good. MIDs strong.
Worst pick: FWDs aren’t pretty… and if you listen to other experts, Rocky was way too early (I like it).
Possible league winning pick: The Freo ruck handcuff could be a ripper as Sandi in the seventh is about right.

Pick 10 – Thorpeado Punts – Coach: Thorpy

Best pick: Whitfield in round three might be early, but if he gets that DPP in round six, it is massive.
Worst pick: FWDs are very interesting and could burn.
Possible league winning pick: Not coming on Draft night and drafting sober. But the possibly Whitfield and Newman DPP could be great – will be some trade bait. Needs to fix forwards.

 

Pick 11 – Cubby House – Coach: Cub

Best pick: Billings, Acres and Dunkley could be one of the best forward lines in the league.
Worst pick: After Ablett and Macrae – who could be classed as risky anyway – the MIDs read Steele, Fiorini, Libba and Gibson. That would make me nervous.
Possible league winning pick: If Ablett can play 20+ games, then the first round pick will pay off. Defence has plenty of upside.

Pick 12 – destROY – Coach: Roy

Best pick: Great midfield with Duncan, Neale and Murphy as first three picks. Blakely a chance for DPP as well as Newnes and Crozier. Roy loves his DPP targets.
Worst pick: Leaving ruck until late and Roy’s reaction in the room on drafting Bellchambers was priceless.
Possible league winning pick: The DPPs will be the key, but Michael Walters as his last on field FWD will be a barometer that could help Roy go back-to-back.

Pick 13 – Poketrain – Coach: Pokey

Best pick: Joe Daniher was value at 100 (Pokey’s last FWD) and should knock on the door of a 90 average.
Worst pick: Scooter Selwood as second midfielder way too early – especially after his Pie loving pick of Pendles.
Possible league winning pick: Jack Watts coming off the bench while JJK is out and won’t be disgraced. Could be trade bait when the Eagle returns.

Pick 14 – BEATBOX11 – Coach: Beattie

Best pick: Matt Crouch was a good get at the start of the second as was Darcy Parish in the sixth.
Worst pick: Fell into the Caddy pre-season hype, but at pick 8, that’s fair. There’s just too many names that don’t excite me.
Possible league winning pick: Later picks will determine Beattie’s fortunes – as well as his use of free agency.

 

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