Brisbane Lions AFL Fantasy Classic Prices 2019

The gradual improvement for Brisbane under Chris Fagan will likely continue again next season, it was another 5 win season but the improvement in percentage reflects how competitive they were in 2018.

The Lions averaged 373.5 Disposals in the 2018 H&A season (Rank 11), that was an increase of 11.7 Disposals compared to the 2017 H&A season.

Dayne Beams & Stefan Martin were the only 2 players to average more than 100pts last season, Beams has departed to the Magpies & Martin was in a dual Ruck set-up for the majority of the season.

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2019 Potential Targets:

Alex Witherden DEF $639K

Witherden has shown a fairly decent fantasy game over his short AFL career, he averaged 88.0pts last season but that included an average of 106.7pts from his final 6 full games before being injured in Round 22.

The new kick-in rule next season may play favourably into the hands of Witherden, he recorded the highest amount of kick-ins last season at Brisbane.

With the long term injury to Sam Docherty many will look elsewhere to find an elite Defender in 2019, having averaged over 20.0 Disposals in his first 2 years at Brisbane Witherden looks to be a genuine option in 2019.

Lachie Neale MID $727K

Neale moves from No.2 on the depth chart at Fremantle to No.1 at Brisbane, Dayne Zorko will likely receive most of the attention from opposition clubs again next season which leaves Neale to do most of the inside contested ball winning duties.

Neale was extremely consistent last season at Freo scoring 100pts or more in 63.6% of games, he was unable to produce many ceiling games but that could all change in 2019.

The ownership percentage will be interesting for Neale to begin the 2019 season, if he completes a full pre-season and records a high Disposal rate in the JLT series then he should be highly considered.

Ely Smith MID $230K

Smith may be a longer term project for Brisbane however for fantasy coaches he should be high on the list of rookies that could impact next season if given a chance to debut, he averaged 23.5 Disposals & 5.0 Tackles at TAC Cup level last season & recorded 30 Disposals (9 Clearances) & 5 Tackles in the final game for Vic Country in the U18 National Championships.

“He is competitive and strong around the ball and will boost our midfield group.” Brisbane Recruiting Manager, Steve Conole on Ely Smith.

Brisbane are still in the process of developing a quality midfield, Smith is worth watching in the JLT Series to see if he can squeeze in at Round 1.

 

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Player	Position	2018 Avg	2018 Gms	2019 Price
Martin, Stefan	RUC	101.32	22	$735000
Neale, Lachie	MID	100.23	22	$727000
Zorko, Dayne	MID	96.55	22	$701000
Lyons, Jarryd	MID	94.95	19	$689000
Robinson, Mitch	MID/FWD	88.21	19	$640000
Witherden, Alex	DEF	88	21	$639000
Cutler, Tom	MID	84.67	18	$614000
McCluggage, Hugh	MID	77.64	22	$563000
Hodge, Luke	DEF	77.53	19	$563000
Berry, Jarrod	MID	77.05	21	$559000
Christensen, Allen	FWD	73	22	$530000
Taylor, Lewis	FWD	72.23	22	$524000
Rich, Daniel	DEF	71.5	18	$519000
Andrews, Harris	DEF	67.17	18	$487000
Robertson, Nick	DEF	65.48	21	$475000
Cameron, Charlie	FWD	65.09	11	$472000
Adams, Marcus	DEF	61.67	6	$466000
Walker, Josh	DEF	63.57	14	$461000
Lester, Ryan	DEF	63.53	15	$461000
Mathieson, Rhys	MID/FWD	61.54	13	$447000
Gardiner, Darcy	DEF	59.85	20	$434000
Bastinac, Ryan	MID	58	2	$432000
Rayner, Cameron	FWD	58.64	22	$426000
Hipwood, Eric	FWD	56.18	22	$408000
Allison, Jacob	DEF	48	3	$401000
McInerney, Oscar	FWD	53.38	16	$387000
McStay, Daniel	FWD	52.37	19	$380000
Bailey, Zac	MID/FWD	51.75	12	$376000
Keays, Ben	MID	60	2	$350000
McCarthy, Lincoln	FWD	49	2	$305000
Cox, Cedric	DEF	37.75	4	$289000
Skinner, Sam	DEF	0	0	$244000
Smith, Ely	MID	0	0	$230000
Smith, Archie	RUC	0	0	$217000
Starcevich, Brandon	MID/FWD	34	4	$202000
Berry, Thomas	MID	0	0	$200000
Joyce, Tom	MID	0	0	$192000
McFadyen, Connor	MID/FWD	0	0	$188000
Eagles, Matt	DEF	27.5	4	$170000
Payne, Jack	DEF	0	0	$170000
Hinge, Mitchell	DEF	0	0	$170000
Answerth, Noah	DEF/MID	0	0	$170000
Ballenden, Connor	FWD	0	0	$170000
Wooller, Toby	FWD	0	0	$170000
Madden, James	MID	0	0	$170000
Lyons, Corey	MID	0	0	$170000
Fullarton, Thomas	RUC	0	0	$170000