2018/19 H&A Season Player Average Comparison: Brisbane

The 2019 H&A season is complete which means the fantasy research for next season has already begun, over the next few weeks we’ll take a look at a 2018/19 H&A season player average comparison for each team (Minimum 10 games played each season).

Warnie, Calvin & Roy discussed some of the numbers on the final Traders podcast of the season, it is worth another listen again to hear their thoughts on certain players heading into season 2020. (Starts at 53:35).

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BRISBANE

Arguably the most disappointing Brisbane player in the 2019 H&A season from a fantasy perspective was Alex Witherden (2019 Ave: 74.8), after averaging 88.0pts last season Witherden fell 13.2pts short of that mark in 2019. The Lions were quite efficient moving the ball out of defence in 2019 which likely impacted on the low return for Witherden, his starting price to begin the 2020 season may attract many in the pre-season.

The rise of Hugh McCluggage has not gone unnoticed, he averaged 69.2pts between Rounds 1-12 & 87.4pts between Rounds 14-23 in 2018 and averaged a solid 91.4pts in the 2019 H&A season. McCluggage scored 100pts or more in 23.8% of games in the 2019 H&A season, any upside needs to be considered prior to the 2020 season in classic but certainly he could be a sleeper in draft leagues.

After averaging 127.8pts from his opening 4 games in 2019 Lachie Neale (2019 Ave: 104.7) averaged just 99.6pts from his final 18 games, this still represented an increase of 4.5pts compared to his final season at Fremantle in 2018. The inconsistent scoring will deter quite a few in 2020.

Article by @aflratingsPete

2019 AFL FANTASY STATS

PLAYER	POSITION	GAMES	AVERAGE
Neale, Lachie	MID	22	104.7
Zorko, Dayne	MID	22	104.4
Lyons, Jarryd	MID	22	97.5
Robinson, Mitch	MID/FWD	22	93.6
McCluggage, Hugh	MID	21	91.4
Rich, Daniel	DEF	22	88
Martin, Stefan	RUC	22	84.8
Cutler, Tom	MID	3	80.3
Berry, Jarrod	MID	18	79.6
Witherden, Alex	DEF	21	74.8
Taylor, Lewis	FWD	5	70.4
Cameron, Charlie	FWD	22	67.3
Hodge, Luke	DEF	20	66.2
Christensen, Allen	FWD	11	64.2
McCarthy, Lincoln	FWD	22	59.9
Gardiner, Darcy	DEF	22	57.7
Hipwood, Eric	FWD	21	57.1
Mathieson, Rhys	MID/FWD	9	56.6
Andrews, Harris	DEF	19	56.3
McInerney, Oscar	RUC/FWD	19	56.2
Answerth, Noah	DEF/MID	17	56.1
Robertson, Nick	DEF	4	56
Walker, Josh	DEF	11	55.9
Lester, Ryan	DEF	9	55.8
Keays, Ben	MID	2	54.5
Hinge, Mitchell	DEF	2	54.5
Bastinac, Ryan	MID	3	54
McStay, Daniel	FWD	22	51.6
Adams, Marcus	DEF	8	49.4
Bailey, Zachary	MID/FWD	13	48.2
Smith, Archie	RUC	2	46
Rayner, Cameron	FWD	22	45
Cox, Cedric	DEF	1	44
Allison, Jacob	DEF	2	43.5
Starcevich, Brandon	MID/FWD	1	31
Skinner, Sam	DEF	0	0
Eagles, Matthew	DEF	0	0
Lyons, Corey	MID	0	0
Ballenden, Connor	FWD	0	0
Payne, Jack	DEF	0	0
Wooller, Toby	FWD	0	0
Berry, Thomas	MID	0	0
Fullarton, Thomas	RUC	0	0
Joyce, Tom	MID	0	0
Madden, James	MID	0	0
McFadyen, Connor	MID/FWD	0	0
Smith, Ely	MID	0	0