2018/19 H&A Season Player Average Comparison: Western Bulldogs

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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WESTERN BULLDOGS

The early part of the season wasn’t too kind for those that started with Josh Dunkley (2019 Ave: 111.1), he averaged just 77.5pts from his opening 6 games of the 2019 H&A season. The midfield usage increased for Dunkley and his scores reflected the change, he scored 100pts or more in 87.5% of games & 120pts or more in 56.3% of games for the remainder of the H&A season. Dunkley averaged 123.6pts in his final 16 games of the H&A season, his consistent high ceiling scores will likely make him a popular pick at Round 1 next season.

Caleb Daniel (2019 Ave: 93.8) moved to a fantasy friendly defensive scoring role which included kick-in duties in 2019, he increased his average by 15.9pts compared to the 2018 H&A season. Daniel scored 100pts or more in 35.3% of games in the H&A season.

Marcus Bontempelli (2019 Ave: 104.7) bounced back in 2019 to increase his average by 12.5pts compared to the 2018 H&A season, he averaged 121.0pts from his opening 4 games of the season & 101.5pts for the remainder of the H&A season. Bontempelli has averaged over 100pts in a H&A season twice in his career (2019 & 2017).

Article by @aflratingsPete

2019 AFL FANTASY STATS

PLAYER	POSITION	GAMES	AVERAGE
Gaff, Andrew	MID	20	111
Yeo, Elliot	MID	21	102.7
Shuey, Luke	MID	22	101
Sheed, Dom	MID	22	95
Redden, Jack	MID	21	91.8
Hurn, Shannon	DEF	19	91.4
Sheppard, Brad	DEF	22	82.4
Naitanui, Nic	RUC	3	72.3
Darling, Jack	FWD	22	71.3
Hickey, Tom	RUC	18	69.3
Ah Chee, Brendon	FWD	1	69
McGovern, Jeremy	DEF	21	68.8
Duggan, Liam	DEF	15	66.7
Masten, Chris	MID	15	65.9
Cripps, Jamie	FWD	17	64.1
Watson, Francis	DEF	2	64
Rioli, Willie	FWD	13	63.8
Waterman, Jake	FWD	11	61.4
Jetta, Lewis	DEF	20	61.2
Allen, Oscar	DEF/FWD	21	57.1
Ryan, Liam	FWD	22	56.9
Cole, Thomas	DEF	14	56.4
Barrass, Tom	DEF	12	56.3
Rotham, Josh	DEF	4	55.3
Kennedy, Josh J.	FWD	20	54.1
Petruccelle, Jack	FWD	19	51.1
Hutchings, Mark	MID	16	51
Vardy, Nathan	RUC/FWD	11	50.2
Cameron, Jarrod	MID/FWD	7	50
Nelson, Jackson	DEF	11	48.3
Smith, Josh	FWD	2	46.5
Venables, Daniel	FWD	6	44.7
Brander, Jarrod	FWD	2	38.5
Schofield, Will	DEF	12	36.3
McInnes, Fraser	RUC	0	0
Brooksby, Keegan	RUC	0	0
Mutimer, Kurt	DEF	0	0
Allen, Matthew	MID/FWD	0	0
Ainsworth, Brayden	MID	0	0
Brayshaw, Hamish	MID	0	0
O'Neill, Xavier	MID	0	0
Bines, Patrick	RUC/FWD	0	0
Edwards, Harry	RUC	0	0
Foley, Luke	MID	0	0
Riach, Brodie	MID/FWD	0	0
Williams, Bailey	RUC/FWD	0	0