Calvin’s Captains – Rd. 9

Welcome back to a ‘bounce back’ week of Calvin’s Captains. Although I hit a few last week, the order wasn’t on the money so hopefully this week I have them all lined-up the right way. Once again, I’ve spent hours on these bad boys so let’s hope they go and do their thing.

🏴‍☠️ 1 – Daicos v FREO
@ Optus, THURS 8:10pm

🏷️ Proved he was taggable… 92 last week
✅ Was in great form… 120, 131, 136, 76, and 136.
✅ Last week…Macrae 139 and Steele 113 score with ease against the Dockers
🏟️ Daicos had 133 against the Dockers last year (at Optus) and 132 in 2023.

🏴‍☠️ 2 – Bont v GCS
@ TIO, SAT 7:35pm

✅ When not vested…Bont has scored 126 and 119.
✅ Scores v Suns… 104, 116, 116, 105 and 133.
✅ Vs Suns…Ashcroft 119, Dunkley 106… Warner 119… Taranto 120.
🏟️ In Darwin, Bont scored 116 there in 2023.

🏴‍☠️ 3 – Gawn v HAW
@ MCG, SAT 1:20pm

✅ Hawthorn are Gawn’s favourite team to play against
✅ Career 13 games v Hawks… Gawn has 10×100+ and 5×120+
✅ Form elite…158, 138, 125 and 118
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁮󠁩󠁲󠁿Form elite but only against 1st, 4th, 3rd and 7th easiest rucks
🤷‍♂️ Never played Meek (ranked 8^th easiest) as solo ruck

🏴‍☠️ 4 – Dawson v PTA
@ Adelaide, SAT 8:10pm

✅ He’s coming off scores of 122, 100 and 123.
✅ Dawson scored 132 and 100 against the Power last year.
❌ Port Adelaide are a red team for midfielders.
✅ Vs Port last week… Bont had 126, Richards 119 and Kennedy had 111.
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁮󠁩󠁲󠁿 Before that though… No MID from North Melbourne or Sydney hit 100.
❌ Has been sitting forward and CBAs are down.

🏴‍☠️ 5 – Xerri v BRIS
@ Ninja, SUN 4:40pm

🏟️ Xerri played 4 easy games in Hobart last year that saw him average 132.
✅ He’s coming off scores of 121 and 122
❌ Oscar (4^th hardest ruckman this year), a guy
✅ Scored 102 against Bris in round four last year
❌ last four rucks v Oscar… Witts 75, Marshall 107, Cameron 77 and English 98

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