Giants v Hawks – Opening Round Cheat Code

Calvin’s look at some of the Fantasy relevant names from GWS v Hawthorn and whether we should include them in our Fantasy teams… (feel free to add your takes in the comments).

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Lachie Whitfield (DEF, $1,104,000)

SCORE: 87 (86% TOG)
PRICED AT: 106

Certainly a player I was interested in after his 4×120+ scores against the Hawks in his last four games and Lachie was doing his thing in the early stages. He didn’t break a sweat but also didn’t post a score worth chasing. Upgrade target only now.

Lachie Ash (DEF, $1,050,000)

SCORE: 84 (85% TOG)
PRICED AT: 100

33pts in the first half and cost me a multi – not great Ashy. Killed me again big fella. 37 in the third term is what he can do. Not a big enough score – another upgrade target. Price dropping, launch in round 5 after his bye when they play the Tigers.

Toby Greene (FWD, $850,00)

SCORE: 75 (78% TOG)
PRICED AT: 81

Look – the idea was worth entertaining but Greene is not an option. He was the third-banana behind Oliver (30), Callaghan (30) and Greene had 24 himself… but his score isn’t worth it. Big fat pass.

Stephen Coniglio (MID, $738,000)

SCORE: 94 (80% TOG)
PRICED AT: 75

You heard it here first… Cogs will fire this year and he sure did that – with 97 at three-quarter time. Now… Cogs only had 4 CBAs but man was he a busy man. Draft only.

Harry Rowston (MID, $554,000)

SCORE: 63 (61% TOG)
PRICED AT: 52

Bruhn has him covered now and even though Harry was in my team before this game – he’s not now – his time on ground is too concerning moving forward. The role is there but he only had 15 touches from his 20CBAs and he was the fourth-banana in line. Sadly…. passing on Harry now.

Phoenix Gothard (FWD, $230,000)

SCORE: 46 (75% TOG)
PRICED AT: 22

Needs a mention…. any $230k FWD is gold in this game and old mate Phoenix was good! His heat map was 30% DEF and 70% FWD for his 46pts and that’s pretty solid. If bench options dry up in the forward line, he could be worth a look. But probably not….

Dylan Moore (FWD, $858,000)

SCORE: 43 (87% TOG)
PRICED AT: 82

Moore gets a mention because he stunk. With 43 points and struggled. He was great towards the end of last year but in this game – he wasn’t. He’ll have a huge breakeven and after his bye in round 3 – he’s a target worth considering.

James Sicily (DEF, $830,000)

SCORE: 89 (86% TOG)
PRICED AT: 79

The best of the Hawks was the old-Sic-dawg. He had 8 marks for his score of 89 and looked good in patches. Not on the Classic radar but in Draft he can be bumped up a few pegs.

Connor Macdonald (FWD, $714,000)

SCORE: 79 (77% TOG)
PRICED AT: 68

Connor Mac was the biggest watch in this one and it’s still a borderline call. The Hawks got beaten by 27pts, but it looked like heaps more. So it was a little one sided. Connor was the third-highest scorer for the Hawks which is a positive and had 12 CBAs. Now… Newc had a team-high 32, Nash 21, Ward 20 and then Connor in what looked like a tight three-man rotation. Concernign signs, but I’m also not a huge believer. If you have him… and you love his projections for 2026 – you can hold… of you don’t… it’s a pass and one I’m happy to see the back of.

Calvin

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