Welcome back to the greatest captain advice in all the land. Calvin has been hitting sixes with his captains this year, once again proving he’s the best pirate-picking captain going around. Let’s get cracking to see who the great man has lined up for big scores this week. Good luck everyone!

🏴‍☠️ 1 – Xerri v GEEL
@ GMHBA, SAT 4:35pm

🐽 145 last week
✅ 156, 107, 110 – last 3 v Geelong
✅ Rucks v Geelong – Sweet 101 and Williams 115.

🏴‍☠️ 2 – Bontempelli v FREO
@ Marvel, FRI 7:30pm

⭐ Bont v Freo – 141, 142, 96, 116, 148 and 145
✅ Last week v Freo – Walsh 135 and Cripps 101
🏟️ Lowest score of 114 in last 5 at Marvel

🏴‍☠️ 3 – Daicos v HAW
@ MCG, THURS 7:30pm

🐽 Hot form – 135, 128, 96, 140, 127 and 136
🏟️ MCG this year – lowest score 127
✅ Hawks rate ‘mid-range’ for MIDs on scale
🤷‍♂️ 88 and 128 v Hawks last year

🏴‍☠️ 4 – Jackson v WBD
@ Marvel, FRI 7:30pm

✅ No English
✅ Rucks v WBD – Grundy 116, Blicavs 93 and Meek 98
⭐ Form awesome – 135, 103 and 131

Please note – this was written prior to teams being named so if English plays… please drop LJ out of this list. Amazingly… this will upset someone.

🏴‍☠️ 5 – Smith v KANG
@ GMHBA, SAT 4:35pm

🏟️ This year at home – 145, 154 and 130
✅ 132 on Roos last year
❌ Roos only conceded 4×100 to MIDs in 2026

🏴‍☠️ 1 – Brodie Grundy 116 ✅
🏴‍☠️ 2 – Nick Daicos 135 💥
🏴‍☠️ 3 – Zach Merrett 62 ❄️
🏴‍☠️ 4 – Max Gawn 92 ❄️
🏴‍☠️ 5 – Archie Roberts 134 💥
🏴‍☠️ 6 – Bailey Smith 107 🤏
🏴‍☠️ 7 – Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera 108 🤏
🏴‍☠️ 8 – Jack Sinclair 95 🤏
🏴‍☠️ 9 – Rowan Marshall 77 ❄️
🏴‍☠️ 10 – Luke Jackson 135 💥

GRUNDY v GAWN

Last year at the MCG when these two went head to head… Grundy scored 134 and Gawn posted 140 (9 tackles each). I can’t see those types of scores happening again. However, if you had to split them, then Grundy is clearly your man. Firstly, his form alone is elite and for this game – he’s back at the SCG where he has been awesome. Grundy has also averaged 128 in his last four games this year and is showing a thirst for the ball…. unlike Max.

On the Scale of Hardness – Gawn is rated as the second-hardest to score against whereas Grundy rates number 5 overall. Only one ruckman (Peter Wright) has scored triple-figures against the Gawn this year – as for Grundy, Marc Pittonet had 92 against him in the Opening round to be the best score against the RuckPig.

Having one of these as a captain could be a dangerous play… but, if it plays out like last time… two big scores could be on the cards.

Calvin

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