Bacon Cup Draft 2017

Our annual Draft Day was held on Friday night with 10 of our 12 coaches in attendance at my place. On the deck with plenty of beers and pizza, we had a great night with pretty decent squads being put together.

The Bacon Cup has been running in this form for three seasons and to determine our draft order this year, Luke – the reigning premier – decided to get some rubber duckies and put our names on them… then he send them down a river!

Our league settings include:

• 3-4-1-3-(4) team structure
• 12 coaches
• 6 teams finals fixture
• snake draft
• byes off
• captains off

Here’s how it went down pick-by-pick and a bit of a summary of each team (a few words from me about best and worst picks).

PICK	PLAYER	CLUB	POSITION	TAKEN BY
1	Patrick Dangerfield	GEE	MID	Poketrain
2	Tom Rockliff	BL	MID	The Soup Nazis
3	Max Gawn	MEL	RUC	BEATBOX10
4	Adam Treloar	COL	MID	Bearfoot Running
5	Nick Riewoldt	STK	FWD	Calvinator
6	Brodie Grundy	COL	RUC	destROY
7	Taylor Adams	COL	DEF/MID	Warne Dawgs
8	Jack Macrae	WB	MID/FWD	Merv Gray Autos
9	Todd Goldstein	NM	RUC	A Point For Trying
10	Stefan Martin	BL	RUC	Scottie doesn't know
11	Tom Mitchell	HAW	MID	The Manzacs
12	Zach Merrett	ESS	MID	Thorpedo Punts
13	Sam Docherty	CAR	DEF	Thorpedo Punts
14	Josh P Kennedy	SYD	MID	The Manzacs
15	Lachie Neale	FRE	MID	Scottie doesn't know
16	Luke Dahlhaus	WB	MID/FWD	A Point For Trying
17	Lance Franklin	SYD	FWD	Merv Gray Autos
18	Luke Parker	SYD	MID	Warne Dawgs
19	Dan Hannebery	SYD	MID	destROY
20	Dustin Martin	RIC	MID	Calvinator
21	Jack Steven	STK	MID	Bearfoot Running
22	Scott Pendlebury	COL	MID	BEATBOX10
23	Nat Fyfe	FRE	MID	The Soup Nazis
24	Steele Sidebottom	COL	MID	Poketrain
25	Matt Priddis	WC	MID	Poketrain
26	Isaac Smith	HAW	MID/FWD	The Soup Nazis
27	Rory Laird	ADE	DEF	BEATBOX10
28	Marcus Bontempelli	WB	MID	Bearfoot Running
29	Sam Jacobs	ADE	RUC	Calvinator
30	Heath Shaw	GWS	DEF	destROY
31	Gary Ablett	GC	MID	Warne Dawgs
32	Leigh Montagna	STK	DEF	Merv Gray Autos
33	Toby Greene	GWS	FWD	A Point For Trying
34	Touk Miller	GC	MID/FWD	Scottie doesn't know
35	Matthew Boyd	WB	DEF	The Manzacs
36	Dayne Zorko	BL	MID	Thorpedo Punts
37	Jason Johannisen	WB	DEF	Thorpedo Punts
38	Jack Viney	MEL	MID	The Manzacs
39	Jake Lloyd	SYD	DEF/MID	Scottie doesn't know
40	Kade Simpson	CAR	DEF	A Point For Trying
41	Jordan Lewis	MEL	MID	Merv Gray Autos
42	Bernie Vince	MEL	DEF/MID	Warne Dawgs
43	Luke Hodge	HAW	DEF	destROY
44	Brett Deledio	GWS	FWD	Calvinator
45	Rory Sloane	ADE	MID	Bearfoot Running
46	Andrew Gaff	WC	MID	BEATBOX10
47	Stephen Coniglio	GWS	MID	The Soup Nazis
48	Dyson Heppell	ESS	MID	Poketrain
49	Hamish Hartlett	PA	DEF/MID	Poketrain
50	Isaac Heeney	SYD	FWD	The Soup Nazis
51	Bachar Houli	RIC	DEF	BEATBOX10
52	Steven Motlop	GEE	FWD	Bearfoot Running
53	Dayne Beams	BL	MID	Calvinator
54	Brent Stanton	ESS	MID	destROY
55	Josh Caddy	RIC	MID/FWD	Warne Dawgs
56	Sam Mitchell	WC	MID	Merv Gray Autos
57	Jarryd Roughead	HAW	FWD	A Point For Trying
58	Joel Selwood	GEE	MID	Scottie doesn't know
59	Chad Wingard	PA	FWD	The Manzacs
60	Michael Barlow	GC	MID	Thorpedo Punts
61	Devon Smith	GWS	FWD	Thorpedo Punts
62	Shane Mumford	GWS	RUC	The Manzacs
63	Bryce Gibbs	CAR	MID	Scottie doesn't know
64	Callum Mills	SYD	DEF	A Point For Trying
65	Marc Murphy	CAR	MID	Merv Gray Autos
66	Jack Gunston	HAW	FWD	Warne Dawgs
67	Aaron Hall	GC	MID	destROY
68	Robbie Gray	PA	MID	Calvinator
69	James Kelly	ESS	DEF/MID	Bearfoot Running
70	Josh J Kennedy	WC	FWD	BEATBOX10
71	Patrick Cripps	CAR	MID	The Soup Nazis
72	Tom J Lynch	GC	FWD	Poketrain
73	Tom Lynch	ADE	FWD	Poketrain
74	Michael Hibberd	MEL	DEF	The Soup Nazis
75	Ollie Wines	PA	MID	BEATBOX10
76	Koby Stevens	STK	MID/FWD	Bearfoot Running
77	Shaun Burgoyne	HAW	DEF	Calvinator
78	Zac Williams	GWS	DEF	destROY
79	Nathan Hrovat	NM	MID/FWD	Warne Dawgs
80	Kurt Tippett	SYD	RUC	Merv Gray Autos
81	Jarrad McVeigh	SYD	DEF	A Point For Trying
82	Dylan Shiel	GWS	MID	Scottie doesn't know
83	Jack Billings	STK	MID/FWD	The Manzacs
84	Christian Petracca	MEL	FWD	Thorpedo Punts
85	Patrick Ryder	PA	RUC/FWD	Thorpedo Punts
86	Nathan Jones	MEL	MID	The Manzacs
87	Jack Martin	GC	DEF/FWD	Scottie doesn't know
88	Lachie Hunter	WB	MID	A Point For Trying
89	Jack Ziebell	NM	MID	Merv Gray Autos
90	Scott Lycett	WC	RUC/FWD	Warne Dawgs
91	Shaun Higgins	NM	FWD	destROY
92	Jasper Pittard	PA	DEF	Calvinator
93	Josh Smith	COL	DEF	Bearfoot Running
94	Sebastian Ross	STK	MID	BEATBOX10
95	Cyril Rioli	HAW	FWD	The Soup Nazis
96	Tom Hickey	STK	RUC	Poketrain
97	Lin Jong	WB	MID/FWD	Poketrain
98	Kade Kolodjashnij	GC	DEF	The Soup Nazis
99	Josh Dunkley	WB	MID/FWD	BEATBOX10
100	Josh Gibson	HAW	DEF	Bearfoot Running
101	Robert Murphy	WB	DEF	Calvinator
102	Caleb Daniel	WB	FWD	destROY
103	Shane Biggs	WB	DEF	Warne Dawgs
104	Grant Birchall	HAW	DEF	Merv Gray Autos
105	Callan Ward	GWS	MID	A Point For Trying
106	Matthew Broadbent	PA	DEF/MID	Scottie doesn't know
107	Matt Crouch	ADE	MID	The Manzacs
108	Justin Westhoff	PA	FWD	Thorpedo Punts
109	Zach Tuohy	GEE	DEF	Thorpedo Punts
110	Ed Curnow	CAR	MID	The Manzacs
111	Jack Steele	STK	MID/FWD	Scottie doesn't know
112	Tom Scully	GWS	MID	A Point For Trying
113	Harley Bennell	FRE	MID/FWD	Merv Gray Autos
114	Brandon Ellis	RIC	MID	Warne Dawgs
115	Jordan de Goey	COL	MID/FWD	destROY
116	Liam Shiels	HAW	MID	Calvinator
117	Jesse Hogan	MEL	FWD	Bearfoot Running
118	Brodie Smith	ADE	DEF	BEATBOX10
119	Brendon Goddard	ESS	MID	The Soup Nazis
120	Jeremy Howe	COL	DEF	Poketrain
121	Shane Savage	STK	DEF	Poketrain
122	Michael Hurley	ESS	DEF	The Soup Nazis
123	Marc LeCras	WB	FWD	BEATBOX10
124	Toby Nankervis	RIC	RUC/FWD	Bearfoot Running
125	Levi Greenwood	COL	MID/FWD	Calvinator
126	Jaeger O'Meara	HAW	MID	destROY
127	Luke Shuey	WC	MID	Warne Dawgs
128	David Mundy	FRE	MID	Merv Gray Autos
129	Jobe Watson	ESS	MID	A Point For Trying
130	Trent Cotchin	RIC	MID	Scottie doesn't know
131	Angus Brayshaw	MEL	MID/FWD	The Manzacs
132	Dion Prestia	RIC	MID	Thorpedo Punts
133	Elliot Yeo	WC	MID/FWD	Thorpedo Punts
134	Nick Vlastuin	RIC	DEF	The Manzacs
135	Ricky Henderson	HAW	DEF/MID	Scottie doesn't know
136	Matthew Kreuzer	CAR	RUC	A Point For Trying
137	Christian Salem	MEL	DEF	Merv Gray Autos
138	Matthew Suckling	WB	DEF	Warne Dawgs
139	Josh Kelly	GWS	MID	destROY
140	Aaron Sandilands	FRE	RUC	Calvinator
141	Liam Picken	WB	MID	Bearfoot Running
142	Dom Tyson	MEL	MID	BEATBOX10
143	Tom Nicholls	GC	RUC	The Soup Nazis
144	Alex Rance	RIC	DEF	Poketrain
145	Tom Phillips	COL	MID/FWD	Poketrain
146	Steve Johnson	GWS	FWD	The Soup Nazis
147	Tom McDonald	MEL	DEF	BEATBOX10
148	Mark Blicavs	GEE	MID	Bearfoot Running
149	Scott Thompson	ADE	MID	Calvinator
150	Jacob Hopper	GWS	MID/FWD	destROY
151	Blake Acres	STK	MID/FWD	Warne Dawgs
152	Taylor Walker	ADE	FWD	Merv Gray Autos
153	Jamie Elliott	COL	FWD	A Point For Trying
154	David Armitage	STK	MID	Scottie doesn't know
155	Tom Boyd	WB	RUC/FWD	The Manzacs
156	Tom Liberatore	WB	MID	Thorpedo Punts
157	Mitch Duncan	GEE	MID	Thorpedo Punts
158	Sharrod Wellingham	WC	DEF	The Manzacs
159	Jake Carlisle	STK	DEF/FWD	Scottie doesn't know
160	Andrew Mackie	GEE	DEF	A Point For Trying
161	Travis Boak	PA	MID	Merv Gray Autos
162	Brad Crouch	ADE	MID	Warne Dawgs
163	Pearce Hanley	GC	MID	destROY
164	Michael Walters	FRE	FWD	Calvinator
165	Mitch Honeychurch	WB	MID/FWD	Bearfoot Running
166	Josh Jenkins	ADE	FWD	BEATBOX10
167	David Zaharakis	ESS	MID	The Soup Nazis
168	Kieren Jack	SYD	MID	Poketrain
169	Will Hoskin-Elliott	COL	FWD	Poketrain
170	Jackson Thurlow	GEE	DEF	The Soup Nazis
171	Sam Menegola	GEE	MID	BEATBOX10
172	Mark Baguley	ESS	DEF	Bearfoot Running
173	Lee Spurr	FRE	DEF	Calvinator
174	Shaun Grigg	RIC	MID	destROY
175	Matthew Leuenberger	ESS	RUC	Warne Dawgs
176	Dane Rampe	SYD	DEF	Merv Gray Autos
177	David Swallow	GC	MID	A Point For Trying
178	Jack Watts	MEL	FWD	Scottie doesn't know
179	Richard Douglas	ADE	MID/FWD	The Manzacs
180	Allen Christensen	BL	FWD	Thorpedo Punts

Click here to see our draft rankings and download the cheat sheet pdf.

Pick 1 – Poketrain – Coach: Pokey

Best pick: Tom Phillips on the pine. Could end up being an onfield player.
Worst pick: Tom Hickey – is he the first choice for the Saints now?
Possible league winning pick: Having both Lynch’s and not having to worry about which one is the best.

Pick 2 – The Soup Nazis – Coach: Stu

Best pick: Nat Fyfe at 23.
Worst pick: Michael Hibberd, Kade Kolodjashnij and Michael Hurley as defenders.
Possible league winning pick: Brendon Goddard if he potentially picks up DEF status with Zaharakis to fill the MID spot left vacant.

Pick 3 – BEATBOX10 – Coach: Beattie

Best pick: Marc LeCras being available with last onfield pick.
Worst pick: Clutching here, but taking Seb Ross when Matt Crouch was still on the board.
Possible league winning pick: Sam Menegola with the last bench selection – could go 100 and be great trade bait.

Pick 4 – Bearfoot Running – Coach: Luke

Best pick: Toby Nankervis as ruckman with last onfield pick. Could have been a much worse result.
Worst pick: James Kelly leading defence.
Possible league winning pick: Taking four midfielders with first four picks.

Pick 5 – Calvinator – Coach: Calvin

Best pick: Liam Shiels at 116.
Worst pick: Too many old and a lot coming back from injury. Will average 18 games played across the team.
Possible league winning pick: Choosing Nick Riewoldt over Jack Macrae.

Pick 6 – destROY – Coach: Roy

Best pick: DEF is a beat with Heath Shaw, Luke Hodge and Zac Williams.
Worst pick: No bench for DEF or RUC… yet.
Possible league winning pick: Brent Stanton in the fifth round to get DPP.

Pick 7 – Warne Dawgs – Coach: Warnie

Best pick: Taylor Adams getting to pick 7.
Worst pick: Bernie Vince too early.
Possible league winning pick: Scott Lycett, who will be the No.1 man, in the eighth round with Matthew Leuenberger holding down the fort until he returns if he misses the first part of the season.

Pick 8 – Merv Gray Autos – Coach: Chook

Best pick: David Mundy at 128 is a steal if he gets back to 2015 form.
Worst pick: Harley Bennell – only because Chook took him last year as well.
Possible league winning pick: Jordan Lewis and Sam Mitchell proving Clarko wrong.

Pick 9 – A Point For Trying – Coach: Chopper

Best pick: Matthew Kreuzer as the ruckman after all onfield picks taken. Smart.
Worst pick: Toby Greene in the third round.
Possible league winning pick: Not selecting any MIDs until the eighth round.

Pick 10 – Scottie doesn’t know – Coach: Scottie

Best pick: Dylan Shiel in the seventh round.
Worst pick: Getting Stefan Martin in the first round – even if Scottie is a Lions supporter.
Possible league winning pick: Touk Miller and Jack Steele as breakout contenders in forward line… could score enough to cover for Jack Watts!

Pick 11 – The Manzacs – Coach: Brett

Best pick: Matt Crouch at pick 107.
Worst pick: Only taking one defender in the first 11 picks (could be a genius move yet with Wellingham in 14th round).
Possible league winning pick: Tom Boyd as trade bait if he gets some ruck minutes early in the season… or at least cover for when Mumford misses half the season as he tends to do.

Pick 12 – Thorpeado Punts – Coach: Thorpy

Best pick: Michael Barlow at pick 60. Could go huge.
Worst pick: Elliot Yeo. Stinky, even if on bench. Oh and Bundy Christensen would have stayed as a Free Agent.
Possible league winning pick: Making the most of the turnaround picks with Merrett and Docherty plus Zorko and Johannisen as first two MIDs and DEFs.