2017/18 H&A Season Player Average Comparison: Richmond

The 2018 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 2017/18 H&A season player average comparison for each team (Minimum 10 games played each season).

Warnie & Roy discussed some of the numbers on the final Traders podcast of the season, it is worth another listen again to hear their thoughts about some of the players that will be listed in each team (Starts at 41:25).

RICHMOND

After an outstanding 2017 season Dustin Martin (2018 Ave: 92.8) regressed significantly this season, he averaged 103.8pts from his opening 4 games then went on to average 84.8pts from his next 13 games. The defensive part of the Martin role disappeared in 2018 which impacted negatively on his average, he found some form by averaging 108.0pts from his last 4 H&A games.

Martin scored 100pts or more in 33.3% of games & 120pts or more in 4.8% of games in the 2018 H&A season, he scored 100pts or more in 68.2% of games & 120pts or more in 40.9% of games in the 2017 H&A season. There were suspicions Martin was playing hurt for the majority of 2018, he is a must watch during the upcoming pre-season for a change in role.

Jayden Short (2018 Ave: 75.9) was firmly on the radar of many fantasy coaches at the mid-point of the 2018 H&A season, he averaged 93.9pts between Rounds 10-18. Short will be entering his 4^th year and after a nearly a 20pt average increase in 2018 expectations will be high, he is worth a place on a pre-season watch list.

Trent Cotchin (2018 Ave: 80.0) is under-priced compared to his previous career history, he is worth a look at during the pre-season especially if the Tigers can increase Team Disposals.

Article by @aflratingsPete

2018 AFL Fantasy Stats

PLAYER	POS	GMS	PTS	AVG
Martin, Dustin	MID	21	1951	92.9
Nankervis, Toby	RUC	21	1873	89.2
Prestia, Dion	MID	11	936	85.1
Riewoldt, Jack	FWD	22	1868	84.9
Lambert, Kane	MID/FWD	20	1624	81.2
Cotchin, Trent	MID	20	1600	80
Caddy, Josh	MID/FWD	20	1588	79.4
Miles, Anthony	MID	1	78	78
Grigg, Shaun	MID	20	1534	76.7
Short, Jayden	DEF	22	1670	75.9
Conca, Reece	DEF	16	1187	74.2
Ellis, Brandon	DEF	18	1334	74.1
Houli, Bachar	DEF	13	961	73.9
Vlastuin, Nick	DEF	19	1391	73.2
Lloyd, Sam	FWD	7	477	68.1
Edwards, Shane	MID/FWD	22	1461	66.4
Rioli, Daniel	FWD	10	661	66.1
Soldo, Ivan	RUC	1	66	66
Graham, Jack	MID	16	1053	65.8
Higgins, Jack	MID/FWD	18	1111	61.7
Rance, Alex	DEF	22	1324	60.2
Astbury, David	DEF	20	1166	58.3
Butler, Dan	FWD	15	854	56.9
Castagna, Jason	FWD	20	1104	55.2
Mcintosh, Kamdyn	DEF/MID	19	1037	54.6
Grimes, Dylan	DEF	21	1100	52.4
Garthwaite, Ryan	DEF	2	98	49
Moore, Callum	FWD	6	293	48.8
Menadue, Connor	MID	5	244	48.8
Townsend, Jacob	FWD	10	478	47.8
Broad, Nathan	DEF	16	734	45.9
Ellis, Corey	DEF/MID	4	174	43.5
Baker, Liam	FWD	3	114	38
Bolton, Shai	FWD	3	92	30.7
Drummond, Nathan	FWD	0	0	0
Griffiths, Ben	FWD	0	0	0
Chol, Mabior	FWD	0	0	0
Balta, Noah	RUC/FWD	0	0	0
Coleman-Jones, Callum	RUC	0	0	0
Miller, Ben	RUC	0	0	0
Naish, Patrick	MID/FWD	0	0	0
Smith, Derek	DEF	0	0	0
Markov, Oleg	DEF	0	0	0
Hampson, Shaun	RUC	0	0	0
Stengle, Tyson	FWD	0	0	0