2017/18 H&A Season Player Average Comparison: Western Bulldogs

The 2018 H&A season is complete which means the Fantasy research for next season has already begun, over the last few weeks we’ve taken a look at a 2017/18 H&A season player average comparison for each team (Minimum 10 games played each season).

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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).

WESTERN BULLDOGS

If you are looking to spend a large part of your salary cap at Round 1 next year then look no further than Jack Macrae (2018 Ave: 122.6), he recorded a career season high average scoring 100pts or more in 84.2% of games & 120pts or more in 52.6% of games in 2018. If you are set to avoid Tom Mitchell in the early part of 2019 then Macrae could be a decent under owned pivot play as long as the midfield set-up at the Bulldogs doesn’t change, most fantasy coaches will avoid selecting Macrae based on starting price and the attraction to Mitchell.

Lachie Hunter (2018 Ave: 105.4) produced an outstanding year recording his second career H&A season average over 100pts, he scored 100pts or more in 71.4% of games & 120pts or more in 19.0% of games in 2018. Hunter finished the season strongly recording 8 consecutive 100pt games for an average of 114.0pts, like Macrae if the status quo remains in the midfield at the Bulldogs next season then he will be a decent under owned MID selection.

Marcus Bontempelli (2018 Ave: 92.2) is in a bounce back spot next season after carrying an injury for most of the 2018 season, a full pre-season should be an indicator for him to produce in 2019. Many fantasy coaches will be put off by the lack of a ceiling for Bontempelli, he is one to watch during the pre-season and should be high on your watch list. By the way, Bont averaged 117.5pts from his last 4 games of 2018.

Article by @aflratingsPete

2018 AFL Fantasy Stats

PLAYER	POS	GMS	PTS	AVG
Macrae, Jack	MID	19	2329	122.6
Hunter, Lachie	MID	21	2213	105.4
Dunkley, Josh	MID/FWD	19	1820	95.8
McLean, Toby	MID/FWD	22	2079	94.5
Bontempelli, Marcus	MID	19	1756	92.4
Suckling, Matthew	DEF	11	968	88
Wallis, Mitch	MID/FWD	18	1478	82.1
Williams, Bailey	DEF	14	1119	79.9
Dahlhaus, Luke	MID/FWD	17	1336	78.6
Daniel, Caleb	MID/FWD	20	1558	77.9
Johannisen, Jason	DEF/FWD	22	1672	76
Crozier, Hayden	FWD,DEF	17	1253	73.7
Trengove, Jackson	FWD	16	1150	71.9
English, Timothy	RUC/FWD	7	473	67.6
Roughead, Jordan	RUC	12	808	67.3
Honeychurch, Mitch	FWD	13	848	65.2
Boyd, Tom	RUC	12	760	63.3
Adams, Marcus	DEF	6	370	61.7
Gowers, Billy	FWD	20	1194	59.7
Jong, Lin	MID/FWD	10	592	59.2
Dale, Bailey	MID	10	583	58.3
Lipinski, Patrick	MID/FWD	17	983	57.8
Schache, Josh	FWD	13	750	57.7
Biggs, Shane	DEF	5	287	57.4
Wood, Easton	DEF	12	676	56.3
Richards, Ed	DEF/MID	21	1115	53.1
Naughton, Aaron	DEF	18	934	51.9
Greene, Fergus	FWD	5	256	51.2
Cordy, Zaine	DEF	18	913	50.7
Webb, Lukas	MID/FWD	5	237	47.4
Young, Lewis	DEF	2	94	47
Redpath, Jack	FWD	2	93	46.5
Dickson, Tory	FWD	8	366	45.8
Lynch, Brad	DEF	9	399	44.3
Morris, Dale	DEF	11	471	42.8
Smith, Roarke	DEF	10	399	39.9
Roberts, Fletcher	DEF	2	79	39.5
Liberatore, Tom	MID	1	9	9
Campbell, Tom	RUC	0	0	0
Picken, Liam	FWD	0	0	0
Mullenger-McHugh, Nathan	FWD	0	0	0
Smith, Clay	FWD	0	0	0
Porter, Callum	MID	0	0	0
Collins, Kieran	DEF	0	0	0