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$808,000 $800,000 MAKE 2018 YOUR YEAR +9 +3 Kick +6 Goal +5 +3 Mark +2 Handball OFFICIAL 2018 DRAFT KIT COMPILED BY THE TRADERS +6 +3 Kick +4 Tackle +3 Kick +6 Goal CAPTAIN DOUBLE POINTS

AFL FANTASY OFFICIAL 2018 DRAFT KIT 2 WELCOME FOOTY HEADS! The popularity of AFL Fantasy Draft grows year-on-year. More coaches than ever are challenging their mates in the form of fantasy where every player is unique. With thousands of Fantasy Draft s taking part in the lead up to round one, this Draft Kit is a handy resource as you tackle your league s draft. Our league The Bacon Cup is a long-running competition that puts mate against mate for not only some bragging rights, but a pot of cash at the end of the season. We like to draft on the weekend before the season starts which gives everyone plenty of time to prepare for the biggest day on our Fantasy calendar. The role of the Draft league commissioner can be a tough gig. The most organised of your mates is usually a good place to start, but they may also need to be diplomatic and make some big calls. Setting up the league (options outlined on the following page) should be discussed by the members. Get a Facebook group or chat set up to discuss what settings suit best. One of the settings that can affect the commissioner directly is Inter-team Trading. Sometimes there can be collusion between league members if it is free for all. Having the power to approve or block a trade can help keep the integrity of a league so the commissioner approved setting is a must if you can t trust everyone! A platform to chat about the league, be it via Facebook or a messaging app, adds to the experience of playing Fantasy Draft. Many leagues enjoy the banter throughout the week and certainly while head-to-head match ups play out on the weekend. Sending a weekly email newsletter can help bond (and sometimes tear apart) all of the coaches. Once all members have registered for the league, a random draft order AFL Fantasy Draft is open now, so plan your draft day! Once you are in your league, get your Pre-Draft rankings sorted. That is, compile your list and make sure you rank players where you think you d like to take them when it comes to your pick in your live draft. We Roy, Calvin and Warnie have put together this Draft Kit as a tool for you to succeed in your Draft. Some of the players we re hot (and not so hot) on, our positional rankings complete with statistics from the last two seasons and a mock draft featuring Fantasy experts will help you be in the right mindset when it comes to drafting. Good luck! TIPS FOR COMMISSIONERS is applied for the upcoming selections on draft day. A lot of competitions have opted to use the Custom Draft Order setting and think of creative ways to determine who gets which pick. In the last few years, The Bacon Cup, has given the responsibility of selecting the draft order to last year s premier. An arvo at the local pub watching a horse race where everyone drew a runner out of the hat, a nearest to the pin on a par three golf hole and a plastic duck race down a river have been some of the highlights. This year Roy has the honour of finding a way to select the draft order. While we don t know what he s going to do as yet, it is a great way to get the league excited about draft day and the season ahead. Getting all members together for this extra event can make it a fun experience or a live stream can work to build a buzz, especially for coaches who cannot be in attendance. Playing in a Fantasy Draft league is fun but when there s something on the line whether it is money or pride the role of the commissioner is an important one! WARNIE TEAM: Warne Dawgs AFL CLUB SUPPORTED: Essendon FAVOURITE FANTASY PLAYER: Dane Swan FANTASY CAREER HIGHLIGHT: Finishing 14th overall in 2009. STRENGTHS: One of the most dedicated Fantasy coaches in the country and always willing to help others in their quest for glory. WEAKNESSES: Hasn t shown any form in recent years that suggests he is the expert that he likes to call himself. CALVIN TEAM: Calvinator AFL CLUB SUPPORTED: Adelaide Crows FAVOURITE FANTASY PLAYER: Elliot Yeo FANTASY CAREER HIGHLIGHT: Picking Matt Priddis breakout season. STRENGTHS: A Rainman-like ability to remember numbers and analyse data in his thorough research. WEAKNESSES: Despite the hours of work put into choosing captains, hasn t realised he should just stick with the highest-averaging player. ROY TEAM: destroy AFL CLUB SUPPORTED: Carlton FAVOURITE FANTASY PLAYER: Tom Rockliff FANTASY CAREER HIGHLIGHT: Five top-200 finishes. STRENGTHS: Leaves no stone unturned to gain inside info to the point that restraining orders have been threatened. WEAKNESSES: Doesn t take losing too well. Has a Fantasy footy dummy spit that rivals any toddler. $808,000

AFL FANTASY OFFICIAL 2018 DRAFT KIT 3 HOW WILL YOUR LEAGUE PLAY OUT? League Size League Finals League Finals Format Play Opponents LEAGUE SETTINGS 4 / 6 / 8 / 10 / 12 / 14 / 16 / 20 coaches Yes / No 2 / 4 / 6 / 8 teams Flexible / Once / Twice COMMISSIONER S NOTE With the flexible finals format, we prefer to have approximately half of the league making finals. Our Bacon Cup league has 12 coaches and six make finals. We choose to have bye rounds off so we don t need to draft thinking about who will be missing over the multi-bye rounds. League Start Round Flexible (Round 1-16) Bye Rounds On / Off Draft Size Draft Order Draft Turn Time PLAYER DRAFT SETTINGS Live / Auto / Commissioner Snake / Linear 60 secs / 2 / 5 / 15/ 60 mins / 12 / 24 hours COMMISSIONER S NOTE As league members are all over the country, we opt for the live draft for the Bacon Cup and have 60 seconds per pick. If you have everyone together, consider the commissioner draft where selections are inputted on one computer. You can project this to a big screen for an authentic boardroom draft feel. Snake draft is the most popular order style where the order will reverse for every second round. GAMEPLAY SETTINGS Squad size and layout (DEF--RUC-FWD/EMERG) 2-3-1-2/4 2-3-1-2/8 3-4-1-3/4 3-4-1-3/8 5-7-1-5/4 COMMISSIONER S NOTE There are some new squad structures this season, including more options where only one ruckman per team needs to be selected. Larger squad size formats are recommended for leagues with fewer coaches. Captains on will mean one player in each squad will gain double points for each round. We don t have captains on in our league and go with the 3-4-1-3/8 structure meaning 228 players are drafted for our 12-coach league. Emergencies mean that if one of your players doesn t play, the emergency for that position will count towards your weekly score. 5-7-1-5/8 6-8-2-6/4 6-8-2-6/8 Enable Captains Yes / No Emergencies Yes / No Rolling Lockout Yes / No TRADE AND RESTRICTED FREE AGENTS Restricted Free Agents Yes / No RFA Time Period 1 or 2 days RFA Draft Policy Reverse Ladder / Last Pick to Bottom RFA Privacy Private / Public COMMISSIONER S NOTE We choose to have restricted free agents on so that following a round, the most eager coach doesn t just pick up the best available players off the scrapheap! Reverse ladder order means that the coach who is struggling the most in the league can get a leg up by acquiring the next best available player in the event of injuries or the need to dump an under-performer. Trade Approval League or Commissioner Approved / Free-for-all

AFL FANTASY OFFICIAL 2018 DRAFT KIT 4 ROY'S STEALS AND SLEEPERS When looking for prospective Draft sleepers, you are looking for players that have slipped off the radar for one reason or another that you think have some realistic upside late in the draft. STEPHEN CONIGLIO 2017 AVG: 95.7 After averaging 103 in 2016, Cogs had a horribly interrupted season due to injury. Despite that, he scored five hundreds in his 10 games with a lowest score of 82. He is a forgotten man and after scoring 121 and 134 in two of his finals appearances, I project a career high average of 108. RYAN CLARKE DEF 2017 AVG: 68.7 If your rivals don t adjust Clarke up their defender rankings, he may be a bargain selection late in the draft. His average of 69 places him well down the list but when you consider the youngsters end to the season across half back, his scores of 81, 101, 85, 78 and 104 in the last five rounds suggests he is in for a big year. Projected average: 84. JAKE STRINGER FWD 2017 AVG: 57.2 No one in their right mind is going to use an early pick on Stringer, however his projected upside should see him surpass not only last years disappointing average of 57, but his career high of 76. He has put on significant size and the Bombers have suggested he is earmarked to fill the lofty shoes of Jobe Watson. Projected average: 81. SHANE SAVAGE DEF 2017 AVG: 81.4 The former Hawk and fifth year Saint won t be sitting high on any coaches watch list but he may provide you with a more than serviceable defender late in the draft after an impressive finish to 2017 in which he scored three hundreds in his last seven games and averaged 91 in his last eight. Leigh Montagna s retirement can t hurt. Projected average: 84. LUKE DUNSTAN DEF 2017 AVG: 87.6 Having a look at the way a player ends the previous year can be a great way to find a slider and Luke Dunstan is certainly one to watch based on that theory. The fifth year Saint finished the season with a career best average of 88, but it was the last six weeks that were something to behold with 100 or more in each of those weeks after not reaching triple figures prior round 18. Projected average: 100.

AFL FANTASY OFFICIAL 2018 DRAFT KIT 5 ROY'S STEALS AND SLEEPERS When looking for prospective Draft sleepers, you are looking for players that have slipped off the radar for one reason or another that you think have some realistic upside late in the draft. ANGUS BRAYSHAW DEF/ 2017 AVG: 77.2 The fact Brayshaw has only played 15 games over the past two season is a big turn off for many coaches who seek durability, not to mention his career high average of 77 doesn t demand attention. If however, the former number three pick can have some luck with injury, he looms as a great pick in the backline after scoring 80 or more in all four of his injury free games last season. Projected average: 85. JAMES SICILY FWD/DEF 2017 AVG: 74.3 As a forward, Sicily is not worth considering, even as a late pick, however, it looks as though he will once again play across half back where he could conceivably be in the mix for a top six defender position. Five of his last six weeks as a defender last year were in the elite bracket with scores of 92, 104, 106, 110 and 124. Projected average: 98. JOEL SELWOOD 2017 AVG: 94.9 If you want to think about how far Joel will slide this year, consider this He won t even be in the top three drafted midfielders from the Cats. Coaches are going to get an absolute bargain for a remarkably late pick in the draft this year for a player that has averaged over 100 in seven of his last nine seasons. Projected average: 106. JAEGER O'MEARA 2017 AVG: 70.7 High draft picks need to be used without risk, but later picks can be used to take a punt and O Meara is the perfect example of a late pick that could take you all the way. On paper, it doesn t look good with just six games in three years for an average of 71, but the upside is huge and from all reports he is set to go bang. Projected average: 98. RORY LOBB FWD 2017 AVG: 66.3 Coming off an average of 66, Lobb is not going to be high on anybody s draft ratings, however his position change to number one ruck makes him one to keep an eye on later in the draft. Lobb embraced sole ruck duties in the Giants' last two finals appearances with scores of 90 and 83 from 39 and 31 hit outs respectively, and he will likely receive DPP status in round 6. Projected average: 84.

AFL FANTASY OFFICIAL 2018 DRAFT KIT 6 CALVIN'S BUSTS AND BEWARES Even though they performed last season or look to be a good pick, sometimes you can be burned and ruin your season. While they can be draftable, just don t pull the trigger too early. GARY ABLETT 2017 AVG: 118.9 Yes, the messiah returns but how much can he average with so much talent around him but more importantly, how many games will he play? He holds the third best average from 2017 (14 games), however, the selection of Ablett early in the Draft will either make or break your season. BRYCE GIBBS 2017 AVG: 112.1 Gibbs was one of 12 players who averaged over 110 last year, but many Fantasy coaches are questioning whether or not he can back it up at his new club. Surrounded by Rory Sloane and the Crouch Brothers, how many points is there to go around and will he slip back to the 105 mark where he has been four times before? BRODIE GRUNDY RUC 2017 AVG: 106.2 The word coming out of Collingwood is that they really want Mason Cox playing more in 2018. Last year when Cox played alongside Grundy, it hampered Grundy s output as he averaged just 89. Without Cox he was a different player and averaged 109. The Cox Effect is very real, so be careful and don t take Grundy too early. SAM MENEGOLA 2017 AVG: 102.1 Menegola s scores are dramatically effected by his role. In games when Selwood or Dangerfield didn t play last year, he was required in the midfield, and as a result from those games he averaged 121. However, when they both played, he averaged 26 points less. With Ablett now in the picture, Menegola might not be the No. 1 forward he was last year. JACOB TOWNSEND FWD 2017 AVG: 95.0 Drop him down the ranking NOW! From his two games last year in round 22 and 23, he kicked 11 goals to average 95. This is not a realistic expectation for Townsend who then scored 29, 56 and 52 in the AFL Finals. He sits at No. 11 in the forward rankings, so leave him for your mates and then you ll have the last laugh.

AFL FANTASY OFFICIAL 2018 DRAFT KIT 7 CALVIN'S BUSTS AND BEWARES Even though they performed last season or look to be a good pick, sometimes you can be burned and ruin your season. While they can be draftable, just don t pull the trigger too early. SHAUN HIGGINS 2017 AVG: 94.4 After his best Fantasy season in his 12-year career, surely Higgins slides this year. The man has featured on many Never Again Lists over his career and he ll enter the new season at the age of 30 in a team tipped to have a truckload of losses. He won t back up his break-out 2017 season, so drop him in your rankings. CONNOR BLAKELY 2017 AVG: 91.8 I m picking up Blakely because he ll get defender status throughout the year. Be ready for this comment on Draft Day from an optimistic mate and although he might be right, he also might be terribly wrong. Jumping on a hope can always backfire and leave you with a player you actually didn t want in that position. TRAVIS BOAK 2017 AVG: 91.2 Boak regains his forward eligibility this year after gaining it in round 12. The time he spent forward in the latter half of the year will only be increased with the arrival of the Pig himself, Tom Rockliff. The veteran turns 30 this year and should spend more time forward than ever before. ALEX WITHERDEN DEF 2017 AVG: 88.4 Will Witherden suffer from Second Year Blues? This is a condition that Fantasy Doctors are very wary of for players who enter their second season after a dominate debut. They tend to struggle to back it up just like his team mate Dayne Zorko did when he went 94 on debut and then just 74 the following year. DANIEL WELLS 2017 AVG: 77.2 Wells sits inside the top 15 eligible forwards and to be brutally honest, he shouldn t be there. He has played in only 42% of the games over the last four years and at the age of 33 he s no Federer, and surely he won t play many more. Bump him down your rankings with confidence.

AFL FANTASY OFFICIAL 2018 DRAFT KIT 8 THE TRADERS' DRAFT GRUNDY & COKE MJ Pick 1 is great for a 'captain lock' and Mitchell is that man. The wait until pick 20 is always painful but to land Heeney, the number one forward in 2018, on the way back down was a dream as well as Hibberd down back. A midfield then including Parker, Fyfe and Coniglio and things are looking the goods for this squad. PICK 1 DEFENDER FIELDER RUCK FORWARD Michael Hibberd Tom Mitchell Stefan Martin Isaac Heeney Dylan Roberton Luke Parker Justin Westhoff Tom Cutler Nat Fyfe Kane Lambert Stephen Coniglio BENCH Jasper Pittard David Swallow Allen Christensen Jordan de Goey BACK ON TRAC JUDD After getting a star captain in Dangerfield my strategy was to ignore the mids and focus on other positions first. I even went with no mid emergency as I d rather see some other players in the JLT first. I looked for high upside picks such as Billings, McLean, Scharenberg and Lobb, of which Lobb is my favourite playing sole ruck for the Giants this year. BEARHAWK CHRIS The dual position players got me out of many a pickle last season, so I've gone hard on them again this year. Pre-season hype on Whitfield and Sicily may have gotten the better of me, but pretty happy with the midfield makeup overall. I took a punt with Jaeger on the bench, and could yet prove a Clarko-like masterstroke. TANKING EARLY TIM Having Gaff as my final on-field mid (and Shuey as bench cover) means my engine room is rock solid. Indeed, it s Rockliff - solid with the true Fantasy Pig frolicking in the muck at his new sty. Lock him in for a monster year. I'll admit to grabbing Hodge too early, and Petracca and Mills are huge dice rolls. If both don't have breakout years, I might as well have picked Chris Mayne. PICK 2 PICK 3 PICK 4 DEFENDER FIELDER RUCK FORWARD Elliot Yeo Marc Murphy Jarrod Witts Jack Billings Brandon Ellis Brad Ebert Toby McLean Jarrad McVeigh Dion Prestia Rory Lobb Patrick Dangerfield BENCH Matt Scharenberg Brayden Maynard Alex Neal-Bullen Blake Acres DEFENDER FIELDER RUCK FORWARD James Sicily Zach Merrett Sam Jacobs Chad Wingard Daniel Rich Lachie Neale Robbie Gray Tom McDonald Clayton Oliver Jeremy Cameron Lachie Whitfield BENCH Matthew Suckling Jaeger O Meara David Zaharakis Cameron Pedersen DEFENDER FIELDER RUCK FORWARD Michael Hurley Tom Rockliff Brodie Grundy Sam Menegola Luke Hodge Jack Macrae Christian Petracca Callum Mills Josh Kennedy Jarryd Roughead Andrew Gaff BENCH Josh Smith Luke Shuey Tom Bellchambers Sam Gray McDOWELL'S RICKY This year I wasn't mucking around in the midfield. I went hard and hard early. Dusty, Sloane and Sidebottom were my first three (110+, 110+ 105+). My backline are all halfback runners who can use the ball, and my forward line is all about Joe. Praying that Deledio ends up loose at half-back and a big welcome back to NicNat. PICK 5 DEFENDER FIELDER RUCK FORWARD Bachar Houli Dustin Martin Toby Nankervis Joe Daniher Zach Tuohy Rory Sloane Jack Martin Jeremy Howe Steele Sidebottom Brett Deledio Ollie Wines BENCH Liam Duggan Dylan Shiel Nic Naitanui J.Kennedy (WCE)

AFL FANTASY OFFICIAL 2018 DRAFT KIT 9 THE TRADERS' DRAFT WARNE DAWGS WARNIE I come away from most drafts thinking I took players too early. Case in point, my boy Devon Smith and my ruck was possibly a bit too early, but two rucks I ranked below him went previously so I jumped. I waited to complete my midfield and grabbed a few guys I am likely to stream based on opponent and hopefully have some trade bait. PICK 6 DEFENDER FIELDER RUCK FORWARD Luke McDonald Dayne Zorko Matthew Kreuzer Devon Smith Heath Shaw Scott Pendlebury Luke Dahlhaus Pearce Hanley Jack Steven David Mundy Nathan Jones BENCH Jarrod Harbrow Brendon Goddard Lachie Hunter Ed Curnow CALVINATOR CALVIN Josh Kelly at pick 7, talk about a steal! My plan was to secure two quality midfielders early and then build my team around that. Although my defenders are potentially my weakest line, I have Brayshaw riding the pine, which gives me the opportunity to play him if he hits the ground running like he did at the end of 2017. MOREIRA S MAGIC SELBY I got a bit excited seeing all the big names available and used my first four picks on midfielders. This left me clutching when it came to the other positions. Goldstein leads a group of young guns who should go another level in 2018. But I m hanging my (No. 1) hat on Nic Newman getting DPP early in the year and becoming a top-tier backman. FANTASY FREAKO CHAMPION DATA FREAKO At pick 9, I was always going to take the best player available, and when Ablett is staring you in the face, you just pick him! Next priority was nailing the ruck and in Gawn there is none better. Overall, my strategy was to pick a solid midfield, and in Bont, Heppell and Ross I did that. Unearthing a breakout was next, so now it s up to Burton to deliver. destroy ROY Having the last pick in a 10 player draft can be a blessing as it provides a great opportunity to structure your side. With my first two picks I wanted a captain option and the best available player from a position other than the midfield. Adams and Laird ticked those boxes and from that point I basically dominated. PICK 7 PICK 8 PICK 9 PICK 10 DEFENDER FIELDER RUCK FORWARD Kade Simpson Josh Kelly Patrick Ryder Lance Franklin Ryan Clarke Matt Crouch Travis Boak Christian Salem Joel Selwood Jack Gunston Aaron Hall BENCH Angus Brayshaw Jack Viney Jarryd Lyons Josh Jenkins DEFENDER FIELDER RUCK FORWARD Alex Witherden Mitch Duncan Todd Goldstein Michael Walters Andrew McGrath Adam Treloar Tom Lynch (GCS) Luke Ryan Brad Crouch Charlie Curnow Bryce Gibbs BENCH Grant Birchall Nic Newman Sean Darcy Jake Stringer DEFENDER FIELDER RUCK FORWARD Jake Lloyd Gary Ablett Max Gawn Toby Greene Ryan Burton Sebastian Ross Tom Lynch (ADE) Jason Johannisen Marcus Bontempelli Josh Caddy Dyson Heppell BENCH Jayden Hunt Trent Cotchin Zac Smith Tom Papley DEFENDER FIELDER RUCK FORWARD Rory Laird Taylor Adams Ben McEvoy Michael Barlow Jack Crisp Dayne Beams Mitch Robinson Kade Kolodjashnij Patrick Cripps Darcy Parish Connor Blakely BENCH Shane Savage Dan Hannebery Aaron Sandilands Steven Motlop

AFL FANTASY OFFICIAL 2018 DRAFT KIT 10 THE TRADERS' MOCK DRAFT PICK PLAYER CLUB POS COACH ROUND 1 1 Tom Mitchell HAW MJ 2 Patrick Dangerfield GEE JUDD 3 Zach Merrett ESS CHRIS 4 Tom Rockliff PA TIM 5 Dustin Martin RICH RICKY 6 Dayne Zorko BL WARNIE 7 Josh Kelly GWS CALVIN 8 Mitch Duncan GEE SELBY 9 Gary Ablett GEE FREAKO 10 Taylor Adams COLL ROY ROUND 2 11 Rory Laird ADE DEF ROY 12 Max Gawn MELB RUC FREAKO 13 Adam Treloar COLL SELBY 14 Matt Crouch ADE CALVIN 15 Scott Pendlebury COLL WARNIE 16 Rory Sloane ADE RICKY 17 Sam Menegola GEE FWD TIM 18 Lachie Neale FRE CHRIS 19 Elliot Yeo WCE DEF JUDD 20 Isaac Heeney SYD FWD MJ ROUND 3 21 Michael Hibberd MELB DEF MJ 22 Jack Billings STK FWD JUDD 23 Sam Jacobs ADE RUC CHRIS 24 Brodie Grundy COLL RUC TIM 25 Steele Sidebottom COLL RICKY 26 Matthew Kreuzer CARL RUC WARNIE 27 Kade Simpson CARL DEF CALVIN 28 Brad Crouch ADE SELBY 29 Jake Lloyd SYD DEF FREAKO 30 Dayne Beams BL ROY PICK PLAYER CLUB POS COACH ROUND 4 31 Michael Barlow GCS FWD ROY 32 Toby Greene GWS FWD FREAKO 33 Bryce Gibbs ADE SELBY 34 Lance Franklin SYD FWD CALVIN 35 Devon Smith ESS FWD WARNIE 36 Bachar Houli RICH DEF RICKY 37 Michael Hurley ESS DEF TIM 38 Chad Wingard PA FWD CHRIS 39 Marc Murphy CARL JUDD 40 Luke Parker SYD MJ ROUND 5 41 Stefan Martin BL RUC MJ 42 Jarrod Witts GCS RUC JUDD 43 Clayton Oliver MELB CHRIS 44 Jack Macrae WB TIM 45 Zach Tuohy GEE DEF RICKY 46 Luke Dahlhaus WB FWD WARNIE 47 Patrick Ryder PA RUC CALVIN 48 Alex Witherden BL DEF SELBY 49 Sebastian Ross STK FREAKO 50 Jack Crisp COLL DEF ROY ROUND 6 51 Patrick Cripps CARL ROY 52 Tom Lynch ADE FWD FREAKO 53 Michael Walters FRE FWD SELBY 54 Travis Boak PA FWD CALVIN 55 Luke McDonald NM DEF WARNIE 56 Joe Daniher ESS FWD RICKY 57 Christian Petracca MELB FWD TIM 58 James Sicily HAW DEF CHRIS 59 Toby McLean WB FWD JUDD 60 Nat Fyfe FRE MJ

AFL FANTASY OFFICIAL 2018 DRAFT KIT 11 THE TRADERS' MOCK DRAFT PICK PLAYER CLUB POS COACH ROUND 7 61 Dylan Roberton STK DEF MJ 62 Brandon Ellis RICH DEF JUDD 63 Robbie Gray PA FWD CHRIS 64 Luke Hodge BL DEF TIM 65 Jeremy Howe COLL DEF RICKY 66 Heath Shaw GWS DEF WARNIE 67 Joel Selwood GEE CALVIN 68 Todd Goldstein NM RUC SELBY 69 Ryan Burton HAW DEF FREAKO 70 Mitch Robinson BL FWD ROY ROUND 8 71 Kade Kolodjashnij GCS DEF ROY 72 Marcus Bontempelli WB FREAKO 73 Andrew McGrath ESS DEF SELBY 74 Jack Gunston HAW FWD CALVIN 75 David Mundy FRE FWD WARNIE 76 Jack Martin GCS FWD RICKY 77 Josh Kennedy SYD TIM 78 Jeremy Cameron GWS FWD CHRIS 79 Jarrad McVeigh SYD DEF JUDD 80 Stephen Coniglio GWS MJ ROUND 9 81 Justin Westhoff PA FWD MJ 82 Rory Lobb GWS FWD JUDD 83 Lachie Whitfield GWS CHRIS 84 Jarryd Roughead HAW FWD TIM 85 Toby Nankervis RICH RUC RICKY 86 Pearce Hanley GCS DEF WARNIE 87 Ryan Clarke NM DEF CALVIN 88 Tom Lynch GCS FWD SELBY 89 Dyson Heppell ESS FREAKO 90 Darcy Parish ESS FWD ROY PICK PLAYER CLUB POS COACH ROUND 10 91 Ben McEvoy HAW RUC ROY 92 Josh Caddy RICH FWD FREAKO 93 Luke Ryan FRE DEF SELBY 94 Christian Salem MELB DEF CALVIN 95 Jack Steven STK WARNIE 96 Ollie Wines PA RICKY 97 Callum Mills SYD DEF TIM 98 Daniel Rich BL DEF CHRIS 99 Matt Scharenberg COLL DEF JUDD 100 Tom Cutler BL DEF MJ ROUND 11 101 Kane Lambert RICH FWD MJ 102 Brad Ebert PA JUDD 103 Tom McDonald MELB DEF CHRIS 104 Andrew Gaff WCE TIM 105 Brett Deledio GWD FWD RICKY 106 Nathan Jones MELB WARNIE 107 Aaron Hall GCS CALVIN 108 Grant Birchall HAW DEF SELBY 109 Jason Johannisen WB DEF FREAKO 110 Connor Blakely FRE ROY ROUND 12 111 Dan Hannebery SYD ROY 112 Trent Cotchin RICH FREAKO 113 Charlie Curnow CARL FWD SELBY 114 Jack Viney MELB CALVIN 115 Brendon Goddard ESS WARNIE 116 Dylan Shiel GWS RICKY 117 Luke Shuey WCE TIM 118 Jaeger O'Meara HAW CHRIS 119 Dion Prestia RICH JUDD 120 Jordan de Goey COLL FWD MJ

AFL FANTASY OFFICIAL 2018 DRAFT KIT 12 THE TRADERS' MOCK DRAFT PICK PLAYER CLUB POS COACH NOTES ROUND 13 121 Jasper Pittard PA DEF MJ 122 Blake Acres STK FWD JUDD 123 Cameron Pedersen MELB FWD CHRIS 124 Josh Smith COLL DEF TIM 125 Josh Kennedy WCE FWD RICKY 126 Jarrod Harbrow GCS DEF WARNIE 127 Jarryd Lyons GCS CALVIN 128 Sean Darcy FRE RUC SELBY 129 Zac Smith GEE RUC FREAKO 130 Shane Savage STK DEF ROY ROUND 14 131 Steven Motlop PA FWD MJ 132 Jayden Hunt MELB DEF JUDD 133 Jake Stringer ESS FWD CHRIS 134 Angus Brayshaw MELB DEF TIM 135 Lachie Hunter WB RICKY 136 Nic Naitanui WCE RUC WARNIE 137 Sam Gray PA FWD CALVIN 138 Matthew Suckling WB DEF SELBY 139 Alex Neal-Bullen MELB FWD FREAKO 140 Allen Christensen BL FWD ROY ROUND 15 141 David Swallow GCS ROY 142 Brayden Maynard COLL DEF FREAKO 143 David Zaharakis ESS SELBY 144 Tom Bellchambers ESS RUC CALVIN 145 Liam Duggan WCE DEF WARNIE 146 Ed Curnow CARL RICKY 147 Josh Jenkins ADE FWD TIM 148 Nic Newman SYD CHRIS 149 Tom Papley SYD FWD JUDD 150 Aaron Sandilands FRE RUC MJ

AFL FANTASY OFFICIAL 2018 DRAFT KIT 13 DEFENDER RANKINGS 2017 2016 RANK PLAYERS CLUB POS 17 AVG 17 GMS 16 AVG 16 GMS NOTES 1 Rory Laird ADEL DEF 100.41 22 96.71 17 2 Kade Simpson CARL DEF 97.68 22 101.14 22 3 Elliot Yeo WCE DEF 98.33 21 79.05 19 4 Jake Lloyd SYD DEF 92.19 21 86.32 22 5 Jack Crisp COLL DEF 88.27 22 84.00 22 6 Michael Hibberd MELB DEF 92.56 18 0.00 0 7 Michael Hurley ESS DEF 94.15 20 0.00 0 8 Bachar Houli RICH DEF 90.50 18 93.33 12 9 Dylan Roberton STK DEF 90.27 22 69.89 18 10 Jeremy Howe COLL DEF 89.95 21 82.30 20 11 Heath Shaw GWS DEF 80.27 22 101.77 22 12 Brandon Ellis RICH DEF 84.68 22 89.50 22 13 Angus Brayshaw MELB DEF/ 77.20 5 70.00 10 14 Zach Tuohy GEE DEF 85.59 22 73.18 22 15 Kade Kolodjashnij GCS DEF 85.82 11 72.42 19 16 Christian Salem MELB DEF 85.25 16 67.50 8 17 Luke McDonald NM DEF/ 85.68 22 56.86 14 18 Pearce Hanley GCS DEF/ 72.23 13 83.77 22 20 Alex Witherden BL DEF 88.44 9 0.00 0 19 James Sicily HAW DEF/FWD 74.32 19 59.76 21 21 Ryan Burton HAW DEF 84.40 20 54.33 3 22 Jason Johannisen WB DEF 75.90 20 93.31 13 23 Ryan Clarke NM DEF 68.73 15 55.17 6 24 Andrew McGrath ESS DEF 70.50 20 0.00 0 25 Josh Smith COLL DEF 81.62 13 76.28 18 26 Jarrod Harbrow GCS DEF 82.50 18 70.76 21 27 Luke Hodge BL DEF 86.89 19 87.00 13 28 Bernie Vince MELB DEF 78.00 19 91.81 21 29 Callum Mills SYD DEF 69.36 22 73.05 20 30 Sam Mayes BL DEF 79.81 21 67.00 21 31 Daniel Rich BL DEF 75.64 22 81.86 21 32 Shane Biggs WB DEF 76.94 16 78.73 22 33 Tom McDonald MELB DEF/FWD 79.14 22 75.64 22 34 Jasper Pittard PA DEF 76.88 16 82.27 22 35 Paul Seedsman ADEL DEF/ 86.00 2 76.60 15 36 Matthew Suckling WB DEF 78.32 22 77.60 15 37 Matt Scharenberg COLL DEF 77.80 10 0.00 0 38 Shane Savage STK DEF 81.42 12 75.33 21 39 Grant Birchall HAW DEF 68.80 5 81.09 22 40 Tom Cutler BL DEF 76.33 12 71.47 15

AFL FANTASY OFFICIAL 2018 DRAFT KIT 14 DEFENDER RANKINGS 2017 2016 RANK PLAYERS CLUB POS 17 AVG 17 GMS 16 AVG 16 GMS NOTES 41 Hamish Hartlett PA DEF 70.40 20 78.53 15 42 Brayden Maynard COLL DEF 72.23 22 68.20 20 43 Jayden Hunt MELB DEF 72.45 22 56.74 19 44 Jeremy McGovern WCE DEF 78.09 22 67.52 21 45 Aaron Mullett CARL DEF 72.78 18 60.79 14 46 Jarrad McVeigh SYD DEF 75.27 11 82.83 18 47 Nathan Wilson FRE DEF 70.90 21 63.63 19 48 Tom Langdon COLL DEF 72.64 11 71.20 5 49 Nick Haynes GWS DEF 72.50 16 74.06 16 50 Dan Houston PA DEF 72.50 16 0.00 0 51 Steven May GCS DEF 77.39 18 68.59 17 52 Nick Robertson BL DEF 62.95 21 58.33 6 53 Luke Ryan FRE DEF 75.27 11 0.00 0 54 Shannon Hurn WCE DEF 76.76 21 69.59 22 55 Lachie Henderson GEE DEF 70.21 19 69.00 18 56 Lee Spurr FRE DEF 70.94 16 76.73 22 57 Matthew Broadbent PA DEF 69.00 15 79.00 21 58 Robbie Tarrant NM DEF 72.76 21 69.23 22 59 Liam Duggan WCE DEF 67.44 18 53.21 14 60 Jamie Macmillan NM DEF 67.38 13 73.23 22 61 Caleb Marchbank CARL DEF 69.44 16 44.50 2 62 Jake Lever MELB DEF 68.29 17 60.95 22 63 Jimmy Webster STK DEF 66.83 18 59.00 11 64 Taylor Duryea HAW DEF/FWD 65.07 15 68.71 21 65 Ben Reid COLL DEF/FWD 69.33 15 73.35 17 66 Dane Rampe SYD DEF 66.80 15 68.18 22 67 Mark Baguley ESS DEF 65.05 21 78.30 10 68 Alex Rance RICH DEF 65.09 22 76.40 20 69 Michael Johnson FRE DEF 65.91 22 66.75 4 70 Marcus Adams WB DEF 72.90 10 66.91 11 71 Adam Saad ESS DEF 60.86 22 57.70 10 72 Nick Vlastuin RICH DEF 65.85 13 65.89 19 73 Martin Gleeson ESS DEF 64.71 17 65.65 20 74 Harry Taylor GEE DEF/FWD 65.45 22 64.50 22 75 David Astbury RICH DEF 64.45 22 60.21 19 76 Darcy Byrne-Jones PA DEF 65.50 22 58.95 20 77 Cameron Sutcliffe FRE DEF 59.77 13 73.00 19 78 Jake Carlisle STK DEF 62.45 22 0.00 0 79 Brad Sheppard WCE DEF 61.41 22 64.23 22 80 Heath Grundy SYD DEF 62.27 22 62.18 22

AFL FANTASY OFFICIAL 2018 DRAFT KIT 15 FIELDER RANKINGS 2017 2016 RANK PLAYERS CLUB POS 17 AVG 17 GMS 16 AVG 16 GMS NOTES 1 Tom Mitchell HAW 127.18 22 105.68 22 2 Zach Merrett ESS 117.10 21 117.59 22 3 Patrick Dangerfield GEE 120.52 21 117.95 22 4 Tom Rockliff PA 103.00 20 116.65 17 5 Dayne Zorko BL 114.29 21 106.15 20 6 Josh Kelly GWS 112.90 21 89.86 22 7 Gary Ablett GEE 118.86 14 101.21 14 8 Taylor Adams COLL 114.68 22 102.93 14 9 Dayne Beams BL 104.58 19 86.00 2 10 Dustin Martin RICH 113.64 22 107.05 22 11 Adam Treloar COLL 108.00 21 111.50 22 12 Matt Crouch ADEL 106.73 22 93.55 20 13 Brad Crouch ADEL 103.12 17 86.86 14 14 Mitch Duncan GEE 112.57 21 94.59 22 15 Rory Sloane ADEL 107.00 22 105.86 21 16 Scott Pendlebury COLL 108.88 16 106.32 22 17 Luke Parker SYD 98.41 22 109.91 22 18 Lachie Neale FRE 100.29 21 111.14 22 20 Marc Murphy CARL 111.09 22 79.80 10 19 Bryce Gibbs ADEL 112.14 22 105.41 22 21 Jack Macrae WB 103.95 22 98.83 18 22 Steele Sidebottom COLL 105.77 22 103.30 20 23 Josh P. Kennedy SYD 98.00 19 108.19 21 24 Patrick Cripps CARL 98.33 15 99.48 21 25 Stephen Coniglio GWS 95.71 7 103.43 21 26 Clayton Oliver MELB 101.59 22 68.92 13 27 Nat Fyfe FRE 97.38 21 98.60 5 28 Sebastian Ross STK 102.00 22 98.41 22 29 Marcus Bontempelli WB 100.23 22 98.59 22 30 Jack Steven STK 93.80 20 104.36 22 31 Joel Selwood GEE 95.11 18 102.55 22 32 Dan Hannebery SYD 94.43 21 108.36 22 33 Andrew Gaff WCE 100.68 22 93.52 21 34 Ollie Wines PA 99.82 22 100.64 22 35 Dyson Heppell ESS 100.36 22 0.00 0 36 Nathan Jones MELB 104.25 16 98.32 22 37 Brad Ebert PA 102.86 22 84.48 21 38 Dion Prestia RICH 81.95 19 92.93 14 39 Luke Shuey WCE 98.86 21 98.95 22 40 Connor Blakely FRE 91.76 17 75.13 15

AFL FANTASY OFFICIAL 2018 DRAFT KIT 16 FIELDER RANKINGS 2017 2016 RANK PLAYERS CLUB POS 17 AVG 17 GMS 16 AVG 16 GMS NOTES 41 Aaron Hall GCS 98.00 19 105.24 17 42 Brendon Goddard ESS 101.73 22 98.75 20 43 Dylan Shiel GWS 94.55 22 97.95 21 44 Lachie Whitfield GWS 97.93 15 83.47 19 45 Lachie Hunter WB 90.00 22 103.45 22 46 Jack Viney MELB 90.67 18 101.19 21 47 Ed Curnow CARL 88.15 13 101.76 21 48 Trent Cotchin RICH 95.50 22 97.00 20 49 Jaeger O'Meara HAW 70.67 6 0.00 0 50 Jarryd Lyons GCS 94.50 18 89.28 18 51 David Zaharakis ESS 99.68 22 93.52 21 52 Callan Ward GWS 93.55 22 95.86 22 53 Jack Ziebell NM 94.00 19 94.95 22 54 Shaun Grigg RICH 95.41 22 95.15 20 55 Jack Steele STK 92.80 20 71.60 10 56 Jack Redden WCE 83.53 17 64.87 15 57 Shaun Higgins NM 94.38 21 73.38 8 58 Bradley Hill FRE 93.68 22 69.11 18 59 Dom Tyson MELB 89.63 19 92.90 21 60 Isaac Smith HAW 92.45 22 89.09 22 61 Liam Shiels HAW 90.81 21 82.81 16 62 Luke Dunstan STK 87.63 16 68.83 18 63 Dom Sheed WCE 86.11 19 60.40 5 64 Jack Newnes STK 88.14 22 88.59 22 65 Tom Phillips COLL 83.33 18 73.50 6 66 Jordan Lewis MELB 88.84 19 103.23 22 67 Ben Cunnington NM 88.00 20 75.29 21 68 Koby Stevens STK 85.33 15 85.67 12 69 Ricky Henderson HAW 87.28 18 79.78 9 70 Scott Selwood GEE 99.91 11 79.67 3 71 David Swallow GCS 85.89 18 0.00 0 72 Brayden Fiorini GCS 83.62 13 111.50 2 73 David Armitage STK 70.50 2 85.77 22 74 Nic Newman SYD 86.61 18 0.00 0 75 Will Hoskin-Elliott COLL 84.91 22 48.50 2 76 Tom Scully GWS 81.86 21 95.95 22 77 Stephen Hill FRE 78.56 18 90.76 21 78 Touk Miller GCS 77.95 20 81.61 18 79 Tom Liberatore WB 72.06 18 81.24 17 80 Sam Kerridge CARL 84.09 11 80.33 21

AFL FANTASY OFFICIAL 2018 DRAFT KIT 17 FIELDER RANKINGS 2017 2016 RANK PLAYERS CLUB POS 17 AVG 17 GMS 16 AVG 16 GMS NOTES 81 Jared Polec PA 82.76 21 74.71 17 82 Mark Blicavs GEE 78.00 17 86.09 22 83 Lachlan Weller GCS 73.95 22 62.68 22 84 Billy Hartung NM 80.00 18 72.35 17 85 Ryan Griffen GWS 54.67 3 84.46 13 86 Jack Sinclair STK 78.71 17 54.33 9 87 Sam Gibson ADEL 82.59 22 90.41 22 88 Hugh Greenwood ADEL 78.83 12 0.00 0 89 Rory Atkins ADEL 81.23 22 73.00 22 90 Shaun Burgoyne HAW 81.36 22 86.14 22 91 Richard Douglas ADEL 80.95 22 75.00 22 92 Chris Masten WCE 78.23 13 73.45 20 93 Matthew Kennedy CARL 68.81 16 40.67 3 94 Trent Dumont NM 77.47 19 75.55 11 95 Daniel Howe HAW 75.89 18 67.00 10 96 Zak Jones SYD 79.00 21 55.29 14 97 Sam Powell-Pepper PA 69.90 21 0.00 0 98 Ryan Bastinac BL 78.38 16 77.50 22 99 Luke Davies-Uniacke NM 0.00 0 0.00 0 100 Will Brodie GCS 64.00 3 0.00 0 DRAFT DAY TIPS Draft day is finally here and it is go time. Here are some tips to ensure you come out the other end with a competitive team. It is important to continue to adjust your pre-draft list right up until the day of your draft to ensure you are fully prepared to make informed and calculated decisions on the run. If you are happy to leave the rankings in order of average, you are doing yourself an injustice given the amount of information available this pre-season to justify changes. A combination of this and your own intuition is the key to nailing the draft and an up to date list takes the pressure off, while also allowing you to think tactically throughout the draft. It is also wise to consider the depth in the midfield compared to other positions which increases the value of high scoring players in other positions such as Rory Laird in the back line. What should you be looking for to justify changing the Draft order? Players returning from injury - Any opportunity you get to watch a player returning from injury is gold. You are not necessarily looking for them to dominate, but if they look on track to return to their best it is a great way to find a draft sleeper. An example of this is Allen Christensen who looked injury free for the Lions in the AFLX series. This indicates that he could return an 80+ average as he has pumped out in the past. Articles and interviews - Although the word of some players and coaches can t be taken as gospel, reading and listening to interviews about players opportunities and roles for the upcoming season can be invaluable. An example of this is Essendon s Andrew McGrath (DEF/) who will be given greater opportunity in the midfield this season which will increase his average nicely. Pre-season form - This can be fraught with danger but if a player s role and form appear to set them up for an increase in average, they may be worth bumping up the list. Don t waste early picks - It sounds obvious, but your first pick is no time to chase a player you like or someone you project to break-out when these players will likely be available with your third or fourth round selections. You need a franchise player that has consistency, ceiling and durability to lead your squad toward the finals. ISAAC HEENEY

AFL FANTASY OFFICIAL 2018 DRAFT KIT 18 RUCK RANKINGS 2017 2016 RANK PLAYERS CLUB POS 17 AVG 17 GMS 16 AVG 16 GMS NOTES 1 Matthew Kreuzer CARL RUC 105.05 21 71.48 21 2 Max Gawn MELB RUC 85.85 13 106.50 22 3 Sam Jacobs ADEL RUC 99.41 22 88.30 20 4 Brodie Grundy COLL RUC 106.20 20 100.90 21 5 Stefan Martin BL RUC 99.77 22 89.05 20 6 Patrick Ryder PA RUC 91.71 21 0.00 0 7 Jarrod Witts GCS RUC 92.33 18 54.00 2 8 Ben McEvoy HAW RUC 91.41 22 65.33 21 9 Todd Goldstein NM RUC 86.68 19 96.43 21 10 Toby Nankervis RICH RUC 86.86 21 68.67 6 11 Zac Smith GEE RUC 84.61 18 65.81 21 12 Nic Naitanui WCE RUC 0.00 0 84.53 15 13 Tom Bellchambers ESS RUC 84.08 13 0.00 0 14 Aaron Sandilands FRE RUC 76.50 10 55.40 5 15 Sean Darcy FRE RUC 83.63 8 0.00 0 16 Billy Longer STK RUC 78.41 17 0.00 0 17 Scott Lycett WCE RUC 58.00 1 80.15 20 18 Callum Sinclair SYD RUC 74.53 17 61.19 16 19 Jordan Roughead WB RUC 68.54 13 68.24 21 20 Cameron Pedersen MELB RUC/FWD 83.40 15 60.22 9 21 Rhys Stanley GEE RUC/FWD 71.18 11 63.68 19 22 Matthew Leuenberger ESS RUC 82.29 7 72.95 20 23 Braydon Preuss NM RUC 67.25 8 0.00 0 24 Mason Cox COLL RUC/FWD 61.22 9 52.36 11 TIPS FOR DURING THE SEASON Once your Draft is done and dusted, the players who weren t selected can be found in the Trade Centre as Free Agents. This is also known as the wavier wire or as we like to call it, the scrapheap. As the season progresses, some of these players will be golden trades for your side despite not being drafted on the day. If a player has a role change or hits a hot patch of from, grabbing him before your mates could be a winning move. James Sicily averaged 54 in his first five games last year and wouldn t have been drafted in many leagues. However, a move into defence saw him rejuvenate his season which was quickly noted by Roy, as he grabbed him as a free agent to be a member of destroy. This move alone proved to be a premiership winning move Roy went on to win the prestigious Bacon Cup. New Dual Position Players (DPP) are announced in rounds six, 12 and 18. This is when everyone in your league frantically races to the free agents to find a player they can use in a position of need. An undrafted midfielder who is now available as a defender or forward could be a starting player in their new position. Steele Sidebottom s value sky-rocketed last year in round 18 when he was announced as a forward. Finishing the season with an average of 106, he was a match winning selection for those lucky coaches who had the luxury of moving him forward and freeing up another position in their midfield. Nailing a Team-To-Team Trade can help you on your way to winning your draft league. Targeting your weaker and vulnerable mates is critical, especially those who have a passionate and invested interest in a club. You will be able to manipulate these footy tragics by trading them players, who they believe are better than they actually are, putting you one step ahead of the game and on your way to Draft success. MAX GAWN

AFL FANTASY OFFICIAL 2018 DRAFT KIT 19 FORWARD RANKINGS 2017 2016 RANK PLAYERS CLUB POS 17 AVG 17 GMS 16 AVG 16 GMS NOTES 1 Jack Billings STK FWD 94.59 22 79.35 17 2 Michael Barlow GCS /FWD 94.75 12 96.54 13 3 Isaac Heeney SYD /FWD 92.17 18 73.35 20 4 Sam Menegola GEE /FWD 102.11 19 95.00 6 5 Toby Greene GWS FWD 91.44 16 92.71 21 6 Lance Franklin SYD FWD 96.09 22 94.23 22 7 Chad Wingard PA /FWD 92.22 18 71.61 18 8 Luke Dahlhaus WB /FWD 88.55 22 92.29 17 9 Tom Lynch ADEL FWD 90.85 20 90.24 21 10 Devon Smith ESS FWD 81.63 16 80.00 12 11 Travis Boak PA /FWD 91.24 21 89.68 22 12 Mitch Robinson BL /FWD 82.71 7 84.52 21 13 Toby McLean WB /FWD 85.58 19 72.50 12 14 Robbie Gray PA FWD 81.23 22 97.63 19 15 David Mundy FRE /FWD 84.24 21 89.17 18 16 Joe Daniher ESS FWD 84.73 22 71.95 22 17 Jeremy Cameron GWS FWD 88.33 18 63.94 18 18 Jack Gunston HAW FWD 84.95 22 87.82 22 19 Christian Petracca MELB /FWD 71.05 22 67.88 17 20 Tom J. Lynch GCS FWD 80.32 19 86.18 22 21 Jarryd Roughead HAW FWD 84.18 22 0.00 0 22 Josh J. Kennedy WCE FWD 81.59 17 88.68 22 23 Darcy Parish ESS /FWD 78.26 19 73.80 20 24 Alex Neal-Bullen MELB FWD 81.05 19 51.50 4 25 Jack Martin GCS FWD 83.05 22 75.10 21 26 Michael Walters FRE /FWD 79.59 17 81.64 22 27 Tom Papley SYD /FWD 78.83 18 60.75 16 28 Jordan de Goey COLL /FWD 79.50 14 75.50 20 29 Rory Lobb GWS FWD 66.29 17 67.32 22 30 Kane Lambert RICH /FWD 85.24 21 63.47 15 31 Allen Christensen BL FWD 0.00 0 67.09 11 32 Steven Motlop PA /FWD 69.50 20 82.77 22 33 Rhys Mathieson BL /FWD 71.92 13 70.55 11 34 Blake Acres STK /FWD 77.89 18 71.44 16 35 Josh Dunkley WB FWD 63.00 7 80.62 13 36 Josh Caddy RICH /FWD 74.53 19 85.63 16 37 Brett Deledio GWS FWD 72.75 4 91.73 11 38 Liam Picken WB FWD 76.18 22 87.64 22 39 Josh Jenkins ADEL FWD 81.22 18 80.05 22 40 Justin Westhoff PA /FWD 83.05 22 80.95 22

AFL FANTASY OFFICIAL 2018 DRAFT KIT 20 FORWARD RANKINGS 2017 2016 RANK PLAYERS CLUB POS 17 AVG 17 GMS 16 AVG 16 GMS NOTES 41 Jack Watts PA FWD 75.44 16 79.64 22 42 Kieren Jack SYD /FWD 74.65 17 90.67 21 43 Hayden Crozier WB FWD 66.26 19 75.25 16 44 Mitch Wallis WB /FWD 74.75 12 79.76 17 45 Jake Stringer ESS FWD 57.19 16 65.74 19 46 Aaron Young GCS FWD 55.00 13 75.19 21 47 Charlie Curnow CARL FWD 71.24 21 44.50 6 48 Cyril Rioli HAW FWD 59.57 7 84.74 19 49 Taylor Walker ADEL FWD 80.60 20 75.00 21 50 Sam Gray PA FWD 81.86 22 87.06 17 51 Daniel Wells COLL /FWD 77.20 10 87.94 18 52 Levi Greenwood COLL /FWD 69.13 16 80.10 21 53 Jesse Hogan MELB FWD 70.80 10 79.10 21 54 Jamie Elliott COLL FWD 75.82 17 0.00 0 55 Charlie Dixon PA FWD 81.00 22 56.28 18 56 Matthew Wright CARL FWD 76.23 22 84.36 22 57 Eddie Betts ADEL FWD 72.52 21 79.77 22 58 Brendon Ah Chee WCE /FWD 58.60 5 65.55 11 59 Lin Jong WB /FWD 71.67 12 75.87 15 60 Cale Hooker ESS FWD 74.25 20 0.00 0 61 Caleb Daniel WB /FWD 75.30 20 79.35 20 62 Sam Petrevski-Seton CARL /FWD 67.90 20 0.00 0 63 George Hewett SYD /FWD 75.91 22 57.75 20 64 Jack Riewoldt RICH FWD 77.30 20 79.00 22 65 Tom Hawkins GEE FWD 78.37 19 75.48 21 66 Jarrad Waite NM FWD 76.10 10 83.71 14 67 Mason Wood NM FWD 65.00 10 73.50 8 68 Lewis Taylor BL FWD 77.73 22 59.05 19 69 Tim Taranto GWS /FWD 61.42 12 0.00 0 70 Ben Brown NM FWD 72.32 22 65.90 21 71 Maverick Weller STK FWD 68.78 18 73.55 22 72 Jake Barrett BL FWD 66.41 17 0.00 0 73 Luke Breust HAW FWD 71.19 21 78.55 22 74 Dale Thomas CARL /FWD 71.83 18 74.78 18 75 Danyle Pearce FRE FWD 67.57 7 80.14 22 76 Harley Bennell FRE FWD 46.50 2 0.00 0 77 Jake Melksham MELB FWD 71.79 19 0.00 0 78 Hugh McCluggage BL /FWD 61.22 18 0.00 0 79 Will Langford HAW /FWD 70.25 20 70.77 13 80 Jade Gresham STK FWD 65.36 22 61.06 18

AFL FANTASY OFFICIAL 2018 DRAFT KIT 21 RANKINGS CHEAT SHEET 2018 DEFENDERS FIELDERS RUCKS FORWARDS PICK PLAYER CLUB PICK PLAYER CLUB PICK PLAYER CLUB PICK PLAYER CLUB 1 Rory Laird ADEL 1 Tom Mitchell HAW 51 David Zaharakis ESS 1 Isaac Heeney SYD 2 Kade Simpson CARL 2 Zach Merrett ESS 52 Callan Ward GWS 2 Michael Barlow GCS 3 Elliot Yeo WCE 3 Patrick Dangerfield GEE 53 Jack Ziebell NM 3 Jack Billings STK 4 Jake Lloyd SYD 4 Tom Rockliff PA 54 Shaun Grigg RICH 4 Sam Menegola GEE 5 Jack Crisp COLL 5 Dayne Zorko BL 55 Jack Steele STK 5 Toby Greene GWS 6 Michael Hibberd MELB 6 Josh Kelly GWS 56 Jack Redden WCE 6 Lance Franklin SYD 7 Michael Hurley ESS 7 Taylor Adams COLL 57 Shaun Higgins NM 7 Chad Wingard PA 8 Bachar Houli RICH 8 Dustin Martin RICH 58 Bradley Hill FRE 8 Luke Dahlhaus WB 9 Dylan Roberton STK 9 Dayne Beams BL 59 Dom Tyson MELB 9 Tom Lynch ADEL 10 Luke McDonald NM 10 Gary Ablett GEE 60 Isaac Smith HAW 10 Devon Smith ESS 11 Heath Shaw GWS 11 Adam Treloar COLL 61 Liam Shiels HAW 11 Travis Boak PA 12 Brandon Ellis RICH 12 Matt Crouch ADEL 62 Luke Dunstan STK 12 Mitch Robinson BL 13 Jeremy Howe COLL 13 Brad Crouch ADEL 63 Dom Sheed WCE 13 Toby McLean WB 14 Zach Tuohy GEE 14 Mitch Duncan GEE 64 Jack Newnes STK 14 Robbie Gray PA 15 James Sicily HAW 15 Rory Sloane ADEL 65 Tom Phillips COLL 15 David Mundy FRE 16 Kade Kolodjashnij GCS 16 Scott Pendlebury COLL 66 Jordan Lewis MELB 16 Joe Daniher ESS 17 Christian Salem MELB 17 Luke Parker SYD 67 Ben Cunnington NM 17 Jeremy Cameron GWS 18 Pearce Hanley GCS 18 Lachie Neale FRE 68 Koby Stevens STK 18 Jack Gunston HAW 19 Angus Brayshaw MELB 19 Marc Murphy CARL 69 Ricky Henderson HAW 19 Christian Petracca MELB 20 Alex Witherden BL 20 Bryce Gibbs ADEL 70 Scott Selwood GEE 20 Tom J. Lynch GCS 21 Ryan Burton HAW 21 Jack Macrae WB 71 David Swallow GCS 21 Jarryd Roughead HAW 22 Jason Johannisen WB 22 Steele Sidebottom COLL 72 Brayden Fiorini GCS 22 Josh J. Kennedy WCE 23 Ryan Clarke NM 23 Josh P. Kennedy SYD 73 David Armitage STK 23 Darcy Parish ESS 24 Andrew McGrath ESS 24 Patrick Cripps CARL 74 Nic Newman SYD 24 Alex Neal-Bullen MELB 25 Josh Smith COLL 25 Stephen Coniglio GWS 75 Will Hoskin-Elliott COLL 25 Jack Martin GCS 26 Jarrod Harbrow GCS 26 Clayton Oliver MELB 26 Michael Walters FRE 27 Luke Hodge BL 27 Nat Fyfe FRE PICK PLAYER CLUB 27 Tom Papley SYD 28 Bernie Vince MELB 28 Sebastian Ross STK 1 Matthew Kreuzer CARL 28 Rory Lobb GWS 29 Callum Mills SYD 29 Marcus Bontempelli WB 2 Max Gawn MELB 29 Kane Lambert RICH 30 Sam Mayes BL 30 Jack Steven STK 3 Sam Jacobs ADEL 30 Allen Christensen BL 31 Daniel Rich BL 31 Joel Selwood GEE 4 Brodie Grundy COLL 31 Steven Motlop PA 32 Shane Biggs WB 32 Dan Hannebery SYD 5 Stefan Martin BL 32 Rhys Mathieson BL 33 Tom McDonald MELB 33 Andrew Gaff WCE 6 Patrick Ryder PA 33 Blake Acres STK 34 Jasper Pittard PA 34 Ollie Wines PA 7 Jarrod Witts GCS 34 Josh Dunkley WB 35 Paul Seedsman ADEL 35 Dyson Heppell ESS 8 Ben McEvoy HAW 35 Josh Caddy RICH 36 Matthew Suckling WB 36 Nathan Jones MELB 9 Todd Goldstein NM 36 Brett Deledio GWS 37 Matt Scharenberg COLL 37 Brad Ebert PA 10 Toby Nankervis RICH 37 Liam Picken WB 38 Shane Savage STK 38 Dion Prestia RICH 11 Zac Smith GEE 38 Josh Jenkins ADEL 39 Grant Birchall HAW 39 Luke Shuey WCE 12 Nic Naitanui WCE 39 Justin Westhoff PA 40 Tom Cutler BL 40 Connor Blakely FRE 13 Tom Bellchambers ESS 40 Jack Watts PA 41 Hamish Hartlett PA 41 Aaron Hall GCS 14 Aaron Sandilands FRE 41 Kieren Jack SYD 42 Brayden Maynard COLL 42 Brendon Goddard ESS 15 Sean Darcy FRE 42 Hayden Crozier WB 43 Jayden Hunt MELB 43 Dylan Shiel GWS 16 Billy Longer STK 43 Mitch Wallis WB 44 Jeremy McGovern WCE 44 Lachie Whitfield GWS 17 Scott Lycett WCE 44 Jake Stringer ESS 45 Aaron Mullett CARL 45 Lachie Hunter WB 18 Callum Sinclair SYD 45 Aaron Young GCS 46 Jarrad McVeigh SYD 46 Jack Viney MELB 19 Jordan Roughead WB 46 Charlie Curnow CARL 47 Nathan Wilson FRE 47 Ed Curnow CARL 20 Cameron Pedersen MELB 47 Cyril Rioli HAW 48 Tom Langdon COLL 48 Trent Cotchin RICH 21 Rhys Stanley GEE 48 Taylor Walker ADEL 49 Nick Haynes GWS 49 Jaeger O'Meara HAW 22 Matthew Leuenberger ESS 49 Sam Gray PA 50 Dan Houston PA 50 Jarryd Lyons GCS 23 Braydon Preuss NM 50 Daniel Wells COLL