THE STARS certainly came out to play this week, skyrocketing the par score to somewhere over 2200, which is a big turnaround from a month ago. However, there is no time to sit back and admire your score as the dreaded bye rounds are now upon as and full focus is required to navigate our way through them with the hope of minimising the donuts. Remember the next three weeks is the best 18 scores from players you have on the field.
Fantasy Pig
Danger Pig, Danger Pig, did whatever a Danger Pig wanted. What a performance by Patrick Dangerfield against the Roos, amassing a whopping 48 possessions, 13 marks, three tackles and two goals on his way to a season high 187. Danger is having a career-best season and his Fantasy form of late is putting him right in the conversation to be crowned a snout. The new found high ceiling (first career score over 150) certainly did his prospects plenty of favours.
Honourable mentions:
Tom Rockliff showed once again why he is already a Pig with 34 touches, eight marks and nine tackles for 142 in a tough game against the Dockers.
Max Gawn's high ceiling was once again on display with 146 from 31 hit-outs, 27 possessions and three goals. Fear the beard!
Fantasy Prestigiacomo
Lachie Neale has been one of the reliable Fantasy stars this year, fully embracing the added responsibility of filling his injured teammates shoes. That was however, until he faced the might of Mitch Robinson, who certainly had him well covered, holding him to 18 touches, two tackles and just one mark for a season low 52. He was in the captain mix for many of his owners, which was salt in the wound for those who gave him the ultimate responsibility for the week.
Honourable mention:
Matt Suckling is having an outstanding year, recording a lowest score of 87 (ignoring an injured 15). That was until he had to play without a roof on the weekend and the wind must have been hard to judge as the man, who we can usually pencil in for six marks per game, took a total of zero on his way to a disappointing score of 51. Injuries to teammates caused a move forward which obviously dried up his scoring, so hopefully he can return to the back flank and avoid the elements with the roof closed in coming weeks.
Piglet
For the third week in a row, a Docker is receiving a Piglet nomination, this time it was Darcy Tucker. He had 19 touches and kicked two goals in what was a preview into what we can expect from this future Fantasy star in the coming years.
The top 10
Patrick Dangerfield: 187
Max Gawn: 146
Tom Rockliff: 142
Tom Cutler: 139
Dustin Martin: 137
Nathan Jones: 135
Bernie Vince: 134
Joel Selwood: 132
Jack Steven: 132
