THOUSANDS of eager AFL Fantasy coaches have already started piecing together their Fantasy Classic squads for the new season.
The game launched last week and although we are only a handful of days in, some trends have started to appear in the way coaches are picking their teams.
AFL Fantasy kicks off for season 2018
It appears the ruck combination of Nic Naitanui (RUC, $417,000) and Max Gawn (RUC, $605,000) is set to be the most popular to start the season. Naitanui’s price attracted a 30 per cent discount due to missing all of 2017, while Gawn is under-priced based on his output last season compared to 2016.
The ruck bench of Darcy Cameron (RUC, $170,000) and Tim English (RUC/FWD, $187,000) is common as coaches believe they have the best opportunity of game time of the bargain basement options.
Tom Mitchell (MID, $896,000) is the most expensive player in the competition but that hasn’t stopped him from being selected by the early birds. As a lock-in captain week-to-week, it will be worth spending a fair chunk of the $12,600,000 salary cap.
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Top 20 most selected in AFL Fantasy Classic
NAME | CLUB | POSITION | PRICE | OWNERSHIP |
Nic Naitanui | WCE | RUC | $417,000 | 53.3% |
Max Gawn | MELB | RUC | $605,000 | 47.0% |
Darcy Cameron | SYD | RUC | $170,000 | 44.9% |
Tom Mitchell | HAW | MID | $896,000 | 44.9% |
Rory Laird | ADEL | DEF | $707,000 | 44.5% |
Isaac Heeney | SYD | MID/FWD | $649,000 | 39.7% |
Cameron Rayner | BL | MID/FWD | $270,000 | 37.9% |
Patrick Dangerfield | GEEL | MID | $849,000 | 36.2% |
Tim English | WB | RUC/FWD | $187,000 | 35.1% |
Tom Doedee | ADEL | DEF | $170,000 | 34.3% |
Willie Rioli | WCE | FWD | $170,000 | 34.2% |
Luke Davies-Uniacke | NM | MID | $264,000 | 31.5% |
Paul Ahern | NM | MID/FWD | $170,000 | 31.2% |
Nathan Freeman | STK | MID | $170,000 | 30.5% |
Joel Smith | MELB | DEF/MID | $170,000 | 26.2% |
Jack Higgins | RICH | MID/FWD | $238,000 | 26.0% |
Nat Fyfe | FRE | MID | $686,000 | 25.6% |
Jaeger O’Meara | HAW | MID | $438,000 | 25.3% |
Elliot Yeo | WCE | DEF | $692,000 | 24.5% |
Jake Lloyd | SYD | DEF | $649,000 | 24.2% |
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