2018 NRL.com Fantasy thread part 1

GreenMachine wrote:Only up to page 19 but enjoying the build up.

Lot of you lads have Garvey. Isn’t Lichaa still there?

Garvey at Raiders, potentially starts wihtout Hodgson, they also have Havili though

White Lightning wrote:

I forget why but I read Wallace is out in round 1.

suspended, misses first two rounds

Milchcow wrote:Top 30 underpriced players based on their 2016 averages
(some of these guys only played 1-2 games in 2016)

   

Name	Price	Team	Priced at	2016
Jackson Hastings	$228,000	MAN	15.57	45
Bryce Cartwright	$325,000	PEN	22.19	50.33333
Reimis Smith	$212,000	CBY	14.48	40
Robbie Rochow	$312,000	WST	21.30	44
Jahrome Hughes	$403,000	MEL	27.52	49
Jaydn Su'a	$255,000	BRI	17.41	38.75
Taane Milne	$228,000	WST	15.57	33
Jack Cogger	$256,000	NEW	17.48	34.8
Mitch Rein	$448,000	GLD	30.59	47.75
Joseph Leilua	$486,000	CAN	33.19	48.77273
Richard Kennar	$228,000	SOU	15.57	31
Sam McKendry	$212,000	PEN	14.48	29.83333
Cameron Cullen	$228,000	MAN	15.57	30.4
Benji Marshall	$305,000	WST	20.83	35.3125
Jesse Bromwich	$534,000	MEL	36.46	50.70833
Robbie Farah	$486,000	SOU	33.19	47.11111
Shaun Fensom	$475,000	NQL	32.43	45.84615
Dylan Napa	$445,000	SYD	30.39	43.52174
Greg Eastwood	$317,000	CBY	21.65	34.05882
Leilani Latu	$328,000	GLD	22.40	34.72727
Ryan James	$700,000	GLD	47.80	60.125
Solomone Kata	$388,000	WAR	26.49	38.28571
Michael Lichaa	$533,000	CBY	36.39	47.85714
Peni Terepo	$305,000	PAR	20.83	32.17391
Trent Merrin	$654,000	PEN	44.66	55.95652
Pat Mata'utia	$228,000	NEW	15.57	26.85714
Josh Reynolds	$493,000	WST	33.66	44.75
Hymel Hunt	$310,000	SOU	21.17	32.23077
James Fisher-Harris	$296,000	PEN	20.21	31.09524
James Graham	$671,000	SGI	45.82	56.625

Stuff like this is awesome.

My head hurts a bit, so out of touch... who is Lodge?!

Happy new year/season to all.

mulvy wrote:

Garvey at Raiders, potentially starts wihtout Hodgson, they also have Havili though

Completely missed that news! Time to tune back in to NRL twitter accounts!

GreenMachine wrote:

Stuff like this is awesome.

My head hurts a bit, so out of touch... who is Lodge?!

Happy new year/season to all.

And to you my friend. Matt Lodge Broncos prop. Possible starter. Got arrested in the states for something and has been allowed back in.

[quote="GreenMachine"]Only up to page 19 but enjoying the build up.

Lot of you lads have Garvey. Isn’t Lichaa still there?[/quote

Garvey is now at the Raiders & with Hodgson out for ages he will be starting hooker. Also worth noting the Raiders also signed Havilii so there is competition at hooker but I think Garvey will start.

mulvy wrote:

Stupid question but why are we thinking James will be in the backrow instead of prop?

The new coach said he would. The Titans have plenty of middle forwards as it is so the idea was for James to play on the edge in 2018.
As noted above Wallace is suspended for the first 2 rounds so James may play prop until Wallace comes back.

Thanks lads. Was aware of the Hodgson travesty but only just reading the garvey stuff now. December 30 I was flat out hosting and drinking and eating and trying to remember all the FPL lockouts, so raiders news was not high on the agenda!

Great player write ups Welshyyyy. Arrow very interesting this year. Can play.

GreenMachine wrote:Thanks lads. Was aware of the Hodgson travesty but only just reading the garvey stuff now. December 30 I was flat out hosting and drinking and eating and trying to remember all the FPL lockouts, so raiders news was not high on the agenda!

Great player write ups Welshyyyy. Arrow very interesting this year. Can play.

Cheers mate got Connor Watson loaded up for tomorrow and a few more to follow as I’m usually quiet Friday In work

Here are all the confirmed pre-season fixtures.


THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8

Parramatta v North Sydney at Ringrose Park, Wentworthville (kick-off time TBC)




SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10

Brisbane v Central Capras at Theodore, Queensland (kick-off time TBC)

Super League: Wigan v Hull FC at WIN Stadium, 7.45pm (AEDT)




FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16

World Club Challenge:
Melbourne v Leeds at AAMI Park, 8pm (AEDT)




SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17

Melbourne v Warriors at Rotorua Stadium, New Zealand, 1pm (AEDT)

St George Illawarra v Hull , ANZ Stadium, 5.45pm (AEDT) — Live on Fox League

South Sydney v Wigan at ANZ Stadium, 7.45pm (AEDT) — Live on Fox League

Canberra v Canterbury at Sunshine Coast Stadium, 5.30pm (AEDT)

Penrith v Sydney Roosters at Panthers Stadium, 7.10pm (AEDT)

Cronulla v Manly at Southern Cross Group Stadium, 7:30pm (AEDT)

Brisbane v Gold Coast at Clive Berghofer Stadium, Toowoomba QLD, 8.30pm (AEDT)

North Queensland v Wests Tigers at Barlow Park, Cairns, 8.30pm (AEDT)




FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23

Thurston/Smith Testimonial:
North Queensland v Melbourne at Suncorp Stadium, 8.05pm (AEDT) — Live on Fox League




SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24

Wests Tigers v Cronulla at Campbelltown Stadium (kick-off time TBC)

PNG Hunters v Brisbane Broncos at National Football Stadium, Port Moresby, 4pm (AEDT)

Gold Coast v Warriors at Sunshine Coast Stadium 6pm (AEDT)

Canterbury v Penrith at Belmore Sports Ground, NSW, 6pm (AEDT)

Sydney Roosters v Manly at Central Coast Stadium, 6pm (AEDT)

Charity Shield:
St George Illawarra v South Sydney at Glen Willow Stadium, Mudgee, 7pm (AEDT) — Live on Fox League

Parramatta v Newcastle at Maitland Regional Sportsground, 7.30pm (AEDT)

GreenMachine wrote:

Stuff like this is awesome.

My head hurts a bit, so out of touch... who is Lodge?!

Happy new year/season to all.

Lodge rose to fame by writing cunt on his wrist in an U20s match.

Had tonnes of off field issues.

Had to pay $1.6m in damages after going on a violent rampage in New York.

He's cheap though and many of us fantasy players can overlook dickheads if they get us some fantasy points.

Milchcow wrote:
Loophole is finally killed off for good.
Don't need to worry about AE nightmares.

And if 2 players are late withdrawals, you can get 2 subs (assuming you have emergencies on that position)

DPP will be very important

We did think that with the last changes as well a few years ago. Then within a week or two someone had worked out how loophole the closed loophole.

I've had a look at the VSDT Lobby again and can't see a link anywhere for a 2018 team builder.

Milchcow wrote:
Loophole is finally killed off for good.
Don't need to worry about AE nightmares.

And if 2 players are late withdrawals, you can get 2 subs (assuming you have emergencies on that position)

DPP will be very important

Will make cheap injury prone players slightly less risky now with the new 'insurance' plan. Ie Inglis/Hurrell/JGraham

Also good for cows that are still trying to secure a starting place (especially with coaches that like to play musical chairs), ie Souths CTR's last year
If they pull out last minute you are less likely to get burned especially if they play on the sunday

Great work on the player profiles Welshy
Has anyone got any idea on Kane Evans' potential minutes this year?
I'm looking for a cheap FRF NPR for back up (under 330K). Looking at predicted team lists i'm down to A.Vete, C.Welch and K.Evans...
any advice will be awesome.
Cheers lads,

Boozecluez wrote:

Milchcow wrote:
Loophole is finally killed off for good.
Don't need to worry about AE nightmares.

And if 2 players are late withdrawals, you can get 2 subs (assuming you have emergencies on that position)

DPP will be very important

Will make cheap injury prone players slightly less risky now with the new 'insurance' plan. Ie Inglis/Hurrell/JGraham

Also good for cows that are still trying to secure a starting place (especially with coaches that like to play musical chairs), ie Souths CTR's last year
If they pull out last minute you are less likely to get burned especially if they play on the sunday

Spot on with the risky players Booze.

kiwimoose wrote:Great work on the player profiles Welshy
Has anyone got any idea on Kane Evans' potential minutes this year?
I'm looking for a cheap FRF NPR for back up (under 330K). Looking at predicted team lists i'm down to A.Vete, C.Welch and K.Evans...
any advice will be awesome.
Cheers lads,

I've got a bit of a soft spot for Evans. If he gets 2 stints a game he should make some good points and coin.

Boozecluez wrote:

Will make cheap injury prone players slightly less risky now with the new 'insurance' plan. Ie Inglis/Hurrell/JGraham

Also good for cows that are still trying to secure a starting place (especially with coaches that like to play musical chairs), ie Souths CTR's last year
If they pull out last minute you are less likely to get burned especially if they play on the sunday

It is less risky on a week to week basis, as its a lot easier to replace them with a reasonable scorer if they don't play. And you don't have to worry about your dud cash cow giving you a shit AE.

Its a bit tougher from a cash building point of view, because with only 4 NPR slots, you can't afford too many of them sitting around not doing anything.

An open bench of 8...
I just had a read of the new rules. The tricky bit is that there are 4 emergency players to cover 6 different positions and the interchange positions.

What happens if, Cameron Smith pulls out last minute and Garvey replaces him from the Interchange as the highest ranked replacement? I assume that my ranked number 5 emergency player (doesn't matter if he's not a Hooker) takes Garvey's spot on the interchange.

From a cheapie point of view.
With current standing I'd say these guys will be very popular.


Canberra Hooker
Bryce Cartwright
Manly five-eighth
Taane Milne

But its a tough choice between whether you have these guys in your 17 or spend a valuable NPR spot on them
For me Milne will either be a starting CTR or not in my team. Unless he can get himself DPP status I don't think I want to waste a bench spot on a CTR.
I think Cartwright will either be good enough to play in my 17 or not worth it at all.

Canberra hooker and Manly 5/8th have 2 of my tentative NPR spots at the moment. Perhaps not good enough scorers to want in your 17, but reasonable cash making potential


No doubt between now and March a tonne of other rookies will turn up to make the choice interesting