Eight Numbers. One Round. Here's What They Mean For Your Team.
Everyone's scrambling to finalise their sides. Round 0 gave us real data to work with. Here are the eight numbers that shaped my final calls.
71
That's the ruck contest total between St Kilda and Collingwood. AFL average last year was 97.8. Easy to look at that and panic about ruck rule changes.
Don't. The other Round 0 games averaged 95.4 ruck contests. Basically normal. The 71 was about the Saints gifting Collingwood 147 marks (next highest was Brisbane with 115), not the new rules. Saints fans have seen this game style before. Defenders vs St Kilda was a thing a
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