Brisbane Lions AFL Fantasy Prices 2016

With each AFL Fantasy team price reveal, Peter from aflratings.com.au takes a look at five potential targets from each club. Click here to read Warnie’s look at the Lions over on AFL.com.au.

Top 5 Potential Targets – Brisbane

Dayne Beams MID $570K

Beams can be a risky proposition due to injury, he has not played 20 games in each of his last 3 seasons and only reached 20 or more games twice in his 7 year career. But where there is risk there will be a reward, back in 2012 Beams averaged 115.4pts including Finals for Collingwood. In that year he hit the ton in 16 games 10 of which exceeded 120pts or more, if Beams has a full uninterrupted pre-season then at a minimum he will be a beast in the 1^st half of 2016.

Pearce Hanley MID $494K

Injury also hit Hanley in 2015 playing only 11 games for the Lions, he has proven to be a durable option in AFL Fantasy. Considering his finish to the 2015 season and a good run throughout the pre-season there is plenty room to improve on his 89.3 average, 2 of his 11 games last year exceeded 120pts and given the opportunity to play in the right part of the ground (Leppa – Hint to play down back so he can achieve DPP) there might be more of that to come in 2016.

Stefan Martin RUCK $631K

Set and forget! Martin had the highest average of any player for the entire 2015 season coming in at 114.1pts per game, he was very consistent with 13 of his games hitting 100pts or more with 6 games exceeding 120pts or more. Sometimes taking the obvious choice is the right option, no second guessing with Martin as he should be a Round 1 starter.

Mitch Robinson FWD/MID $504K

Robinson had an enormous finish to the 2015 season averaging 117.0pts from his last 7 games, 6 of those games exceeded 100pts or more and 1 he hit out of the park for 166pts. It is very important to note that in those 7 games Beams only played in 1 of the games injured  for just 68pts, he is a definite must watch in pre-season games and could revert back to a 78.1pt average prior to the Beams injury. Notwithstanding, the late 117.0pt average should have quite a few AFL Fantasy coaches very interested.

Tom Rockliff MID $579K

Sometimes understanding a landscape of a club and players can tell a better story than looking inside the numbers, yes Rocky is a gun and should be a walk up start in nearly all teams in 2016 but the side story of last year played out in the media might be the impetus for the greatest ever single season average of any player. Questions relating to the leadership style at Brisbane and infighting seemed to have been resolved, but if Rockliff stays true to form and understanding his competitive nature this is going to be one slightly annoyed man (soft language used for the children) set out for redemption.  Get him in your team and be part of history, well at least that’s the plan right now. Rockliff hit 100pts or more in 9 of his 15 games in 2015 8 of which went for 120pts or more, nuff said!

 

First Name	Surname	Club	Position	Games	Average	Rounded Price
Stefan	Martin	Brisbane	Ruck	20	114.05	$631000
Tom	Rockliff	Brisbane	Mid	16	104.69	$579000
Dayne	Beams	Brisbane	Mid	16	103	$570000
Mitch	Robinson	Brisbane	Fwd/Mid	21	91.05	$504000
Dayne	Zorko	Brisbane	Fwd/Mid	22	90.32	$500000
Pearce	Hanley	Brisbane	Mid	11	89.27	$494000
Tom	Bell	Brisbane	Fwd	22	88.82	$492000
Allen	Christensen	Brisbane	Fwd	22	83.27	$461000
Lewis	Taylor	Brisbane	Fwd/Mid	22	74.73	$414000
Marco	Paparone	Brisbane	Def	22	74.55	$413000
Daniel	Rich	Brisbane	Def/Mid	21	72.71	$402000
Ryan	Bastinac	Brisbane	Mid	17	65.29	$361000
Josh	Green	Brisbane	Fwd	16	63.38	$351000
Rohan	Bewick	Brisbane	Fwd	15	62.73	$347000
Sam	Mayes	Brisbane	Def	14	60.14	$333000
Ryan	Lester	Brisbane	Mid	9	59.89	$322000
Tom	Cutler	Brisbane	Def	11	57.36	$317000
Claye	Beams	Brisbane	Def	8	56.13	$299000
Josh	Walker	Brisbane	Fwd	16	52.75	$292000
Harris	Andrews	Brisbane	Def	19	52.32	$290000
Liam	Dawson	Brisbane	Def	10	46.4	$257000
Justin	Clarke	Brisbane	Def	20	44.05	$244000
Daniel	Merrett	Brisbane	Def	10	43.8	$242000
Daniel	McStay	Brisbane	Def/Fwd	20	42.3	$234000
Josh	Schache	Brisbane	Fwd	NA	NA	$232000
Billy	Evans	Brisbane	Mid/Fwd	5	43.8	$206000
Hugh	Beasley	Brisbane	Def	6	41.83	$204000
Ryan	Harwood	Brisbane	Def	3	45.33	$198000
Jaden	McGrath	Brisbane	Def/Fwd	3	45	$197000
Darcy	Gardiner	Brisbane	Def	8	36	$187000
Eric	Hipwood	Brisbane	Def/Fwd	NA	NA	$184000
Jonathan	Freeman	Brisbane	Fwd	6	36.67	$179000
Ben	Keays	Brisbane	Mid	NA	NA	$176000
Trent	West	Brisbane	Ruck/Fwd	2	28.5	$160000
Rhys	Mathieson	Brisbane	Mid	NA	NA	$158000
Sam	Skinner	Brisbane	Def/Fwd	NA	NA	$136000
Michael	Close	Brisbane	Fwd	1	10	$125000
Archie	Smith	Brisbane	Ruck	NA	NA	$125000
Cian	Hanley	Brisbane	Def	NA	NA	$125000
Jackson	Paine	Brisbane	Fwd	NA	NA	$125000
Jarrad	Jansen	Brisbane	Mid	NA	NA	$125000
Josh	Clayton	Brisbane	Def/Mid	NA	NA	$125000
Josh	McGuinness	Brisbane	Def	NA	NA	$125000
Josh	Watts	Brisbane	Def	NA	NA	$125000
Matthew	Hammelmann	Brisbane	Def/Fwd	NA	NA	$125000
Reuben	William	Brisbane	Def	NA	NA	$125000

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