Big League Weekly Edition – July 25, 2019

W

ELLFantasycoaches,it feelslike

it’sbeena whilebutwefinallyhad

a weekwithalmostnoFantasy-relevant

injuriesorotherdramas.

Asa resultthereweresomemonsterscores,

with 15 coachesscoring1,140orbetterand

thousandscrackingthemagical1,000-barrier.

Alltheobviouscaptaincychoicesgotatleast

60 withCameronSmith(74),PayneHaas(70),

DamienCook(66),CamMcInnes(68)and

JasonTaumalolo(62)doingtheirthing.

Thebacklinestarsalllitupwitha well-rested

JamesTedesco(93)toppingallscorersand

a similarly-restedTomTrbojevic(64)making

a welcomereturn.If youhadthosethreeplus

RogerTuivasa-Sheck(65)– andthattriois

definitelytheultimategoalfortherunhome– in

yourbackthreeyouwerestartingfrominfront.

TherewerewelcomereturnstoFantasy

formforCamMurray(82),wholooksclose

to must-have now plusBriton Nikora (75).

THE

ANALYST

From strength to strength

Withnoseriousinjuriestospeakof,manyFantasycoaches

are reaching new heights as the competitionheatsup.

HOT COLD

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OtherthanCameronMunster, whoreturns

thisweek,allbuttwotherelevantFantasyhalves

scoredover50.In-formtrioNathanCleary(68),

DalyCherry-Evans(66)andMitchMoses(66)

shapeasthebestoptionsfortherunhome.

AnthonyMilford(44)hada comedown

fromthepreviousweek’s 99 butit wasn’t

a disaster,whileKnightspairMitchPearce

(42)andKalynPonga(38)werekeptquiet

bytherampantRoostersbutarekeepers.

TheonlyrealissuewasSharkspropAndrew

Fifita(11),whowassin-binnedandnowsuspended

for a shoulder charge. He was only just coming off

athree-gamesuspensionwhichis a headachefor

coachesandotherwisehadn’tscoredbelow 50

sinceRound9.Heremainsa holdbutwillneedto

becoveredthisweekwithDavidKlemmer(62,

average54.2)nowbasicallylevelwithFifitaasthe

second-bestpropbehindHaas.

Everyoneoftheabove-mentionednames

isa trade-intargetfortherunhomewiththe

biggestdecisiontobemadearoundwhichtwo

gunhalvestooptfor.

It’stimetoconsolidateyoursquaddownto 18

or 19 greatscorerswithminimum-pricecash-outs

attheendofthebench.Dual-positionplayerslike

Ponga,Nikora,TaupauandformSouthSydney

centreBraidonBurnscanhelpensureyour

bench is ready for late withdrawals mid-round.

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