IT HAS been a long, hard pre-season for AFL Fantasy coaches. Some who were seeking redemption from last year, like Warnie, started as soon as the 2016 season finished. While others have been quietly absorbing information over the last couple of months and are happy with where their squad sits.

For quite a few, this is the week when the first virtual step is taken on the Fantasy training track.

Teams need to be finalised before the first bounce on Friday night, but if you wish to have a Tiger or a Blue, then they’ll need to be locked away before 7.20pm AEDT on Thursday night.

The Traders guide you through every step of the way on the all-important final podcast ahead of round one.

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Also in this week’s podcast:

    • The Traders’ team is unpacked
    • Roy discusses team structure
    • The best of the sub-$250K players
    • Calvin’s captain tips, including the loophole
    • Team Vanilla – the most popular picks this year
    • Warnie catches up with Russell Shore, the winner of Fantasy Classic in 2016
    • Your social media questions answered

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Defenders

NAME

CLUB

POSITION

PRICE

OWNERSHIP

Mitchell Hibberd

NM

DEF/MID

$150,000

43.7%

Taylor Adams

COLL

DEF/MID

$622,000

42.5%

Curtly Hampton

ADE

DEF

$204,000

40.1%

Caleb Marchbank

CARL

DEF

$205,000

29.9$

Rory Laird

ADE

DEF

$584,000

28.9%

Andy Otten

ADE

DEF

$150,000

28.7%

Heath Shaw

GWS

DEF

$614,000

26.7%

Tom Stewart

GEE

DEF

$172,000

22.2%

Andrew McGrath

ESS

DEF/MID

$250,000

19.4%

Sam Docherty

CARL

DEF

$609,000

18.1%


Midfielders

NAME

CLUB

POSITION

PRICE

OWNERSHIP

Jaeger O’Meara

HAW

MID

$364,000

55.4%

Nat Fyfe

FRE

MID

$595,000

47.3%

Patrick Dangerfield

GEE

MID

$712,000

45.5%

Dayne Beams

BL

MID

$519,000

34.2%

Jake Barrett

BL

MID

$150,000

31.9%

Sam Powell-Pepper

PA

MID

$216,000

30.6%

David Swallow

GC

MID

$355,000

25.6%

Dyson Heppell

ESS

MID

$548,000

23.7%

Nathan Freeman

STK

MID

$150,000

19.7%

Tom Rockliff

BL

MID

$704,000

18.9%


Rucks

NAME

CLUB

POSITION

PRICE

OWNERSHIP

Braydon Preuss

NM

RUC

$150,000

36.6%

Toby Nankervis

RICH

RUC/FWD

$365,000

35.7%

Darcy Cameron

SYD

RUC/FWD

$156,000

27.3%

Max Gawn

MELB

RUC

$642,000

24.0%

Patrick Ryder

PA

RUC/FWD

$411,000

21.9%


Forwards

NAME

CLUB

POSITION

PRICE

OWNERSHIP

Jarryd Roughead

HAW

FWD

$373,000

45.3%

Jarrod Pickett

CARL

MID/FWD

$150,000

44.0%

Brett Eddy

PA

FWD

$150,000

42.5%

Luke Dahlhaus

WB

MID/FWD

$557,000

37.0%

Jack Macrae

WB

MID/FWD

$596,000

33.2%

Tim Taranto

GWS

MID/FWD

$248,000

23.7%

Jack Steele

STK

MID/FWD

$432,000

23.1%

Aaron Black

GEE

FWD

$150,000

22.8%

Cam McCarthy

FRE

FWD

$211,000

21.9%

Hugh McCluggage

BL

MID/FWD

$246,000

15.9% 


Team Vanilla