There were quite a few close matches in Round 8. 6/9 decided by 20 or less points, and 2 decided by less than a goal! Surprisingly, the largest winning margin was from the Hawks against Top 4 favourites GWS, with the Hawks coming off a very disappointing loss to Melbourne. I may be biased as a Hawthorn supporter, but what a game that was from the Hawks to show they won’t be giving up easily in 2019!
I did not have much time to post Twitter updates this weekend, and for that I apologise. Anyway, the nominated Players of the Round are:
Patrick Cripps (CARL)
Tim Kelly (GEEL)
Alex Keath (ADEL)
Clayton Oliver (MELB)
Again, this may be biased, but I’m a little disappointed with the AFL for not nominating Ricky Henderson at all this season. He was a clear BOG for the Hawks in their big win against GWS, and he has been their best player overall all season.
Regardless, the four nominated players all played fantastic games aswell. I would love to choose Tim Kelly as the best of the four, as he once again proves he is already a superstar of the competition, but Clayton Oliver was the clear best player of the round. Oliver had 38 disposals, 5 marks, an insane 15 tackles and a whopping 161 Fantasy points. Despite not scoring in the 1 point win against the Suns, Oliver was the difference in getting the Dees over the line.
As for who is most likely to carry their form into next round, I’ll go with Tim Kelly who has been outstanding this year. He has racked up an average of 105.5 Fantasy points, which could be even higher if it weren’t for him being tagged by De Boer (the current best tagger in the league) in round 4.
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