Australian Rules Football: ZakPRB AFL Check Marks 6.11
Welcome to ZakPRB AFL Check Marks. I have loved this sport since I first saw the Grand final while I was traveling on a bus tour throughout Europe with a clan of Australians. With the holdout in North America, I couldn’t find a better time to deeper look in into the world of footy! If you are wondering how this game is played, I have written a North American Guide to AFL that can be found here. Let’s drop the ball on today’s action. All lines are from Draftkings Sportsbook.
Welcome back AFL! We will be taking a bit of a different look at this column as we will be adding some players for DFS interest as it is now playable on Draftkings! Fantastic news! Let’s take a look at the Thursday Slate.
Collingwood Magpies (+130) vs Richmond Tigers (-162) (Thursday June 11 5:40am EST)
These two teams are two of the top scoring team in the league. The last match these two teams met, the final score was 98-66 in favour of the Richmond Tigers. In their first match of the season, Collingwood had an impressive outing with a 86-34 win. Their defense will have to be up to the same task who face last year’s top scoring team in the Richmond Tigers. Richmond came away 105-81 win themselves in week one bringing back their goal scoring prowess from the previous season. I believe the outcome of this game will come down to which defense is up for the challenge. As good as Collingwood’s defense was in the opening round. I don’t think they will be up to the same task against the High flying Richmond Tigers.
Betting advice: I will be taking the Richmond Tigers at -7.5 (-112) and the over 139.5 (-112) for the game total. | DraftKings
Draftkings DFS notes:
As this is brand new to North America there isn’t much information on players. However we do have a points system and player layout.
How does AFL scoring work?
Lineups will consist of 9 players scoring points based on the below:
Players | Scoring |
Forwards 2 | Goal +6 Pts |
Midfielders 4 | Tackle +4 Pts |
Defenders 2 | Kick +3 Pts |
Ruck 1 | Mark +3 Pts |
Handball +2 Pts | |
Hit Out +1 Pts | |
Behind +1 Pts | |
Free Kick For +1 Pts | |
Free Kick Against -3 Pts |
Now that we know the point structure, let’s look at some of the DFS plays that will hopefully give us an edge. Just to note, there is only 4 players on the bench so even though the lock is in the middle of the night, you should have a pretty good chance that the normal starters will start.
Forwards | FFPG | Price |
Dustin Martin RFC | 90 | $7500 |
Shai Bolton. RFC | 83 | $4600 |
Daniel Rioli RFC | 69 | $3800 |
Brody Mihocek COFC | 82 | $5500 |
Will Hoskin-Elliot COFC | 73 | $5400 |
Midfield | FFPG | Price |
Taylor Adams COFC | 105 | $7200 |
Steele Sidebottom COFC | 107 | $8000 |
Scott Pendlebury COFC | 90 | $7700 |
Dustin Martin (use as F) RFC | 90 | $7500 |
Dion Prestia RFC | 89 | $7000 |
Chris Mayne COFC | 94 | $4900 |
Marion Pickett RFC | 60 | $4200 |
Josh Daicos COFV | 70 | $3500 |
Defense | FFPG | Price |
Jack Crisp COFC | 59 | $6900 |
Jeremy Howe COFC | 110 | $6300 |
Jayden Short RFC | 66 | $5300 |
Liam Baker RFC | 46 | $3600 |
David Astbury RFC | 49 | $3200 |
Ruck | FFPG | Price |
Brodie Gundy COFC | 114 | $9300 |
Ivan Soldo RFC | 71 | $5500 |
Toby Nankervis | 30 | $5000 |
Thank you all for taking the time to read Australian Rules Football: ZakPRB AFL Check Marks 6.11! Hopefully you have stayed up to watch a couple of games and have fallen in love with the chaos as much as I have. I hope you all are staying safe and staying well! For further questions feel free to contact me on Twitter @PRBpuckpicks or on the Win Daily Sports Discord channel @ZakPRB. Thank you.
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