Australian Rules Football: ZakPRB AFL Check Marks 6.12

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Australian Rules Football: ZakPRB AFL Check Marks 6.12

Welcome to ZakPRB AFL Check Marks 6.12. 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.

Check marks and exes: 0-2.
From last year’s top scoring team and a fast pace team, I did not see a low scoring defensive battle. The draw was a result that doesn’t happen often in the AFL. On to today’s action

Geelong Cats (-177) vs Hawthorne Hawks (+140) O/U 137.5 (-112)
In their last meeting, Hawthorn defeated Geelong 88-66. In their first matches of the season, the Hawks came away with a home win (90-62) over the Brisbane Lions. The cat’s suffered an away defeat (105-73) to the GSW Giants. The injury to Hawthorn midfield Jaeger O’Meara looks to be a concern for the Hawks. To add to that, Hawthorn has not won at Geelong since 2006. Geelong is claiming that they are in much better shape and look faster than round one.
I will be taking the chalk on the money line. Geelong Cats (-177) DraftKings

Injuries and outs:
Geelong: Darcy Fort, Jordan Clark, Zach Guthrie
Hawthorn: Jaeger O’Meara

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
Chad Wingard HFC	100	$7600
Gary Albett GFC	89	$7100
Tom Hawkins GFC	76	$4700
Oliver Hanrahan HFC	64	$4300
Luke Breust HFC	74	$5000

Midfield	FFPG	Price
Mitch Duncan GFC	89	$8000
Chad Wingard HFC	100	$7600
Liam Sheils HFC	97	$6900
Isaac Smith HFC	85	$6700
Tom Scully HFC	58	$4600
Ricky Henderson HFC	59	$5700
Joel Selwood GFC	62	$6200
Quinton Narkel GFC	44	$4200

Defense	FFPG	Price
Shaun Burgoyne HFC	70	$4800
Zach Touohy GFC	62	$5900
Mark O’Connor GFC	58	$4200
Harry Taylor GFC	52	$3900
Jack Henry GFC	49	$3400

Ruck	FFPG	Price
Rhys Stanley GFC	0	$5200
Johnathon Celgar HFC	56	$5500
Ben McEvoy HFC	45	$4400

Thank you all for taking the time to read Australian Rules Football: ZakPRB AFL Check Marks 6.12! 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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