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Australian Rules Football: ZakPRB AFL Check Marks 6.19
Welcome to ZakPRB AFL Check Marks 6.19. 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: Round 3 (0-2)
The Richmond Tigers apparently decided to bring their B game last night and put up their second stinker since the return. Will keep this in mind moving forward
Western Bulldogs (+125) vs GSW Giants (-152) over/under 137.5 (-112)
Coming into round three, both of these teams are coming off of losses. The Western Bulldogs had a 37 point loss (88-49) to seventh place St.Kilda. The GSW Giants s had a 20 point set back (80-60) to the second ranked North Melbourne Kangaroos. Currently seated in the ninth spot in the ladder the GSW Giants defeated the eighteenth ranked Western Bulldogs 113-55. As both teams have been preforming to expectations, this line is a little bit odd to me. The average points for favour the giants by a 82.5 to 41.5 margin (41pts). The defensive average points against also is in favour of GSW to the tune of 76.5 to 87 (10.5pts)
My consensus for this match is to take the GSW Giants on the money line (-152).
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. If there is an (I) after the name, that refers to them being an Interchange player for the game. This referring to them coming off the bench.
| Forwards | FFPG | Price |
| S. Lloyd WBD | 47 | $4800 |
| T. McLean WBD | 0 | $4300 |
| J. Finlayson GWS | 46.5 | $4600 |
| Z. Langdon GWS | 48 | $3400 |
| B.Smith WBD | 94 | $6800 |
| Midfield | FFPG | Price |
| S. Coniglio GES | 82 | $8000 |
| J. Kelly GWS | 68 | $7700 |
| J. Hopper GWS (I) | 75 | $6600 |
| C. Ward GWS | 55 | $5800 |
| J. Cardwell GSW (I) | 54 | $4300 |
| T. Liberatore WBD (I) | 0 | $4800 |
| Defense | FFPG | Price |
| J. Haynes GWS | 76 | $5700 |
| Z. Williams GWS | 63 | $5900 |
| C. Daniel WBD | 62.5 | $6100 |
| C. Crozier WBD | 67 | $5400 |
| Ruck | FFPG | Price |
| S. Jacobs GSW | 67.5 | $6400 |
| T. English WBD | 55 | $5200 |
Thank you all for taking the time to read Australian Rules Football: ZakPRB AFL Check Marks 6.19! 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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