SuperCoach AFL stats dossier: Full CBAs, kick-ins, time on ground, VFL scores for round 2

Picking the right captain is an easy way to gain an edge on your mates and the competition in SuperCoach. See this week’s best options plus full CBA and kick-in stats.

Who should you entrust with the captaincy in round 3?

Exclusive match-up data reveals how many points each team concedes in each position – key intel when plotting your VC and C, and other selection and trade decisions.

This week, a SuperCoach favourite is shaping as a great captain call.

Sort the data below to get the edge on the competition – and scroll down for full CBAs, kick-ins and more.

WHO TO TARGET THIS WEEK

Midfielders v West Coast: Last week Lachie Neale, Hugh McCluggage and Josh Dunkley all scored 117-plus against the Eagles. Expect Fremantle’s midfielders to dine out on Sunday. Melbourne, Richmond and Geelong are all favourable midfield match-ups; Noah Anderson (142) has the highest projected score for the round on SuperCoach Plus. The Lions trio should go big again, although a forecast Brisbane deluge could make things interesting.

Richmond is also a great match-up for midfielders. Jack Macrae is fresh off a 162 and has a 158 and 162 in his history against the Tigers since 2020.

Rucks v Western Bulldogs: West Coast and Geelong give up the most points to opposition rucks, but Luke Jackson and Oscar McInerney aren’t in many SuperCoach sides. Tim English concededs the fourth-most points – good news for Tom De Koning owners.

General defenders in Richmond v St Kilda: Both teams are in the bottom three for points conceded here, so load up on Jack Sinclair and Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera stocks. Could Jayden Short give us owners a reprieve?

General forwards v North Melbourne: The Roos are also a favourable match-up for midfielers, so Izak Rankine should score well wherever he plays, and expect Jordan Dawson to continue his hot start to 2025.

Jack Macrae is averaging 144.5 to start 2025. Picture: Quinn Rooney/Getty Images

WHO TO AVOID

Defenders v Carlton: The Blues are the hardest team for general defenders to score against – not what Bailey Dale’s new owners wanted to hear.

Midfielders v Brisbane, Gold Coast, Western Bulldogs: The three hardest match-ups in this position – Cats, Demons and Blues mids take note. Hawthorn is also a tough midfield match-up for Finn Callaghan and the Giants.

Rucks v Brisbane: Oscar McInerney does a great job at restricting his opponents, so don’t expect many hitouts from Sam De Koning, although he scores his points around the ground anyway. Adelaide is the fifth-hardest match-up for rucks so far this year. Can Tristan Xerri beat the trend?

Al’s captain picks:

1. Jack Macrae

2. Caleb Serong

3. Jack Sinclair

4. Tom De Koning

5. Lachie Neale

SuperCoach dossier: Every CBA, kick-in, JHF warning sign

Giving away five free kicks and a 50m penalty was one reason for Jason Horne-Francis’s disappointing SuperCoach score against Richmond. But there could be a bigger trend coaches need to watch closely.

Horne-Francis finished with 61 points in the 72-point blowout, touching the ball just three times in the first quarter as Port Adelaide stormed to a five-goal lead.

A big explanation for that was him slipping from first to fourth in the Power’s centre bounce pecking order, recording 10 fewer CBAs than in round 1 as he was leapfrogged by Ollie Wines and Willem Drew, who had 28 and 22 CBAs, respectively. Horne-Francis attended 14.

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Port Adelaide faces Essendon, St Kilda and Hawthorn in the next three weeks before a possible return of Zak Butters, which will only make the midfield mix more crowded.

Horne-Francis wasn’t the only player to see a big swing in CBA numbers in round 2.

Harry Perryman was banished from Collingwood’s centre square setup, attending zero CBAs after 13 in each of his first two games. His SuperCoach scores have fallen off a cliff and he’s a priority trade-out this week.

Jayden Short lost his kick-in role in round 2. Picture: Michael Klein

Jason Horne-Francis spent large portions of the game at full-forward. Picture: Quinn Rooney/Getty Images

Nathan O’Driscoll bucked the trend, posting 95 points from 25 disposals despite experiencing the biggest CBA drop in the competition – down from 23 to zero.

There is another worrying stat when it comes to kick-ins – Jayden Short took seven in round 1 but just one against Port Adelaide as Ben Miller (eight) took over as the Tigers’ main kick-in man.

Track all these numbers every week here, along with time on ground – a stat hugely influenced by injuries and substitutions, but which can also shed light on key SuperCoach names. Caleb Serong’s time on ground was up 11 per cent, Ryley Sanders’ was down 13 per cent and Elijah Tsatas spent just 63 per cent of the game against Adelaide on the ground. Remarkably, that was a slight increase from his 60 per cent TOG in round 1.

Jase Burgoyne was one of 10 players – and the only non key defender – to have 100 per cent TOG in round 2.

STATE LEAGUE SUPERCOACH SCORES

We’ll also be watching the state leagues every week – check in to see every player’s SuperCoach score from the VFL plus the SANFL and WAFL when those competitions begin.

Coburg’s Donovan Toohey was the highest scorer in round 1 of the VFL after collecting 40 disposals against Richmond.

Of the AFL-aligned players, Saints Arie Schoenmaker (124 points) and Tobie Travaglia (125) stand out. Travaglia has missed selection in the first two rounds of the AFL season but he might not be far off after 25 disposals, 13 contested possessions, nine tackles and a goal in his first VFL outing.

Bulldog Jedd Busslinger (104) is another defensive rookie on the radar.

Originally published as SuperCoach AFL stats dossier: Full CBAs, kick-ins, time on ground, VFL scores for round 2