The Phantom’s Analysis: All the SuperCoach ins and outs from the Round 1 AFL teams

The teamsheets are in. But which rookie-price players have been named? And what were the other surprise selections? The Phantom looks at all of the SuperCoach ins and outs.

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The teamsheets are in. But which rookie-price players have named? And what were the other surprise selections? The Phantom looks at all of the SuperCoach ins and outs.

Carlton v Richmond

Cash cows:

Carlton: Sam Walsh, Will Setterfield, Michael Gibbons, Alex Fasolo

Richmond: Noah Balta

Other new faces:

Carlton: Nic Newman, Alex Fasolo, Mitch McGovern

Richmond: Tom Lynch, Maverick Weller

What!? He’s not there?

Carlton: Lochie O’Brien

Richmond: Brandon Ellis

Tom Atkins will debut for Geelong on Friday night.

Collingwood v Geelong

Cash cows:

Collingwood: Darcy Moore

Geelong: Jordan Clark, Charlie Constable, Tom Atkins, Grant Miers

Other new faces:

Collingwood: Dayne Beams, Jordan Roughead

Geelong: Luke Dahlhaus, Gary Rohan

What!? He’s not there?

Collingwood Levi Greenwood, Brayden Sier

Geelong Scott Selwood

Melbourne v Port Adelaide

Cash cows:

Melbourne: Marty Hore, Corey Wagner

Port: Zak Butters, Xavier Duursma, Connor Rozee, Willem Drew

Other new faces:

Port: Scott Lycett, Ryan Burton

What!? He’s not there?

Melbourne: Aaron vandenBerg

Port: Sam Gray, Dougal Howard

Adelaide v Hawthorn

Cash cows:

Adelaide: Chayce Jones

Hawthorn: James Cousins, Jack Scrimshaw

What!? He’s not there?

Adelaide: Darcy Fogarty

Hawthorn: Dylan Moore

Nick Blakey will line up alongside star Lance Frankling against the Western Bulldogs in Round 1.

Western Bulldogs v Sydney

Cash cows:

Western Bulldogs: Bailey Smith

Sydney: Nick Blakey

Other new faces:

Western Bulldogs: Sam Lloyd, Taylor Duryea

Sydney: Ryan Clarke

What!? He’s not there?

Western Bulldogs: Jackson Trengove, Will Hayes

Sydney: Jackson Thurlow

Brisbane v West Coast

Cash cows:

Brisbane: Lincoln McCarthy

West Coast: Jack Petruccelle, Oscar Allen, Jarrod Brander

Other new faces:

Brisbane: Lachie Neale, Jarryd Lyons

West Coast: Tom Hickey

What!? He’s not there?

Brisbane: Archie Smith

West Coast: Josh Kennedy

Mature-age recruit Matthew Parker

St Kilda v Gold Coast

*Squad of 30 to be trimmed Friday

Cash cows:

St Kilda: Matthew Parker, Callum Wilkie, Nick Hind

Gold Coast: Chris Burgess, Jack Lukosius, Sam Collins, Ben King

Other new faces:

St Kilda: Dean Kent

Gold Coast: Anthony Miles, Jack Hombsch, Jordan Murdoch, George Horlin-Smith

GWS v Essendon

*Squad of 30 to be trimmed Friday

Cash cows:

GWS: Jackson Hately, Matthew Flynn, Isaac Cumming

E ssendon: Brandon Zerk-Thatcher

Other new faces:

Essendon: Dylan Shiel, Zac Clarke

What!? He’s not there?

GWS: Josh Kelly

Lachie Schultz, left, has been named in Fremantle’s squad of 30 but Bretty Bewley, right has been left out.

Fremantle v North Melbourne

*Squad of 30 to be trimmed Friday

Cash cows:

Fremantle: Lachie Schultz

North Melbourne: Bailey Scott, Tarryn Thomas

Other new faces:

Fremantle: Rory Lobb, Travis Colyer

North Melbourne: Aaron Hall, Jared Polec, Jasper Pittard, Dom Tyson

ROUND 1 CAPTAINS

The Phantom’s Top 5 options

1 Brodie Grundy (Coll) VC into Jack Macrae (WB) C

2 Brodie Grundy (Coll) VC into Max Gawn (Melb) C

3 Patrick Dangerfield (Geel) VC into Max Gawn (Melb) C

4 Brodie Grundy (Coll) VC into Nat Fyfe (Freo) C

5 Patrick Dangerfield (Geel) VC into Nat Fyfe (Freo) C

A bit different:

Dustin Martin (Rich) VC into Brodie Grundy (Coll) C

Average past 3 v opponent

Scott Pendlebury (Coll) Mid 148

Nat Fyfe (Frem) Mid 141

Dustin Martin (Rich) Mid 140

Max Gawn (Melb) Ruck 133

Patrick Dangerfield (Geel) Fwd/Mid 116

Phantom’s Call:

The fixture is kind to all of the big guns this week and if you’re playing a permanent donut at, say R3, you should be able to work the captain’s loophole nicely.

I always try to avoid getting sucked into the hype of the first game but I just can’t stop thinking about Dustin Martin as VC against the Blues.

So it’s what I’m going with. And if he doesn’t explode, like I’m expecting, I’ll give Grundy the captain’s armband on Friday.

ROUND 1 LOCKOUT

Remember, in SuperCoach there is a rolling lockout in place meaning each player is only locked out at the start of their respective game. This means only Carlton and Richmond players are locked out at the first bounce tomorrow night — think Sam Walsh, Patrick Cripps, Will Setterfield, Dustin Martin, Jayden Short and Noah Balta

You will still have Friday to finalise the rest of your side.

And you will need it, given the rest of the Round 1 teams will only be announced an hour before the first game and Sunday squads trimmed on Friday afternoon.

Good luck, SuperCoaches.