SuperCoach 2017: Every score from the JLT Series

WHO dominated the JLT Series? Which bargains have flown under the radar and who should we avoid? Must-read for every serious SuperCoach!

WHERE have all the rookies gone — and why is no one talking about George Horlin-Smith in SuperCoach this year?

The most important intel of the pre-season has dropped — every score from the JLT Series.

And Champion Data has gone well beyond the raw numbers, breaking down the pre-season comp scores to tell us who really stepped up as we approach Round 1.

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The numbers confirm what SuperCoaches have been feeling for weeks — there aren’t a lot of rookie-priced options demanding selection in our teams.

Giant Tim Taranto (average of 89 over three games), Crow Curtly Hampton (88) and teammate Andy Otten (85) showed they will provide great value this season, but after that the bargain basement picks become harder to find.

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Sam Powell-Pepper is the third most selected player in SuperCoach and his pre-season average of 70 is handy, but not spectacular. Port Adelaide teammate Brett Eddy is the fifth-most popular pick and he averaged just 59 (scoring 33, 40 and 104).

With limited rookie options we have to find value elsewhere, and there could be plenty in a Cat who has managed to fly totally under the radar despite scoring 119 and 80 in his two pre-season appearances.

George Horlin-Smith has been at the Cats since 2010 and played just 40 senior games, including one last season. But the departure of Josh Caddy has created an opening which so far he has grabbed with both hands. And he’s just $234,000 in SuperCoach.

George Horlin-Smith could be poised for a breakout year. Picture: Glenn Ferguson

Dayne Zorko was the topscorer of the JLT Series. Picture: Steve Pohlner

Horlin-Smith also rates highly in the crucial points per minute column which gives us a better picture of pre-season scores taking into account how much time players spent on the field.

Topping this category is Magpie Jamie Elliott who scored just 65 points in the pre-season, but managed it in just 35 minutes of game time. If he gets up for Round 1 he could be a bargain at $291,700.

The other standout here is Saint Jack Steele, who scored 319 points despite spending almost 40 per cent of his three pre-season games on the bench — an average of 1.64 points per minute, ranked third in the comp.

Big-name SuperCoach recruits Aaron Sandilands, Dayne Beams and Nat Fyfe also score highly by this measure as they were managed through the JLT Series.

At the other end of the scale is No. 1 draft pick Andrew McGrath who was on the field for 205 minutes and scored 113 points, a ratio of 0.55 points per minute.

The highest scorer of the pre-season comp (who played at least two matches) was Lion Dayne Zorko, who scored 129, 175 and 71 for an average of 125.

He just pipped Aaron Hall, who averaged 124.5. Last year Hall averaged 112 points in the pre-season comp and carried that form into the opening rounds, scoring 129, 124, 134 and 114 in his first four home-and-away games — before falling in a huge hole and being traded out en masse by SuperCoaches across the land.

So make of pre-season form what you will!

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TOP 10 JLT SERIES AVERAGES

125 Dayne Zorko (BL) $593,000 MID

124.5 Aaron Hall (GC) $519,800 MID

119.5 Josh J Kennedy (WC) $532,200 FWD

118.5 Toby Greene (GWS) $492,000 FWD

117 Mark LeCras (WC) $428,600 FWD

116.5 Heath Shaw (GWS) $576,500 DEF

116 Luke Dahlhaus (WB) $520,700 FWD/MID

115.5 Adam Treloar (Coll) $605,400 MID

115.5 Callan Ward (GWS) $574,400 MID

114 Tom Mitchell (Haw) $565,600 MID

Jamie Elliott showed his scoring potential in a brief pre-season appearance. Picture: Michael Klein

TOP 10 POINTS PER MINUTE

1.86 Jamie Elliott (Coll) $291,700 FWD

1.67 Dawson Simpson (GWS) $155,100 RUCK

1.64 Jack Steele (StK) $347,100 FWD/MID

1.46 George Horlin-Smith (Geel) $234,000 MID

1.46 Josh Kelly (GWS) $473,800 MID

1.43 Adam Treloar (Coll) $605,400 MID

1.42 Shaun Higgins (NM) $426,400 FWD

1.41 Clayton Oliver (Melb) $382,500 MID

1.40 Dayne Zorko (BL) $593,000 MID

1.40 Ollie Wines (PA) $533,700 MID

10 POTENTIAL BARGAINS

104 Jake Lloyd (Syd) $460,200 DEF

104 Josh Smith (Coll) $396,300 DEF

102.3 Toby Nankervis (Rich) $366,400 RUCK/FWD

95 Jack Billings (StK) $407,700 FWD/MID

90 Zak Jones (Syd) $307,000 DEF

84 Dom Sheed (WC) $267,400 MID

83 Jackson Thurlow (Geel) $267,600 DEF

78 Jarryd Roughead (Haw) $367,100 FWD

76 David Swallow (GC) $280,200 MID

76 Jaeger O’Meara (GC) $318,900 MID

10 ROOKIES TO CONSIDER

89 Tim Taranto (GWS) $207,300 MID/FWD

88 Curtly Hampton (Adel) $160,000 DEF

85 Andy Otten (Adel) $123,900 DEF

76 Will Hoskin-Elliott (Coll) $213,300 FWD

70 Braydon Preuss (NM) $123,900 RUCK

70 Sam Powell-Pepper (PA) $135,300 MID

65 Ed Vickers-Willis (NM) $123,900 DEF

62 Tom Stewart (Geel) $117,300 DEF

60 Dan Houston (PA) $117,300 FWD

59 Brett Eddy (PA) $102,400 FWD

10 POSSIBLE WORRIES

81 Dustin Martin (Rich) $588,300 MID

80 Max Gawn (Melb) $645,000 RUCK

75 Todd Goldstein (NM) $588,400 RUCK

73 Josh P Kennedy (Syd) $617,100 MID

68 Marc Murphy (Carl) $432,500 MID

68 Paddy Ryder (PA) $418,100 RUCK/FWD

67 Stefan Martin (BL) $488,000 RUCK

66 Alex Rance (Rich) $535,600 DEF

64 Hamish Hartlett (PA) $423,700 DEF/MID

55 Patrick Cripps (Carl) $585,500 MID

Originally published as SuperCoach 2017: Every score from the JLT Series