EFNL stats 2021: Who surged, who slid after Round 4? Every Premier player’s movements and rank
Who surged, who slid? Use our interactive table to find out every player’s movements and overall ranking after Round 4 of EFNL.
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There were plenty of shifts among the Eastern league’s Premier Division pack following Round 4’s action.
With Doncaster East having the bye, prominent names from the previous round, Simon White and James Appleby, fell out of the top 10 – and two leading stars of the comp surged in.
Use our interactive table to see every player’s overall standing for ranking points – and their movements from the weekend – after four rounds.
Scroll to the bottom for the full breakdown on ‘ranking points’, and come back for the full post-match analysis and stats from this weekend.
Noble Park’s Jack Sketcher leapfrogged five spots to move into the top 10 (eighth) following the weekend’s win over a previously unbeaten Norwood outfit.
In the absence of captain and fellow star mid Kyle Martin, the former state league gun snagged 29 possessions (19 contested) to go with nine clearances, four inside-50s, five tackles and a goal for a match-leading 151 ranking points.
Sketcher’s numbers to date are highlighted by his competition-leading 54 contested possessions, while he’s also fifth overall for clearances (28 so far) and disposals (115).
But he wasn’t the only big-moving Bull, with defender Tom Glen rocketing seven places to land in 12th with his 29 disposals and 12 marks against the Norsemen.
EFNL STATS: See every player’s stats from the weekend.
South Croydon coach Marcus Buzaglo sung the praises of Liam Cox earlier in the week, with the first-year captain making the seamless transition to an inside role on the field – and the numbers certainly explain why.
Cox joined Sketcher moving inside the comp’s top 10 for ranking points following another strong showing, with 21 disposals (10 contested), seven score-involvements, five clearances and six marks. He also laid nine tackles in the weekend’s win to continue as the comp leader, with 42 so far – three ahead of Blackburn’s Nick Gray.
And speaking of Gray, the former Collingwood VFL on-baller jumped some nine spots with his 132 points from the clash with Balwyn.
He sits 14th – up from 23rd – on the back of 21 disposals (12 contested possessions), 13 tackles on Saturday.
Meanwhile, North Ringwood playing-coach Robbie Nahas surged 11 places to move into the top 20, after the former AFL Tiger and ‘Roo gathered a match-leading 36 disposals at 88 per cent efficiency, for 131 ranking points.
South Croydon pair Dan King and Nick Evans (146 points apiece) were also prominent movers after figuring among their side’s best. King returned to action in Round 4, and the former Bulldogs captain elevated himself 39 spots, with 26 disposals at 69 per cent efficiency to go with nine clearances. Evans gathered 32 touches and 13 rebound-50s to finish with 146 ranking points.
But there was also movement at the top of the table, with ex-Melbourne ruckman Jake Spencer (a total 694 ranking points) claiming the No. 1 position, swapping spots with former Demons rookie Max King who dipped to second (663).
Spencer amassed 50 hit-outs to surge his side 17 ahead in the hit-outs to advantage differential against ladder-leader Vermont, as he pulled in 168 points.
King’s 10 disposals, nine hit-outs, four score-involvements and four contested grabs netted the Bulldog big man 71 points.
One to keep a watchful eye on is Vermont midfielder Lachie Johns who moved from sixth to fourth.
The two-time premiership skipper continues to put his hand up as one of the competition’s premier midfielders, featuring highly among the best in a number of areas this season to date.
He’s hunted plenty of the ball, ranked No. 1 for disposals (115) and inside-50s (31), second for kicks (94), equal-third for goals (11), sixth for clearances (26) and eighth for contested possessions (38).
Joining Johns at the pointy end of the table is towering teammate Liam Buxton who climbed into the top-three with a six-goal performance to haul in a comp-high 170 points.
The former Casey big man also took in 18 disposals, 23 hit-outs, four inside-50s and nine marks.
WHAT ARE ‘RANKING POINTS’ & HOW ARE THEY CALCULATED?
Premier Data uses these points to determine the appropriate ranking of a player’s match. If a player’s total points equals a decimal point (e.g. 102.5 points), it will be rounded up to the nearest point.
Below is every statistic’s point values:
Effective kick: 3
Ineffective kick: 1
Effective handball: 2
Ineffective handball: 1
Handball receive: 0.5
Contested disposal: 1
Contested mark: 3.5
Uncontested mark: 2
Intercept possession: 1
Intercept mark: 3
All clearances: 3
Inside 50 - shallow: 2
Inside 50 - deep: 2
Mark inside 50 - shallow: 2.5
Mark inside 50 - deep: 2.5
Rebound 50 - shallow: 2.5
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