SuperCoach Round 8 market watch: Is it too late to trade in Ben Ronke?

DID Sydney youngster Ben Ronke price himself out of the market with a 120-point game on Friday night, or is there more money to make with a smart trade? Plus Round 8 team of the week.

Ben Ronke of the Swans.

IS IT too late to get on the Ben Ronke bandwagon?

The Sydney youngster had an extraordinary third game on Friday night, kicking seven goals straight and recording 10 tackles to score 120 points against Hawthorn.

That caused his value to spike by more than $90,000 to $214,700.

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That was a great result for the 10,200 players who traded him in on the bubble.

It was equally frustrating for the almost 54,000 who brought in Charlie Spargo (49) instead.

Ronke still has a lot more money to make. Ronke’s break-even this week is -57 and he is expected to rise another $66,000 if he scores 93 against Fremantle.

That might be a touch optimistic but even if he scores around the 60 mark for the next two weeks he will go up another $80-90,000.

SuperCoach tragic Brice Mitchell (@bricemitchell) published detailed calculations on Twitter showing the Ronke rocket will flame out at just over $300,000 in Round 11.

Is it worth using a trade for a quick cash injection?

The answer to that might depend on how many trades you have left and the state of your forward line.

Ben Ronke had a night out against the Hawks. Can he back it up?

The 26,000 coaches carrying Jack Billings or 38,000 with Christian Petracca would be very tempted to cut their losses and make a bit over $100,000 on a move to Ronke.

Billings has already lost $162,000 and will head further south with a break-even of 98 against Collingwood. He is averaging 62 over his past five games and just 53 over his past three. He is projected to bottom out in two weeks at about $325,000.

Petracca is down $66,000 and has a break-even of 132.

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The carrot could be Port Adelaide star Robbie Gray who dropped $13,000 despite scoring 122 in the Showdown. He is now $561,000 which is about as cheap as he’ll get (break-even 110 against Gold Coast) and he’ll be a very attractive target after the Power’s Round 10 bye.

Coincidentally, that’s when Ronke will peak in price. Add the $100k you get for Billings/Petracca this week to the $200k you can make by downgrading Ronke and it’s enough to turn a successful forward rookie like Bayley Fritsch into Gray.

Pretty tempting.

ROUND 8 STARS

156 Jack Macrae

155 Trent Cotchin

150 Aaron Sandilands

148 Max Gawn

143 Clayton Oliver

WEEKLY TOP SCORES

2499 CRILLS AUTO FILLS, Michael

2476 Boooom Time, Mark

2457 Red Hot Go, Dale

2448 bob the builder, A

2443 Gazza’s Chumps, Gary

OVERALL LEADERS

18,612 Dewys Blues, Jade

18,516 CharCole Chicken, Cole

18,515 Blews Boys, Cam

18,511 All Priests @SCT, Kenneth

18,492 SnowSky, Callan

THIS WEEK’S WINNING TEAM

Coach: Michael Crilly, ACT

Team: Crills Auto Fills

Score: 2499

DEFENDERS

Jeremy Finlayson 61

Tom Doedee 56

Jake Lloyd 130

Kade Simpson 103

James Sicily 110

Rory Laird 89

David Mirra 0

Sam Murray 65

MIDFIELDERS

Tim Kelly 91

Cam Ellis-Yolmen 100

Luke Parker 124

Stephen Coniglio 100

Marcus Bontempelli 132

Patrick Cripps 111

Patrick Dangerfield 137

Nat Fyfe 252 (c)

Charlie Spargo 49

Dom Barry 0

Darcy Fogarty 0

RUCK

Brodie Grundy 137

Max Gawn 148

Darcy Cameron 0

FORWARDS

Ben Ronke 120

Jack Higgins 51

Sam Menegola 132

Isaac Heeney 78

Toby McLean 115

Robbie Gray 122

Daniel Venables 0

Charlie Dixon 59

Jack Macrae (left) is the No. 1 scoring player this season. Picture: Michael Klein

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The Macrae juggernaut continued as he racked up another 47 disposals to finish with a round-high 156 SuperCoach points, of which 100 were scored in the first half. He also had 18 contested possessions, 10 clearances, eight tackles, eight inside 50s and three score assists from 93 per cent game time.

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TRENT COTCHIN

Cotchin produced a matchwinning performance against the Kangaroos, finishing with a season-high 155 SuperCoach points, spiking in price by $8000 in the process. He had 37 disposals, 22 contested possessions, seven clearances and two score assists from 81 per cent game time.

TO M ROCKLIFF

Rockliff returned to form in his first match back in the Port Adelaide team, finishing with 98 SuperCoach points, but it wasn’t enough to stop a $14,600 price fall. He was handed more midfield time and finished with 31 disposals, 17 uncontested possessions, six clearances and a team-high nine tackles.

TOBY McLEAN

It was a game of two halves for McLean against the Lions, scoring 31 SuperCoach points in the first half and 84 in the second half. He finished with 21 effective disposals, 13 contested possessions, four clearances, five tackles, three score assists and two goals.

YOUNG GUN: BEN RONKE

Ronke starred in just his third AFL match, booting seven goals straight on his way to 120 SuperCoach points. He had 11 disposals, five contested possessions and two inside-50s from 73 per cent game time, with his defensive play a highlight. Ronke ranked No. 1 on the ground for forward half pressure points and had 10 tackles from 11 tackle attempts.

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