KFC SuperCoach: The best Round 2 scores in history
Dustin Fletcher was best known for his defensive work, but what about the day he amassed a monster KFC SuperCoach total? With no Round 2 action, check out the best Round 2 scores in history.
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What will we do with no KFC SuperCoach for at least the next two months?
With no week-to-week SuperCoach action, we are going to re-live the best – and the worst -SuperCoach performances from that respective round in history.
There is sure to be a host of classic names that will give you your footy nostalgia fix, and this week is no exception.
Check out of the chart topping Round 2 scores from the archives.
BEST ROUND 2 SCORES
Let’s cast our minds back to Round 2, 2008, SuperCoach community.
Crafty North Melbourne Corey Jones was coming off an injury affected SuperCoach score of 5 the previous week after sustaining an injury in the first quarter.
Coming up against the previous year’s wooden spooners, Richmond, Jones was hungry for goals – and SuperCoach points.
The goalkicker absolutely obliterated the Tigers, booting seven majors and recording 19 disposals, 13 score involvements and two goal assists.
And more importantly, Jones raised the bat for a SuperCoach double ton, amassing a mammoth total of 204 SuperCoach points.
Jones holds the record for the highest Round 2 score in the current SuperCoach scoring system, where the cumulative score of all 44 players equates to 3300.
Despite this colossal total, Jones averaged just 78.5 points across that season.
Sitting just behind him in equal second place are Sydney 300-gamer Jude Bolton and two-time premiership ruckman Darren Jolly.
The Swans hard nut tallied 25 disposals, 11 clearances, nine tackles, eight inside 50s, a whopping six frees for and 197 points against the Essendon in Round 2, 2011.
His former teammate Darren Jolly (42 hit-outs, 19 disposals, seven marks, six inside 50s and three goals) monstered Hawthorn ruckman Brent Renouf in Round 2 2009 to bring up his own 198-point total.
Of the top-10 SuperCoach Round 2 scores, the most recent came from then-Sun Tom Lynch. He slotted 8.1 against a lacklustre Blues line-up, finishing with 181 points to his name.
Duel Brownlow medallist Adam Goodes (182), Pies star Scott Pendlebury (182), three-time premiership defender Josh Gibson (191), duel Coleman medallist Josh Kennedy (178), ball-magnet Luke Power (178) and Carlton and North Melbourne forward Jarrad Waite (177)
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OUT-OF-THE-BOX SCORE
Dustin Fletcher (Essendon) – 166 points vs Fremantle, Round 2 2009.
Known as a stingy defender who gave nothing away, much-loved Essendon defender Dustin Fletcher had a day out against Fremantle. Fletcher reeled in 14 marks – three of those intercepts – with his Inspector Gadget arms, finishing with 28 touches, nine intercept possessions, 166 points and three Brownlow votes.
WORST ROUND 2 SCORE
Tom Murphy (Hawthorn) – -1 points (Round 2, 2009)
Former Hawthorn defender Tom Murphy hit an agonising low on the same weekend as Dustin Fletcher’s unprecedented score, failing to score above 0. His three disposals, three spoils and four frees against yielded a horror score of -1 points – despite spending every minute of the game on the ground. He repaid the faith of his (very few) owners in the next fortnight, pumping out scores of 83 and 123 and finishing with a 2009 season average of 66.
Originally published as KFC SuperCoach: The best Round 2 scores in history
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