Stats insider: Full round 13 centre bounce numbers, key SuperCoach intel

The tagger is back, and some big SuperCoach names could have a target on their back as early as this week. See the stats you need to know including round 13 CBAs and kick-ins.

Alex Neal-Bullen of the Demons.

JACK Crisp has flown under the radar as a key to Collingwood’s 2024 resurgence.

The indestructible runner moved from a 45 per cent/44 per cent defence/midfield split to 100 per cent midfield in round 8 – and he and the team haven’t looked back.

When Craig McRae made the move the Pies sat on three wins, three losses and a draw. Since then they have won four of their next six games, plus another draw and just one defeat.

In that time Crisp ranks No.1 at Collingwood for tackles and No.2 for contested possessions, metres gained and clearances.

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He had his highest CBA percentage of the season (91 per cent) on Monday and took home the Neale Daniher Trophy as the best player on the ground.

Despite featuring in just 2 per cent of SuperCoach teams, his five-round SuperCoach average of 112 ranks ahead of Isaac Heeney, Zach Merrett, Jack Steele, Sam Walsh, Matt Rowell and Tom Green.

In other key round 13 moves:

FINLAY Macrae had the biggest CBAs spike in the competition, attending 14 after zero the previous week. He repaid the faith with 16 disposals, a goal and 89 SuperCoach points.

JY Simpkin had his highest CBA rate of the season (65 per cent) on his way to his best SuperCoach score of the year (129 points). His numbers came at the expense of Tom Powell (39 per cent CBAs) and Luke Davies-Uniacke, who dropped below 80 per cent for the first time this season (65 per cent).

Jack Crisp has become a midfield weapon for Craig McRae. Picture: Robert Cianflone/Getty Images

DYLAN Moore was at 12 CBAs against the Giants after attending just three the week before.

THE usual suspects picked up the gap in CBAs at the Crows left by a season-ending injury to Matt Crouch. Rory Laird doubled his CBAs from 10 to 20, Jordan Dawson recorded his highest CBA rate since round 2 and Jake Soligo had his highest figure for the season.

LIAM Ryan attended eight CBAs for West Coast, the first time he has been used in the centre square this year.

KANE McAuliffe’s CBAs dropped from 15 to zero after starting as the sub against Adelaide.

JACK Sinclair was back in defence for St Kilda. He didn’t attend any CBAs and took four kick-ins on his way to a season-high 147 SuperCoach points.

Secret SuperCoach stats

Each week Champion Data guru Fantasy Freako lifts the lid on the SuperCoach scoring system by analysing key moments from the weekend games. Here are the numbers you need to know from round 13, with a focus on a new cast of taggers who terrorised some SuperCoach favourites.

Marcus Windhager v Touk Miller

Ross Lyon revealed on Saturday night that a recent catch-up with a former master of the dark arts inspired him to try Windhager in a tagging role.

“I’ve always run with a tag, except from 2016 on, I just dropped playing a tagger,” he said. “I had dinner with Ryan Crowley in Perth last week and we just reminisced.”

Windhager was Miller’s only opponent. The Gold Coast co-captain could manage only 14 disposals from the 94 minutes they were matched up – with his score of 58 a season-low and well below his season average of 108.

Windhager’s only other strict tagging role this season was on Caleb Serong in round 10, when the Docker racked up 26 disposals from the 79 minutes they were matched up.

Windhager is a lock to go to Lachie Neale this round. The following week he could have Zak Butters in his sights and in round 17 Ross Lyon will have to decide whether to target Isaac Heeney, Errol Gulden or Chad Warner.

Marcus Windhager blanketed Touk Miller. Picture: Quinn Rooney/Getty Images

Jarrod Berry v Marcus Bontempelli

Berry kept Bontempelli to just five disposals from the 48 minutes they were matched up in the first half.

Bontempelli got going after halftime and had the better of Berry, winning 13 disposals and kicking two goals.

Berry has previously tagged Ed Langdon in round 5 and kept Josh Daicos to 12 disposals in round 3.

Berry is likely to get Jack Steele this round if the Lions decide to tag.

James Jordon v Tom Stewart

Stewart has a target on his back and has been tagged in three of his last five games.

James Jordon kept him to 18 disposals in the 100 minutes they were matched up, and Stewart scored below 80 for the third time in four weeks.

Jordon’s scalps since round 8 include Lachie Whitfield, Jordan Clark, Sam Walsh, Adam Treloar and Stewart.

Jordan may go to Dawson this week, or he could be manned up on Mitchell Hinge, who is now Adelaide’s driving force from defence.

Alex Neal-Bullen did a great job on Nick Daicos. Picture: Darrian Traynor/Getty Images

Alex Neal Bullen v Nick Daicos

This was Daicos’s first heavy tag for the year as Neal-Bullen restricted him to just 14 disposals from 82 minutes before he was subbed out.

It wasn’t the first time that Neal-Bullen was used in a defensive role – he held Dan Houston to 12 disposals in round 3 and Max Holmes to 12 disposals in round 8.

Hawthorn v Tom Green

The Hawks used a trio of players to quell Green’s influence, with Jai Newcombe (35 minutes), James Worpel (33 minutes) and Conor Nash (27 minutes) all spending time on him.

After recording 17 disposals in the first half, Green was blanketed in the third term and had just one disposal.

Stat of the Week – Smother

The smother stat is one of several that fall under the 1 per centers umbrella.

A smother can be defined as suppressing an opposition disposal by either changing the trajectory of the ball immediately after a disposal or by blocking the disposal altogether.

These can often go unnoticed in a game and from a SuperCoach point of view, they can add up over the course of a season.

A smother is worth three SuperCoach points – whether that be on or after disposal. To be recorded as a stat, a smother has to be intentional.

It shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone that Marcus Bontempelli leads this stat in 2024. He has affected 21 smothers, seven more than Christian Petracca and Zach Merrett.

Other popular players that rank high for smothers include Luke Davies-Uniacke, Sam Flanders, Tim English, and Nick Daicos.

The record for most smothers in a game this year is five, held by Cam Rayner and Will Day. Aa host of players have recorded four in a game including Daicos, Bontempelli and Patrick Dangerfield.

Over the past four seasons, six is the record for most smothers in a game, held by Callan Ward and Willem Drew.

Originally published as Stats insider: Full round 13 centre bounce numbers, key SuperCoach intel