North Melbourne’s dominant fantasy force Jarrad Waite may be in the perfect position to dine out and put together a huge score when he comes up against the Suns this weekend.
With Rory Thompson injured and Steven May suspended, the Suns have had to search the depth of their list for tall defenders to man North’s triple-pronged forward line. This could provide favourable match ups for the Kangaroo talls.
Drew Petrie and Ben Brown are also potentially in line to score well, but it is Waite who has excelled in these first few weeks of the year and who looks most likely to provide another big score.
Also of interest will be the ruck battle as two former teammates duke it out – Daniel Currie will make his Gold Coast debut after being traded from North to the Suns last year. The matchup will be his old training mate Todd Goldstein.
While Currie certainly showed some aptitude in the ruck during his limited chances at AFL level in his time as a North player, one would suspect that Goldstein should perform well this week against a relatively inexperienced opponent.
There are no changes to the Roos side this week and they'll be hoping to put together another strong win and maintain the club’s undefeated start to the season.
Jack Ziebell will be one player we look to for a big fantasy score after putting up huge numbers in the past two weeks. He equalled an AFL record with 19 tackles in Round 3, and had 27 touches and three goals against Fremantle in Round 4.
Nick Dal Santo had 32 touches last time these two teams met and after scoring his first fantasy ton of the year last week might be up for a second this week.
Also keep an eye on Jamie Macmillan who shook off a slowish start to the season to post a very respectable 96 last week. He had 28 disposals the last time these teams met.
Footy Prophet’s Fantasy Five
- Jarrad Waite ($511,000 FWD)
- Todd Goldstein ($591,000 RUC)
- Jack Ziebell ($519,000 MID)
- Nick Dal Santo ($427,000 MID)
- Jamie Macmillan ($377,000 DEF)