Category Archives: NRL Fantasy Amateurs

Round 17 lines up as the trickier bye round to manage this year with many teams likely to have less players than round 13. With Origin 2 in the rear view mirror and the last bye round just around the corner lets assess the options. The Captains Isaiah Papali’i (Parramatta Eels) 839k 84BE – AtContinue reading “THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO ROUND 17”

Six games (exactly one quarter) into their NRL season, and the average punter still has absolutely no idea what the Cowboys rotation is going to be on a weekly basis. It hasn’t helped that there have been a steady stream of injuries so far, but lets unpack it and see what we know and whatContinue reading “THE NQ COWBOYS UNPACKED”

At this point in the season, much like a person who has won the lotto, Fantasy coaches are burning through trades trying to grab every single cheap player that pops up. This week, coaches are rushing out to buy Nathan Cleary at $1.05M, selling keepers like David Fifita in the process. It is with thisContinue reading “THE RULE CHANGE YOU MISSED”

Penrith Panthers v Manly Sea Eagles Ethan Bullemor got his price rises rolling in a less than convincing performance that was bolstered by Manly’s lone try. Luckily they don’t play Penrith every week so hope for an improved performance in Rd2. Tom Trbojevic had a rough start with about 19% coaches wishing they’d opted forContinue reading “ROUND 1 RAPID REACTIONS”

Two of the more recent In Focus articles that dropped this past week were on POD mid range edge players Eliesa Katoa & Briton Nikora. In those two articles, we highlighted that Katoa has the potential to become a keeper but is likely a very solid mid range cash cow with about 10-12 points ofContinue reading “THE “JOHNSON EFFECT””

We have saved our biggest in focus for last, with new Eels captain Junior Paulo coming under the microscope as a POD option at only 4.3%. Paulo has moved into the elite middle forwards in the NRL since his departure from the Raiders, but had some regression from his stellar 2020 season statistically. So whatContinue reading “IN FOCUS – JUNIOR PAULO”

ROUND 1 CAPTAINCY OPTIONS PAYNE HAAS – BRISBANE BRONCOS (PROJECTED AVG 65+)https://amateursfantasysports.com/2022/02/21/payne-haas/ DAMIEN COOK – SOUTH SYDNEY RABBITOHS (PROJECTED AVG APPROX 60-65)https://amateursfantasysports.com/2022/02/07/damien-cook/ POTENTIAL “KEEPER” LEVEL SCORES WITH SOME VALUE HARRY GRANT – MELBOURNE STORM (PROJECTED AVG 55+) https://amateursfantasysports.com/2022/01/28/harry-grant/ TEVITA PANGAI JR – CANTERBURY BULLDOGS (PROJECTED AVG 55+)https://amateursfantasysports.com/2022/01/16/tevita-pangai-jr/ CHRISTIAN WELCH – MELBOURNE STORM (PROJECTED AVG 50+)https://amateursfantasysports.com/2022/01/05/christianwelch/Continue reading “2022 FINAL SHORT LIST”

Ever since Tom Starling burst onto the scene in 2020 with his scintillating running game, coaches have been begging Sticky to unleash him ever since. Some coaches were quick to take the punt last year after the reported falling out between Stuart and Hodgson, but unfortunately that shut quicker than the Raiders premiership window. WeContinue reading “IN FOCUS – TOM STARLING”

Ryan Papenhuyzen or Lil’ Pappy as he’s affectionately known, was on track for what was looking like an incredible season knocking off Tedesco and only held from the number WFB spot by an even greater outlier season from Tommy Turbo in 2021. Unfortunately, as I’m sure most remember his season was derailed in magic roundContinue reading “IN FOCUS- RYAN PAPENHUYZEN”

Nikora was not someone I thought I’d be taking a look at this pre-season but his recent impressive performance in the NRL All Stars game intrigued me to take a look. Nikora put up an impressive 62 points in 69 minutes featuring 5 tackle breaks and 3 offloads, however it does need to be takenContinue reading “IN FOCUS – BRITON NIKORA”