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Jared Rivers
2012 Games: 22
2012 Average: 73
2013 Club: Geelong
Rivers will be the replacement for retired champion Matthew Scarlett next year at the Cats. Like most key defenders - he will be more interested in shutting down his opponent than getting the ball himself, so he won’t be a good Supercoach option.
Rivers has shown he is durable in the past, as he has only missed the 8 games in the last 4 years. But in that time he hasn’t been a high scorer with averages of 63,68,79 and 73.
Rivers played every game this season and was one of the few shinning lights in Melbourne’s disappointing season. Rivers was a little inconsistent though as he had 7 games with SuperCoach scores of over 90 and 7 games where he scored less than 60.
Even though Rivers will be great down back for the Cats, he will be around $400k next year so you're better off paying a little extra and getting a true premium back. With the departure of Rivers at the Dees, it should see Tom McDonald get more game time and make him a good fantasy option down back.
2012 Games: 22
2012 Average: 73
2013 Club: Geelong
Rivers will be the replacement for retired champion Matthew Scarlett next year at the Cats. Like most key defenders - he will be more interested in shutting down his opponent than getting the ball himself, so he won’t be a good Supercoach option.
Rivers has shown he is durable in the past, as he has only missed the 8 games in the last 4 years. But in that time he hasn’t been a high scorer with averages of 63,68,79 and 73.
Rivers played every game this season and was one of the few shinning lights in Melbourne’s disappointing season. Rivers was a little inconsistent though as he had 7 games with SuperCoach scores of over 90 and 7 games where he scored less than 60.
Even though Rivers will be great down back for the Cats, he will be around $400k next year so you're better off paying a little extra and getting a true premium back. With the departure of Rivers at the Dees, it should see Tom McDonald get more game time and make him a good fantasy option down back.