Best First Year Player
Sam MAYES - 18 matches, 1265 points at 70.28. Increased $210,200
Pick number 8 in the draft, and he certainly showed why he was taken so highly. Mayes didn’t debut until round 3, making him a good early downgrade option. While his early season form wasn’t so great, those who stuck with him until round 12 definitely got their money’s worth from him. 3 games over 100, with a high of 130 from rounds 12-16 showed his potential and enough to know that he will be a good player for a very long time.
Most Improved Player
Brent STAKER – 15 matches, 1148 points at 76.53. Increased $210,900
Cruelled with injury over the last few years after a couple of knee reconstructions, Staker got back to some of his best this year. Playing at both ends of the ground, he had a good patch in the middle of the season returning 3 hundreds in a row from rounds 15-17, and also got his price up to a handy $428,400 mid-way through the year.
Sam MAYES - 18 matches, 1265 points at 70.28. Increased $210,200
Pick number 8 in the draft, and he certainly showed why he was taken so highly. Mayes didn’t debut until round 3, making him a good early downgrade option. While his early season form wasn’t so great, those who stuck with him until round 12 definitely got their money’s worth from him. 3 games over 100, with a high of 130 from rounds 12-16 showed his potential and enough to know that he will be a good player for a very long time.
Most Improved Player
Brent STAKER – 15 matches, 1148 points at 76.53. Increased $210,900
Cruelled with injury over the last few years after a couple of knee reconstructions, Staker got back to some of his best this year. Playing at both ends of the ground, he had a good patch in the middle of the season returning 3 hundreds in a row from rounds 15-17, and also got his price up to a handy $428,400 mid-way through the year.