Ablett, Ablett, Ablett ... not so much a spanner in the works with the benefit of hindsight, but guaranteed to use up one of the trades. Who comes in? Of course there is no like-for-like replacement, but there is a beneficiary ...
Round 17 season to date
Initial team selection
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<strong style='font-size: 14px;]Trades[/b]
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As pretty much expected, the trades in round 1 and 2 have disappeared as well as the trades in the last couple of rounds. Ablett is the last one out, with Kennedy (SYD) appearing to be the beneficiary, while Macrae has the honour of being Ablett's trading counterpart as a result of his great game last round.
Current team selection
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Interestingly it is back to two unused rucks, i.e. no need for backup rucks. And there is over $3M in value on the defence, midfield and forward bench.
Number of players by value per round
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Losing a few premium guns in the later rounds, Ablett of course but also Kennedy, Ward, Liberatore and Harvey dropping below $600k (while retaining their spot), while Jacobs gains premium gun value.
Number of players by team per round
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Sydney is still smashing it, North continues to gain and 10 teams with 1 or 2 players.

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