Now on his third year on the Essendon rookie list, Ben McNiece played six games last year without much troubling the statisticians. McNiece is on the bottom of the depth charts and will only play again if there is a raft of injuries.
Nice work for McNiece
Now on his third year on the Essendon rookie list, Ben McNiece played six games last year without much troubling the statisticians. McNiece is on the bottom of the depth charts and will only play again if there is a raft of injuries.
Pain in neck for McNiece
Despite a neck injury in preseason, it only took one VFL game for Ben McNiece to be elevated into the senior team in 2017, but he was dropped after two games and eventually succumbed to a collision injury. His reserves form from a small sample size suggested a fantasy average of about 80 when fit. The club has enough HBFs for now, and McNiece will have to start again in the long trek from VFL nobody to regular senior player. He might be an interesting late season pick up off the free agent pool if he can push his numbers in the magoos nearer to 25 touches.
