Daniel Rich has saved his best season for his thirteenth, earning his first All-Australian selection on the back of a dominant season across the half back line for Brisbane. He has the most deadly left boot in the league, regularly delivering 60m guided missiles onto the chest of his teammates, so much so that the Lions can tend to get into trouble trying to feed him on the rebound every chance they get. Grant Birchall is the next best option and his kicking has dropped off, so it's Rich or bust, or so you'd think sometimes from watching the team play. He's a fantasy premium.
Daniel Rich has saved his best season for his thirteenth, earning his first All-Australian selection on the back of a dominant season across the half back line for Brisbane. He has the most deadly left boot in the league, regularly delivering 60m guided missiles onto the chest of his teammates, so much so that the Lions can tend to get into trouble trying to feed him on the rebound every chance they get. Grant Birchall is the next best option and his kicking has dropped off, so it's Rich or bust, or so you'd think sometimes from watching the team play. He's a fantasy premium.
Rich drowning in honey
Enjoying a career-best season, Daniel Rich took all by storm from the half back flank with his booming left foot. The veteran produced personal bests in disposals, marks and metres gained, attaining the second most across the competition in the latter stat. It has been a long time since the former Rising Star was seriously tagged. A reliable rebounding defender central to coach Chris Fagan's plans, Rich is a worthy fantasy selection for our defence. Missing a mere six games across the past five seasons, durability and scoring power establish confidence in this draft option. Selecting him in the early mid rounds would be wise.
Daniel Rich came into 2019 bearing a label as a fantasy premium, having delivered 22 games of very high output in the previous season. His third campaign started brightly enough but has dropped off significantly after the first two months, with four of seven scores below the fantasy defender baseline not even counting his handful of points from an early in-game calf injury last week. You would have paid top dollar for him at the start of the season in fantasy competitions and and then been let down in a big way. Perhaps it's injury-related, as evidenced by that calf. Or something else?
Stick a fork in Forkie
An ankle injury in round 1 put Daniel Rich out for a month, and on his return his form was patchy to say the least. It has been heading that way for a couple of years now, as his role has drifted from midfield to defence. His propensity for delivering a sub-60 fantasy score at random can not be solely blamed on fitness, as he can still deliver 25+ touches on one of his good days. Back when he played in the guts, the knock on Rich was always that he was too susceptible to a tag: stop Rich and you stop Brisbane. Opposition analysts don't bother these days, as his metres gained stat dropped almost 100 metres per game last season to take his league ranking from top 10 to outside the top 20. He is not the sort of player you want in your fantasy backline.
Poor old Daniel
Daniel Rich's heat maps in 2017 started out towards midfield but drifted back as the year wore on and the Lions got belted too often. He ended up improving his fantasy scores by 12 after the bye, including three tons in the last five. His poor start may have contributed to a drop off in tagger attention. The advent of Luke Hodge at Brisbane opens up the tantalising possibility of a full-time return for Rich to midfield, to step up in the absence of Tom Rockliff. He is well suited to the spitter role coming off the back of the square to avoid tags. Watch his role in the JLT to see whether he deserves more than a middle round pick.
Rich pickings from Daniel
Daniel Rich was easily the most popular pre-season fantasy rookie in 2009 and despite his poor form in the NAB, he has delivered on all of the hype.
Averaging 85 in Super Coach and 78 in Dream Team at the mid-season break, he has surprised most observers who predicted he was in decline, notching two SC 100s in the last four games.
Rich’s form provides coaches with somewhat of a mid-season dilemma, in that ideally, Rich is a perfect player to upgrade to a midfield premium, but many of us fantasy coaches find ourselves both short on trades and with other more pressing holes to fill in our sides.
Given Rich’s mature body and the inside nature of his game, plus the fact that he will never draw the No.1 tag, it appears likely that barring injury he’ll be a consistent contributor all season.
Many coaches may therefore find that they hang onto Rich until late in the season, giving themselves the option of either keeping him as the No. 6 midfield starter or trading him if trades permit to a premium midfielder.
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Rich pickings from Daniel
Daniel Rich was easily the most popular pre-season fantasy rookie in 2009 and despite his poor form in the NAB, he has delivered on all of the hype.
Averaging 85 in Super Coach and 78 in Dream Team at the mid-season break, he has surprised most observers who predicted he was in decline, notching two SC 100s in the last four games.
Rich’s form provides coaches with somewhat of a mid-season dilemma, in that ideally, Rich is a perfect player to upgrade to a midfield premium, but many of us fantasy coaches find ourselves both short on trades and with other more pressing holes to fill in our sides.
Given Rich’s mature body and the inside nature of his game, plus the fact that he will never draw the No.1 tag, it appears likely that barring injury he’ll be a consistent contributor all season.
Many coaches may therefore find that they hang onto Rich until late in the season, giving themselves the option of either keeping him as the No. 6 midfield starter or trading him if trades permit to a premium midfielder.
