Harry Schoenberg posted the first fantasy ton of his AFL career last week in the loss to West Coast, and he is one of a number of young Crows that Adelaide is hoping to build its next finals team around. It has been a slow burn over two years with plenty of senior games but not much more than bit part play, in a team transitioning to a new era with plenty of opportunity for good young players to stake a claim. Some fantasy coaches might have picked him up this week hoping for a few more scores like that; he's just as likely to peter out with second-year syndrome.
Harry Schoenberg posted the first fantasy ton of his AFL career last week in the loss to West Coast, and he is one of a number of young Crows that Adelaide is hoping to build its next finals team around. It has been a slow burn over two years with plenty of senior games but not much more than bit part play, in a team transitioning to a new era with plenty of opportunity for good young players to stake a claim. Some fantasy coaches might have picked him up this week hoping for a few more scores like that; he's just as likely to peter out with second-year syndrome.
Harry Schoenberg has perhaps surprisingly been a mainstay of the Adelaide half back line in the latter part of the 2020 season, in an area which had been stacked with All-Australian talent. The cratering of the Crow challenge this season has meant a lot more experimentation, which has included Rory Laird and Brodie Smith shifting to midfield to allow a spot for the lines of Schoenberg to try their hand in defence. As a fantasy producer he is not anywhere near the league of those two yet, being more of a stopper than a creator, but he's one to watch for the future.
Harry bites a lot off
A natural footballer rather than an athlete, Harry Schoenberg went at a rate of five tackles and five clearances from just on twenty disposals per game in his junior career. His best inside work features evasion skills rather than pure burst speed, and he can also play a forward role. It is the latter where Schoenberg may be asked to play if he does get a call up in his first listed year as, while he has a more seniors-ready body than most draftees, the club may look to save him from a battering against men early in his journey. Either way, he's not going to come out of the blocks at full pace.
