Rates of a goal from 14 touches in the reserves weren't enough to earn Jake Aarts a senior spot last year. He carried a groin complaint through latter part of the season, and will also carry three games of a VFL suspension for breaking an opponent's cheekbone through to the new year. Aarts might have expected to get a guernsey in the new year were it not for the late arrival of Marlion Pickett, who is also a bit of an enforcer type and can find more of the footy. The suspension will kill any thought of using a late flier on him.
No finesse in Aarts
Rates of a goal from 14 touches in the reserves weren't enough to earn Jake Aarts a senior spot last year. He carried a groin complaint through latter part of the season, and will also carry three games of a VFL suspension for breaking an opponent's cheekbone through to the new year. Aarts might have expected to get a guernsey in the new year were it not for the late arrival of Marlion Pickett, who is also a bit of an enforcer type and can find more of the footy. The suspension will kill any thought of using a late flier on him.
Fine Aarts of tackling
A move from midfield to pressure forward has unlocked an AFL contract for Jake Aarts as a mature-ager, going at better than a goal per game from 12 disposals and five tackles in the VFL. You couldn't get much more modern Richmond than Aarts's stat line, which is great for his team but is not much use for your fantasy squad as he shows very little sign of being an accumulator.
