Jordan Roughead had an interesting 2020, in the Chinese curse sense. Apart from all the COVID stuff, he was asked to do some ruck work for the Dogs and play forward more than he would like, culminating in a post-season request for a trade, which then fell through. He returns to Whitten Oval with a lot of thoughts potentially flowing through his head, which makes him a tricky play for fantasy. Will he respond in the manner of Ryan O'Keefe, pushing through his disappointment to live up to his premium potential? Many fantasy coaches will take that bet.
Jordan Roughead had an interesting 2020, in the Chinese curse sense. Apart from all the COVID stuff, he was asked to do some ruck work for the Dogs and play forward more than he would like, culminating in a post-season request for a trade, which then fell through. He returns to Whitten Oval with a lot of thoughts potentially flowing through his head, which makes him a tricky play for fantasy. Will he respond in the manner of Ryan O'Keefe, pushing through his disappointment to live up to his premium potential? Many fantasy coaches will take that bet.
The remaining Roughead
Ex-Dog Jordan Roughead came to Collingwood as a depth utility but finished 2019 as a regular full back, lacing up for every match and regularly taking the opposition's prime forward. A three-week period saw Roughead flung forward, then returned him to defence for finals. As one of the larger defenders on Nathan Buckley's list, Roughead presents as the prime candidate to lock down the full back role once more. The team-first mindset doesn't correlate to fantasy scores, so remove him from calculations.
Retread for Roughead
After nine seasons with the Bulldogs, Jordan Roughead has shown he can play as a third tall at either end or in ruck. He has never averaged over 70 points, regardless of his on-field positioning. Brodie Grundy is the obvious first ruck choice with Mason Cox for support. Roughead will likely be in and out of the starting 22 depending on team needs and injuries, and shouldn’t be drafted.
Choppy seas for Roughead
Hamstring surgery from an incident in preseason action delayed the start to Jordan Roughead's last campaign, and when he returned it was more of the same underwhelming ruck play, never leading the hit-outs in a game all season. Even with the new ruck rules, Roughead could not take advantage of the lack of third men up as the opposition rucks grabbed all the spoils. He is in serious danger of losing his spot to Tom Boyd, as he is well below replacement level.
