Highly touted as a junior and a number nine draft pick in 2004, Jordan Russell has finally come good on his obvious potential in season 2010. The 24 year old has now cemented his position in the Carlton backline and blossomed into one of the competition's premier running backmen.
Fantasy coaches who took a punt on the South Australian bred talent will be pleasantly surprised with his output as we enter the second half of the season. Dream Team scores of 101, 103, 106 and a massive 152 in Round 7 against St Kilda have bumped his season average to 90.8, 17.7 points up on his 2009 average. His ability to read the play and set up counter attacks for his team have made him the go to man down back, which has inevitably seen both his disposal and marking averages increase.
With games against Brisbane, West Coast, Collingwood, Essendon and Richmond still to come in the latter half of the year, there is no reason why Russell can't keep up his current average.
by migman19
Russell ordained as top Blue
Highly touted as a junior and a number nine draft pick in 2004, Jordan Russell has finally come good on his obvious potential in season 2010. The 24 year old has now cemented his position in the Carlton backline and blossomed into one of the competition's premier running backmen.
Fantasy coaches who took a punt on the South Australian bred talent will be pleasantly surprised with his output as we enter the second half of the season. Dream Team scores of 101, 103, 106 and a massive 152 in Round 7 against St Kilda have bumped his season average to 90.8, 17.7 points up on his 2009 average. His ability to read the play and set up counter attacks for his team have made him the go to man down back, which has inevitably seen both his disposal and marking averages increase.
With games against Brisbane, West Coast, Collingwood, Essendon and Richmond still to come in the latter half of the year, there is no reason why Russell can't keep up his current average.
