In a team stacked with tall defensive talent, Kyle Hartigan managed 19 games and has survived an off-season clean out that saw Alex Keath move clubs, staving off what looked at one point like a positional battle that the seven-year player was about to lose. His fantasy scoring rarely threatens the back baseline. Hartigan's role has moved about at times over his career from standing talls to chasing smalls, and so it was in 2019 with his opponents in the first half of the year being smaller and then shifting to a more traditional full back role after the bye. Keath's departure adds job security, though fantasy coaches don't care much.
Kickstart for Hartigan
In a team stacked with tall defensive talent, Kyle Hartigan managed 19 games and has survived an off-season clean out that saw Alex Keath move clubs, staving off what looked at one point like a positional battle that the seven-year player was about to lose. His fantasy scoring rarely threatens the back baseline. Hartigan's role has moved about at times over his career from standing talls to chasing smalls, and so it was in 2019 with his opponents in the first half of the year being smaller and then shifting to a more traditional full back role after the bye. Keath's departure adds job security, though fantasy coaches don't care much.
Hartigan wears cardigan
A pinged hamstring in round 5 and then a season-ending knee injury in round 17 topped off a desultory year for Kyle Hartigan. Hartigan's role is to stay very deep at full back, which means he leads the club in marks inside defensive 50 but gets very little ball outside the arc.
Hartigan begin again?
Groomed ever since he joined the club as a replacement for Ben Rutten at full back, Kyle Hartigan played every game before a hamstring injury in round 15, then back in time for finals. He had success on deeper forwards like Tim Membrey and Josh J. Kennedy but struggled with opponents playing up the ground such as Jarrad Waite. Alex Keath played Hartigan's role while the latter was injured, and they may be too similar to play together against smaller forward lines as neither has a surfeit of flexibility or mobility. Hartigan has the runs on the board and the confidence of the coach. He is not directly relevant for fantasy, being from the Zac Dawson mould.
