Trent Dumont is a B-rotation midfielder in a group which has not produced elite results in the preceding years as North Melbourne have been on the rebuild, but he is in the right age bracket to hit his ceiling in the next year or two and he has been building nicely on the QT.
Trent Dumont is a B-rotation midfielder in a group which has not produced elite results in the preceding years as North Melbourne have been on the rebuild, but he is in the right age bracket to hit his ceiling in the next year or two and he has been building nicely on the QT.
Dumont is a sherpa
Far removed from his tagging roles of previous years, Trent Dumont has spent the last two years in a more creative midfield inside role with a disposal rate that has grown to a respectable 24. He was club leader for total pressure acts, highlighting an all-round workhorse game style. Dumont may lack somewhat in the attacking side of his game with not much to show for on the scoreboard, but other than that he ticks a lot of boxes on the bottom end of the centre rotations. His high job security paired with a small but discernible upside makes him a nice little mid-round pick.
Trent Dumont has posted back-to-back fantasy tons in basic scoring formats, and is attracting the interest of coaches in both draft and salary cap competitions. He is at the right age for a midfielder to have a breakout, and his role does not include much in the way of tagging as it had in previous years. There is a fair bit of chat in footy at the moment about two-way running, and in Dumont we have a hard worker who can also get to the right positions to receive, a combination that can lead to high scores. Whether he can lift his floor is yet to be seen.
Dumont's day at the races
Perhaps the most intriguing fantasy prospect on the North list, Trent Dumont’s future could be anything. He had a mostly underwhelming 2018 in which he was given ample opportunities but failed to impact most games. Following a move to the wing last August, he produced disposal tallies of 29, 18, 33 and 38 with huge fantasy scores to boot. The complication comes from uncertainty on his role and even his place in the best 22. New recruits Polec, Tyson and Hall all played the wing position at their old clubs and at least two of them figure to be best 22. Dumont’s preseason should be monitored closely. Coaches will be looking to take a risk on him in middle to late rounds.
Trent Dumont is one of the more pleasing success stories of 2018, coming off two knee reconstructions to become a valuable member of the North Melbourne midfield, not to mention thousands of fantasy teams as a classic mature-aged cash cow. His maturity shows in his knowledge of the right places to run to where the footy is going, so while he may not possess much in the way of searing physical talents in pace or acceleration, he is a smart footballer of the old school. The Roos need him and a few more like him to round out their midfield.
Dumont climbs mountain
A long-term injury to Ben Jacobs meant that Trent Dumont was the Roos' nominated tagger for inside midfielders in 2017, and he did that at stoppages while also collecting 56% of his footy on the outside. His form dropped away after the byes following a round 10 concussion, then a one-week trip to the VFL freshened him up for a better run home culminating in his third fantasy ton. The club thought enough of Dumont to shift Andrew Swallow to a HFF during the year to accommodate more midfield time for the youngster, and with Swallow retiring he is now a permanent part of the midfield. The gold standard for taggers who hurt you the other way is Cameron Ling, and he's nowhere near that level yet. His job security is solid, his ceiling not as high but still there for a middle-round pick.
