DEF FWD JAYDEN SHORT DEF ZAK BUTTERS DARCY MOORE OFFICIAL 2021 DRAFT KIT Compiled by The Traders WELCOME FANTASY DRAFTERS The popularity of AFL Fantasy Draft grows every year and this year promises to be the biggest and best yet with one of the most exciting announcements we’ve ever had. FANTASY DRAFT FREE FEATURES › Customisable Emergency Settings – if your league has emergencies set to ON, CUSTOMISATION › Custom Scoring Basic Stats – the ability then you will have the ability to decide IS FINALLY HERE! to decide how many points you want to the percentage of playing time required attribute to any of the basic stats we have for a player on-field to hit in order for In 2021, all Fantasy Draft leagues will have the an offer (eg. if you want a kick to be worth the emergency replacement not to be ability to customise more components of their five points in your league, you can change it) activated. This setting can be customised entire league. From team sizes to points Access Custom Scoring Advanced Stats from 0% - 90%. system to including additional stats categories › Categories – (only free for 2021, will be and even having the option of becoming a › Customisable draft order – this feature paid feature in 2022) more details Keeper League, we have put the power back grants teams the ability to trade their picks on the available categories are below in your hands to make your league everything before the draft. The league commissioner you want it to be. › Player season average projections – will access a view of their league draft (only free for 2021, will be paid feature where they can filter by each round and in 2022). Note, player game score make changes to every draft pick. NEW FEATURES projections will still be part of the › Disable position changes – allows leagues For the first time ever there will Fantasy Coach subscription package. to disable the automatic updating of be a subscription available to › Additional lockout option – first Saturday dual-position players throughout the season. Fantasy Draft leagues to NEW game will now be added as a lockout Edit teams – allows the commissioners unlock features. Some of these › setting along with the current options to edit all teams within the league. new features will be available of full lockout and rolling lockout. Commissioners can edit any team line-ups free of charge, while others will Replace coach – commissioners will by making captain and vice-captain be part of a subscription. › now be able to replace members in their changes, as well as substitute players. There will be two Fantasy Draft subscriptions league that have a drafted team with › Edit match results – grants the league available, but in 2021 we will be offering a replacement coach. ability to adjust points in head-to-head Custom Scoring Advanced Stats and player › Delete league – commissioners can now match-ups. The commissioner is able to edit season average projections free for all users. delete leagues up until the league’s live results after the lockout has been lifted. These features will fall under our Pro-Deluxe draft commences. Custom finals system – grants package so as a result this subscription › Keeper Leagues – leagues are granted the commissioners and the leagues the ability to won’t be offered until the 2022 season. › ability to keep a certain number of players configure and customise their finals set-up. from year to year. After the commissioner GLOBAL UPDATES regenerates the Keeper League, teams will select which players they intend to STATS CATEGORIES › Squad sizes – ability to choose more If you’re getting tired of the basic stats on offer, players in your squad than ever before. keep from their previous year’s roster. you’re in luck! Not only can you pick and choose You can decide how many players you The commissioner will select the number any of the basic stats that you want to include, want on the field from each position as of players that teams can keep, which can but we also have a range of new categories that well as having more bench players than vary year to year. The number of Keepers you can include. And for the first time ever, you have been offered before. can range from 1 to the entire size of the team list. In 2021, commissioners will need can decide how many points a player will earn Line-up flexibility – ability to leave empty › to set their league as a Keeper League and for getting a kick, handball or even a clearance spots in your team line-up. Substitute users will only be able to select Keepers or spoil. a player from on-field to bench without from the 2022 season. swapping another player, and vice versa. BASIC – Kicks, Handballs, Marks, Tackles, Free Kicks For, Free Kicks Against, Goals, › Line-up flexibility – ability to drop a player Behinds, Hitouts from your team without adding another PAID FEATURES player and, if your team does not have These features fall under the new Pro Lite ADVANCED – Goal Assists, Disposals, a complete team list, you will be able subscription package. This can be purchased Effective Disposals, Ineffective to add a player without dropping one. when creating your league for a cost of Disposals, Rebound 50s, Inside 50s, $29.99 per league. So if you have a 10 team Clearances, Spoils, Contested NEW › Ability to action both Free Agent and Trade requests at any time – league and want to split the cost per head, Possessions, Uncontested (while players are locked). you’re looking at $3 per person) Possessions, Contested Marks, Free Kick Differential, Clangers › Every stat category has the option to be valued between the range of -10 to 20. AFL FANTASYHead to OFFICIALfantasy.afl.com.au 2021 DRAFT KIT 2 or download the app. WHAT IS FANTASY DRAFT CUSTOMISATION? Off the back of overwhelming feedback from fans, the AFL Fantasy Draft game will have a few more bells and whistles from next season onwards. Rather than just being able to choose the basic settings for your Draft league, you will now have the ability customise almost every component of it! Sick of players getting points for kicking behinds? SCRAP IT DYLAN SHIEL Wish players got more points for a mark? INCREASE IT Want to include categories like spoils, clearances or rebound 50’s? GO FOR IT Been dying to have a Keeper League? DONE Want to have more players in your squads? IT’S UP TO YOU SUGGESTED LEAGUE SETTINGS BASIC Emergencies – ‘Yes’ in order to have a bench player cover for a non-scoring Privacy – ‘Private’ in order to keep your league player on your field. code available for your league members only. 2021 Number of emergencies – ‘4’ so you CUSTOMISATION Draft type – ‘Live’ so that you can draft from have one per position. your device (computer/phone). OPTIONS Emergency TOG threshold – SEASON An early injury can really hurt your score. Setting this at ‘25%’ NEW › Points scoring League size – 10 or 12 coaches are the means anyone injured in the first › Additional stats categories most popular. quarter will be replaced by your to choose from League start round – Round 1! Get it going emergency for that position. as soon as footy starts! › The amount of players you TRADE & RFA Play each other – Do the maths on your have on the field league size, but ‘Flexible’ is common to Restricted free agents – ‘Yes’ so that it isn’t play through whole season. first in best dressed to pick the best available › The amount of players you in the player pool. Play bye rounds – Most draft leagues can select as emergencies Restricted free agent time period – turn bye rounds off as it is a challenge Keeper Leagues to field teams. ‘1 day’ is usually enough time to let coaches › place their bids on available players. Ladder tiebreaker – ‘Points for’ as › Additional round you can’t play defence in Fantasy! Restricted free agent order policy – lockout settings ‘Reverse ladder’ allows the coaches at the Lockout – ‘Rolling lockout’ isn’t bottom to have first dibs on players that will › The ability to add/drop players as taxing in Draft as it is in help them have more success. Equalisation; Classic but allows you to fix at any time NEW a little bit like the AFL Draft system. any late changes. Also consider The ability to replace a coach the new ‘Saturday lockout’. Restricted free agent privacy – ‘Private’. › Keep your cards close to your chest. Play a final series – A big ‘Yes’! › Setting TOG% thresholds Trade approval options – ‘Commissioner Finals format – Typically approximately for emergencies approved’ if you have a fair commissioner half of your teams make finals. that will veto ridiculously lopsided trades › Edit draft order Eg. ‘Top 6’ for a 12 coach league. (or collusion) or ‘League approved’ if you Coaches box – ‘On’ and let the banter fly! want everyone to have a say on whether › Disable player position a trade should be allowed. ‘Free for all’ changes DRAFT is a can of worms that will almost certainly see a pair of coaches do something sinister › Edit match results Draft turn time – ’60 seconds’ is our favourite, in most leagues… but if you’ve got people in different time zones, › Custom finals systems a slow draft (up to 24 hours allowed per pick) › Edit teams after lockout can let you get through your draft at your SCORING own pace. Edit points value – You can NEW Draft date and time – Whenever it suits stick with the traditional AFL your league, but we like the weekend prior Fantasy scoring system or award to round one.