CBAs – Centre Bounce Attendances – are a statistic that measures the number of times a player is present at a centre bounce at the beginning of a quarter or following a goal. A player that has a high attendance rate at CBAs is around the footy more and (in some cases) in a more fantasy-friendly midfield role.
Analyse the CBAs from round 6 in our user-friendly table below – featuring advanced analytic tools to better measure the biggest changes, both seasonally and week-to-week – and check out my five risers and fallers to monitor in AFL Fantasy.
Risers
Steele Sidebottom (29 CBAs; 88% attendance) | 130 AFL Fantasy
Just when salary cappers and keeper coaches alike breathed a sigh of relief – thinking we’d found some fieldable rookie gems – a certain Sidebottom took a big ol fart on our plans. Finlay Macrae (4 CBAs) and Jay Rantall (0) were not a part of Bucks’ Anzac Day midfield plans; opting for a veteran-heavy lineup in an attempt to stave off finals extinction. Steele Sidebottom (+55%), Josh Daicos (+25%) and a random cameo from Josh Thomas (+55%) was the preferred midfield mix for round 6, with Fin Macrae (-21%) and Jack Crisp (-23%) the big CBA losers from the Pies midfield shake-up. Watch this space; De Goey’s return should again rattle the CBA cage at Collingwood.
Seb Ross (19 CBAs; 83% attendance) | 141 AFL Fantasy
Seb Ross has hokey poked his CBA numbers in 2021 in synchrony with the constant ins, outs and back-ins of the Saints rotating injury list and in-form players. A fantasy jet just a few years ago, Ross is surprisingly still just 27-years-old. Could there still be hope for a Ross-urgance? The Saints were spanked by Port and Ratten will surely be shuffling the magnets to turn things around. But will that involve sacrificing Seb – who amassed 31 disposals, eight marks, 10 tackles, 13 contested possessions, six clearances and 511 metres gained; all team-highs? I doubt it.
Bailey Smith (3 CBAs; 11% attendance) | 59 AFL Fantasy
A grand total of three centre bounces doesn’t usually earn a spot in the “risers” section of this article. However, according to Fantasy Freako, Smith attended all three of these centre bounces when Dunkley went down injured; his first recorded CBAs for season 2021. Dunkley has attended 47.3% of the Western Bulldogs Centre Bounces this year, which, excluding ruckman, sits him fourth in the Dogs pecking order. That’s a lot of midfield minutes going to someone, and logic says that person is the mulleted stud. Whilst Smith has sacrificed his game thus far to accommodate Dunkley, Treloar and Libba, the 20-year-old attended 62% of the Dogs CBAs in 2020 and should feel right at home moving back into that role. And if it’s not Smith… LIPINSKI SZN!
Fallers
Callum Mills (11 CBAs; -32% round diff) | 142 AFL Fantasy
A perfect example of where a dip in CBAs did not correlate with a dip in fantasy output. With the emergence of Chad Warner, the return of James Rowbottom, and the lack of Dane Rampe; Callum Mills, at times, found himself mopping up in the defensive 50 instead of in at the coalface. If anything, the fact Mills was moved to defence when the Swans were struggling should be seen as a positive. Mills was still able to play enough midfield to get the hugs we want for those +4s, yet also sneak down back for some Ziebell’s (the new term for +6s).
Sam Walsh (18 CBAs; -24% round diff) | 123 AFL Fantasy
A couple of feel-good fallers this week, both with mammoth scores despite dropping their centre bounce attendances. The strange one in the Walsh story is who he sacrificed them for. Surely it was Liam Stocker, right? The player Carlton drafted as an inside midfielder who just notched up 38 disposals, 13 marks, 8 tackles and a goal playing in the VFL last week? Nope! Good ol’ Training Wheels injected David Cunningham (14 CBAs; +45%; 52 AFL Fantasy) into the guts in a Josh Thomas-y display of coaching prowess. Expect a few more changes in the coming weeks as the Blues look for the right mix alongside Cripps, Walsh, Williams and Curnow.
…I WANT HIM IN MY TEAAA- sorry.
Tables
Last Round vs Previous Round
| Player | Club | Pos | AF | TOG% | CBA | CBA% | PRCBA | PRCBA% | CBADif | CBA%Dif |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Stringer | ES | F | 77 | 81 | 27 | 82 | 3 | 12 | 24 | 70 |
| Sebastian Ross | SK | C | 141 | 81 | 19 | 83 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 70 |
| Josh Thomas | CW | F | 60 | 69 | 18 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 55 |
| Steele Sidebottom | CW | C,F | 130 | 87 | 29 | 88 | 10 | 33 | 19 | 55 |
| Joel Selwood | GE | C | 93 | 77 | 23 | 79 | 8 | 40 | 15 | 39 |
| Tarryn Thomas | NM | F | 79 | 77 | 10 | 45 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 35 |
| Paul Seedsman | AD | C | 103 | 81 | 14 | 41 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 33 |
| Josh Daicos | CW | C | 77 | 80 | 16 | 48 | 7 | 23 | 9 | 25 |
| Chad Warner | SY | F | 93 | 83 | 20 | 77 | 12 | 52 | 8 | 25 |
| Dan Houston | PA | B | 127 | 82 | 10 | 43 | 5 | 18 | 5 | 25 |
| Nathan Jones | ME | C,F | 64 | 71 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 24 |
| Brent Daniels | GWS | F | 46 | 81 | 10 | 37 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 24 |
| Jack Graham | RI | C | 82 | 79 | 6 | 29 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 23 |
| Robbie Gray | PA | F | 52 | 91 | 12 | 52 | 8 | 29 | 4 | 23 |
| Nat Fyfe | FR | C | 107 | 86 | 21 | 95 | 19 | 73 | 2 | 22 |
| Rory Lobb | FR | R,F | 63 | 85 | 8 | 36 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 21 |
| Dom Sheed | WC | C | 47 | 82 | 27 | 93 | 22 | 73 | 5 | 20 |
| Noah Anderson | GC | C | 120 | 78 | 19 | 73 | 15 | 54 | 4 | 19 |
| Brodie Grundy | CW | R | 124 | 83 | 28 | 85 | 20 | 67 | 8 | 18 |
| Jack Henry | GE | B | 99 | 84 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17 |
| Dayne Zorko | BL | C,F | 111 | 80 | 21 | 68 | 13 | 52 | 8 | 16 |
| Willem Drew | PA | C | 75 | 72 | 11 | 48 | 9 | 32 | 2 | 16 |
| Caleb Graham | GC | B | 29 | 70 | 18 | 69 | 15 | 54 | 3 | 15 |
| Darcy Fogarty | AD | F | 31 | 64 | 18 | 53 | 10 | 38 | 8 | 15 |
| Noah Balta | RI | B | 30 | 71 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 |
| Chris Burgess | GC | B | 58 | 70 | 8 | 31 | 5 | 18 | 3 | 13 |
| Jeremy Finlayson | GWS | F | 47 | 79 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| Bailey Smith | WB | C | 59 | 82 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| Christian Petracca | ME | C | 137 | 87 | 17 | 81 | 19 | 70 | -2 | 11 |
| Zach Merrett | ES | C | 125 | 78 | 23 | 70 | 15 | 60 | 8 | 10 |
| Ben McEvoy | HW | B,R | 82 | 88 | 30 | 88 | 21 | 78 | 9 | 10 |
| Jack Sinclair | SK | C | 78 | 73 | 6 | 26 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 10 |
| Scott Lycett | PA | R | 91 | 78 | 21 | 91 | 23 | 82 | -2 | 9 |
| Lincoln McCarthy | BL | F | 68 | 77 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| Adam Treloar | WB | C | 115 | 85 | 14 | 52 | 12 | 43 | 2 | 9 |
| Lachie Weller | GC | C | 80 | 76 | 7 | 27 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 9 |
| Jack Redden | WC | C | 67 | 84 | 21 | 72 | 19 | 63 | 2 | 9 |
| Tim English | WB | R | 50 | 65 | 8 | 30 | 6 | 21 | 2 | 9 |
| Max Gawn | ME | R | 107 | 92 | 16 | 76 | 18 | 67 | -2 | 9 |
| Patrick Cripps | CA | C | 69 | 85 | 26 | 84 | 21 | 75 | 5 | 9 |
| Marc Pittonet | CA | R | 61 | 81 | 28 | 90 | 23 | 82 | 5 | 8 |
| Oscar McInerney | BL | R | 80 | 87 | 26 | 84 | 19 | 76 | 7 | 8 |
| Kysaiah Pickett | ME | F | 70 | 84 | 4 | 19 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 8 |
| Nathan Vardy | WC | R | 51 | 72 | 11 | 38 | 9 | 30 | 2 | 8 |
| Jake Melksham | ME | F | 45 | 65 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| James Worpel | HW | C | 65 | 77 | 17 | 50 | 12 | 44 | 5 | 6 |
| Lachie Fogarty | CA | F | 55 | 80 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Cameron Guthrie | GE | C | 110 | 75 | 22 | 76 | 14 | 70 | 8 | 6 |
| Tom Campbell | NM | R,F | 63 | 80 | 8 | 36 | 6 | 30 | 2 | 6 |
| Kane Lambert | RI | F | 41 | 55 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Callum L. Brown | CW | F | 59 | 71 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 5 |
| Hugh McCluggage | BL | C | 108 | 88 | 9 | 29 | 6 | 24 | 3 | 5 |
| Tom Mitchell | HW | C | 100 | 86 | 25 | 74 | 19 | 70 | 6 | 4 |
| Ben Ainsworth | GC | F | 105 | 72 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Toby Nankervis | RI | R | 91 | 83 | 17 | 81 | 24 | 77 | -7 | 4 |
| Callum Ah Chee | BL | B | 42 | 81 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Josh P. Kennedy | SY | C | 146 | 77 | 20 | 77 | 17 | 74 | 3 | 3 |
| Luke Parker | SY | C | 105 | 79 | 19 | 73 | 16 | 70 | 3 | 3 |
| Jarrod Brander | WC | C,F | 39 | 81 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Tim O'Brien | HW | F | 73 | 86 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 |
| Callan Ward | GWS | C | 56 | 85 | 23 | 85 | 19 | 83 | 4 | 2 |
| Trent Cotchin | RI | C | 50 | 68 | 14 | 67 | 20 | 65 | -6 | 2 |
| Scott Pendlebury | CW | C | 90 | 78 | 28 | 85 | 25 | 83 | 3 | 2 |
| Darcy Parish | ES | C | 150 | 75 | 23 | 70 | 17 | 68 | 6 | 2 |
| James Jordon | ME | C | 63 | 56 | 9 | 43 | 11 | 41 | -2 | 2 |
| Jaeger O'Meara | HW | C | 109 | 81 | 24 | 71 | 19 | 70 | 5 | 1 |
| Sam Reid | SY | F | 61 | 79 | 6 | 23 | 5 | 22 | 1 | 1 |
| Caleb Serong | FR | C | 143 | 76 | 16 | 73 | 19 | 73 | -3 | 0 |
| Devon Smith | ES | C | 78 | 84 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | -1 |
| Jack Macrae | WB | C | 159 | 85 | 23 | 85 | 24 | 86 | -1 | -1 |
| Marcus Bontempelli | WB | C | 102 | 88 | 18 | 67 | 19 | 68 | -1 | -1 |
| Travis Boak | PA | C | 112 | 77 | 18 | 78 | 22 | 79 | -4 | -1 |
| Will Phillips | NM | C | 37 | 82 | 5 | 23 | 5 | 25 | 0 | -2 |
| Tom Powell | NM | C | 102 | 81 | 5 | 23 | 5 | 25 | 0 | -2 |
| Chad Wingard | HW | F | 65 | 83 | 17 | 50 | 14 | 52 | 3 | -2 |
| Reilly O'Brien | AD | R | 108 | 97 | 33 | 97 | 26 | 100 | 7 | -3 |
| Jack Steele | SK | C | 106 | 87 | 18 | 78 | 25 | 81 | -7 | -3 |
| Luke Breust | HW | F | 78 | 77 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 15 | 0 | -3 |
| Zac Williams | CA | B | 85 | 76 | 9 | 29 | 9 | 32 | 0 | -3 |
| Todd Marshall | PA | F | 47 | 72 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | -1 | -3 |
| Shane Edwards | RI | C | 84 | 81 | 14 | 67 | 22 | 71 | -8 | -4 |
| Andrew Brayshaw | FR | C | 121 | 73 | 14 | 64 | 18 | 69 | -4 | -5 |
| Tom Phillips | HW | C,F | 83 | 80 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 | -1 | -5 |
| Nick Blakey | SY | C,F | 40 | 43 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -1 | -5 |
| Tim Taranto | GWS | C | 104 | 85 | 15 | 56 | 14 | 61 | 1 | -5 |
| Todd Goldstein | NM | R | 85 | 86 | 14 | 64 | 14 | 70 | 0 | -6 |
| Jake Carlisle | SK | B | 29 | 66 | 4 | 17 | 7 | 23 | -3 | -6 |
| Jarryd Lyons | BL | C | 95 | 79 | 24 | 77 | 21 | 84 | 3 | -7 |
| Rhys Stanley | GE | R | 93 | 83 | 24 | 83 | 18 | 90 | 6 | -7 |
| Charlie Dixon | PA | F | 70 | 100 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -2 | -7 |
| Lachie Neale | BL | C | 83 | 82 | 25 | 81 | 22 | 88 | 3 | -7 |
| Isaac Smith | GE | C,F | 104 | 82 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | -1 | -7 |
| Levi Casboult | CA | F | 49 | 80 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 18 | -2 | -8 |
| Kyle Langford | ES | C,F | 68 | 81 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 20 | -1 | -8 |
| Joe Daniher | BL | F | 77 | 92 | 5 | 16 | 6 | 24 | -1 | -8 |
| Nic Naitanui | WC | R | 70 | 62 | 18 | 62 | 21 | 70 | -3 | -8 |
| Luke Jackson | ME | F | 100 | 86 | 5 | 24 | 9 | 33 | -4 | -9 |
| Jacob Hopper | GWS | C | 98 | 79 | 21 | 78 | 20 | 87 | 1 | -9 |
| Josh Dunkley | WB | C,F | 100 | 72 | 11 | 41 | 14 | 50 | -3 | -9 |
| Touk Miller | GC | C | 142 | 83 | 20 | 77 | 24 | 86 | -4 | -9 |
| Oliver Florent | SY | C | 90 | 83 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 22 | -2 | -10 |
| Tom Liberatore | WB | C | 131 | 73 | 12 | 44 | 15 | 54 | -3 | -10 |
| Zac Bailey | BL | C,F | 76 | 81 | 4 | 13 | 6 | 24 | -2 | -11 |
| Connor Rozee | PA | F | 76 | 90 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 21 | -4 | -12 |
| Xavier O'Neill | WC | C,F | 49 | 71 | 6 | 21 | 10 | 33 | -4 | -12 |
| Ed Curnow | CA | C | 131 | 77 | 23 | 74 | 24 | 86 | -1 | -12 |
| Ben Keays | AD | C | 156 | 86 | 26 | 76 | 23 | 88 | 3 | -12 |
| Jy Simpkin | NM | C | 90 | 86 | 16 | 73 | 17 | 85 | -1 | -12 |
| David Swallow | GC | C | 114 | 75 | 15 | 58 | 20 | 71 | -5 | -13 |
| Tom Green | GWS | C | 40 | 65 | 12 | 44 | 13 | 57 | -1 | -13 |
| Tim Kelly | WC | C | 52 | 83 | 19 | 66 | 24 | 80 | -5 | -14 |
| Hugh Greenwood | GC | C | 92 | 83 | 14 | 54 | 19 | 68 | -5 | -14 |
| Rory Laird | AD | B,C | 109 | 80 | 25 | 74 | 23 | 88 | 2 | -14 |
| Liam Shiels | HW | C | 73 | 73 | 6 | 18 | 9 | 33 | -3 | -15 |
| Ben Cunnington | NM | C | 95 | 82 | 14 | 64 | 16 | 80 | -2 | -16 |
| Andrew McGrath | ES | C | 86 | 80 | 21 | 64 | 20 | 80 | 1 | -16 |
| Andrew Gaff | WC | C | 93 | 84 | 10 | 34 | 15 | 50 | -5 | -16 |
| Shai Bolton | RI | C,F | 122 | 83 | 12 | 57 | 23 | 74 | -11 | -17 |
| Clayton Oliver | ME | C | 124 | 87 | 16 | 76 | 25 | 93 | -9 | -17 |
| Marlion Pickett | RI | C | 70 | 81 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 23 | -6 | -18 |
| Darcy Cameron | CW | F | 120 | 91 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 33 | -5 | -18 |
| David Mundy | FR | C | 113 | 70 | 13 | 59 | 20 | 77 | -7 | -18 |
| Brandan Parfitt | GE | C | 48 | 65 | 16 | 55 | 15 | 75 | 1 | -20 |
| Finlay Macrae | CW | C,F | 26 | 77 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 33 | -6 | -21 |
| Sean Darcy | FR | R | 108 | 84 | 14 | 64 | 22 | 85 | -8 | -21 |
| Ollie Wines | PA | C | 129 | 74 | 15 | 65 | 24 | 86 | -9 | -21 |
| Sam Walsh | CA | C | 123 | 82 | 18 | 58 | 23 | 82 | -5 | -24 |
| Brad Crouch | SK | C | 49 | 72 | 14 | 61 | 27 | 87 | -13 | -26 |
| Jack Viney | ME | C | 94 | 79 | 10 | 48 | 21 | 78 | -11 | -30 |
| Dustin Martin | RI | C,F | 25 | 54 | 11 | 52 | 26 | 84 | -15 | -32 |
| Karl Amon | PA | C | 136 | 77 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 36 | -9 | -32 |
| Callum Mills | SY | B | 142 | 86 | 11 | 42 | 17 | 74 | -6 | -32 |
| Kayne Turner | NM | F | 70 | 77 | 8 | 36 | 14 | 70 | -6 | -34 |
| Jack Bytel | SK | C | 13 | 17 | 3 | 13 | 19 | 61 | -16 | -48 |
| Peter Wright | ES | F | 114 | 90 | 9 | 27 | 21 | 84 | -12 | -57 |
| Mitch Duncan | GE | C | 146 | 84 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 65 | -11 | -58 |
| Mark O'Connor | GE | B | 88 | 71 | 23 | 79 | ||||
| Mitch Lewis | HW | F | 66 | 92 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Andrew Phillips | ES | R | 69 | 71 | 24 | 73 | ||||
| Elliott Himmelberg | AD | F | 47 | 86 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Jack Ross | RI | C | 26 | 34 | 5 | 24 | ||||
| Deven Robertson | BL | C,F | 75 | 74 | 5 | 16 | ||||
| Cameron Zurhaar | NM | F | 48 | 77 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Connor Blakely | FR | C | 12 | 7 | 2 | 9 | ||||
| Sam Flanders | GC | F | 64 | 72 | 2 | 8 | ||||
| Rowan Marshall | SK | R,F | 124 | 80 | 19 | 83 | ||||
| Luke Davies-Uniacke | NM | C | 63 | 85 | 7 | 32 | ||||
| Callum Sinclair | SY | R | 110 | 86 | 19 | 73 | ||||
| James Cousins | HW | C | 66 | 78 | 7 | 21 | ||||
| James Rowbottom | SY | C | 83 | 70 | 5 | 19 | ||||
| Stefan Martin | WB | R | 62 | 67 | 19 | 70 | ||||
| Jackson Hately | AD | C | 75 | 65 | 19 | 56 | ||||
| David Cuningham | CA | F | 52 | 77 | 14 | 45 | ||||
| Matt Flynn | GWS | R | 68 | 79 | 23 | 85 | ||||
| Jamaine Jones | WC | F | 40 | 75 | 3 | 10 | ||||
| Zak Jones | SK | C | 29 | 69 | 9 | 39 |
Key:
AF – AFL Fantasy points scored last round
TOG% – Percentage of Time On Ground last round
CBA – Centre Bounce Attendances
CBA% – Centre Bounce Attendance Percentage
PRCBA – Previous Round Centre Bounce Attendances
PRCBA% – Previous Round Centre Bounce Attendance Percentage
CBADif – CBA Differential of Last Round vs Previous Round
CBA%Dif – CBA% Differential of Last Round vs Previous Round
Advanced CBA Stats
| Player | Club | Pos | LR% | LR%vPR% | Avg% | L3Avg% | LR%vAvg% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Thomas | CW | F | 55 | 55 | 9.2 | 18.3 | 45.8 |
| Steele Sidebottom | CW | C,F | 88 | 55 | 45.8 | 59.7 | 42.2 |
| Sebastian Ross | SK | C | 83 | 70 | 43.8 | 34 | 39.2 |
| Nat Fyfe | FR | C | 95 | 22 | 60.4 | 80 | 34.6 |
| Josh Daicos | CW | C | 48 | 25 | 22.2 | 34 | 25.8 |
| Paul Seedsman | AD | C | 41 | 33 | 15.5 | 29 | 25.5 |
| Tarryn Thomas | NM | F | 45 | 35 | 19.7 | 18.3 | 25.3 |
| Chad Warner | SY | F | 77 | 25 | 52.7 | 62.7 | 24.3 |
| Dan Houston | PA | B | 43 | 25 | 19.2 | 38.3 | 23.8 |
| Callan Ward | GWS | C | 85 | 2 | 62 | 85.3 | 23 |
Key:
LR% – Percentage of CBAs last round
LR%vsPR% – Percentage of CBAs last round versus percentage of CBAs previous round
Avg% – Average of CBA percentage
L3Avg% – Average of CBA percentage over the past three rounds
LR%vsAvg% – Last round CBA percentage vs average CBA percentage
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