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Kane Cornes has given his thoughts on the rankings.

Champion Data provides explanation for surprising elite rankings By 2021-02-05T12:00+11:00 Mason Cox and Zac Fisher’s inclusions among the ‘elite’ players of the competition in Champion Data’s annual rankings raised eyebrows around the league. Champion Data’s Daniel Hoyne has explained just how the rankings work. “These are just based purely on the 2020 season so it compares position against position, so the top 10 per cent of players in each position get categorised in the elite ...

The AFL side who has implemented the most unique game style in recent seasons By 2021-02-05T12:56+11:00 Champion Data analyst Daniel Hoyne says Adam Simpson’s premiership-winning West Coast side is a clear standout in recent seasons purely because of the unique game style they were playing at the time. On the back of Richmond’s breakthrough flag in 2017, several sides in the competition attempted to copy their trademark pressure-focused game plan to varying degrees of success. When ...

  The Bombers are among four teams to have just the one elite ranking on their list for 2021, down from two in 2019. Ridley was a standout for the Bombers in 2020, winning the clubs best-and-fairest award after emerging as one of the games elite defenders - all with just 26 games to his name. Before last season, Ridley had played only nine senior games for the Bombers. Dylan Shiel and Zach Merrett were the Bombers two elite players in 2019, but were rated above average last year. After f...

“I’m not sure how this has worked..."