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Welcome to the official Wiki for the 2024 Hip & Shoulder Fantasy Football League (H&SFFL)!
The information below should provide you with everything you need to have some fun and compete in the 2024 H&SFFL Competition.
HOW TO COMPETE IN THE 2024 H&SFFL COMPETITION (THE 5 MINUTE SUMMARISED VERSION)
Really, all you need to know is we’re conducting a live draft, proposed to begin at 8am Sunday 24th March AEDT (Australian Eastern Daylight Time) in which 6 coaches (including you) will take turns to draft AFL players to your team which will participate in a fantasy competition called Hip & Shoulder Fantasy Football League (H&SFFL). Once an AFL player is drafted onto one team, that player will be unavailable to be drafted by any other team. We’ll use our H&SFFL competition page on the AFL Fantasy website to conduct the draft.
The competition will run over 15 weeks (in AFL a week is also known as a “Round”) from Thursday 28th March (beginning of Round 3) to the beginning of July (end of Round 17), followed by a two week finals series ending with our Grand Final played in week of 21st July (ie Round 19).
Your team will score points and play 5 other teams three times throughout the regular season. Your team will win a particular week if it outscores the team it is opposing for that week. The four teams with the best accumulated win-loss ratio at the end of Round 16 will participate in the two week knockout finals series to determine the Premier (the AFL equivalent of NFL Superbowl champion). If qualification isn't satisfied by win-loss ratio, then the team with the greater points for scored throughout the season will qualify for finals.
There is no entry fee - participating in the H&SFFL is free. However, that also means there is no prize money either, just bragging rights!
So what do I need to do?
If you haven’t already done so, then register your team to participate. To do that, follow the link below under "Instructions on how to register your team" and answer the questions.
That’s it really. The rest of the detail you can read through at your leisure if you want to. Of course, should you have any further questions, please don’t hesitate to send them my way. I can be contacted via e-mail at mcdonald.dion@gmail.com.
Instructions on how to register your team
Navigate to this link using your favourite browser:
https://fantasy.afl.com.au/draft/leagues/join/YY9XJWUK
This will take you to the AFL Fantasy website signup page. If you have not played AFL Fantasy before, then click on the Sign up button under “New to AFL Fantasy?” heading. If you have played before, enter your existing Email address and Password and click on the Sign in button.
If you are new to AFL Fantasy, you will be presented with a Sign up page. Enter the appropriate details, such as First name, Surname, Email address, etc and then click on the Register your account button at the bottom of the page.
The AFL Fantasy website will then ask you to sign up to Fantasy Coach. This is completely up to you but please be aware it costs money to subscribe. If you want to skip this, just choose the “Skip this for now” button at the bottom of the page.
The next page is a choice between the two different types of Fantasy games offered by the AFL - Classic and Draft. Our competition has been setup to participate in the Draft game. To register your team to play in the H&SFFL competition, enter the private PIN number YY9XJWUK into the “Already have a draft league PIN?” section on the right side of the page and click the search icon.
Now, this is where it gets a little confusing. The process you have just gone through should have registered your team into the H&SFFL competition. However, this isn’t immediately obvious. To ensure your team is registered I suggest you find the drop down menu immediately to the left of the “Help” and “Account” drop down menus on the upper right side of the page. If your registration has been successful, this should say “Hip & Shoulder FFL”.
If you are having difficulty registering then I can give you a hand. Just contact me via e-mail at mcdonald.dion@gmail.com and I’ll help you through the process.
That’s it - you should now be registered, ready for the draft.
HOW TO COMPETE IN THE 2024 H&SFFL COMPETITION (THE DETAILED VERSION)
The AFL Season
The 2024 AFL Season begins at 7:30pm AEDT (Australian Eastern Daylight Time) on Thursday 7th March with the first game of Opening Round. There are 25 Rounds in the 2024 AFL "Home & Away" season, meaning the last game of the final Round will finish late August. The term "Home & Away" is used in AFL to describe the preliminary part of the season, in which all AFL teams play to either qualify for or get eliminated from participating in the finals series. The AFL finals series (which is a knockout style system) is then played in the month following the conclusion of the Home & Away season and concludes with the Grand Final (the AFL version of the Superbowl) on Saturday 28th September 2024 AEST.
For those interested, here is a link to the 2024 AFL fixture.
Byes
There are a number of Rounds which contain byes when certain AFL teams will not be participating in a particular Round. Ten AFL teams in the Opening Round; two AFL teams in each of Rounds 2, 5, 6 and 13; four AFL teams in Round 12; and six AFL teams in each of Rounds 14 and 15 experience a bye. As coach you will need to carefully consider the balance of your fantasy team during these Rounds or you may find yourself not being able to field a full complement of players for that matchup - thus handing your opponent a big advantage.
Interestingly, the concept of a bye was implemented by the AFL in years past due to the AFL having odd numbers of teams due to expansion. However, the current use of the bye is not so much to achieve league balance, but to provide a mid-season rest for players during the long AFL season.
Our League Competition
Our League has been created. We have a total of 6 coaches in the league in 2024. The names and contact details of all participating coaches are set out in the table below.
| Coach Name | Team name | Coach E-Mail |
|---|---|---|
| Matt McDonald | Matt's Marvels | mattmcdonald1asg@gmail.com |
| Dion McDonald | Crazy Quokkas | mcdonald.dion@gmail.com |
| Joe Sherwood | cartilage | jsherwood07@gmail.com |
| John Keil | H&S Kooks | jmkeil000@gmail.com |
| Jordan McDonald | Tigers of Wallstreet | jordan1asg@gmail.com |
| Stuart Clark | HotPies23 | clark.stuart.au@gmail.com |
The name of our league is "Hip & Shoulder FFL" (or H&SFFL for short). For those less familiar with the AFL vernacular, a "hip and shoulder" (also known as a shirtfront) refers to a particularly hard bump, usually to an unsuspecting opposition player. Here is a short video of some textbook examples. Who said the AFL wasn’t a contact sport?
Should you need it, the League PIN number is: YY9XJWUK
You should have already received a separate invitation via e-mail, but just in case you didn't or you simply need another reference, the following link will enable you to join the 2024 H&SFFL competition: https://fantasy.afl.com.au/draft/leagues/join/YY9XJWUK
Our league will play games from Round 3 of the AFL season, up to and including Round 17, with a two week knockout final series played over Round 17 and Round 18. This means the H&SFFL competition will conclude with our Grand Final played over the weekend of 21st July 2024.
How to Play
A link to the official AFL Draft Game Guidelines is here for you to refer to which should answer most of your questions.
For further assistance, refer here also for the AFL Fantasy help guide on the AFL Fantasy Website.
Prior to the start of the AFL season
Ours is a redraft league with 6 participating teams, with one of these teams selected and coached by you. You will participate in a live draft, proposed to begin at 8am on Sunday 24th March AEDT, where each coach will take turns to select a total of 19 players from a pool of eligible AFL players. Once a coach drafts a player onto their team, that player becomes unavailable to be drafted by any other coach.
Once the AFL season has begun
Each H&SFFL team will play every other team in a set fixture three times throughout the season for the first 15 weeks (Rounds 3-17). Weeks 16 and 17 (Rounds 18 and 19) will be reserved for finals, with the Grand Final to be played over Week 17.
Selecting your team each week
Each week you will select 11 players (from the 19 players on your list) to compete against your opponent’s H&SFFL team. The 8 players not selected will be your reserve players and will not contribute to your team score. The 11 selected players in your lineup each week must be made up from the following position types:
3 x Defenders
4 x Midfielders
1 x Ruck
3 x Forwards
There are some players that have been designated as "dual position" players, meaning you can allocate them to one of multiple positions on your team each week. These players are generally considered more valuable due to their flexibility.
Emergency players
Select 4 Emergencies each week so that if one of your starting Players does not play, your Emergency Player's Score will be used as a replacement. An Emergency has to be from the same position on the ground as your missing Player for their Score to count. If you select two Emergencies in the same position, only the lowest scoring Emergency will be used, so select your Emergencies wisely!
Scoring
Your selected players will score points based on their performance ie number of kicks, marks, handballs, goals etc they accumulate during the game. Please refer to the table below for how statistics contribute to a player's score.
| Statistic Type | Points Scored |
|---|---|
| Kick | +3 |
| Handball | +2 |
| Mark | +3 |
| Tackle | +4 |
| Free Kick For | +1 |
| Free Kick Against | -3 |
| Goal | +6 |
| Behind | +1 |
| Hitout | +1 |
The sum of the scores for all 11 players on your team is your team score for that particular week. Your team score is compared to the team score of your opposition team to determine whether your team wins, loses or draws (ie a tie) for that week. The four teams with the best accumulated win-loss ratio through Rounds 3-17 will play in the finals series over Rounds 18 and 19.
“Captain” scoring is switched on for 2024. This means each coach will also nominate one of their 11 selected players each week as their captain, with this player scoring double points for that week. So, don’t forget to designate a captain each week otherwise you will potentially hand your opponent a big advantage.
Changing players on your team throughout the season
There are two ways to change your team throughout the season:
- Free Agency (aka waiver wire) - where you can elect to discard players you no longer want on your team for players that are not currently part of any other H&SFFL team.
- Trade with another H&SFFL team - where you can agree with another coach to trade one or more players between H&SFFL teams. Please note that all trades are subject to the approval of the H&SFFL Commissioner.
The Draft
We will be using a classic snake style draft approach where the coach with the first choice in the first round of the draft receives the last choice in the second round of the draft, and so on. More about snake style drafts can be found here.
At the beginning of the draft, all AFL players are available and in the "draft pool". During the draft, each coach will draft 19 players for their team. Once a player is drafted, they are no longer available to be drafted onto any other team. You may draft any combination of players, however, please keep in mind the player combination you must field each week as discussed above in "Selecting your team each week".
The Draft Date & Time
The live draft will begin on Sunday 24th March at 8am Melbourne, Australia AEDT (Australian Eastern Daylight Savings Time).
This is equivalent to:
7am on Sunday 24th March in Brisbane;
7:30am on Sunday 24th March in Adelaide;
8am on Sunday 24th March in Sydney;
5pm on Saturday 23rd March in New York City;
4pm on Saturday 23rd March in Dallas; and
2pm on Saturday 23rd March in Los Angeles.
As the H&SFFL competition requires a live draft it is important that you are available to participate at this time.
The Draft Order
| Pick | H&SFFL Team Name | Coach Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | H&S Kooks | John Keil |
| 2 | Tigers of Wallstreet | Jordan McDonald |
| 3 | HotPies24 | Stuart Clark |
| 4 | cartilage | Joe Sherwood |
| 5 | Crazy Quokkas | Dion McDonald |
| 6 | Matt's Marvels | Matt McDonald |
So what do I need to do now?
If you’ve not already done this, you should confirm you are participating in the competition using one of the following two methods:
- Finding the email sent to you from “AFL Fantasy” and follow the instructions to register your team; or
- using the following link to register your team: https://fantasy.afl.com.au/draft/leagues/join/YY9XJWUK
Please refer to the section above under "Instructions on how to register your team" for more detailed instructions on how to do this.
Other stuff that may be of interest
Official H&SFFL Wiki:
https://hsffl.miraheze.org
What does that mean?
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Australian_rules_football_slang
https://www.afana.com/wikis/faq/footy_faq_footy_words_you_need_know-161
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_Australian_rules_football
https://www.topendsports.com/sport/afl/terms.htm
https://www.bigfooty.com/2017/09/your-ultimate-grand-final-guide-to-afl-aussie-slang/
https://www.australiantimes.co.uk/learning-the-lingo-afl-decoded/
General AFL commentary:
https://www.theroar.com.au/afl/
https://www.bigfooty.com/
Fantasy AFL commentary sites:
http://www.jockreynolds.com.au/
https://dreamteamtalk.com/
http://thefootypigs.libsyn.com/
https://www.fantasyinsider.com.au/blog/afl/
https://www.facebook.com/AFLFantasyOfficial/
http://www.fanfooty.com.au/
https://aflratings.com.au/category/fantasy/
https://thedraftdoctors.com.au/
https://www.afl.com.au/fantasy/news
https://www.rotowire.com/afl/news.php
Other interesting sites / apps:
https://www.coachesbox.com.au/
Some sites for AFL team and player stats:
https://www.footywire.com/
http://www.afl.com.au/stats
https://afltables.com/afl/afl_index.html
https://finalsiren.com/AFLPlayerStats.asp
https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/stats/players
Official AFL Fantasy Draft Help and Game Guidelines:
https://fantasy.afl.com.au/draft/help/game-guidelines
The Official AFL Website:
http://www.afl.com.au/
Quick video overview of AFL:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMZYZcoAcU0
Well, that's about it. If you need any help with anything at all, then don’t hesitate to reach out. I’m looking forward to seeing you all during the season - it should be lots of fun!
Note: If anybody has any changes they'd like to make or finds anything else of interest they would like to add to this Wiki then please contact me and I'll do so.
H&SFFL Premiership History
| Year | Winning Team Name | Winning Coach Name | Pts v Pts | Runner-up Team Name | Runner-up Coach Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | HotPies23 | Stuart Clark | 1,100 v 982 | cartilage | Joe Sherwood |
| 2022 | Blood Suckers | Tim Hammer | 1,015 v 1,011 | Laughing Kooks | John Keil |
| 2021 | Tigers of Wallstreet | Jordan McDonald | 1,246 v 1,126 | DetrDemo | Charlie Neal |
| 2020⁺ | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2019 | Tigers of Wallstreet | Jordan McDonald | v | H&S Kooks | John Keil |
⁺ 2020 season did not run due to Covid
H&SFFL All Time Records
| # | H&SFFL Team | Pts | Week |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HotPies2022 | 1,350 | W9 2022 |
| 2 | Tigers of Wallstreet | 1,346 | W20 2022 |
| 3 | Tigers of Wallstreet | 1,344 | W3 2021 |
| 4 | DetrDemo | 1,343 | W9 2021 |
| 5 | Tigers of Wallstreet | 1,339 | W14 2021 |
| 6 | Laughing Kooks | 1,336 | W18 2022 |
| HotPies23 | 1,336 | W6 2023 | |
| 8 | DetrDemo | 1,310 | W18 2022 |
| 9 | cartilage | 1,293 | W15 2023 |
| 10 | Crazy Quokkas | 1,292 | W16 2021 |
| 11 | cartilage | 1,287 | W14 2023 |
| 12 | Tigers of Wallstreet | 1,282 | W13 2021 |
| 13 | Tigers of Wallstreet | 1,278 | W17 2021 |
| 14 | HotPies2022 | 1,263 | W13 2022 |
| 15 | Crazy Quokkas | 1,262 | W3 2021 |
| 16 | HotPies23 | 1,260 | W5 2023 |
| 17 | Sabo's Superstars | 1,258 | W5 2023 |
| 18 | HotPies2022 | 1,257 | W5 2022 |
| 19 | cartilage | 1,256 | W8 2023 |
| Sabo's Superstars | 1,256 | W14 2023 | |
| 21 | Blood Suckers | 1,250 | W17 2021 |
| 22 | Sabo's Superstars | 1,246 | W3 2023 |
| Tigers of Wallstreet | 1,246 | W5 2023 | |
| 24 | Tigers of Wallstreet | 1,244 | W19 2022 |
| 25 | Crazy Quokkas | 1,243 | W9 2023 |
| 26 | Tigers of Wallstreet | 1,242 | W7 2021 |
| 27 | Crazy Quokkas | 1,239 | W15 2023 |
| 28 | HotPies2022 | 1,237 | W14 2022 |
| 29 | HotPies2022 | 1,235 | W1 2022 |
| 30 | Crazy Quokkas | 1,234 | W13 2023 |
| 31 | West Coast Serpents | 1,230 | W15 2022 |
| DetrDemo | 1,230 | W15 2023 | |
| 33 | Tigers of Wallstreet | 1,228 | W15 2021 |
| 34 | Crazy Quokkas | 1,227 | W8 2021 |
| 35 | DetrDemo | 1,226 | W12 2021 |
| cartilage | 1,226 | W5 2023 | |
| 37 | DetrDemo | 1,224 | W15 2021 |
| 38 | Laughing Kooks | 1,220 | W14 2022 |
| Tigers of Wallstreet | 1,220 | W6 2023 | |
| 40 | DetrDemo | 1,219 | W13 2021 |
| 41 | Crazy Quokkas | 1,218 | W7 2021 |
| Laughing Kooks | 1,218 | W19 2022 | |
| 43 | Tigers of Wallstreet | 1,217 | W17 2022 |
| Crazy Quokkas | 1,217 | W8 2023 | |
| 45 | Blood Suckers | 1,215 | W10 2021 |
| Tigers of Wallstreet | 1,215 | W15 2022 | |
| Tigers of Wallstreet | 1,215 | W12 2023 | |
| 48 | Tigers of Wallstreet | 1,212 | W9 2023 |
| 49 | Crazy Quokkas | 1,211 | W5 2022 |
| DetrDemo | 1,211 | W15 2022 |
| # | Player Name | Position | H&SFFL Team | Pts | Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stephen Coniglio | Midfielder | - | 192 | W11 2019 |
| 2 | Lachie Whitfield | Midfielder | - | 190 | W9 2019 |
| 3 | Josh Dunkley | Midfielder / Forward | - | 189 | W17 2019 |
| 4 | Brodie Grundy | Ruck | - | 181 | W18 2019 |
| Andrew Brayshaw | Midfielder | DetrDemo | 181 | R2 2022⁺ | |
| 6 | Jack Macrae | Midfielder | - | 180 | W14 2019 |
| 7 | Zach Merrett | Midfielder | cartilage | 172 | W18 2022 |
| Josh Dunkley | Defender / Midfielder | Tigers of Wallstreet | 172 | W6 2023 | |
| Jordan Dawson | Midfielder | DetrDemo | 172 | W13 2023 | |
| 10 | Jack Billings | Midfielder | - | 170 | W13 2019 |
| Jack Ziebell | Defender / Forward | Tigers of Wallstreet | 170 | W3 2021 | |
| Tom Green | Midfielder | HotPies23 | 170 | W6 2023 | |
| 13 | Brandon Ellis | Midfielder | Blood Suckers | 169 | W4 2021 |
| Tom Stewart | Defender | HotPies2022 | 169 | W9 2022 | |
| 15 | Brodie Grundy | Ruck | - | 168 | W14 2019 |
| Jack Ziebell | Defender / Forward | Crazy Quokkas | 168 | W11 2023 | |
| 17 | Taylor Walker | Forward | H&S Kooks | 166† | W11 2023 |
| 18 | James Sicily | Defender | Crazy Quokkas | 165 | W9 2023 |
| 19 | Nic Newman | Defender | HotPies23 | 164 | W5 2023 |
| 20 | Partick Cripps | Midfielder | - | 163 | W4 2019 |
| Rory Laird | Midfielder | Laughing Kooks | 163^ | W16 2022 | |
| Rowan Marshall | Forward / Ruck | DetrDemo | 163 | W18 2022 | |
| 23 | Patrick Dangerfield | Midfielder | - | 162 | W12 2019 |
| Lachie Whitfield | Defender / Midfielder | - | 162 | W3 2019 | |
| Jack Steele | Midfielder | cartilage | 162 | W17 2021 | |
| Callum Mills | Midfielder | Tigers of Wallstreet | 162 | W4 2022 | |
| Max Gawn | Ruck | H&S Kooks | 162 | W16 2023 | |
| 28 | Clayton Oliver | Midfielder | - | 161 | W8 2019 |
| Stephen Coniglio | Midfielder | - | 161 | W2 2019 | |
| Jarryd Lyons | Midfielder | Blood Suckers | 161^ | W11 2021 | |
| Harry Himmelberg | Forward | Free Agent | 161 | W11 2022 | |
| Errol Gulden | Midfielder / Forward | HotPies23 | 161 | W6 2023 | |
| 33 | Touk Miller | Midfielder | Tigers of Wallstreet | 160 | W8 2021 |
| Darcy Parrish | Midfielder | DetrDemo | 160^ | W9 2021 | |
| 35 | Jack Macrae | Midfielder | Crazy Quokkas | 159^ | W3 2021 |
| Reilly O'Brien | Ruck | HotPies2022 | 159 | W9 2022 | |
| Noah Anderson | Midfielder | cartilage | 159 | W2 2023 | |
| Rohan Marshall | Ruck | Sabo's Superstars | 159 | W5 2023 | |
| 39 | Josh Dunkley | Midfielder / Forward | - | 158 | W13 2019 |
| Jordan Dawson | Defender / Midfielder | Free Agent | 158 | R23 2021* | |
| Zach Merrett | Midfielder | cartilage | 158 | W8 2023 | |
| Tim English | Ruck | DetrDemo | 158^ | W10 2023 | |
| Marcus Bontompelli | Midfielder | HotPies23 | 158^ | W10 2023 | |
| 44 | Luke Parker | Midfielder / Forward | - | 157 | W14 2019 |
| Jack Steele | Midfielder | cartilage | 157 | W13 2021 | |
| Tom Mitchell | Midfielder | Blood Suckers | 157 | W13 2021 | |
| Tom Stewart | Defender | HotPies2022 | 157 | W5 2022 | |
| Jack Viney | Midfielder | West Coast Serpents | 157 | W11 2022 | |
| 49 | Tim Taranto | Midfielder / Forward | - | 156 | W13 2019 |
| Ben Keays | Midfielder | The Reikland Reavers | 156 | W3 2021 | |
| Andrew Brayshaw | Midfielder | DetrDemo | 156 | W17 2021 | |
| Angus Brayshaw | Midfielder | Tigers of Wallstreet | 156† | W1 2022 | |
| Callum Mills | Midfielder | Tigers of Wallstreet | 156 | W7 2022 | |
| Luke Ryan | Defender | Crazy Quokkas | 156 | R1 2023⁺ | |
| Dan Houston | Defender | cartilage | 156 | W16 2023 |
⁺ score occurred prior to start of H&SFFL season and so didn't contribute
ᶺ nominated as captain so player scored double points
† played on bench and so didn't contribute to teams score
Last updated: 10th April 2024