Fantasy Winners & Losers: Round 17
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After a busy week trading out stars with long-term injuries, plenty of Fantasy coaches managed good scores in Round 17, especially those with clever point of difference options.
Here's the wrap of the week that was in NRL Fantasy.
Round 17 Fantasy Winners
In the space of two minutes early in the second half, Tallis Duncan supercharged his Fantasy score and changed the week for some of the 25,000 coaches who own him.
Duncan gets a quick-fire double
A pair of tries propelled the MID/EDG up to a round-high 96, which put him ahead of Storm HLF Jahrome Hughes (80) and Round 17's third most popular captaincy pick, Nathan Cleary (79).
Round 17: Cometh Nathan Cleary
CTR Valentine Holmes and early-season cash cow Gehamat Shibasaki followed suite, along with Terrell May, who was captained by 28 percent of all teams this week.
Point of difference options Kelma Tulagi (0.92 percent ownership) and James Schiller (0.95 percent) also starred with scores of 72 and 69 respectively, while Raiders EDG Zac Hosking had his season-best score of 71.
Schiller stars for the Knights
Jeremy Marshall-King topped the HOKs with a 68.
Round 17 Fantasy Losers
Following on from a measly six-point showing last week, DPP back Jesse Arthars had another shocker on the Fantasy front and registered a donut.
Arthars still sits in almost 13 percent of teams, but given that run of form it won't be a surprise to see that drop heading into Round 18.
Popular Eels WFB Joash Papalii got only 15 minutes off the bench and scored two, while on the back of his Round 16 heroics - which saw him score 69 points - Alex Johnston crashed back to earth with a nine.
A failed HIA also ended Hamish Stewart's game after only 27 minutes, with the popular MID managing just 13 points in that time.
Round 17 Fantasy Team of the Week
1. Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow (WFB) – 69 points
2. James Schiller (CTR, WFB) – 69 points
3. Gehamat Shibasaki (CTR) – 76 points
4. Valentine Holmes (CTR) – 78 points
5. Kaeo Weekes (HLF, WFB) – 68 points
6. Nathan Cleary (HLF) – 79 points
7. Jahrome Hughes (HLF) – 80 points
8. Terrell May (MID) – 76 points
9. Jeremy Marshall-King (HOK) – 68 points
10. Corey Horsburgh (MID) – 69 points
11. Tallis Duncan (MID, EDG) – 96 points
12. Kelma Tuilagi (EDG) – 72 points
13. Isaah Yeo (MID) – 66 points
14. Zac Hosking (EDG) – 71 points
15. Dylan Edwards (WFB) – 68 points
16. Connor Tracey (WFB) 68 points
17. Beau Fermor (EDG, CTR) – 67 points
