Kony Abbott
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Mature age small forward from Williamstown
Toast Welcome to the Kennel - Ben Cavarra Pick #45
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Great to see Ben Cavarra get an opportunity, well deserved. 
grimlock
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Ben CAVARRA (Williamstown VFL)
2018
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Averages
2017
Totals
Averages
2018
Totals
- 20 games
- 34 goals
- 28 behinds
- 9 times in best players list
Averages
- 11.1 kicks
- 5.8 handballs
- 16.9 disposals
- 2.8 marks
- 5.1 tackles
- 2.1 clearances
- 1.3 frees for
- 0.8 frees against
- 2.9 inside 50s
- 1.0 rebound 50s
- 84.30 DT points
2017
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- 20 games
- 32 goals
- 23 behinds
- 6 times in best players list
Averages
- 9.2 kicks
- 6.7 handballs
- 15.9 disposals
- 2.9 marks
- 3.7 tackles
- 0.7 frees for
- 0.4 frees against
- 2.7 inside 50s
- 0.5 rebound 50s
- 74.35 DT points
Big fan of this pick, stiff not to get a look in his draft year and think he's a good list fit.
What we need, an ideal selection.
Bont2Bruce
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Would be ready to be part of a midfield rotation also, which we could use in 2019.
What made Cavarra go from undrafted for a number years, to be taken pretty earlyfor a mature age player this year?
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Been working extremely hard on his deficits and turned himself into a player who can play a role at AFL level.
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Good thing about Cavarra is, even if he doesn’t play seniors, at least we won’t have him kicking a bag against Footscray.
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fronkalicious
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What’s Cavarra’s speed like??
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Ran a 2.88 over 20m and 8.03 in the agility. I know hes older but that makes him quicker over 20m than anyone else in the draft, and equal top with Rankine in agility.
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A natural forward which is what we need - not sure if it’s just me but I’d feel a lot better about this pick if it wasn’t for the 5 mature agers pre selected by Carlton & Gold Coast. Got to wonder why he wasn’t in that mix yet is worth a third rounder
Fremantle would have taken him before our next pick if we didn’t select him at 45.
Perhaps just as simple as needs for each team. Not such a priority perhaps
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Never knew he was that quick. I wanted him but love him even more now.
This guy just seems like such a quintessential Bulldogs player hahaha
Wow he speaks so well! Really excited to have him at the club!
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Very interesting how Cavarra and Honeychurch’s careers have progressed. Both elite juniors (friends and played against each other), played together at Ranges and for Vic Metro, both similar sizes and positions yet one of drafted by us and one was left to toil in the VFL for years.
Now after 5 years, Cavarra essentially takes Honeychurch’s spot on the list.
Now after 5 years, Cavarra essentially takes Honeychurch’s spot on the list.
eth-dog
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Love Benny and glad he got picked up by you guys. The biggest knock I always heard before he went to Williamstown was "Big fish, small pond". Good goal sense, can rotate through the middle and is a high pressure player. Think of him as Toby Greene lite.
Hopefully without the studs out marking style
When he started he was a pure midfielder at Frankston much like Michael Gibbons who went undrafted this year when he went
to Willy he changed into a small forward with hurt in pressure terms and hitting the scoreboard. The games evolving in the
last few years has upped the focus on the small to hybrid forwards, so you could say that Cavarra has adapted his role to be
a strength rather than a weakness.
