Player Watch #1: Lachy Dovaston - selected with R1(#16) in the ND - Welcome to North Melbourne Lachy

[murray wrensted]

So many posts in the Dovaston thread, so few about him. Very excited to see how he fits in, completely different to anything we have

 

[speedy]

Payne > Zurhaar ranked 327th as a 27 year old.

My last post about Cam in the Dovaston thread (sorry guys).

DY, you made a reasonable point about Zurhaar’s ranking. I’d like to quantify it a bit though.

First off, curiously enough this has been cam’s worst rating for the last 4 years.
8.44
10.01
8.37
7.76 (2025)

The 7.76 rating places him 46th best for all general forwards. Not great, but not totally fair on him either. He has been classed as a general forward, but that includes small forwards, high half forwards and part time midfielders who generally rate higher. Here is a list of the top general forwards in 2025 to illustrate my point -
1. Miers
2. Mannagh
3. Moore
4. Max Hall
5. Scott West
6. Toby Greene
7. Dangerfield
8. Darcy Jones

Now Cam is more of a pseudo key forward (3rd tall forward). So I think it’s fairer to compare him to key forwards. Here is a list of key forwards in 2025 with plenty of comparable pseudo 3rd tall types in that list.

The only 3rd tall types inside the top 21 rankings for key forwards were Melksham & Gunston, so starting from the 21st highest rank -

21. Owens 8.37
22. Morris 8.12
23. Zurhaar 7.76 (this while having the equal 2nd worst i50 count with a dog shit team)
24. Voss 7.64
25. Langford 7.63
26. Cadman 7.62
27. Van Royen 7.37
28. Croft 7.30
29. Lynch 7.23
30. Mihocek 7.07
31. McStay 7.03
32. Georgiades 7.04
33. Fogarty 6.75

So that 327th best ranking really doesn’t tell the full story does it? I think I have shown that 3rd tall types don’t generally rate highly.


FYI the rest of our forward group rankings -

Key forwards -
4. Trembath 11.87 (only a 3 game sample size)
12. Larkey 9.34
14. Darling 9.12

General forwards -
10. Curtis 10.51

That’s all from me on this subject.

 

[kanga kanga kanga]

My last post about Cam in the Dovaston thread (sorry guys).

DY, you made a reasonable point about Zurhaar’s ranking. I’d like to quantify it a bit though.

First off, curiously enough this has been cam’s worst rating for the last 4 years.
8.44
10.01
8.37
7.76 (2025)

The 7.76 rating places him 46th best for all general forwards. Not great, but not totally fair on him either. He has been classed as a general forward, but that includes small forwards, high half forwards and part time midfielders who generally rate higher. Here is a list of the top general forwards in 2025 to illustrate my point -
1. Miers
2. Mannagh
3. Moore
4. Max Hall
5. Scott West
6. Toby Greene
7. Dangerfield
8. Darcy Jones

Now Cam is more of a pseudo key forward (3rd tall forward). So I think it’s fairer to compare him to key forwards. Here is a list of key forwards in 2025 with plenty of comparable pseudo 3rd tall types in that list.

The only 3rd tall types inside the top 21 rankings for key forwards were Melksham & Gunston, so starting from the 21st highest rank -

21. Owens 8.37
22. Morris 8.12
23. Zurhaar 7.76 (this while having the equal 2nd worst i50 count with a dog shit team)
24. Voss 7.64
25. Langford 7.63
26. Cadman 7.62
27. Van Royen 7.37
28. Croft 7.30
29. Lynch 7.23
30. Mihocek 7.07
31. McStay 7.03
32. Georgiades 7.04
33. Fogarty 6.75

So that 327th best ranking really doesn’t tell the full story does it? I think I have shown that 3rd tall types don’t generally rate highly.


FYI the rest of our forward group rankings -

Key forwards -
4. Trembath 11.87 (only a 3 game sample size)
12. Larkey 9.34
14. Darling 9.12

General forwards -
10. Curtis 10.51

That’s all from me on this subject.

Geelong having the top 2 is why there so good, I have high hopes lachy can play the same role for us

 

[speedy]

Geelong having the top 2 is why there so good, I have high hopes lachy can play the same role for us

Scott West’s son.

 

[Val Keating]

Payne > Zurhaar ranked 327th as a 27 year old.

****. Every thread with you bro. Enough ffs.

 

[DuckYeah]

****. Every thread with you bro. Enough ffs.

 

[Jindrrk]

Another small forward....just what we needed

 

[koshari]

Another small forward....just what we needed

Wasting our time with small forwards that know where the goals are, bring back crafty to compliment the brigade that couldn't find the goals with a map , compass and binoculars.

 

[giantroo]

As per r00boy96

 

[The Nostradamus]

As per r00boy96 boy96

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Who are the 2 directly behind him?

 

[Passmore]

Dinkers looks like Jean-Claude is putting in....

 

[Makeshift Park]

Who are the 2 directly behind him?

Isn't that Wardlaw in third?

Pretty interesting group. Mostly talls with a few younger players.

 

[kanga kanga kanga]

Isn't that Wardlaw in third?

Pretty interesting group. Mostly talls with a few younger players.

I’m pretty sure it might be macpherson

 

[Makeshift Park]

I’m pretty sure it might be macpherson

Oh yeah, you're probably right.

 

[Dinkers]

Dinkers looks like Jean-Claude is putting in....

We got one here, and I say that because Nostra ran a line through him already. Go in the opposite direction and you're safe as houses

So you rate Dovaston nee Dinkers mate, he's the giant of the family of course.

 

[Passmore]

We got one here, and I say that because Nostra ran a line through him already. Go in the opposite direction and you're safe as houses

So you rate Dovaston nee Dinkers mate, he's the giant of the family of course.

I like Dovaston nee Dinkers style. Comes in, smashes time trial, and ****s off....

 

[Dinkers]

I like Dovaston nee Dinkers style. Comes in, smashes time trial, and ****s off....

Good, no use ****ing around, get out there get it done, and see youse ****ers later, gotta go.

I think he's gone past the wee watto wizard wee watson already. This is I gleaned from a 30 second highlight reel.

 

[speedy]

First in the time trial… Lindsay who? Pick is looking better and better.

 

[kanga kanga kanga]

We’re not finding it concerning that someone who was just drafted won our time trial?

Each to there own I guess.

 

[Themanbun]

We’re not finding it concerning that someone who was just drafted won our time trail?

Each to there own I guess.

Absolutely terrifying tbh

 

[speedy]

We’re not finding it concerning that someone who was just drafted won our time trail?

Each to there own I guess.

I think a couple of draftees (for other teams) have killed a time in the last couple of seasons. It’s a weakness in the list. At least we are drafting players to fix it.

 

[Makeshift Park]

We’re not finding it concerning that someone who was just drafted won our time trail?

Each to there own I guess.

From the photo it looks like Mckercher and Stephens, our two fastest runners, were in the other group.

How do we know that Dovaston was faster than them? Looks like he was running against mostly KPP.

 

[andana]

We’re not finding it concerning that someone who was just drafted won our time trail?

Each to there own I guess.

I read there were two groups of runners

 

[Shinboner1]

We’re not finding it concerning that someone who was just drafted won our time trail?

Each to there own I guess.

He's put in a lot of work in the offseason.
Much like watson who reaslised he needs more than height to compete at AFL level.

 

[koshari]

We got one here, and I say that because Nostra ran a line through him already. Go in the opposite direction and you're safe as houses

So you rate Dovaston nee Dinkers mate, he's the giant of the family of course.

but ccj, tsatis and biggy are killing it!