{"id":80158,"date":"2021-05-05T11:09:46","date_gmt":"2021-05-05T01:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/afl.draftcentral.localhost\/?p=80158"},"modified":"2021-11-10T05:43:20","modified_gmt":"2021-11-09T19:43:20","slug":"stat-leaders-2021-vfl-round-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/2021\/05\/05\/stat-leaders-2021-vfl-round-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Stat Leaders: 2021 VFL \u2013 Round 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THE 2021 Victorian Football League (VFL) season rolled on into its third round over the weekend, with 11 fixtures spread from Thursday night to Sunday afternoon. There were a number of outstanding individual performances among the Round 3 action, as AFL-listed talent and state league guns alike topped a range of key categories. We take a look at this week\u2019s stat leaders, as well as the season tallies to this point.<\/p>\n<p>&gt;&gt;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/afl.draftcentral.com.au\/2021\/05\/04\/state-leagues-wrap-weekend-of-thrillers\/\">RESULTS: State League wrap<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Usual forward <strong>Jake Riccardi<\/strong> swung into defence for GWS on Sunday and had a blinder, seeing him top the league for kicks and marks in Round 3. The 21-year-old racked up 40 disposals, with 31 of them delivered by foot and 19 earned via marks. His dynamic performance helped the Giants to a 30-point win over Southport, their first for the season.<\/p>\n<p>It was no surprise to see Coburg ball magnet <strong>Marcus Lentini<\/strong> again tick over the 40-disposal mark, this time managing 42 against Brisbane in what was a battle of the Lions. The mid-season draft hopeful was just pipped atop the handball charts on the weekend by Gold Coast&#8217;s <strong>Will Brodie<\/strong>, who dished out 22 in the Suns&#8217; narrow loss to Collingwood. In the same game, first year Magpie <strong>Reef McInnes<\/strong> got his hands dirty with a round-high 11 tackles.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, competition leading goalkicker <strong>Matt Hammelmann<\/strong> upped his season average (5.3) with a bag of six majors as Aspley went down to Frankston. The effort accounted for over half of the Hornets&#8217; score, brining Hammelmann&#8217;s season tally to 16 after three games. Western Bulldogs ruck <strong>Jordon Sweet<\/strong> also excelled in his field, feasting to win 38 hitouts against inexperienced Northern Bullants&#8217; talls.<\/p>\n<p>Looking at the season leaders, Frankston jet <strong>Nathan Freeman<\/strong> has served a reminder of his class in 2021 with a clean run, topping the league for disposals and kicks. <strong>Jacob Dawson<\/strong> is another former AFL player finding plenty of ball, distributing more than any other player thus far by hand. Hammelmann and Casey&#8217;s <strong>James Munro<\/strong> are the other state leaguers topping charts, while AFL-listed bigmen <strong>Connor Ballenden<\/strong> and <strong>Ned Reeves<\/strong> have the most marks and hitouts respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Find the full list of Round 3, and 2021 season stat leaders below.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>ROUND 3 STAT LEADERS:<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Disposals:<\/b><br \/>\nMarcus Lentini (Coburg) &#8211; 42<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Kicks:<\/b><br \/>\nJake Riccardi* (GWS) &#8211; 31<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Handballs:<\/b><br \/>\nWill Brodie* (Gold Coast) &#8211; 22<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Goals:<\/b><br \/>\nMatt Hammelmann** (Aspley) &#8211; 6<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Marks:<\/b><br \/>\nJake Riccardi* (GWS) &#8211; 19<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Tackles:<\/b><br \/>\nReef McInnes* (Collingwood) &#8211; 11<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Hitouts:<\/b><br \/>\nJordon Sweet* (Footscray) &#8211; 38<\/p>\n<p><b>2021 SEASON STAT LEADERS:<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Disposals:<\/b><br \/>\nNathan Freeman (Frankston) &#8211; 117 total \/ 39.0 average<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Kicks:<\/b><br \/>\nNathan Freeman (Frankston) &#8211; 78 \/ 26.0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Handballs:<\/b><br \/>\nJacob Dawson (Southport) &#8211; 56 \/ 18.7<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Goals:<\/b><br \/>\nMatt Hammelmann (Aspley) &#8211; 16 \/ 5.3<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Marks:<\/b><br \/>\nConnor Ballenden* (Brisbane) &#8211; 34 \/ 11.3<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Tackles:<\/b><br \/>\nJames Munro (Casey) &#8211; 28 \/ 9.3<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Hitouts:<\/b><br \/>\nNed Reeves* (Box Hill) &#8211; 118 \/ 39.3<\/p>\n<p>* &#8211; denotes AFL-listed.<br \/>\n** &#8211; denotes season leader.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Image Credit:<\/strong> Darrian Traynor\/AFL Photos<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE 2021 Victorian Football League (VFL) season rolled on into its third round over the weekend, with 11 fixtures spread from Thursday night to Sunday afternoon. There were a number of outstanding individual performances among the Round 3 action, as AFL-listed talent and state league guns alike topped a range of key categories. 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