Fantasy by the numbers: Round 26
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A round full of tries led to some excellent Fantasy scores, with WFBs, CTRs and HLFs leading the way in the penultimate week of regular season action.
Another huge outing from popular captaincy pick Isaah Yeo helped ensure high scores across the round, while a gun MID made a timely and devastating return to action.
Points flow, scores skyrocket
What started with a 68-point thriller between the Cowboys and Storm on Thursday night led to a high-scoring round in which WFBs, HLFs and CTRs flourished in Fantasy.
A very Sharpe hat-trick
There was only one game all weekend in which at least one of the two teams involved didn't manage to score 30 points or more, with 14 players scoring doubles across the round and four registering hat-tricks.
That free-flowing attack meant for some monster scores for backs, with 21 of the top 30 scores for Round 26 coming from players who lined up in the backline.
So often the Achilles heel of Fantasy teams, WFBs were huge for coaches over the weekend.
Two tries for Sloan as he hits the gas
Farnworth's on fire
An excellent final month and a bit, headlined by his 110 in Round 26, has Herbie Farnworth in pole position to finish the year as Fantasy's top CTR.
The Dolphins strike weapon came back to burn his former side the Broncos on Saturday night, scoring a pair of tries, setting another two up and earning 28 points from run metres alone.
It comes after he hit 94 in a golden point win over the Warriors last month and across his past five games he boasts a brilliant 71-point average.
He's now almost certain to finish the season as the most expensive and highest averaging CTR, which sets him up to be a huge target for 2025.
Herbie goes full throttle
Overcoming the Payne
Payne Haas was back in action in Round 26, just four weeks on from suffering a Lisfranc (midfoot) injury, and he performed exceptionally for Fantasy owners.
Getting through 75 minutes at prop after a month out of action is impressive on its own, but his 42 tackles without a miss (42 points), five offloads to hands (20 points) and six tackle breaks (12 points) were something else.
It all added up to a season-high 91 for the Brisbane big man, which remarkably was only good enough to be the round's fourth-best score.
NRL Fantasy by the numbers: Round 26
1. Tyrell Sloan (WFB) – 95 points
2. Tyran Wishart (WFB) – 93 points
3. Herbie Farnworth (CTR) – 110 points
4. Dylan Lucas (CTR) – 79 points
5. Maika Sivo (WFB) – 89 points
6. Dylan Brown (HLF) – 77 points
7. Shaun Johnson (HLF) – 77 points
8. Payne Haas (MID) – 91 points
9. Connor Muhleisen (HOK) – 82 points
10. Patrick Carrigan (MID) – 61 points
11. Jacob Preston (EDG) – 79 points
12. Jaydn Su'A (EDG) – 61 points
13. Isaah Yeo (MID) – 85 points
14. Kalyn Ponga (WFB) – 76 points
15. Jayden Campbell (WFB, HLF) – 72 points
16. Josh Addo-Carr (WFB) – 72 points
17. Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow (CTR, WFB) – 71 points
