Round 1 Teams/Strategy

[owenbond007]

I've gone the cheapest bench i possibly can and loaded up a team of midpricers/premos looks good on paper with no rookies on field.

[R.Griffen]

There are definitely going to be some interesting teams come the first bounce of Round 1. Just a pity its not a H2H round - could be some epic matchups between pretty different looking teams.
Personally, I've primarily looked for players with great recent records against the R1 opponents and filled all bench spots with basement priced rookies. For instance, my current 22 for Classic is:

Def: S.Mitchell N.Malceski G.Birchall J.Grimes M.Fuller J.Laidler ( S.Siggins J.Tippett )
Mid: B.Stanton K.Jack J.Watson R.O'Keefe T.Cotchin D.Beams M.Murphy D.Tyson ( J.Prudden M.Hallahan )
Ruc: P.Ryder A.Sandilands ( D.Currie F.Thurlow )
Fwd: P.Dangerfield D.Martin J.Roughead P.Chapman J.Caddy G.Rohan ( L.Reynolds S.Kersten )

I am still considering atleast 1 rookie mid eg Ellis or Polec I think having Ellis and Riewoldt will score more than Rohan and Murphy.

[ossie85]

I've gone the cheapest bench i possibly can and loaded up a team of midpricers/premos looks good on paper with no rookies on field.

My strategy also...

... But I just want to confirm that round 1 is a rolling lock-out?

[eaglesman]

I've gone the cheapest bench i possibly can and loaded up a team of midpricers/premos looks good on paper with no rookies on field.

My strategy also...

... But I just want to confirm that round 1 is a rolling lock-out?

apparently first 5 rounds rolling lockout??? is this true?

[Mr.Craig]

apparently first 5 rounds rolling lockout??? is this true?

No, that is definitely not true.