Robey's Season Average Is 28. His Last Two Scores Are 69 and 68. The Registry Has Said Buy for Four Rounds Running.
Robey's season average of 28 is hiding a 68-69 run. At $209k-ish with a 31 BE and positive cash gen, the registry has said buy for four rounds. Here's why the market is still sleeping on him.
Robey's Season Average Is 28. His Last Two Scores Are 69 and 68. The Registry Has Said Buy for Four Rounds Running.
This is what a lagged average hiding a live buy signal looks like.
If you're scanning Sullivan Robey's season stats and seeing a 28 average, you're reading the wrong number. The signal is in the last two rounds, not the season line.
Is Sullivan Robey worth picking up SuperCoach 2026?
Sullivan Robey didn't play Rounds 1, 2, or 3. His debut came in Round 5 — 28 from his first AFL outing, cleared his 25 BE, but nothing you could project off confidently. Round 6 he posted 50 in a tight 9-point loss to Gold Coast, the buy call came in, and his midfield role at Essendon started clarifying.
Round 7 dropped back to 25. Then things changed.
Round 8: 69 in Essendon's home loss to Brisbane. A top-4 side in a 64-point belting — every point earned against quality opposition, not garbage-time inflation. Round 9: 68 away at GWS in a 14-point loss. Two consecutive genuine contested scores, back to back, neither of them flattering fixtures.
The registry's call after Round 9: "Two consecutive 68-69s confirms this is not a fluke — he has staked out a real midfield role at Essendon."
What the numbers look like at $209k-ish
- BE: 31 — cleared comfortably in Rounds 8 and 9
- Cash gen: +$2,080/week — running positive
- Perkins status: still locked out, unable to displace Robey since debut
- Season avg: 28 — dragged down by three non-playing rounds and a conservative R5 debut
That 28 sc_avg is what makes him look risky on paper. Compare it to his 31 BE and it reads like a price drift situation. It's not — not with 69 and 68 sitting on the recent board.
Why the market is still sleeping on him
This is the classic verdict anomaly: the season average tells one story, the recent form tells another, and low ownership means the price hasn't moved to reflect the latter yet.
He debuted at $167.5k-ish and was correctly flagged as a midfield-congestion risk through the early rounds. Essendon's pipeline is deep. The watch call was right then. But Perkins has not got a look-in, Brad Scott has been post-match effusive about Robey's work rate, and the back-to-back 68-69 line is the confirmation trigger the registry was waiting for.
At $209.1k he's still cheap for a confirmed mid role. The cash gen machine is running. The runway to ceiling pricing is real.
The verdict
Buy. Four consecutive buy calls on the registry since Round 6 doesn't happen by accident.
If you've been watching him waiting for a third straight 60+ score — that just happened. The season average is noise. The last two scores are the signal.
Updated: 2 June 2026. Data sourced from RookieBible intel registry.
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