Categories : FANTASY Tags : 2019 AFL Fantasy 2019 SuperCoach AFL AFL Fantasy AFL Fantasy News AFLRATINGS Dayne Beams Jack Bowes Jackson Hately Jarrod Harbrow Jarryn Geary Kade Simpson Lachie Whitfield Matt Crouch Patrick Dangerfield … When the surgeon told him he might never recapture the spring and agility that had seen him emerge as one of the most exciting rebounding defenders in the AFL in 2017, the Greater Western Sydney star freaked out.But he needn’t have worried. On the Medical Watch, going inside the knee to see what happened in the devastating injury for Chicago Bears tight end Zach Miller. "He's a tough, young man and fought through pretty valiantly but it got to the stage where we thought a weekend off might help him. Greater Western Sydney are set to be without running back Zac Williams as they aim to bust their MCG hoodoo this week against Melbourne.Star onballer Stephen Coniglio is in the frame to return from a finger injury while defender Aidan Corr is available after missing a fortnight with an ankle injury.With his dash from defence, Williams would be a key to the Giants' hopes of improving their dreadful record at the grand final venue.GWS, one of the leading fancies for this year's premiership, have won just two of 16 games at the MCG. “My understanding is Zac Williams is a player North Melbourne will have a really good crack at,” Ralph said. Zac Williams is a superstar of the competition, and a must consider option for your supercoach team.Zac Williams is a supercoach gun and is capable of pulling some huge scores.Zac Williams misses the occasional week with a slight niggle, which can be very annoying for supercoaches. So he has done a hell of a lot of that, a lot of vision, a lot of conversation and a lot of breakdown drills.“I’m pretty hard on him on his defensive game as opposed to his offensive game because I know that comes naturally to him. THE GWS Giants have suffered a huge pre-season injury blow, with gun running defender Zac Williams ruled out for most of this season. He is outstanding one v one but he needs to continue to work on it, but it is something that he prides himself on.”Williams isn’t the only player in GWS’ defence who has focused on that area of his game this year. Williams returned in half that time, stunning the football world when he was recalled for last year’s elimination final against crosstown rivals Sydney after two just games back in the NEAFL.And it wasn’t just the fact he returned so quickly, it was the manner in which he returned — he tore the Swans to shreds on the SCG — collecting 23 disposals, nine marks and 489 metres gained in his first AFL game of the year.It was an important milestone along a journey that has the 24-year-old from the Riverina in All-Australian contention following an eye-catching start to 2019.While Jeremy Cameron has been the best forward in the game this year and Stephen Coniglio has emerged as Brownlow Medal contender, Williams has starred down back, averaging 24.4 disposals, 6.3 rebound 50s and 485.3 metres gained to be the sixth highest ranked general defender, according to Champion Data.Eight months on from his return to football, Williams believes he matured through that adversity as a person and a football, growing even closer to his mum, Joy O’Hara, who moved in with him for a couple of weeks after the injury and left him with the belief he could return better than ever before she returned home.“The first couple of months when I was on crutches and in a boot was the toughest time because I knew I’d had a full pre-season before I did my Achilles — and I was coming off my best season of footy in 2017 — so I thought to myself that I was going to have a big pre-season and another big year, so I really struggled,” Williams told foxsports.com.au this week.“Once I started to be able to train and get back into the footy side of things I found it a lot easier. "We've had some scans but we haven't got them back yet … we'll know more over the next 24 hours," football manager Wayne Campbell said. GWS Giants defender Zac Williams will be sidelined for an extended period. He's a very popular selection and will be a reliable point scoring machine. "It doesn't seem like it's a bad hamstring so we'll just have to wait to get the scans back and then we'll make a diagnosis from there but he'd have to be in a little bit of doubt this weekend. Zac Williams is also likely to be not risked by GWS at the slightest hint of a minor injury.