2018 Draft Watch

[AndrewP6]

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One of my former students, Mitch Riordan played with the Country side. Injured himself, apparently. I hope he gets a gig somewhere. Great, great kid. I taught him in Prep. Jeez I'm getting old.

[mjp]

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Why is Jarryd Cameron highlighted?

Because he is Charlie Cameron's brother of course!

[Twodogs]

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Because he is Charlie Cameron's brother of course!

And we can't have have him wearing 33 obviously.

[Dancin' Douggy]

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Two good games.

Keep an eye on Connor McFadyen, Graham, Koschitzke, Coleman and Scott for the Allies and Munn, Rozee, Hately, Lukousis, Rankine and Valente for SA. Nietschke could be one to watch as well.

Are any of these games televised? FOXTEL?

[Bornadog]

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Are any of these games televised? FOXTEL?

Live on Foxtel

[choconmientay]

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Chris Doerre - AFL Draft Wrap: Bailey Smith the premier mid in this year's class?

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Moving into the top-10 conversation, Western Bulldogs father-son prospect Rhylee West continued his exceptional vein of form. Demonstrating strength through the hips to stand up and break tackles and the agility and acceleration to burst away from the contest, West has consolidated himself as one of this year's premier midfielders. The powerful ball-winner posted 20 disposals, eight contested possessions, five clearances and two score assists.

[choconmientay]

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HS, Gary Buckenara - TOP 10 PLAYERS TO WATCH IN THE 2018 UNDER-18 CHAMPIONSHIPS

TARRYN THOMAS (Allies)

Midfield, 189cm, 73kg

A North Melbourne academy player who looks to be a very good prospect. Watch him closely through the midfield as he’s a smart playmaker with some exciting traits. It will be a real bonus for the Kangaroos to be able to add a potential star of the future to their list at the end of the year. He will cost them their first-round pick.

NICK BLAKEY (Allies)

Forward/midfielder, 195cm, 80kg

The son of former Kangaroo and Swan John Blakey, Nick can can play in the midfield, up forward and down back. He's a tremendous athlete and a very smart footballer and that versatility only adds to his appeal. He looks to be a very good player in the making. He’s eligible as a father-son for both North Melbourne and Sydney but has selected the Swans as his preferred club. Will most likely cost Sydney their first-round selection.

JACK LUKOSIUS (South Australia)

Tall forward, 193cm, 84kg

Lukosius certainly didn’t do his chances of being the No.1 draft pick in November any harm with a very polished display in game one of the under-18 championships, as well as his match-winning goal last weekend. The 196cm prospect is a beautiful kick of the ball and has showcased his range of skills and his versatility in his carnival matches so far. I really like him and I’m sure if he doesn’t end up going No.1, then he’ll be very close.

IZAK RANKINE (South Australia)

Midfielder, 180cm, 76kg

With a combination of speed and uncanny goal sense and just the way he moves around the ground, Rankine is one of the most exciting talents to emerge from South Australia in recent seasons. He’s been playing senior SANFL football for two years now and was an All- Australian as a bottom-age player last year. I expect he will be taken very early in the 2018 draft.

SAM WALSH (Vic Country)

Midfielder, 183cm, 74kg

Walsh is a lightly-framed player who will showcase some nice outside run and skill throughout the championships. In my opinion, he will develop into a very nice midfielder who will win his share of ball inside, when he gets a bigger and stronger body, and because of his athleticism and skill, he will be dangerous on the outside as well. I think he will be an early pick at this year’s draft.

BAILEY SMITH (Vic Metro)

Midfielder, 185cm, 82kg

Bailey is an elite decision-maker who reads the play well and has a good outside game. He’s a hard worker in games and I’m sure those who watch him will notice his work rate and hard transitional running to defence and in attack, which is so important in the modern game. I’m sure Bailey will have a lot of interest from clubs come November’s draft.

BEN KING and MAX KING (Vic Metro)

Forward/ruck, 202cm, 85kg

It’s not often twins with this amount of ability and size come onto the scene and while Max unfortunately tore his ACL earlier this year, he will still be a first-round pick. Ben is also going to provide spectators of the championships with a view of his talents (very similar to his brother’s), of which he has plenty. He is a great size and possesses athleticism, skill, clean hands and versatility. There’s no doubt Ben and Max will be highly sought-after players.

IAN HILL (Western Australia)

Forward/midfielder, 175cm, 76kg

Some nice bloodlines here as the Western Australian prospect is the cousin of Fremantle’s Stephen and Bradley Hill. Ian is a clever small forward/midfielder with speed and goal sense. He can flash in and out of games and probably needs to work on his endurance but Hill can be very exciting in bursts. I’m not sure where he sits in this year’s draft as yet, I’ll know more after the championships but he certainly has AFL traits clubs are looking for.

CONNOR ROZEE (South Australia)

Midfielder, 185cm, 71kg

Another South Australian prospect that is one to watch. Rozee is a clever player with a good combination of speed and endurance and has good skills to go with his sound decision- making. I like the way he goes about his football and he should be another South Australian called out reasonably early at the draft.

[bulldogtragic]

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Chris Doerre - AFL Draft Wrap: Bailey Smith the premier mid in this year's class?

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Gunna need some even more draft points then. Top 10 conversation is a big deal from Chris.

[Happy Days]

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From the games last weekend I want Bailey Smith - tough and skillful, and can hit the scoreboard. Has amazing hair too.

[divvydan]

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Looking at the 4 teams below us, all of them need mids as much as, if not more than, KPP. Could well mean Smith and Walsh go in the top 4 with say Lukosius and one of King/King/Rankine maybe.

[kruder]

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Gunna need some even more draft points then. Top 10 conversation is a big deal from Chris.

If he is close to top 10 then you would doubt we can keep pick 5 also.

[kruder]

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Two good games.

Keep an eye on Connor McFadyen, Graham, Koschitzke, Coleman and Scott for the Allies and Munn, Rozee, Hately, Lukousis, Rankine and Valente for SA. Nietschke could be one to watch as well.

Saw a few Highlights of Rozee gee he is a talent like him at ground level and looks to have speed and skill. Does he win much of the footy?

[GVGjr]

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Saw a few Highlights of Rozee gee he is a talent like him at ground level and looks to have speed and skill. Does he win much of the footy?

He can, but it's more about what he does when he has the ball. He has the ability to play some exhilarating footy at times.

[Bulldog4life]

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Is there any chance West will be nominated before our pick 5 ? He just seems to be improving each match.

[bulldogtragic]

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If he is close to top 10 then you would doubt we can keep pick 5 also.

It shouldn't be too much of an issue if Dahl got us at least a second rounder, and Wallis & Roughead got us at least third rounders. Plus some trading in additional points. But we've got to move these players of value on, the three names above have media links to other clubs already.

If West goes at 10 & Khamis 30, that's before discounts, 2,000 draft points. The above is 1,600 draft points, so add in our pick 41 and that's 2,000 points (I'll leave the discount out for this post). So we can do it, 'it' being getting a top 5 kid, a top 10 kid and a top 30 kid. Then still having picks 59 & 60. Then we still have two more academy players, if we want to match bids on them, and the option to upgrade any of Gowers, NMM or Lynch if so chose. So we may not have to take a bunch of late picks at the ND. So something like:

Pick 5, West, Khamis, Pick 59, Pick 60 - Later picks may include NGA's Dawson & Chatfield, rookie upgrade/s.

So we could cover 7-8 players exiting: Wallis, Roughy, Dahl, Campbell, Honeychurch, Picken (retired), Smith (retired)