2019 Draft Watch

[GVGjr]

Re: 2019 Draft Watch

Another good selection with Riley Garcia


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He measured in at 176.9cm and 70.4kg

[Axe Man]

Re: 2019 Draft Watch

Another good selection with Riley Garcia

Hopefully Mjp can give us an insight into young Riley.

[Bornadog]

Re: 2019 Draft Watch

Cats picking up pick 11 next year for 27 is amazing for them. GC must have really loved Sharp.

Got this explanation for this move:

The Suns still have a first and 2 seconds in 2020 plus a strong Academy class. Next year’s Draft is compromised with half the players tied to other clubs and the overall talent consider below this year. Plus, the Suns really wanted this kid in the first round.

[hujsh]

Re: 2019 Draft Watch

And we have passed with our second pick in the 60s

[Axe Man]

Re: 2019 Draft Watch

And we have passed with our second pick in the 60s

I didn’t understand that - didn’t we only have 3 picks/list spots?

[The Doctor]

Re: 2019 Draft Watch

AFL website has been appalling with the draft selections blog. Amateur hour. Not even mentioning a number of draft picks or trades.

Must be cutting costs to fill out those fat wallets of the executives.

[GVGjr]

Re: 2019 Draft Watch

Surprised that Mitch O'Neil wasn't selected but he should be snapped up by a club today
The pre-season and rookie draft will be completed in quick time

Jack Martin will obviously become a blue

[jazzadogs]

Re: 2019 Draft Watch

Can anyone explain why St Kilda and West Coast only made two selections? I thought teams must make a minimum three selections in the national draft?

[Rocco Jones]

Re: 2019 Draft Watch

Can anyone explain why St Kilda and West Coast only made two selections? I thought teams must make a minimum three selections in the national draft?

I think you have to have three spots clear not draft three. They have a free spot to take, extra rookie, DFA or SPP (hope I got acronyms right).

[Mofra]

Re: 2019 Draft Watch

I think you have to have three spots clear not draft three. They have a free spot to take, extra rookie, DFA or SPP (hope I got acronyms right).

Yep - can clubs can go into a season with one spot on their list short if they choose to take one extra rookie instead. A fair bit of flexibility for clubs these days

[Mofra]

Re: 2019 Draft Watch

Another good selection with Riley Garcia


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He measured in at 176.9cm and 70.4kg

Looks zippy in his highlights. I wonder what role we see him playing when his rehab is finished?

[The Doctor]

Re: 2019 Draft Watch

I like the Garcia pick. Thought he was excellent for WA so much so that when he injured his knee I thought that it could cost them the title. It will be interesting to see what role we have in mind for him. He does bring the ball into the forward nicely which is an area we need to improve. So maybe midfield/half forward.

[Axe Man]

Re: 2019 Draft Watch

Rookie draft just took place, nothing too exciting happened, mostly players re-drafted by their clubs. In total there was only 14 new faces who entered the AFL system via the rookie draft. There was three recycled AFL players picked - Ben Keays, Mitch Hibberd, Ben Crocker.

1 Gold Coast Suns Joshua Schoenfeld
2 Melbourne Passed
3 Carlton Josh Honey
4 Sydney Swans Brady Rowles
5 St Kilda Jack Bell
6 Fremantle Jarvis Pina
7 Adelaide Ben Keays
8 Port Adelaide Jake Pasini
9 Hawthorn Emerson Jeka
10 Essendon Mitchell Hibberd
11 West Coast Eagles Anthony Treacy
12 Brisbane Lions Samuel Skinner
13 Collingwood Passed
14 Geelong Cats Bradley Close
15 GWS Giants Jake Stein
16 Gold Coast Suns Connor Budarick
17 Melbourne Passed
18 Carlton Fraser Phillips
19 Sydney Swans Jack Maibaum
20 Fremantle Thomas North
21 Adelaide Ben Crocker
22 Port Adelaide Trent Burgoyne
23 Hawthorn Passed
24 Essendon Passed
25 West Coast Eagles Mitch O'Neill
26 Brisbane Lions Corey Lyons
27 Geelong Cats Oscar Brownless
28 GWS Giants Thomas Sheridan
29 Gold Coast Suns Matt Conroy
30 Fremantle Hugh Dixon
31 Adelaide Passed
32 Port Adelaide Boyd Woodcock
33 West Coast Eagles Brendon Ah Chee
34 Brisbane Lions Archie Smith
35 Geelong Cats Lachlan Henderson
36 GWS Giants Zachary Sproule
37 Gold Coast Suns Malcolm Rosas
38 Port Adelaide Riley Grundy
39 West Coast Eagles Hamish Brayshaw

[Axe Man]

Re: 2019 Draft Watch

Jack Martin to Carlton and Michael Hartley to Hawthorn in the pre-season draft, as expected.

North have signed Josh Walker as a delisted free agent.

[Mofra]

Re: 2019 Draft Watch

Josh Honey is an interesting pick - Jets boy, elite tackler.