Future Priority Access Thread (Inc. Father/Son, Academy Players)

[Bornadog]

Re: Future Priority Access Thread (Inc. Father/Son, Academy Players)

Callum Twomey:

The new Academy and father-son bidding and points system will be introduced NEXT year.

Clubs have just been told the new system will not come in until 2025, however access to matching bids on NGA players will be open from pick No.1 in this year's draft.

[Happy Days]

Re: Future Priority Access Thread (Inc. Father/Son, Academy Players)

Weird that they’ve reverted but pretty funny this has mostly cooked Melbourne and the Saints and no one else.

[jazzadogs]

Re: Future Priority Access Thread (Inc. Father/Son, Academy Players)

Weird that they’ve reverted but pretty funny this has mostly cooked Melbourne and the Saints and no one else.

Very amusing, but annoying that it benefits the Bombers this year with Kako.

[azabob]

Re: Future Priority Access Thread (Inc. Father/Son, Academy Players)

I am still waiting for the media and opposition supporters to catch on and uproar on how the Lions are getting another A grade talent through the door for next to nothing in Levi Ashcroft.

Will Ashcroft dragged the lions out of the shit on Saturday night.

Two Ashcroft boys who legit as a combination will be better than the Daicos boys, if that is somehow possible.

Not to forget Jasper Fletcher who is a serious talent and one we should be trying to get to our club. He is exactly what we need.

[GVGjr]

Re: Future Priority Access Thread (Inc. Father/Son, Academy Players)

I am still waiting for the media and opposition supporters to catch on and uproar on how the Lions are getting another A grade talent through the door for next to nothing in Levi Ashcroft.

Will Ashcroft dragged the lions out of the shit on Saturday night.

Two Ashcroft boys who legit as a combination will be better than the Daicos boys, if that is somehow possible.

Not to forget Jasper Fletcher who is a serious talent and one we should be trying to get to our club. He is exactly what we need.

The Lions are trying to bring in two 1st round players in this year and Ashcroft is going to cost them a lot. Their pick 14 or whatever it ends up will be on the table.

[azabob]

Re: Future Priority Access Thread (Inc. Father/Son, Academy Players)

If Sam Marshall is an academy player for the lions why is he able to play for the Sandringham Dragons and live in Melbourne?

[Sedat]

Re: Future Priority Access Thread (Inc. Father/Son, Academy Players)

I am still waiting for the media and opposition supporters to catch on and uproar on how the Lions are getting another A grade talent through the door for next to nothing in Levi Ashcroft.

Will Ashcroft dragged the lions out of the shit on Saturday night.

Two Ashcroft boys who legit as a combination will be better than the Daicos boys, if that is somehow possible.

Not to forget Jasper Fletcher who is a serious talent and one we should be trying to get to our club. He is exactly what we need.

We at least did bid much earlier on Fletcher than the consensus expected and made Brisbane cough up

[mighty_west]

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We at least did bid much earlier on Fletcher than the consensus expected and made Brisbane cough up

In the end it was the right call, was it around pick 15 or so? He's a talent.

[Testekill]

Re: Future Priority Access Thread (Inc. Father/Son, Academy Players)

If Sam Marshall is an academy player for the lions why is he able to play for the Sandringham Dragons and live in Melbourne?

Moved down to go to Melbourne Grammar, it's a bit of a joke but the northern academies only seem to care if a player starts out in them.

[Axe Man]

Sam Darcy’s brother Will Darcy in draft frame

The best APS school footy game of all-time?

It would have to be up there.

With eight club-linked talents taking the field – including the sons of Luke Darcy (Will), Alwyn Davey (Alijah) and Ben Graham (Jack), Xavier College pulled off a stunning comeback from 38 points down at halftime against their arch-rivals Scotch College.

Xavier was kept scoreless in North Melbourne and Richmond defender Robbie Tarrant’s first quarter as coach, and the game appeared over with the scores at 51-13 at the main break.

Xavier fought back in the third to cut the deficit to 13 points, and the last quarter had everything as father-sons and academy prospects turned heads.

Carlton NGA and Oakleigh Chargers midfielder Jack Ison, one of Scotch’s best, took a strong grab and slotted he first goal of the quarter.

Collingwood NGA forward Jai Saxena has been eye-catching in the Coates Talent League for the Chargers and another dazzling play saw Xavier hit back. The exciting prospect handballed to himself to evade a tackler, gathered and put it through from deep in the pocket for his second of the day.

Then it was another Chargers and Blues NGA prospect Mingara Clark’s turn as he slotted his second goal from a set shot for Scotch to give them breathing space.

But it was Bombers father-son prospect Alijah Davey, brother of Essendon’s Alwyn Jr, who came to life to spark Xavier’s unlikely comeback.

Showing shades of his father Alwyn Sr, Alijah had the Scotch defence in a sweat with his fierce pressure and goal sense as he kicked two goals and laid some important tackles – he could have had a third major, but missed a set shot from close range.

From there it was Xavier’s Ryan Daffy who was the hero at the death.

The small forward evaded a tackler and kicked a goal on the run to level the scores, and then launched a long bomb from 50 metres which bounced through in front of the roaring Xavier faithful to put them in front.

Will Darcy, who is tied to the Western Bulldogs as a father-son but isn’t on a Coates Talent League list, had some eye-catching moments aerially in front of his famous father Luke. The key defender is considered a draft smokey by Scotch College coach James Gerstman.

“He is fascinating, he will be like his brother I think,” Gerstman said.

“I think he wants to play school footy and enjoy it, probably knowing he is going to get opportunities down the track.

“He is just a massive smokey, he plays small, he plays tall, he is good on his left and right. Very rangy but he is very interesting.”

Hawthorn NGA defender Goy Jiath, brother of Hawk Changkuoth and Magpie Tew, showed dash off halfback, while Cats father-son Jack Graham read the play nicely with some key intercept marks.

Scotch also had Kobe Williams running around, the son of former Hawthorn and Essendon sharpshooter Mark. He is tied to the Hawks as a father-son and the Western Bulldogs as an NGA prospect.

Of the non-aligned talent, Scotch and Oakleigh captain Sam Allen was everywhere and Murray Bushrangers defender Harrison Wilson took a handful of intercept marks for the home side.

For Xavier, GWV Rebel Sam Niklaus was impressive off halfback and Oakleigh chargers bottom-ager Jack Poustie had a big influence in the midfield.

TARRANT HELPS XAVS TO WIN

There was no quarter-time spray from Tarrant as he displayed the same calmness he showed down back throughout his 194-game career.

“It’s simple footy,” Tarrant told his charges at quarter time, as he instructed them to put two loose men behind the ball.

Xavier football director Dale Amos praised Tarrant’s work since joining the school two months ago and said he was critical in their comeback win.

“Robbie has been outstanding, his ability to be really clear and articulate with what he wanted from the boys but particularly the thing that stands out is his ability to connect and have great relationships with the boys,” Amos said.

“He has invested a lot in it over the summer period and getting to know the group and been very invested in them.

“Certainly on game day he has got great composure and calmness and he was able to provide really clear solutions to what we needed to adjust to change the game on the weekend.

“I thought he did an exceptional job on the weekend under a bit of duress to not waiver and fill the boys with a lot of confidence that if they stayed the course, they would be okay.

“I couldn’t speak more highly of him and how he has come in, irrelevant of the result on the weekend, he has been outstanding.”

THE CHEERSQUADS

The Xavier faithful that turned up to Scotch College were up against it early down 26-0, but you would have to give them the points across the day.

During that scoreless first term they were still boisterous, roaring ‘BALL’ to get into a Scotch defender’s head.

At the change of ends at quarter time, they walked onto the field and belted out a ‘sha-la-la-la-la-la-la’ chant like football ultras.

Both cheersquads were chanting loudly throughout the game behind the goals, but Xavier definitely had more voice and variety than Scotch’s ‘Red Army’.

After a long-range goal from Xavier’s Sam Niklaus that helped kickstart their run in the third term, they chanted proudly: ‘X-A-V-I-E-R, Xavier’.

Saxena’s stunner in the last was met with, ‘We love you ‘cause you’re a Xaverian’.

The Xavier fans proved to be the 19th man in the last – it was a sea of limbs when Daffy put through his two goals – and the players showed their appreciation by sprinting over to them after the siren

HALFTIME SPREAD

The halftime spread is a staple of APS school footy, with recruiters, parents, old boys and player agents all welcome to tuck into goodies made by volunteers and parents.

Here was what was on the menu at Scotch College: Pasta with bolognese sauce, pizza slices, sandwiches, mud cake and tea or coffee.

[Uninformed]

Bit excited about one lad, who shall remain unnamed for draft anti-hype purposes.

Should be able to find a place for him in our backline I would think.

Keep a low profile unnamed one.

[lemmon]

Bit excited about one lad, who shall remain unnamed for draft anti-hype purposes.

Should be able to find a place for him in our backline I would think.

Keep a low profile unnamed one.

The profile reads a bit Zaine Cordy-esque (not a bad thing). Have you seen much of him?

[Uninformed]

The profile reads a bit Zaine Cordy-esque (not a bad thing). Have you seen much of him?

Zaine, perhaps, unless he shoots up like his brother.

Unfortunately, I have no special insights, I am only going off what I read where I particularly like the prediction that he might turn out like his older brother. Though 'man plans while God laughs' that prospect is enough to excite a simple man like me.

[Grantysghost]

How many players tied to clubs are there nowadays.
Getting like the US, let's send all the good kids to our schools so we can win the APS title.

[jazzadogs]

How many players tied to clubs are there nowadays.
Getting like the US, let's send all the good kids to our schools so we can win the APS title.

Yeh I don't know how they refine it so they genuinely only capture kids who otherwise wouldn't have progressed/made it to AFL level.

Something like this potential #1 pick who Port are trying to claim as NGA, when their ex-afl-player dad only recently discovered he was indigenous, so they appear not to have faced the typical hurdles that society puts in front of indigenous kids...he's not been in their academy and he has been playing rep footy for longer than he knew he was indigenous. There's no way he should be linked to their academy on draft day.