2025 Draft Watch

[Bornadog]

Twomey suggested Josh Lindsay is now in that 10-15 range. He’s not one I’ve paid any attention too but is suppose to have a lethal left boot

did you know Brisbane didn't have one left footer in the GF. First time since I think the 1940s.

[Willow18]

did you know Brisbane didn't have one left footer in the GF. First time since I think the 1940s.

Yeah I heard that today, what a wild stat haha

[Willow18]

Bit of a different one, but just as a way to try and see how everything sits, I did a bit of a mock draft.

- where team name is replaced by “traded”, doesn’t mean it gets traded just that it potentially could be traded. example: Crows chasing Petracca, Saints chasing Flanders, Suns doing god knows what with Petracca & points

Assumption that Eagles, Dons & blues all get band 1 compensation.


ROUND ONE

1. Traded - Willem Duursma
2. Gold Coast - Zeke Uwland (Aca)
3. West Coast - Duff-Tytler /Sharp
4. Richmond - Sullivan Robey
5. Brisbane - Dan Annable (Aca)
6. Traded - Xavier Taylor
7. Essendon - Duff-Tytler /Sharp
8. Gold Coast - Dylan Patterson (Aca)
9. Essendon - Grlj /Cumming /Farrow
10. Traded - Grlj /Cumming /Farrow
11. Carlton - Harry Dean (F/S)
12. Traded - Schubert /Marsh
13. Traded - Grlj /Cumming /Farrow
14. Traded - Lindsay /Greeves /Taylor
15. Sydney - Schubert /Marsh
16. Western Bulldogs - Lachy Dovaston
17. Fremantle - Lindsay /Greeves /Taylor
18. Greater Western Sydney - Greeves /Taylor
19. Traded - Jevan Phillipou
20. Traded - Noah Hibbins-Hargreaves
21. Sydney - Max King (Aca)
22. West Coast - Harley Barker
23. Essendon - Adam Sweid (Aca)
24. Geelong - Archie Ludowyke

[Willow18]

Pick 4&6 could easily be one of Cumming/Grlj as well but then Dons just take Robey/Taylor I would imagine. And not much needs to go our way to give us a really hard choice to make on the night.

guys left after the first round (no F/S, Aca):

1. Cameron Nairn - fwd (SA)
2. Blake Thredgold - key back (SA)
3. Latrelle Pickett - small fwd (SA)
4. Louis Emmett - ruck
5. Matt LeRay - mid (SA)
6. Blake Oudshoorn-Bennier - def (SA)
7. Avery Thomas - def (Tas)
8. Jack Dalton - mid
9. Sam Swadling - mid (WA)
10. Riley Onley - mid
11. Rory Wright - def/mid
12. Talor Byrne - small fwd
13. Fred Rodriguez - mid (WA)
14. Thomas Burton - def/mid
15. Cody Curtin - key def (WA)
16. Max Kondogiannis - key back

[Axe Man]

did you know Brisbane didn't have one left footer in the GF. First time since I think the 1940s.

Clearly that's where we are going wrong - too many left footers!

[The_Bont]

Sorry to post about a Richmond podcast - but the guy from that Reading the Play website was on last night explaining through the phantom draft he released. Not a bad listen if you’ve got the time:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7Mued80hPY

[GVGjr]

Sorry to post about a Richmond podcast - but the guy from that Reading the Play website was on last night explaining through the phantom draft he released. Not a bad listen if you’ve got the time:

All good. Very informative phantom draft.
For the Dogs, Farrow is a really good player with fantastic kicking skills but my preference with the players available would have been Grlj Dovaston, or Oskar Taylor.

You could certainly see Farrow taking a lot of kick-ins for a senior side

[Bornadog]

All good. Very informative phantom draft.
For the Dogs, Farrow is a really good player with fantastic kicking skills but my preference with the players available would have been Grlj Dovaston, or Oskar Taylor.

The Age draft order have Dovaston at 16 - read here for full list

16. Lachy Dovaston

Blackburn/Eastern Ranges/Victoria Metro
Forward, 177cm, 29/5/2007
Talent League U18 stats (avg): 16.1 disposals, 5 tackles, 2.4 goals
U18 champs stats (avg): 12.8 disposals, 5 contested possessions, 2.3 goals
2025 All-Australian
Dovaston is almost universally regarded as the best small forward up for grabs in this year’s draft. He works hard up and down the ground, kicked multiple goals in 13 of his 16 Talent League outings, and his defensive commitment and selflessness have improved considerably. Dovaston’s excellent VFL performance for Box Hill Hawks only added to his appeal, so don’t be surprised if he makes an instant impact in the AFL.

[doggies ftw]

I really like Dovastan but thinking about it, we’re likely going to be spending up for El Souki next year, now we know we will have access. He really is a big talent, can we afford to spend first rounders on small forwards in consecutive drafts considering our backline needs?

I really really want to get up to GCs pick and target Taylor. Been watching a lot of footage on him this morning and I just love his competitiveness, think he can impact early and we’ve really lacked a gun interceptor for a while now. Think he really projects as a Josh Battle type.

[Jasper]

Sorry to post about a Richmond podcast - but the guy from that Reading the Play website was on last night explaining through the phantom draft he released. Not a bad listen if you’ve got the time:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7Mued80hPY

I like the fact that you are sharing the thoughts of others but assuming you're a Doggies man what are your thoughts on who we should be looking at?

[Willow18]

I really like Dovastan but thinking about it, we’re likely going to be spending up for El Souki next year, now we know we will have access. He really is a big talent, can we afford to spend first rounders on small forwards in consecutive drafts considering our backline needs?

I really really want to get up to GCs pick and target Taylor. Been watching a lot of footage on him this morning and I just love his competitiveness, think he can impact early and we’ve really lacked a gun interceptor for a while now. Think he really projects as a Josh Battle type.

I’ve had this thought as well, I’ve not seen anything on El Souki, or read about any insights into the 2026 draft, but I’ve heard it’s stronger than this years and full of non-mid types.

if we’re targeting Suns pick, I hope it’s not for Taylor as I’ve got no confidence of him lasting to the Suns pick!

[GVGjr]

From Code Sports

Western Bulldogs midfielder Adam Treloar also joined the Bulldogs recruiting team in the room for interviews, including with West Australian potential first-round prospect Jacob Farrow.

“He was just there if I wanted to ask him any questions about his experience. It was pretty cool to see a really good player sitting in front of you,” Farrow said.

Anyone doubting that Treloar isn't invested in the club should have a rethink.

[The_Bont]

I like the fact that you are sharing the thoughts of others but assuming you're a Doggies man what are your thoughts on who we should be looking at?

I do really like Farrow. But there's rumours that Sharp might slide. If so, I'd take him in a heartbeat

[Bornadog]

From Code Sports

Western Bulldogs midfielder Adam Treloar also joined the Bulldogs recruiting team in the room for interviews, including with West Australian potential first-round prospect Jacob Farrow.

“He was just there if I wanted to ask him any questions about his experience. It was pretty cool to see a really good player sitting in front of you,” Farrow said.

Anyone doubting that Treloar isn't invested in the club should have a rethink.

Treloar is brilliant with young players. You can see how he is happy to mentor them and even take them in to live with him.

[Jasper]

I do really like Farrow. But there's rumours that Sharp might slide. If so, I'd take him in a heartbeat

I've noticed a couple of phantom drafts saying the same., I've watched a couple of highlights based on what you have said and I agree he would be a strong selection for us.