2013 draft watch

[LostDoggy]

Re: 2013 draft watch

T&T, Matthew Prior - Centrals.

Watched the Dogs vs. Bays game last weekend. Matt impressed me. Really moved well and read the play down back and struck me as a similar mover to Corey Enright. Mature ager at 24 (i think).

Have you seen much, am i way off the mark, would he be a consideration as a MA rookie or suck-like?

Cheers.

[ledge]

Re: 2013 draft watch

I heard Foster wasn't available until next year he is a bottom age player isn't he ?

[Throughandthrough]

Re: 2013 draft watch

T&T, Matthew Prior - Centrals.

Watched the Dogs vs. Bays game last weekend. Matt impressed me. Really moved well and read the play down back and struck me as a similar mover to Corey Enright. Mature ager at 24 (i think).

Have you seen much, am i way off the mark, would he be a consideration as a MA rookie or suck-like?

Cheers.

I asked a few people about him


Here's two opinions

Personally I don’t think he does enough, but what he does he seems to do ok]

and

Absolutely. I think he’s had a great year at Central. He’s only 23-24. Has poise. Is good in the air and at ground level. I like him.

[Bulldog4life]

Re: 2013 draft watch

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2013-09-30/hopefuls-eye-combine-records

THE GAME'S next batch of stars will be eyeing new records when they test at this week's NAB AFL Draft Combine.

More than 100 draft hopefuls will gather at Etihad Stadium on Tuesday for the screening, which ends on Friday.

And a number of them will have new benchmarks in their sights.

Dandenong Stingrays midfielder Billy Hartung, renowned for his endurance and speed, could give Bradley Hill's 'shuttle run' record a shake.

Hill, who played in Saturday's premiership for Hawthorn, ran 16.1 in the beep test in 2011 before he was drafted.

He beat a strong group of runners, with Will Hoskin-Elliott (15.12), Tom Sheridan (15.7) and Sam Kerridge (15.5) all recording runs inside the top five of the combine's history.

Hartung, who played a key role in the Stingrays' push to the TAC Cup Grand Final, ran a 16.6 beep test during his time with the AIS-AFL Academy.

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Tim Houlihan's three-kilometre time trial record, set in 2006, seems likely to hold another year, but he will face stiff competition from Victorian midfielder Josh Kelly.

Kelly won the long-distance run last year (recording a time of nine minutes and 48 seconds) when he was 17 and vying for a position on an AFL list through the Greater Western Sydney mini-draft.

After another strong season, Kelly is ranked as one of the top prospects of this year's draft. His foot skills, combined with his elite endurance, place him as a possible top-three selection.

The Sandringham Dragon will be keen to better his 2012 effort, and will be primed for the run having had more than a month off since the Dragons' season ended.

Another Dragon, Nathan Freeman, will contend for honours in the 20-metre sprint.

This year's draft is full of midfielders but the top end has few who possess real foot speed. One of those is Freeman, whose biggest trait is his ability to win the ball at a clearance and then burst away.

The agility test is often a tightly run contest at the combine, but a player who could impress in this area is South Australian half-forward Orazio Fantasia.

Fantasia has had an impressive season for Norwood and South Australia at under-18 level, and is a quick, smart player who roams through the forward line and midfield.

A number of highly rated draft hopefuls will sit out testing this week as they recover from injury.

Clubs won't get to see Matt Scharenberg (foot), Jack Billings (knee) and Lewis Taylor (foot) test, but they will still complete psychomotor testing and be available for interviews with recruiters.

On Tuesday, all players will undergo fitness assessments and medical tests.

Wednesday will see the sprint and agility tests take place, and on Thursday morning the group will undergo the kicking, goalkicking and handball tests on the Etihad Stadium turf.

On Thursday afternoon all groups will do the beep test, before the screening will close on Friday afternoon with the three-kilometre time trial.





Is this a relation to James?

[LostDoggy]

Re: 2013 draft watch

Son i believe.

He's tiny.

[Bulldog4life]

Re: 2013 draft watch

Son i believe.

He's tiny.

Thanks for that MRM.

[Cyberdoggie]

Re: 2013 draft watch

16.6 is a fair effort on the beep test from Hartung.

I haven't seen much of his highlights yet but we really need a hard running line breaking midfielder to cover Griffen and Cooney.

This could be the area we target in the draft, and then trade for forward options.

[Mitcha]

Re: 2013 draft watch

Son i believe.

He's tiny.

Incorrect, nephew.

[LostDoggy]

Re: 2013 draft watch

Incorrect, nephew.

Cheers

[Go_Dogs]

Re: 2013 draft watch

16.6 is a fair effort on the beep test from Hartung.

I haven't seen much of his highlights yet but we really need a hard running line breaking midfielder to cover Griffen and Cooney.

This could be the area we target in the draft, and then trade for forward options.

Hartung's size works against us going for him early and he might gone in the range of our next selection but he does offer a good mix of speed and endurance which we need.

[bulldogsthru&thru]

Re: 2013 draft watch

Im starting to get worried that St Kilda might get pick 4 out of compensation for Dal Santo.....

[LostDoggy]

Re: 2013 draft watch

Saints got pick 12 as compo for Goddard. They didn't have anyone come in (Roberton was a DFA). Goddard would have got a 4 year, high paid deal which the weighting in geared towards also.

They'd be lucky to get an end of first round-mid second if they didn't bring in a free agent to offset his loss imo.

[Throughandthrough]

Re: 2013 draft watch

http://www.sanfl.com.au/news/sanfl_news/2276/

CROWEATERS AT COMBINE
By ZAC MILBANK | Twitter @zacmilbank

Highly-regarded South Australian draft targets James Aish and Trent Dumont will attend this year’s National AFL Combine amid preparing for Sunday’s SANFL Grand Final.

Important members of Norwood’s midfield unit at league level, Aish and Dumont will make an appearance on Tuesday and Wednesday before heading back to Adelaide.

Redlegs team-mate Orazio Fantasia – seeking to force his way back into the first 21- is on a similar schedule while mature-age Rooster Nathan Gordon will also spend Tuesday night in Melbourne.

Both Norwood and North Adelaide will conduct their main training sessions at AAMI Stadium on Wednesday night. It is expected all players will return for this session.

Glenelg’s Jake Pitt – preparing for the Reserves Grand Final – will also be following the same script.

Four of the Under-18s playing in Sunday’s Macca’s Cup Grand Final will spend Wednesday and Thursday at the National Combine, which is being held at Etihad Stadium from Tuesday through to Friday.

Eagles pair Cameron Giles and Malcolm Karpany, together with North Adelaide duo George Hewett and Alex Spina, will spend Wednesday night in Victoria.

Central District’s Josh Glenn has confirmed he has declined the invitation to attend the National Combine.

Players will be measured and tested in a variety of disciplines, with the addition of an eye-sight examination this year.

On Wednesday, players will hit Etihad Stadium to have their sprint and agility ability recorded before having their skills put under the microscope the next day.

On Thursday, they will undergo the Matthew Lloyd clean hands/handpassing test, the Nathan Buckley kicking test and the Brad Johnson goal kicking test.

On the last day, players will have their endurance measured with the 3km time trial.

AFL recruiting scouts and coaches will also conduct interviews with the prospective draftees throughout the four-day event.

‘’It’s (AFL Combine) basically to gather a bit of data on them with the testing side of it,’’ SANFL High Performance Manager Brenton Phillips said.

‘’The clubs have got a lot of that anyway but what it does do is provide the 18 AFL coaches a chance to meet them (players) for the first time.

‘’They (AFL coaches) will all be there in attendance, the assistant coaches will meet them and so will the fitness staff and they will grill them about certain aspects of the game. It will reaffirm the (AFL Draft) pecking order.’’

Injured players such as Eagles pair Luke Dunstan (ankle) and Riley Knight (knee) will attend the whole event but won’t be able to participate in some physical drills.

SANFL AFL COMBINE ATTENDEES

Whole Event
Matt Scharenberg (Glenelg)
Josh Miller (Glenelg)
Mitch Harvey (North)
Sean Lemmens (Port)
Luke Reynolds (Port)
Darcy Hourigan (South)
James Battersby (Sturt)
Dwayne Wilson (Sturt)
Zac Bates (West)
Luke Dunstan (Eagles)
Riley Knight (Eagles)

Tuesday/Wednesday
James Aish (Norwood)
Trent Dumont (Norwood)
Orazio Fantasia (Norwood)
Nathan Gordon (North)
Jake Pitt (Glenelg)

Wednesday/Thursday
George Hewett (North)
Alex Spina (North)
Cameron Giles (Eagles)
Malcolm Karpany (Eagles)

Not Attending
Josh Glenn (Central

[Mofra]

Re: 2013 draft watch

Saints got pick 12 as compo for Goddard. They didn't have anyone come in (Roberton was a DFA). Goddard would have got a 4 year, high paid deal which the weighting in geared towards also.

That is the equivalent of Pick #4 though under the same compensation - it's based on ladder position.
Havign said that, who would be crazy enough to give Dal a 4 year deal on $700k?

Our second round pick will be pick 25 at this rate - Essendon must be spewing

[bulldogsthru&thru]

Re: 2013 draft watch

That is the equivalent of Pick #4 though under the same compensation - it's based on ladder position.
Havign said that, who would be crazy enough to give Dal a 4 year deal on $700k?

Our second round pick will be pick 25 at this rate - Essendon must be spewing

Is there the possibility to give end-of first round picks for free agent compensation?