Toast Welcome to St.Kilda - RYAN BYRNES!

You and Johnny should get a room so you can snuggle up together

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To think the Government is paying you to sit there posting this crap ,
Hey Risky, get your plunger and head to Room 426 – that bloke who ordered the “All You Can Eat Curry Banquet” last night has been ringing reception non-stop since 7:30 this morning!!! :grin:
 
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Here is a write up .SOrr y if someone already posted .Cant get a video up .

Height181cmWeight80kgCurrent TeamSandringham Dragons, Vic MetroBirthdayMay 3, 2001
DRAFT ANALYSIS: “As consistent as they come, Byrnes is a hard-nosed and tireless small midfielder made of leadership material.”
YOU would be hard-pressed to find many more consistent Under-18 players in 2019 than Sandringham Dragons skipper, Ryan Byrnes. The competitive midfielder held his own in the star-studded Dragons midfield early on, before taking over to become the number one ball winner and earn a sole Vic Metro outing. He averaged 25.4 disposals across 15 NAB League outings after averaging a tick over 20 in his 12 bottom-age games, while also helping school side St Bede’s to its first ever Herald Sun Shield title. Importantly, he was the one to stand up across what was a disappointing finals series for Sandringham, not wavering from his usual output and displaying outstanding on-field leadership to cap off a great year. He may not have the eye-catching traits of some of his Sandringham and Vic Metro teammates, but Byrnes has quality in so many aspects and will provide great value for any team looking for a safe bet after the second round.
STRENGTHS:
Accumulation
Consistency
Five-step burst
Work rate
Dual-sided
Leadership
IMPROVEMENTS:
Kicking at speed
Scoreboard impact
A typical passage of play from Byrnes usually involves aggressively prizing the contested ball, breaking clear with his deceptive pace and delivering inside 50. There lies Byrnes’ biggest strengths and one area of improvement, outlining his clearance winning ability and nippy five-step burst, with the all-important kick forward undoing his good work at times. Byrnes improved his 20m sprint time down to 3.024 seconds to really highlight that acceleration, but his testing results do not so-much credit his on-field agility or endurance. That is not to say he tested badly in those areas, but Byrnes’ agility in traffic and ability to cover the ground are both key features of his game. His work-rate bodes well for winning a good split of inside and outside ball, while solidifying his status as a true accumulator. You know what you are going to get from Byrnes too, as his effort is consistent over each week – having over 26 disposals in nine games and just one outlier of 13 touches. He managed to step it up in the finals as well, willing himself on to average 28 disposals across the three games while his side was down on form. One standout trait that Byrnes has compared to many others is his dual-sidedness which he shows time and time again when exciting a stoppage, able to lean to either side of his body to kick inside 50.
One of the areas Byrnes could further extend his game to is the scoreboard, with much of his play coming in setting up others. His kicking on the run needs improving, with the depth and accuracy not quite there as he breaks away towards the 50m arc. In adding penetration and a finished product, Byrnes could easily become an extremely damaging clearance winner who can bomb long goals from the middle. As it stands, Byrnes is a part of the raft of players hedged for selection just past the second round, but seems a hard-working type and will be sure to just sharpen up his game at the next level given he is already relatively solid across the board.
DRAFT PROJECTION: Third round onwards

NAB League Boys
SeasonTeamKHBDMCPUPTHOCLRI50R50GLGMKHDMHOTGDC
2018Sandringham Dragons1301112414511613054044401611210.89.320.13.80.04.50.182
2019Sandringham Dragons1991823815318020852081842261513.312.125.43.50.03.50.4106
Total-3292936229829633810601251243872712.210.923.03.60.03.90.3188
Under 18s Championships
SeasonTeamKHBDMCPUPTHOCLRI50R50GLGMKHDMHOTGDC
2019Vic Metro8614310410400018.06.014.03.00.01.00.057
Total-8614310410400018.06.014.03.00.01.00.057
Results
September 14, 2019
(Preliminary Finals)
109 - 34
Ikon Park
OAKLEIGH CHARGERS VS SANDRINGHAM DRAGONS

Headshot of 2019 AFL Draft Prospect Ryan Byrnes

Ryan Byrnes
Medium Midfielder
Draft Range: 30 - 80
Player Info
CLUB
Sandringham Dragons
JUNIOR CLUB
Beaumaris
SCHOOL
St Bede's College
DATE OF BIRTH
3rd May 2001
HEIGHT
181cm
WEIGHT
80kg
POSITION
Midfielder
DRAFT RANGE
30 - 80
Player Bio
Medium midfielder who has had an outstanding year with the Sandringham Dragons with his prolific ball winning ability (particularly at stoppages) a real feature of his game. Has very good game sense and creativity with his hands and has developed his leadership skills across the season, captaining his side in the NAB League. He had a taste of representative football playing one game for Vic Metro, winning 14 possessions and has been an ultra-consistent performer at club level averaging 25.6 disposals, 3.5 marks and 3.5 tackles across 15 games. Another prominent member of St Bede’s which won its first ever Herald Sun Shield final this year.
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U18 Carnival
GAMES
1
TEAM
Vic Metro
Disposals (average)
TOTAL
14
EFFICIENCY
64.3%
KICKS
8.0
EFFICIENCY
50.0%
HANDBALLS
6.0
EFFICIENCY
83.3%
Scores (total)
GOALS
0
BEHINDS
0
SCORE ASSISTS
1
Stoppages (average)
CLEARANCES
4.0
TACKLES
1.0
HITOUTS
0.0
Possessions (average)
CONTESTED
10.0
UNCONTESTED
4.0
 

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Hope the guy becomes the player we want - if he does it has come out of the blue.
According to the reports he has been our most outstanding player in the 2nds games played.
Which is huge really because we had guys who actually played in our seniors not getting the accolades this kid got - Phillips , Savage , McKenzie , Roberton , Webster , Sinclair , Langlands , Parker , Dunstan and Hind.

If this kid can win his own ball and get a lot of it , we will have a future midfielder you can use.
I still believe Gresham can still improve a lot as a midfielder and Hunter Clark has the class to make it as well.
 

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When I was in grade 6 there (they closed the primary section the year after, 1977), we did a survey. 1/3 of the class were St Kilda Supporters
As any Haileybury man can tell you, if the numbers were done by a St Bede's boy, they are probably wrong........ ;)
 
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can anyone get this sotry

SAINTS HAND DEBUT TO FORMER SANDY DRAGON RYAN BYRNES from the herald sun
Ex-Dragon Ryan Byrnes to make AFL debut for St Kilda
Sandringham Dragons coach Josh Bourke says the club’s 2019 captain and best and fairest Ryan Byrnes ‘will get everything out of himself’ in his AFL career.

For a few months people have been asking Sandringham Dragons coach Josh Bourke what St Kilda will get from 2019 draftee Ryan Byrnes.
“He’ll get everything out of himself,’’ Bourke answers every time.

Byrnes captained the Dragons and won their best and fairest last year, prompting the Saints to take him at No 52 in the national draft.

He’ll make his AFL debut on Monday night against Adelaide, and Bourke says he’s certain Byrnes has earned his call-up.

The way he tells it, the midfielder/small forward has had to earn every accolode that his come his way in football.

“I mean this with absolute respect to Ryan, but he’s never been handed anything,’’ Bourke said.

“He’s had to work for everything, and as I’ve been saying to St Kilda supporters, he’ll eke every little last bit out of himself. We heard really good things pre-season about how he was tracking and the way he’d acclimatised to the AFL, and now he’s going to get his chance. We’re really excited for him.’’

Byrnes started last season out of the Vic Metro set-up, but forced his way into the national championships.

He averaged 26 possessions in the NAB League, and figured in St Bede’s College’s breakthrough Herald Sun Shield victory.

In 2018 he had sped through the ranks as a bottom-age player.

Byrnes played junior football with St Paul’s McKinnon. When he was selected to represent the South Metro league at Under 15 level, it was in the ‘Pool B’ team (ditto for fellow 2020 AFL debutant Louis Butler).

“From I can gather he sort of came a little bit out of nowhere in his 17th year at the Dragons … by the end of the year they were picking him and couldn’t live without him,’’ Bourke said.

“When I arrived last year he stood out from day one, to be honest. Clearly he was a very good player. He trained well, applied himself well. He was a little bit stung at that stage that he hadn’t been included in the Metro hub. But he had that resolve to get there. And he did.’’

His strengths?

“He’s powerful, which is a funny word to use for a small forward/mid,’’ Bourke said.

“He’s got a little burst of speed that tends to be able to get him to the outside. He’s got a step and he doesn’t mind traffic. He’s clever with the footy, pretty dangerous around goal, not afraid of the contest, likes working in tight.’’

Bourke well remembers the pre-season camp at Gippsland, when on the last night a few of the players were getting a bit rowdy. Byrnes stayed in the study area, dipping into physics.

“That story probably embarrasses ‘Byrnesy’ a bit, but it shows how he applies himself,’’ the coach said. “He’s one of the more impressive young men you’ll meet. I know all the boys are pumped for him and they’ll be tuning in on Monday and hoping he goes really well.’’

Dragons talent identification manager Mark Wheeler calls Byrnes an “old-fashioned footballer … he finds the football and he uses it really well’’.

He said Byrnes had a dream to play in the AFL “and he wasn’t going to let it go’’.

“He was in a group of our four best trainers. He worked his butt off,’’ Wheeler said.

The Dragons have already had two of their 2019 players debut in the AFL this year, Butler and Fischer McAsey, and Wheeler said it had given the club a lifter at a time when no NAB League was being played.

 

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Ex-Dragon Ryan Byrnes to make AFL debut for St Kilda
Sandringham Dragons coach Josh Bourke says the club’s 2019 captain and best and fairest Ryan Byrnes ‘will get everything out of himself’ in his AFL career.

For a few months people have been asking Sandringham Dragons coach Josh Bourke what St Kilda will get from 2019 draftee Ryan Byrnes.
“He’ll get everything out of himself,’’ Bourke answers every time.

Byrnes captained the Dragons and won their best and fairest last year, prompting the Saints to take him at No 52 in the national draft.

He’ll make his AFL debut on Monday night against Adelaide, and Bourke says he’s certain Byrnes has earned his call-up.

The way he tells it, the midfielder/small forward has had to earn every accolode that his come his way in football.

“I mean this with absolute respect to Ryan, but he’s never been handed anything,’’ Bourke said.

“He’s had to work for everything, and as I’ve been saying to St Kilda supporters, he’ll eke every little last bit out of himself. We heard really good things pre-season about how he was tracking and the way he’d acclimatised to the AFL, and now he’s going to get his chance. We’re really excited for him.’’

Byrnes started last season out of the Vic Metro set-up, but forced his way into the national championships.

He averaged 26 possessions in the NAB League, and figured in St Bede’s College’s breakthrough Herald Sun Shield victory.

In 2018 he had sped through the ranks as a bottom-age player.

Byrnes played junior football with St Paul’s McKinnon. When he was selected to represent the South Metro league at Under 15 level, it was in the ‘Pool B’ team (ditto for fellow 2020 AFL debutant Louis Butler).

“From I can gather he sort of came a little bit out of nowhere in his 17th year at the Dragons … by the end of the year they were picking him and couldn’t live without him,’’ Bourke said.

“When I arrived last year he stood out from day one, to be honest. Clearly he was a very good player. He trained well, applied himself well. He was a little bit stung at that stage that he hadn’t been included in the Metro hub. But he had that resolve to get there. And he did.’’

His strengths?

“He’s powerful, which is a funny word to use for a small forward/mid,’’ Bourke said.

“He’s got a little burst of speed that tends to be able to get him to the outside. He’s got a step and he doesn’t mind traffic. He’s clever with the footy, pretty dangerous around goal, not afraid of the contest, likes working in tight.’’

Bourke well remembers the pre-season camp at Gippsland, when on the last night a few of the players were getting a bit rowdy. Byrnes stayed in the study area, dipping into physics.

“That story probably embarrasses ‘Byrnesy’ a bit, but it shows how he applies himself,’’ the coach said. “He’s one of the more impressive young men you’ll meet. I know all the boys are pumped for him and they’ll be tuning in on Monday and hoping he goes really well.’’

Dragons talent identification manager Mark Wheeler calls Byrnes an “old-fashioned footballer … he finds the football and he uses it really well’’.

He said Byrnes had a dream to play in the AFL “and he wasn’t going to let it go’’.

“He was in a group of our four best trainers. He worked his butt off,’’ Wheeler said.

The Dragons have already had two of their 2019 players debut in the AFL this year, Butler and Fischer McAsey, and Wheeler said it had given the club a lifter at a time when no NAB League was being played.

Like he played local footy probably 1km
Up the road from Moorabbin, oh and nothings been handed to him, had to work for everything....shows determination. Go well Monday
 
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