Draft Watcher 2019 Young (SA) Talent Time

[Cleric]

How does Pickett rate against Rankine in ability

Hes a good small forward, but no Rankine

 

[Chris25]

Round 2

Another couple of guys playing league football this week. Jackson Mead was originally named on the extended bench too, so he'd be a good chance to debut next week. Cameron Taheny will no doubt be playing at the top level soon enough too.

League
Will Gould - 19 touches, 7 marks, 5 rebound 50s
Dylan Stephens - 18 touches, 4 marks, 3 tackles, 3 inside 50s
Oliver Grivell - 9 touches, 4 marks
Kysaiah Pickett - 8 touches, 1 goal, 2 behinds

Reserves
Brad Searle - 16 touches, 4 marks, 1 goal
Daniel Sladojevic - 15 touches, 5 marks, 5 tackles, 1 goal
Damon Freitag - 6 touches, 17 hitouts, 1 goal
Oliver Shaw - 10 touches, 4 rebound 50s
Cameron Taheny - 18 touches, 9 marks, 3 tackles, 3 goals
Josh Shute - 21 touches, 7 marks, 4 inside 50s
Anzac Lochowiak - 18 touches, 4 marks, 8 tackles
Jed McEntee - 18 touches, 7 clearances, 4 inside 50s
Lachlan McNeil - 25 touches, 4 tackles, 4 clearances, 6 inside 50s, 1 goal
Jackson Mead - 16 touches, 5 marks, 5 tackles, 2 goals
Jamie Coff - 7 touches, 3 goals

U18s
Will Day - 26 touches, 10 marks
Jye Sinderberry - 20 touches, 9 marks, 4 inside 50s, 4 rebound 50s
Cooper Horsnell - 20 touches, 5 marks, 5 tackles, 7 inside 50s, 1 goal
Zac Dumesny - 27 touches, 6 marks, 7 inside 50s, 9 rebound 50s
Harrison Magor - 33 touches, 7 marks, 6 clearances

 

[SA_Tiger]

Watched WWT v Sturt U/18
Liked the look of Josh Morris, dangerous forward, good turn of speed and few nice contested marks. Kicked 6.
And Lachlan Hollie, mid, great game, clean, good work ethic, won plenty of his own footy, good decision maker.

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[foodles05]

Hes a good small forward, but no Rankine

No in the same stratosphere!

 

[Chris25]

Round 3

What's happening in SANFL land? Jordan O'Brien is back for his first game of the season, he should be around the 22 come the Championships. Otherwise Jamie Coff probably has the edge in the competition for the KPF spots.

League
Dylan Stephens - 15 touches, 4 tackles, 5 inside 50s
Kysaiah Pickett - 6 touches, 4 tackles
Will Gould - 24 touches, 10 marks, 6 tackles, 7 rebound 50s

Reserves
Cameron Taheny - 24 touches, 5 marks, 7 tackles, 4 clearances, 1 goal
Jed McEntee - 24 touches, 8 marks, 5 tackles
Oliver Grivell - 22 touches, 9 marks, 3 tackles, 3 rebound 50s
Lachlan McNeil - 22 touches, 10 tackles, 5 clearances
Jackson Mead - 20 touches, 5 inside 50s, 1 goal
Jamie Coff - 14 touches, 3 marks, 3 goals
Damon Freitag - 10 touches, 4 marks, 7 hitouts, 1 goal
Daniel Sladojevic - 10 touches, 4 marks, 1 goal, 3 behinds
Jordan O'Brien - 23 touches, 8 marks
Oliver Shaw - 13 touches, 6 marks, 5 inside 50s

U18
Jye Sinderberry - 13 touches, 6 marks, 5 tackles
Riley Thilthorpe - 11 touches, 5 marks, 1 goal
Corey Durdin - 19 touches, 5 marks, 5 tackles, 5 clearances, 8 inside 50s
Harrison Magor - 23 touches, 6 marks, 9 tackles, 10 clearances, 6 inside 50s
Karl Finlay - 15 touches, 8 marks, 4 rebound 50s
Cooper Horsnell - 15 touches, 5 tackles, 4 inside 50s

 

[Chris25]

24 players have been added to the initial Academy squad, essentially making up the numbers to play the WA Academy next weekend. But it's also obviously a chance for these kids to impress and force their way into the Championships squad...

Best known name there would be the overaged Declan Carmody, small forward from Glenelg. He took part in the state combine last year after making the SA Championships squad. He's started the year well in the reserves. Otherwise Darnell Tucker and Angus Rana will be familiar to SA draft watchers. Of the new kids, Harry Schoenberg is a regular in the bests at Woodville as a ball winning midfielder, while Joel Parker-Boers was a standout at the recent U18 combine testing - finishing high in the sprint and agility testing.

 

[Ysaye]

They are some impressive senior SANFL stats for Stephens and Gould.

 

[SA_Tiger]

Anyone know when SA play WA, date, ground time ?.

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[Chris25]

Anyone know when SA play WA, date, ground time ?.

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Game 1 is at 1.30pm on Friday 26th, game 2 is 9.30am on Saturday 27th. Both at Richmond Oval.

 

[Chris25]

I'll get around to posting all the stats from the round of matches, but Cameron Taheny made his league debut for Norwood. Just the 9 disposals, but kicked 3 goals and didn't at all look out of place.

They are some impressive senior SANFL stats for Stephens and Gould.

Super impressive start to the year for them. I'm not sure why Stephens isn't talked up as a top 10 pick more, he's elite in this draft at what he does. Same with Gould, arguably the best KPP available.

 

[Chris25]

Round 4

Australian U18s v Casey
Dylan Stephens - 12 touches, 2 tackles
Jackson Mead - 9 touches, 2 marks, 2 inside 50s
Kysaiah Pickett - 6 touches, 2 tackles, 1 goal
Will Gould - 5 touches, 3 tackles, 5 rebound 50s

League
Cameron Taheny - 9 touches, 4 marks, 3 goals

Reserves
Daniel Sladojevic - 11 touches, 4 marks, 1 goal
Declan Carmody - 20 touches, 8 tackles, 6 clearances, 1 goal
Brad Searle - 15 touches, 9 tackles
Joshua Shute - 32 touches, 10 marks, 6 inside 50s
Oliver Grivell - 18 touches, 9 marks

U18s
Zac Dumesny - 19 touches, 7 marks, 5 tackles, 8 rebound 50s
Tom Rundle - 15 touches, 6 marks, 13 hitouts, 1 goal
Jye Sinderberry - 15 touches, 7 marks
Riley Thilthorpe - 15 touches, 9 marks, 1 goal
Lachlan Hoile - 38 touches, 9 marks, 7 clearances, 1 goal
Harry Schoenberg - 34 touches, 11 marks, 5 tackles, 6 inside 50s
Taj Schofield - 21 touches, 6 tackles
Josh Morris - 11 touches, 4 marks, 5 goals
Corey Durdin - 22 touches, 7 clearances, 9 inside 50s
Tyran Hill - 28 touches, 10 marks, 7 inside 50s, 2 goals
Harrison Magor - 27 touches, 7 tackles, 6 clearances, 1 goal
Reid Kuller - 19 touches, 4 clearances
Luke Edwards - 16 touches, 5 tackles, 4 clearances, 6 inside 50s
Callum Park - 16 touches, 6 marks, 2 goals
Anzac Lochowiak - 22 touches, 6 marks, 7 tackles, 7 clearances, 1 goal
Joel Parker-Boers - 18 touches, 4 rebound 50s

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Corey Durdin looks like he's continually getting the job done.

SA are chockers for 2020.

Also, has Will Schreiber fallen off the radar?

 

[SA_Tiger]

SA v WA tomorrow and Saturday, two sides or doubling up ?.

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[briztoon]

SA v WA tomorrow and Saturday, two sides or doubling up ?.

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You would imagine like Vic C and Vic M did, 50 players in a squad split in to two teams.

 

[Chris25]

Updated the OP with the SA squad for the Championships. Still room to move with it, add players or drop them out...

Trent Burgoyne, Jye Sinderberry and Josh Hart were the three to miss from the initial Academy squad.

 

[Chris25]

So what could a potential 22 look like for SA?

b: Will Gould - Karl Finlay - Harrison Magor
hb: Zac Dumesny - Dyson Hilder - Brad Searle
c: Dylan Stephens - Jackson Mead - Luke Edwards
hf: Cameron Taheny - Jamie Coff - Joshua Shute
f: Kysaiah Pickett - Daniel Sladojevic - Cooper Horsnell

r: Riley Thilthorpe - Jed McEntee - Harry Schoenberg

i: Oliver Grivell - Jordan O'Brien - Lachlan McNeil - Corey Durdin

I've gone with 5 underaged kids in the 'best' 22, but they'll no doubt be rotated through. There's versatility with the talls, Grivell and Gould can play at both ends. While Thilthorpe will spend time forward too. They may look at another tall though, whether it's the key defender Jordan Moore, a second ruck/forward in Damon Freitag or the athletic Lachlan Burrows.

 

[Portsouth]

Whats happened to Burgoyne? Hasn't been playing under 18's for WWT either.

 

[SA_Tiger]

I like the look of Josh Morris, would find a place in forward line.

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[Chris25]

Whats happened to Burgoyne? Hasn't been playing under 18's for WWT either.

He had a hamstring injury earlier in the year. Once he's back, he'd certainly be in the frame to be a late addition to the squad.

 

[philthy05]

So what could a potential 22 look like for SA?

b: Will Gould - Karl Finlay - Harrison Magor
hb: Zac Dumesny - Dyson Hilder - Brad Searle
c: Dylan Stephens - Jackson Mead - Luke Edwards
hf: Cameron Taheny - Jamie Coff - Joshua Shute
f: Kysaiah Pickett - Daniel Sladojevic - Cooper Horsnell

r: Riley Thilthorpe - Jed McEntee - Harry Schoenberg

i: Oliver Grivell - Jordan O'Brien - Lachlan McNeil - Corey Durdin

I've gone with 5 underaged kids in the 'best' 22, but they'll no doubt be rotated through. There's versatility with the talls, Grivell and Gould can play at both ends. While Thilthorpe will spend time forward too. They may look at another tall though, whether it's the key defender Jordan Moore, a second ruck/forward in Damon Freitag or the athletic Lachlan Burrows.

Thoughts on Will Day?

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Have Baldwin, Borlase and Schreiber not developed far enough?

 

[Chris25]

I like the look of Josh Morris, would find a place in forward line.

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I imagine he'll play a couple of games at least, has performed well and fits into that third/fourth tall position.

Thoughts on Will Day?

Another who I have around the mark, and I did have him in my team just a few weeks back. The small defender and rebounding positions are still pretty much up for grabs, but I really like Zac Dumesny and they'll be vying for similar spots. While I wanted to find a spot for Harrison Magor. The coaches also like Oliver Grivell, he's really strong in the air and that could release Will Gould to play a more attacking role. But guys like Day and Oliver Shaw are in the mix in the back half.

 

[Chris25]

Have Baldwin, Borlase and Schreiber not developed far enough?

Kaine Baldwin is out for the season with a knee injury. He was in the initial academy squad and would have been a good chance to be named.

Will Schreiber and James Borlase have been alright without standing out. As underaged players, I wouldn't be too concerned. They'll feature again next year. But KPDs are definitely a strength for SA this year with Finlay, Gould, Hilder, Grivell and Moore. Hopefully as the season goes on, Schreiber will get a chance to play a more attacking/midfield role.

 

[SA_Tiger]

My current SA Top 10

1. Josh Shute Sturt Outside Mid
2. Dylan Stephens Norwood Outside Mid
3. Cam Taheny Norwood Dangerous Forward
4. Jackson Mead WWT Inside Mid ( Port F/S).
5. Dyson Hilder North Key Defender
6. Kysaiah Pickett WWT Small Forward/Outside Mid
7. Lachlan McNeil WWT Inside Mid
8. Daniel Sladojevic South Key Fwd (Crows NGA).
9. Josh Morris WWT Dangerous Fwd
10. Will Gould Glenelg Rebounding Defender

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[Portsouth]

He had a hamstring injury earlier in the year. Once he's back, he'd certainly be in the frame to be a late addition to the squad.

Thanks mate, makes sense. Yeah agree, would be interested to see how performs if he is added.

Does anyone have any match reports from either of the SA V WA games on the weekend? Im watching them but I cant seem to find any summaries of at least the players names corresponding with their number so sort of hard to differentiate players.