Tarni Brown to Collingwood. I would guess that they'll be matching a bid with pick 19. Alice Burke to St Kilda. Probably matching a bid with pick 24. The unexpected surprise was Amy Smith, 21-year old daughter of Shaun Smith, to North. There's even a few highlights at the end of the article, North supporters! My guess is North would not have to match a bid and would be taking her with pick 55, the last Victorian pick of the draft. I'm not sure we find out where bids happened anymore, unfortunately. I certainly never heard where the bids came in for Millie Brown and Issy Grant.
A few other things:
In Sarah Black's feature on Stephanie Williams, it was mentioned that she has nominated for the Victorian pool. Williams was the lone representative from the NT in the 2020 AFLW Academy. She played a couple of games for the Falcons, including a final, in 2018, but hasn't played for them since. She has also played in the NT and played at last year's championships for the Central Allies. She did some training with the Suns as part of the AFLW Academy.
I'm still hoping to hear something on NSW nominations in advance of the draft. GWS only have three picks, but there are five AFLW academy players that have previously trained with them - Tarni Evans, Jayde Hamilton and Emily Pease from Canberra as well as Olivia Barber and Abby Favell from the Murray Bushrangers. Barber's a likely first round pick in whatever zone she chooses, so there will be knock-on effects no matter which way she goes. She's also previously trained with the Cats as part of her time with the AFLW Academy.
Sarah Black also wrote an article on what is likely the closest thing we'll get to a Vic combine - DIY time trials. Unfortunately, we only got the top-5 performers in the article, so we have no idea how 'big names' like McKenzie, Bannan, Smith, etc went - or if they even ran at all. I don't think we'd mentioned Mimi Hill previously in our conversations, which may prove an oversight. She was really good inside this year, in particular at winning the ball at ground level and then feeding it out. She's previously played some outside mid, including when she played for Vic Metro last year in their game against Vic Country.
The official site also put up 25 draft profiles of some of the top prospects from around the country. The profiles are pretty limited in scope - just name, club, position, DOB, height and a couple of sentences about them. They've probably covered most of the early picks in that group, so it's at least a resource for people who don't know much about the players. The absence of Maggie Caris from that group makes me wonder if they know something I don't.
Lastly, here's some non-paywalled features on the girls from various sources (EDIT: mostly draft central):
Alice Astbury (Draft Central) - GWV Rebels
Abbie Ballard (Draft Central) - West Adelaide
Alyssa Bannan (Draft Central) - Northern Knights
Alyssa Bannan (Star Weekly) - Northern Knights
Olivia Barber (Draft Central) - Murray Bushrangers
Tarni Brown (Draft Central) - Eastern Ranges
Tarni Brown (womens.afl) - Eastern Ranges
Alice Burke (Draft Central) - Sandringham Dragons
Maggie Caris (Draft Central) - GWV Rebels
Maeve Chaplin (Draft Central) - Northern Knights
Maeve Chaplin (Star Weekly) - Northern Knights
Daisy D'Arcy (womens.afl) - Hermit Park
Shanae Davison (womens.afl) - Swan Districts (article includes imbedded video of the massive hanger that AlphaSheep mentioned)
Bella Eddey (Draft Central) - Sandringham Dragons
Tarni Evans (womens.afl) - Queanbeyan Tigers
Abby Favell (Draft Central) - Murray Bushrangers
Jemma Finning (Draft Central) - Bendigo Pioneers
Megan Fitzsimon (Draft Central) - Gippsland Power
Laura Gardiner (Draft Central) - Geelong Falcons
Sarah Hartwig (Draft Central) - Sandringham Dragons
Mimi Hill (Draft Central) - Oakleigh Chargers
Zoe Hill (Draft Central) - Dandenong Stingrays
Brianna Hyde (Draft Central) - Swan Districts
Abbey Jordan (Draft Central) - Dandenong Stingrays
Winnie Laing (Draft Central) - Sandringham Dragons
Joanna Lin (Draft Central) - Oakleigh Chargers
Jess Low (Draft Central) - Claremont
Olivia Meagher (Draft Central) - Eastern Ranges
Amber Micallef (Draft Central) - Oakleigh Chargers
Darcy Moloney (Draft Central) - Geelong Falcons
Maggie MacLachlan (Draft Central) - Subiaco
Jess Matin (Draft Central) - Dandenong Stingrays
Ellie McKenzie (Draft Central) - Northern Knights
Ellie McKenzie (womens.afl) - Northern Knights
Eliza McNamara (Draft Central) - Sandringham Dragons
Grace McRae (Draft Central) - Gippsland Power
Shanara Notman (Draft Central) - Gippsland Power
Alice O'Loughlin (Draft Central) - Oakleigh Chargers
Isabelle Pritchard (Star Weekly) - Western Jets
Carly Remmos (Draft Central) - Geelong Falcons
Renee Saulitis (Draft Central) - GWV Rebels
Isabella Simmons (Draft Central) - GWV Rebels
Tyanna Smith (Draft Central) - Dandenong Stingrays
Tyanna Smith (womens.afl) - Dandenong Stingrays
Annabel Strahan (Draft Central) - Bendigo Pioneers
Indy Tahau (Draft Central) - South Adelaide
Charile Vandenberg (Draft Central) - Tassie Devils
Charlie Vandenberg (womens.afl) - Tassie Devils
Amelia Velardo (Draft Central) - Western Jets
Daisy Walker (Draft Central) - Sandringham Dragons
Stephanie Williams (womens.afl) - Geelong Falcons
Only one week to go!
EDIT: Added some more articles.
A few other things:
In Sarah Black's feature on Stephanie Williams, it was mentioned that she has nominated for the Victorian pool. Williams was the lone representative from the NT in the 2020 AFLW Academy. She played a couple of games for the Falcons, including a final, in 2018, but hasn't played for them since. She has also played in the NT and played at last year's championships for the Central Allies. She did some training with the Suns as part of the AFLW Academy.
I'm still hoping to hear something on NSW nominations in advance of the draft. GWS only have three picks, but there are five AFLW academy players that have previously trained with them - Tarni Evans, Jayde Hamilton and Emily Pease from Canberra as well as Olivia Barber and Abby Favell from the Murray Bushrangers. Barber's a likely first round pick in whatever zone she chooses, so there will be knock-on effects no matter which way she goes. She's also previously trained with the Cats as part of her time with the AFLW Academy.
Sarah Black also wrote an article on what is likely the closest thing we'll get to a Vic combine - DIY time trials. Unfortunately, we only got the top-5 performers in the article, so we have no idea how 'big names' like McKenzie, Bannan, Smith, etc went - or if they even ran at all. I don't think we'd mentioned Mimi Hill previously in our conversations, which may prove an oversight. She was really good inside this year, in particular at winning the ball at ground level and then feeding it out. She's previously played some outside mid, including when she played for Vic Metro last year in their game against Vic Country.
The official site also put up 25 draft profiles of some of the top prospects from around the country. The profiles are pretty limited in scope - just name, club, position, DOB, height and a couple of sentences about them. They've probably covered most of the early picks in that group, so it's at least a resource for people who don't know much about the players. The absence of Maggie Caris from that group makes me wonder if they know something I don't.
Lastly, here's some non-paywalled features on the girls from various sources (EDIT: mostly draft central):
Alice Astbury (Draft Central) - GWV Rebels
Abbie Ballard (Draft Central) - West Adelaide
Alyssa Bannan (Draft Central) - Northern Knights
Alyssa Bannan (Star Weekly) - Northern Knights
Olivia Barber (Draft Central) - Murray Bushrangers
Tarni Brown (Draft Central) - Eastern Ranges
Tarni Brown (womens.afl) - Eastern Ranges
Alice Burke (Draft Central) - Sandringham Dragons
Maggie Caris (Draft Central) - GWV Rebels
Maeve Chaplin (Draft Central) - Northern Knights
Maeve Chaplin (Star Weekly) - Northern Knights
Daisy D'Arcy (womens.afl) - Hermit Park
Shanae Davison (womens.afl) - Swan Districts (article includes imbedded video of the massive hanger that AlphaSheep mentioned)
Bella Eddey (Draft Central) - Sandringham Dragons
Tarni Evans (womens.afl) - Queanbeyan Tigers
Abby Favell (Draft Central) - Murray Bushrangers
Jemma Finning (Draft Central) - Bendigo Pioneers
Megan Fitzsimon (Draft Central) - Gippsland Power
Laura Gardiner (Draft Central) - Geelong Falcons
Sarah Hartwig (Draft Central) - Sandringham Dragons
Mimi Hill (Draft Central) - Oakleigh Chargers
Zoe Hill (Draft Central) - Dandenong Stingrays
Brianna Hyde (Draft Central) - Swan Districts
Abbey Jordan (Draft Central) - Dandenong Stingrays
Winnie Laing (Draft Central) - Sandringham Dragons
Joanna Lin (Draft Central) - Oakleigh Chargers
Jess Low (Draft Central) - Claremont
Olivia Meagher (Draft Central) - Eastern Ranges
Amber Micallef (Draft Central) - Oakleigh Chargers
Darcy Moloney (Draft Central) - Geelong Falcons
Maggie MacLachlan (Draft Central) - Subiaco
Jess Matin (Draft Central) - Dandenong Stingrays
Ellie McKenzie (Draft Central) - Northern Knights
Ellie McKenzie (womens.afl) - Northern Knights
Eliza McNamara (Draft Central) - Sandringham Dragons
Grace McRae (Draft Central) - Gippsland Power
Shanara Notman (Draft Central) - Gippsland Power
Alice O'Loughlin (Draft Central) - Oakleigh Chargers
Isabelle Pritchard (Star Weekly) - Western Jets
Carly Remmos (Draft Central) - Geelong Falcons
Renee Saulitis (Draft Central) - GWV Rebels
Isabella Simmons (Draft Central) - GWV Rebels
Tyanna Smith (Draft Central) - Dandenong Stingrays
Tyanna Smith (womens.afl) - Dandenong Stingrays
Annabel Strahan (Draft Central) - Bendigo Pioneers
Indy Tahau (Draft Central) - South Adelaide
Charile Vandenberg (Draft Central) - Tassie Devils
Charlie Vandenberg (womens.afl) - Tassie Devils
Amelia Velardo (Draft Central) - Western Jets
Daisy Walker (Draft Central) - Sandringham Dragons
Stephanie Williams (womens.afl) - Geelong Falcons
Only one week to go!
EDIT: Added some more articles.
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