Preview 2022 AFL Draft General Discussion

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Family connections in the 2022 crop here:

Preview - 2022 AFL Draft General Discussion

Family connections in the 2022 crop here: https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/2022-afl-draft-general-discussion.1219047/#post-66340974

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Spoiler: Complete list of draft camp attendees

NATIONAL:

Vic Country

Jaxon Binns (Dandenong Stingrays)
Hugh Bond (GWV Rebels)
Coby Burgiel (Gippsland Power)
Aaron Cadman (GWV Rebels)
Jhye Clark (Geelong Falcons)
Brayden George (Murray Bushrangers)
Oliver Hollands (Murray Bushrangers)
Bailey Humphrey (Gippsland Power)
Henry Hustwaite (Dandenong Stingrays)
Max Knobel (Gippsland Power)
Jacob Konstanty (Gippsland Power)
Noah Long (Bendigo Pioneers)
Toby McMullin (Sandringham Dragons)
Caleb Mitchell (Murray Bushrangers)
Olivier Northam (Geelong Falcons)
Jack O'Sullivan (Oakleigh Chargers)
Mitch Szybkowski (Dandenong Stingrays)
Cooper Vickery (Gippsland Power)
James Van Es (GWV Rebels)


Vic Metro

Will Ashcroft (Sandringham Dragons)
Charlie Clarke (Sandringham Dragons)
Alwyn Davey

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(Oakleigh Chargers)
Blake Drury (Oakleigh Chargers)
Max Gruzewski (Oakleigh Chargers)
Lewis Hayes (Eastern Ranges)
Olli Hotton (Sandringham Dragons)
Matthew Jefferson (Oakleigh Chargers)
Cameron Mackenzie (Sandringham Dragons)
Harry Sheezel (Sandringham Dragons)
Luke Teal (Oakleigh Chargers)
Elijah Tsatas (Oakleigh Chargers)
George Wardlaw (Oakleigh Chargers)
Josh Weddle (Oakleigh Chargers)


South Australia

Harry Barnett (West Adelaide)
Adam D'Aloia (Woodville-West Torrens)
Will Dowling (North Adelaide)
Phoenix Foster (Norwood)
Isaac Keeler (North Adelaide)
Harry Lemmey (West Adelaide)
Jaiden Magor (South Adelaide)
Max Michalanney (Norwood)
Mattaes Phillipou (Woodville-West Torrens)
Jakob Ryan (Glenelg)
Nick Sadler (Sturt)
Tom Scully

21

Tom Scully

Age

34

Ht

181cm

Wt

80kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

20.7

5star

K

9.9

4star

HB

10.8

5star

M

3.8

4star

T

3.5

5star

CL

2.3

4star

D

12.6

3star

K

7.5

3star

HB

5.1

3star

M

2.4

3star

T

1.1

2star

CL

0.8

3star

D

19.8

5star

K

8.8

4star

HB

11.0

5star

M

3.0

3star

T

4.6

5star

CL

3.8

5star

(West Adelaide)
Will Verrall (South Adelaide)


Western Australia

Jed Adams (Peel Thunder)
Edward Allan (Claremont)
Jedd Busslinger (East Perth)
Harry Cole (Claremont)
Hugh Davies (Claremont)
Tyrell Dewar (Subiaco)
Sam Gilbey (Claremont)
Reuben Ginbey (East Perth)
Steely Green (South Fremantle)
Jed Hagan (East Fremantle)
Elijah Hewett (Swan Districts)
Darcy Jones (Swan Districts)


New South Wales
Jason Gillbee (Bendigo Pioneers)
Nick Madden (GWS Academy)
Harry Rowston (GWS Academy)

Northern Territory
Lloyd Johnston (NT Thunder)
Anthony Munkara (NT/West Adelaide)

Queensland
Shadeau Brain (Brisbane Academy)
Jaspa Fletcher (Brisbane Academy)

Tasmania
Seth Campbell (Tasmania Devils)
Lachlan Cowan (Tasmania Devils)
Tom McCallum (Tasmania Devils)

STATE

VIC METRO

Jakob Anderson (Sandringham Dragons)
Yuyu Ashwin (Oakleigh Chargers)
Josh Bennetts (Eastern Ranges)
Jayden Davey (Oakleigh Chargers)
Darcy Edmends (Northern Knights)
Will Elliott (Oakleigh Chargers)
Harry Flynn (Eastern Ranges)
Darcy Gilbert (Sandringham Dragons)
Cooper Harvey (Northern Knights)
Jamie Hope (Sandringham Dragons)
Jerome Lawrence (Oakleigh Chargers)
Bailey Macdonald (Oakleigh Chargers)
Hudson O'Keeffe (Oakleigh Chargers)
Paul Pascu (Calder Cannons)
Matthew Payne (Western Jets)
Rye Penny (Calder Cannons)
Jovan Petric (Western Jets)
Osca Riccardi (Geelong Falcons)
Christopher Rousakis (Sandringham Dragons)
Nathan Scollo (Sandringham Dragons)
Clay Tucker (Eastern Ranges)
Callum Verrell (Eastern Ranges)
Kai Windsor (Eastern Ranges)


VIC COUNTRY

Charlie Barnett (Bendigo Pioneers)
Taj Campbell-Farrell (Dandenong Stingrays)
Ted Clohesy (Geelong Falcons)
Finn Emile-Brennan (Dandenong Stingrays)
Felix Fogaty (GWV Rebels)
Harvey Gallagher (Bendigo Pioneers)
Michael Kiraly (Bendigo Pioneers)
Oscar Murdoch (Geelong Falcons)
Hugo Nosiara (Dandenong Stingrays)
Jonti Schuback (Gippsland Power)
Ziggy Toledo (Dandenong Stingrays)


SOUTH AUSTRALIA

Shaun Bennier (North Adelaide)
Tom Emmett (Sturt)
Oscar Kregar (West Adelaide)
Archie Lovelock (Glenelg)
Baynen Lowe (Norwood)
Kyle Marshall (South Adelaide)
Darcy Minchella (West Adelaide)
Rhett Montgomerie (Central District)
Kobe Ryan (West Adelaide)
Lachlan Scannell (Glenelg)
Oscar Steene (West Adelaide)
Frank Szekely (North Adelaide)
Brodie Tuck (Central District)
Jake Walker (Glenelg)


WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Kane Bevan (West Perth)
Jackson Broadbent (Peel Thunder)
Jack Cleaver (East Fremantle)
Josh Draper (Peel Thunder)
Griff Julian (West Perth)
Bailey Maxwell (East Perth)
Connor McDonald (Perth)
Toby McQuilkin (South Fremantle)
Baxter Philip (Perth)
Jasper Scaife (West Perth)
Kaleb Smith (East Fremantle)
Conrad Williams (Claremont)


NEW SOUTH WALES/ACT

Kaelan Bradtke (Sydney Swans VFL)
Will Edwards (Sydney Swans Academy)

TASMANIA

Brandon Leary (Tasmania Devils)
Cameron Owen (Tasmania Devils)

QUEENSLAND

Brinn Little (Gold Coast Suns Academy)

NT

Beau Tedcastle (GWV Rebels)

Spoiler: Draft Combine Results

AFL DRAFT COMBINE RESULTS 2022​

Vertical Jump ​

75cm – Darcy Jones (WA)
75cm – James Van Es (VIC C)
72cm – Jack O’Sullivan (VIC M)
70cm – Olli Hotton (VIC M)
70cm – Reuben Ginbey (WA)
70cm – Elijah Hewett (WA)
69cm – Jacob Konstanty (VIC C)
68cm – Blake Drury (VIC M)
68cm – Tyrell Dewar (WA)
68cm – Josh Weddle (VIC M)
68cm – Edward Allan (WA)

Running Vertical Jump ​

98cm – James Van Es (VIC C)
90cm – Josh Weddle (VIC M)
90cm – Will Verrall (SA)
89cm – Jack O’Sullivan (VIC M)
87cm – Darcy Jones (WA)
87cm – Mattaes Phillipou (SA)
84cm – Toby McMullin (VIC M)
83cm – Mitch Szybkowski (VIC C)
83cm – Reuben Ginbey (WA)
83cm – Anthony Munkara (ALLIES)
83cm – Lachlan Cowan (ALLIES)

Agility ​

7.072sec – Darcy Jones (WA)
8.182sec – Jaxon Binns (VIC C)
8.217sec – Elijah Hewett (WA)
8.247sec – Steely Green (WA)
8.255sec – Edward Allan (WA)
8.267sec – Luke Teal (VIC M)
8.285sec – Toby McMullin (VIC M)
8.292sec – Jacob Konstanty (VIC C)
8.325sec – Harry Rowston (ALLIES)
8.343sec – Noah Long (VIC C)

20m Sprint ​

2.814sec – Edward Allan (WA)
2.880sec – Toby McMullin (VIC M)
2.883sec – Coby Burgiel (VIC C)
2.910sec – James Van Es (VIC C)
2.912sec – Darcy Jones (WA)
2.924sec – Olli Hotton (VIC M)
2.928sec – Reuben Ginbey (WA)
2.929sec – Cooper Vickery (VIC C)
2.937sec – Josh Weddle (VIC M)
2.951sec – Lloyd Johnston (ALLIES)

2km Time Trial​

5min 54sec – Ollie Hollands (VIC C)
5min 54sec – Jason Gillbee (ALLIES)
6min 00sec – Jaxon Binns (VIC C)
6min 03sec – Josh Weddle (VIC M)
6min 15sec – Reuben Ginbey (WA)
6min 16sec – Jakob Ryan (SA)
6min 17sec – Steely Green (WA)
6min 21sec – Will Dowling (SA)
6min 25sec – Blake Drury (VIC M)
6min 25sec – Seth Campbell (ALLIES)
6min 25sec – Mattaes Phillipou (SA)

 

[chopflop]

can someone forcibly shave Jhye Clark

Clearly not a student of history

 

[Mostyn]

can someone forcibly shave Jhye Clark

Nice look, Adolf

 

[Mostyn]

I don't think I've seen a top ten so injured in their draft years

I don't think I've seen a year with clubs so actively trying to trade out of it.

 

[flipper83]

can someone forcibly shave Jhye Clark

Where does neo Nazi rank on the scale of 'off field issues'

 

[botts]

He's just a really big Kanye fan.

Hahaha wrong on so many levels

 

[11kgm]

I don't think I've seen a year with clubs so actively trying to trade out of it.

I would as well everyone has a question mark on them

 

[Mutineer]

Nice look, Adolf

Give the kid a break just getting an early start for Movember....a very worthy cause...

 

[Gosaints12]

Alright, I've come to the decision that with my year coming to an end, (work-related and that) I'll have another go at running a phantom draft this year, I'll set up the threads tomorrow. I allow live trading because its a point of difference to others on here. In my opinion, it's good fun, PM me if you want in, all welcome but it is first come first served. I'm gonna draft for the Saints, cause I want to. Clubs taken are Haw, GWS, St K, WCE, and WB.

Here's last year if you were curious about how they work;

GoSaints12 Phantom Draft Game 2021 (Picks Thread)

Just for picks please don’t chat or trade Draft order 1. North Melbourne - Jason Horne-Francis 2. GWS Giants - Finn Callaghan 3. Gold Coast Suns, (bid matched, Coll) - Nick Daicos 4. Gold Coast Suns, (bid matched, WB) - Sam Darcy 5 - Gold Coast Suns - Josh Gibcus 6. Adelaide - Ben Hobbs, (time...

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[ThePheonix]

Clearly not a student of history.

I wouldn't say that, he's obviously a Charlie Chaplin fan.

 

[chopflop]

I wouldn't say that, he's obviously a Charlie Chaplin fan.

Could be.

 

[ItsAllAboutMe]

Covid lockdowns really starting to impact the quality of players coming through the draft, particularly from Vic. Thgese kids have missed too much crucial development at critical ages where they build foundational skills. The Elite kids can probably catch up but those outside the first round are really going to battle.

 

[Jen2310]

A dozen players considered to be first-round “locks” have been invited to the opening night of the AFL National Draft later this month.

Brisbane father-son prospect Will Ashcroft is among a group of invitees which also includes No. 1 pick fancy Aaron Cadman and expected North Melbourne-bound pair George Wardlaw and Harry Sheezel.

Other players to receive invites are Elijah Tsatas, Bailey Humphrey, Reuben Ginbey, Mattaes Phillipou, Cameron Mackenzie, Ollie Hollands, Jhye Clark and Jedd Busslinger.

Ed Allan is a tall midfielder at 194cm, but recruiters expect him to start his AFL career across halfback.

“He’s certainly got some good traits and comes from good stock,” one recruiter said.

“He’s a very good decision-maker so you could see him sitting across halfback early in his career and playing that really well. His ability to use the footy by foot is really good.”

If West Coast doesn’t pounce on Allan early, there are a raft of other interested clubs including Melbourne, Sydney and Carlton.

THE MID-DRAFT LOTTERY

Clubs are still working hard to finalise their boards before the national draft later this month.

But what is becoming clear is that after a standout top end, the draft order is somewhat unclear.

“The top-10 looks pretty set but from 11 to 30 it can vary a little bit,” one recruiter said.
“Some people are putting this draft down but there’s plenty of kids that I don’t mind that might be there at the back end of the draft.”

Draft Intel: The midfielder who ‘makes sense’ for Magpies

Less than four weeks remain until the AFL National Draft.

www.codesports.com.au

 

[giantroo]

 

[La Dispute]

My rough tiers, based purely on my perception of their talent and ability to adapt at AFL level.

A+
Ashcroft

A
Wardlaw
Cadman
Sheezal
Hewett
Clark

B+
Phillipou
Humphrey
Busslinger
Ginbey
Jefferson
Davey
George
Hustwaite

B
McKenzie
Hayes
Tstatas
Jones
Hollands
Hotton
Konstanty
Fletcher
Cowan
Clarke

Just doesn’t strike me as a great draft pool. Tapers off big time after the first few selections and I can see a lot of potential busts.

If I was a team in a flag window I’d be looking up trade up or trade into the first round of next year’s draft. Eg a prospect taken at 15 is as likely to come on as a player taken at 30.

 

[danster168]

My rough tiers, based purely on my perception of their talent and ability to adapt at AFL level.

A+
Ashcroft

A
Wardlaw
Cadman
Sheezal
Hewett
Clark

B+
Phillipou
Humphrey
Busslinger
Ginbey
Jefferson
Davey
George
Hustwaite

B
McKenzie
Hayes
Tstatas
Jones
Hollands
Hotton
Konstanty
Fletcher
Cowan
Clarke

Just doesn’t strike me as a great draft pool. Tapers off big time after the first few selections and I can see a lot of potential busts.

If I was a team in a flag window I’d be looking up trade up or trade into the first round of next year’s draft. Eg a prospect taken at 15 is as likely to come on as a player taken at 30.

out of interest why do you think Darcy Jones is a B grader and not an A+er? I feel like we all get so swept up in mock drafts that it starts to affect the way we think. I mean Cadman is in the A grade but he'd be one of the worst kicks for goal in the pool. A guy like Jones has traits in the mould of a Johannison or Caleb Daniel imo. What point of difference does Ashcroft have in his game other than accumulating? His disposals are average, he doesn't break the lines. He works hard both ways though.

 

[La Dispute]

out of interest why do you think Darcy Jones is a B grader and not an A+er? I feel like we all get so swept up in mock drafts that it starts to affect the way we think. I mean Cadman is in the A grade but he'd be one of the worst kicks for goal in the pool. A guy like Jones has traits in the mould of a Johannison or Caleb Daniel imo. What point of difference does Ashcroft have in his game other than accumulating? His disposals are average, he doesn't break the lines. He works hard both ways though.

I focus moreso on what a player can bring to the table than fixate on areas of improvement - which are often addressed at AFL level anyway.

In the vision I have seen Cadman looks like a reliable shot on goal. In a better pool he’d be lower ranked but he has all the traits a recruiter would look for in a future key position forward - clean hands, great leading patterns, nice kick - but also has pretty good ability around the ground for his size.

Jones would be higher ranked if there was a clear position for him at AFL level. Reckon he’s more likely to make it as a crafty half forward than a midfielder, but otherwise I like him. Great forward-half instincts and nous around goal.

Ashcroft has more attributes than you can poke a stick at. Ridiculously fast hands, lethal around the stoppages and also very good around goals. He’s arguably better than Rowell or Walsh at the same age.

 

[briztoon]

That’s a good bit of trading by Fremantle. They basically moved a whole round up. From an early 4th round pick to an early 3rd round pick.


Dockers move up draft order with father-son set to land at North

 

[Thetrader15]

So, post draft, North have traded:

43, 59, 2023/2nd (North) -> 23, 2023/4th (Haw)

Or on current ladder positions:

19, 43, 59 for 23, 60

 

[giantroo]

Another trade on the cards

Lions, Roos in pick swap talks as clubs assess draft hands

The Lions and Kangaroos could trade picks when the NAB AFL Draft gets underway

www.afl.com.au

 

[weltschmerz]

Another trade on the cards

Lions, Roos in pick swap talks as clubs assess draft hands

The Lions and Kangaroos could trade picks when the NAB AFL Draft gets underway

www.afl.com.au

Ashcroft going pick 4 after a sneaky couple of handshakes

 

[Jen2310]

Ashcroft going pick 4 after a sneaky couple of handshakes

North/GWS surely aren't gonna be that generous 2 years in a row lol

 

[weltschmerz]

North/GWS surely aren't gonna be that generous 2 years in a row lol

just gotta get a good enough trade offer, yeah we’ve been good to you, surely you’ve already decided on your draftees, no need to make them think you’d prefer our boy, right?

 

[briztoon]

Another trade on the cards

Lions, Roos in pick swap talks as clubs assess draft hands

The Lions and Kangaroos could trade picks when the NAB AFL Draft gets underway

www.afl.com.au

So if we're sending back a later pick to you in this draft as well as a future 3rd round pick, it would be this years pick 55, and going by this years ladder, hopefully our own future 3rd round pick, which would currently sit at pick 53. It's pretty much a break even trade.

 

[ItsAllAboutMe]

Will clubs be careful of taking Tassie Kids like Cowan knowing they will probably lose them once the Tassie team comes in, or will they be aggressive because compo for the Tassie kids is likely to be overs to lure them back to the apple isle and smart teams will use this to their advantage.

 

[weltschmerz]

These draftee Q&As could be so much more interesting. What's your least favourite food, what's your favourite TV show? Give me "which of your fellow draftees is completely out of their league?" "have you ever been brought home drunk by the cops at 4am?" "who's gonna get suspended for nut punching Jack Ginnivan first?"