Preview 2024 AFL Draft General Discussion

[RanaNaved]

Any key forwards/defenders who look like they could possibly be high end in next year's draft?

 

[Haggas]

Tyler Welsh - Adelaide F/S
Luke Trainor - Doug Wade's grandson
Jobe Shanahan
Jonty Faull
Noah Mraz
Harry O'Farrell
Joel Cochran - Sydney Academy
Koopa Walsh
Charlie Nicholls
Joshua Murphy
Jack Ough

 

[Tivva29]

Tyler Welsh - Adelaide F/S
Luke Trainor - Doug Wade's grandson
Jobe Shanahan
Jonty Faull
Noah Mraz
Harry O'Farrell
Joel Cochran - Sydney Academy
Koopa Walsh
Charlie Nicholls
Joshua Murphy
Jack Ough

Charlie Richardson - KB’s grandson

 

[Ctl]

who are the top end academy and father son prospects? given we (richmond) have stockpilled later picks with presumably the intention of packaging them up for early picks to teams that need points

 

[briztoon]

who are the top end academy and father son prospects? given we (richmond) have stockpiled later picks with presumably the intention of packaging them up for early picks to teams that need points

Levi Ashcroft Brisbane.

 

[marcmurphy3]

who are the top end academy and father son prospects? given we (richmond) have stockpilled later picks with presumably the intention of packaging them up for early picks to teams that need points

Based on the AFL academy

1. Levi Ashcroft (Brisbane FS)
2. Leo Lombard (GS Academy)
3. Tyler Welsh (Adelaide FS)
4. Sam Marshall (Brisbane Academy)
5. Ben Camporeale (Carlton FS)
6. Lucas Camporeale (Carlton FS)
7. Joel Chocran (Sydney Academy)

Still a long way out but suspect the first 5 go first round. 3 probably go top 10.

 

[GC2015]

Based on the AFL academy

1. Levi Ashcroft (Brisbane FS)
2. Leo Lombard (GS Academy)
3. Tyler Welsh (Adelaide FS)
4. Sam Marshall (Brisbane Academy)
5. Ben Camporeale (Carlton FS)
6. Lucas Camporeale (Carlton FS)
7. Joel Chocran (Sydney Academy)

Still a long way out but suspect the first 5 go first round. 3 probably go top 10.

Nice to see three of the top four are Queenslanders. Hopefully another year of delivering top end QLD talent into the league in 2024 before what looks to be another very strong year for Queensland in 2025. The Sunshine state is FINALLY coming of age as a footballing state.

 

[ItsAllAboutMe]

If picked now is Ashcroft #1?

 

[Tivva29]

If picked now is Ashcroft #1?

Close finish between Levi and Finn O’Sullivan.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

All relevant drafts have come and gone.

This becomes the primary thread.

 

[Keystone agony]

Not sure if hes been mentioned much

But dont sleep on

Noah Mraz

I know everyone says its a small mid draft

 

[briztoon]

Nice to see three of the top four are Queenslanders. Hopefully another year of delivering top end QLD talent into the league in 2024 before what looks to be another very strong year for Queensland in 2025. The Sunshine state is FINALLY coming of age as a footballing state.

Mate, you really are going to get the northern academy concessions pulled from us if you keep spruiking so hard.

 

[bungalow_bill]

Nice to see three of the top four are Queenslanders. Hopefully another year of delivering top end QLD talent into the league in 2024 before what looks to be another very strong year for Queensland in 2025. The Sunshine state is FINALLY coming of age as a footballing state.

 

[GC2015]

Mate, you really are going to get the northern academy concessions pulled from us if you keep spruiking so hard.

Fair. Seems like the Vic teams already have it in their crosshairs but my posts aren't helping. Message understood.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Why does this look familiar?

I can't place the ep but I reckon it's Stonecutters related.

 

[bungalow_bill]

Why does this look familiar?

I can't place the ep but I reckon it's Stonecutters related.

Quite certain it's the Stonecutters episode

 

[Wrenny]

Quite certain it's the Stonecutters episode

Shutttupppppp

 

[eaglespremiers]

If picked now is Ashcroft #1?

Early days but I'd have Finn O'Sullivan, Jagga Smith and Sid Draper in front atm.

 

[Haggas]

Time to look forward to the next draft. My really early mock

RANKING		NAME	POSITION	DOB	HEIGHT/WEIGHT	CLUB	AFF
1	West Coast	Finn O'Sullivan	Midfielder	30/5/06	181cm/70kg	Oakleigh Chargers/Vic Country
2	North Melbourne	Jagga Smith	Midfielder	28/1/06	181cm/68kg	Oakleigh Chargers/Vic Metro
3	Hawthorn	Sid Draper	Midfielder/Forward	5/7/06	180cm/72kg	South Adelaide/South Australia
4	Brisbane F/S	Levi Ashcroft	Midfielder	18/12/06	179cm/75kg	Sandringham Dragons/Vic Metro	BRIS
5	Gold Coast	Tom Gross	Midfielder/Forward	15/9/06	182cm/70kg	Oakleigh Chargers/Vic Metro
6	Fremantle	Josh Smillie	Utility	17/5/06	194cm/92kg	Eastern Ranges/Vic Metro
7	Adelaide F/S	Tyler Welsh	Key Forward	15/8/06	191cm/90kg	Woodville-West Torrens/South Australia	ADEL
8	Richmond	Christian Moraes	Midfielder	11/8/06	182cm	Eastern Ranges/Vic Metro	HAW
9	Geelong	Sam Lalor	Midfielder	30/8/06	187cm/88kg	GMV Rebels/Vic Country
10	Carlton F/S	Ben Camporeale	Wing	21/7/06	184cm/62kg	Glenelg/South Australia	CARL
11	Essendon	Harvey Langford	Midfielder/Forward	15/3/06	188cm/85kg	Dandenong Stingrays/Vic Country
12	Gold Coast (WB)	Luke Trainor	Key Defender	10/4/06	193cm/86kg	Sandringham Dragons/Vic Metro
13	Gold Coast (Academy)	Leonardo Lombard	Midfielder/Forward	5/10/06	178cm/76kg	Gold Coast Academy/Allies	GC
14	Sydney	Jobe Shanahan	Forward	2/8/06	193cm	Bendigo Pioneers/Vic Country
15	Brisbane (Academy)	Samuel Marshall	Midfielder/ Defender	19/1/06	185cm/78kg	Sandringham Dragons/Brisbane Academy/Allies	BRIS
16	Carlton F/S	Lucas Camporeale	Wing	21/7/06	183cm/62kg	Glenelg/South Australia	CARL
17	St.Kilda	Archer Day-Wicks	Midfielder/Forward	13/5/06	185cm/82kg	Bendigo Pioneers/Vic Country
18	Melbourne	Kade Herbert	Midfielder/Forward	3/4/06	183cm	Woodville-West Torrens/South Australia
19	Fremantle (PA)	Jonty Faull	Key Forward	1/2/06	194cm/84kg	GMV Rebels/Vic Country
20	GWS Giants	Murphy Reid	Midfielder/Forward	30/7/06	181cm	Sandringham Dragons/Vic Metro
21	Fremantle (Coll)	Bo Allan	Defender	16/2/06	188cm/83kg	Peel Thunder/Western Australia
22	Sydney (NM Priority)	Xavier Lindsay	Wing	3/8/06	182cm/72kg	Gippsland Power/Vic Country
23	West Coast	Malakai Champion	Small Forward	17/5/06	170cm/64kg	Subiaco/Western Australia	WC
24	North Melbourne	Noah Mraz	Key Defender	20/2/06	197cm	Dandenong Stingrays/Vic Country
25	Collingwood (Haw)	Harry O'Farrell	Key Defender	3/5/06	196cm	Calder Cannons/Vic Metro
26	Richmond (Frem)	Nash King	Midfielder	5/1/06	181cm/79kg	Calder Cannons/Vic Metro
27	Richmond	Phoenix Hargrave	Midfielder	15/9/06	181cm/83kg	South Adelaide/South Australia
28	Geelong	Toby Travaglia	Defender	26/10/06	187cm/72kg	Bendigo Pioneers/Vic Country
29	Essendon	Taj Hotton	Forward	17/6/06	180cm	Sandringham Dragons/Vic Metro
30	GWS Giants (Adel)	Oliver Dean	Ruck	16/10/06	199cm/82kg	Tasmania Devils/Allies
31	Sydney (Academy)	Joe Harrison	Midfielder	27/3/06	187cm/85kg	Sydney Academy/Allies	SYD
32	W.Bulldogs	Isaac Kako	Forward	7/3/06	174cm	Calder Cannons/Vic Metro	ESS
33	Melbourne (Syd)	Lucca Grego	Midfielder	15/9/06	183cm	Western Jets/Vic Metro
34	Fremantle (St.K)	Kayle Gerreyn	Ruck	10/5/06	192cm/88kg	West Perth/Western Australia
35	Port Adelaide	Zak Johnson	Midfielder	24/12/06	185cm	Northern Knights/Vic Metro
36	Port Adelaide F/S	Louie Montgomery	Forward	24/4/06	183cm/73kg	North Adelaide/South Australia	PA
37	Sydney (Academy)	Joel Cochran	Key Forward	28/3/06	194cm/84kg	Sydney Academy/Allies	SYD
38	St.Kilda (GWS)	Jesse Dattoli	Midfielder/Forward	8/7/06	178cm	Northern Knights/Vic Metro
39	Hawthorn (Coll)	Chayse Martinson	Midfielder	6/2/06	179cm/75kg	Swan Districts/Western Australia
40	Richmond (WC)	Cooper Hynes	Midfielder/ Forward	28/2/06	188cm	Dandenong Stingrays/Vic Country
41	North Melbourne	Clay Shadforth	Forward	11/4/06	180cm	South Adelaide/NT Thunder/Allies
42	Essendon (NGA)	Jayden Nguyen	Wing	27/7/06	175cm	Calder Cannons/Vic Metro	ESS
43	Collingwood (Haw)	Tom Luck	Ruck/Forward	6/4/06	195cm85kg	Woodville-West Torrens/South Australia
44	Richmond (Frem)	Koopa Walsh	Forward	19/5/06	193cm/86kg	Subiaco/Western Australia
45	Richmond	Ricky Mentha	Defender	4/9/06	179cm	Gippsland Power/NT Thunder/Allies
46	Geelong	Austin Van Der Struyf	Wing	17/3/06	179cm/69kg	Claremont/Western Australia
47	Melbourne (WB)	Jacob Newton	Midfielder	20/3/06	176cm/78kg	Norwood/South Australia
48	GWS Giants	Lucas McInerney	Midfielder/ Defender	28/2/06	180cm	Northern Knights/Vic Metro
49	Melbourne (St.K)	Tom Evans	Midfielder	22/2/06	180cm	Bendigo Pioneers/Vic Country
50	St.Kilda (Carl)	Otis Harvey	Midfielder	17/1/06	183cm/82kg	Swan Districts/Western Australia
51	St.Kilda (Melb)	Oliver Warburton	Wing	13/6/06	184cm/76kg	Murray Bushrangers/Vic Country
52	Collingwood	Charlie Nicholls	Key Forward	8/1/06	196cm	Central District/South Australia
53	West Coast	Harry Dodd	Defender	5/2/06	183cm/78kg	Woodville-West Torrens/South Australia
54	North Melbourne	Rhys Unwin	Midfielder/Forward	11/10/06	177cm/69kg	GMV Rebels/Vic Country
55	Richmond	Flynn Penry	Ruck	20/4/06	200cm/90kg	GMV Rebels/Vic Country
56	Geelong	Joshua Murphy	Forward	28/11/06	190cm/84kg	Murray Bushrangers/Allies
57	GWS Giants	Ned Atkinson	Midfielder/Forward	31/7/06	180cm/75kg	Sturt/South Australia
58	Port Adelaide F/S	Rome Burgoyne	Defender	29/8/06	181cm/76kg	Woodville-West Torrens/South Australia	PA
59	Fremantle NGA	Deian Roberts	Midfielder	24/7/06	186cm/84kg	Peel Thunder/Western Australia	FREM
60	Brisbane (Academy)	Tom Gillet	Ruck/Key Forward	9/1/06	199cm	Brisbane Academy/Allies	BRIS
61	Melbourne	Asher Eastham	Forward	13/5/06	188cm	Gippsland Power/Vic Country

 

[Futbolista]

I know back at the start of 2022 I had Koopa Walsh as WA's Number 1 at the time but he hasn't replicated his prolific goalkicking form from when he was 16.

He didn't make the WA 18's summer squad and I have to concede that he's up against it now.

Having said that, there will be additions to the squad closer to the 2024 championships. I'm guessing WA will add 3 or 4 overagers also as they did in 2023 with Hansen Jnr, Fonti, Wills etc

Fortunately there have been some risers to replace those that have dropped off, including slick Peel medium defender and B&F winner Jessie Grant, athetic Subiaco utility big man Hayden Windsor, Claremont forward Hamish Davis, Albany based 199cm ruck Lucas Ravenhill, Tigers livewire Cody Angove and I still have high hopes for Caylon Seelander, the son of Leroy Jetta

Leroy Jetta

Age

37

Ht

180cm

Wt

78kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.0

3star

K

7.2

3star

HB

5.8

4star

M

2.4

3star

T

3.3

5star

G

0.9

4star

No current season stats available

D

7.8

2star

K

4.4

2star

HB

3.4

3star

M

2.0

3star

T

2.2

4star

G

0.6

3star

, when he gets an injury free run.

Also worth keeping an eye out for Peel's Luke Bennett. Towards the end of last season he emerged and was taking a hanger nearly every week. I just want to see what else he can do before pushing him up the WA board but he did make the WA summer squad and he can certainly jump.

Also interested in surprise selection Sage Clarke who has not played a colts game, is not listed on any WAFL club database but according to the press release belongs to East Fremantle.

Tore Nelson, the strapping 190cm Indigenous back from Subiaco is another who was included despite not having yet played a colts game but his form in PSA was promising. He wouldn't want to get any more strapping though. Could lose a kg and get some tone.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Callum Twomey's yearly article has dropped.

Eye on the future: 10 draft prospects to watch in 2024

Callum Twomey looks ahead to the best prospects heading into the 2024 season

www.afl.com.au

 

[Toffee Lion]

Been keeping an eye on this draft and I'm far more excited for it than this year's crop.

Felt like 2023 was the Harley show. I think 2024 will have a good spread of solid talent in the top 10-15 range.

O'Sullivan, Draper & Ashcroft looking really solid. It's a proper midfielders draft.

 

[Sphynx]

I did say just the top prospects.

2019 we had 5 academy kids doing preseason with the senior team. 3 went on to be drafted that year. Only Coleman to us.

This year, we had both Levi Ashcroft and Sam Marshall spend a week midseason training with the senior team, after Vic Metro played the Allies up here.

End of 2021 (preseason for 2022), Will and Jaspa Fletcher were already training with the the senior team, before our draftees arrived. I remember watching a full ground practice match with Will and Jaspa playing, while our draftees watched on, during the draftees first week up here.

One of my biggest gripes.

Clubs can’t even talk to prospective draftees until after the Champs, yet the Northern clubs can run their prospects on AFL programs for almost 2 years.

 

[irel]

One of my biggest gripes.

Clubs can’t even talk to prospective draftees until after the Champs, yet the Northern clubs can run their prospects on AFL programs for almost 2 years.

Typical whinge, whine, moan at clouds. Fletcher and Ashcroft were F/S and every club in the league has a F/S program which includes access to pre-season, mid-season in fact 12 months of the year specialised programs. Every club has access to their kids from the NGA academies to structure whatever training program they run and yes even the northern clubs can not talk to potential draftees until the school year is over or designated times such as draft camps.

 

[GC2015]

Leo Lombard and Caleb Nancarrow were both seen training with the Suns AFL team on day one of the preseason today.

Any other draft prospects training with AFL clubs at the moment?