Review 2025 National Draft Thread | Dovaston #16 / Thredgold #26 / Mikunda #48

[roos_fanatic08]

Lachy Dovaston with another ripping game today. Best ground level player in this years draft I reckon. Had 17 disposals, kicked 2.1 and had 9 tackles today.

 

[Ichiro #51]

First champs game today.

South Australia vs Allies

12:00pm aest. Streamed on afl.com

Allies have 15 academy players in their 23.

 

[roos_fanatic08]

First champs game today.

South Australia vs Allies

12:00pm aest. Streamed on afl.com

Allies have 15 academy players in their 23.

Keen to see how Schubert, Oodshorn-Bennier and Cumming go for SA. All of them should be around our picks.

 

[roos_fanatic08]

Schubert with two nice contested marks already.

 

[roos_fanatic08]

Schubert at ground level kicks SA’s first.

Matt LeRay abs Sharp showing their class.

Schubert lining up again for his 2nd. Another strong mark. Kicks his 2nd.

 

[roos_fanatic08]

LeRay’s ball use unreal. Powerful and accurate.

 

[Ichiro #51]

SA midfield looking strong. Clean and fast movement through the corridor.

 

[roos_fanatic08]

SA midfield looking strong. Clean and fast movement through the corridor.

Hadn’t heard much about Jett Dahlitz prior to today, but he is looking clean and crisp with his disposal.

Sharp & LeRay been fantastic too.

 

[Ichiro #51]

Another great kick from LeRay.

 

[roos_fanatic08]

Another great kick from LeRay.

Good point of difference as a 189cm bigger bodied wingman.

 

[Ichiro #51]

That haircut on Hamilton is just rude.

 

[roos_fanatic08]

Wild that the two of the best players today in Addinsall and Patterson will be going to a side that’s in the top 4 (Gold Coast).

Equality and all that.

 

[Ichiro #51]

Wild that the two of the best players today in Addinsall and Patterson will be going to a side that’s in the top 4 (Gold Coast).

Equality and all that.

It kind of makes it both easy (and frustrating) to watch. May as well ignore the Allies completely.

 

[chubbspeterson]

Wild that the two of the best players today in Addinsall and Patterson will be going to a side that’s in the top 4 (Gold Coast).

Equality and all that.

Surely Patterson has to be rated firmly in the top 10 now.

 

[roos_fanatic08]

Surely Patterson has to be rated firmly in the top 10 now.

For sure. He and Annable should get bids in the top 10.

 

[Fart Cummings]

Josh Murphy kicked 11 for North Albury yesterday against Yarrawonga, still only 19

 

[Friday Night Lights]

Tairon Ah-Mu = The Much About Nothing

 

[Souup]

Lachy Dovaston with another ripping game today. Best ground level player in this years draft I reckon. Had 17 disposals, kicked 2.1 and had 9 tackles today.

He's a top 10er for sure for me.

 

[roos_fanatic08]

Josh Murphy kicked 11 for North Albury yesterday against Yarrawonga, still only 19

I reckon his best bet will go to a stand alone VFL side next year. Get on Werribee or Coburgs list and he’ll be in the AFL within 18 months. The kid is ridiculously talented.

 

[chubbspeterson]

Hadn’t heard much about Jett Dahlitz prior to today, but he is looking clean and crisp with his disposal.

Sharp & LeRay been fantastic too.

Doing some reading, looks like Dahlitz only joined the SANFL U18 state program last November.
187cm, looks pretty athletic, uses it well (86% efficiency). Not unlike Eddie Ford, maybe we're onto something.
LeRay at 189cm impressed as well with his ball use.

But we all know Brady would've been enthralled with Mitch Marsh as a 191cm half fwd.

 

[Heaps of fun]

Realistically what do we need to target in this draft? KPF, pacy half-forward and another Riley Hardeman?

 

[Val Keating]

Realistically what do we need to target in this draft? KPF, pacy half-forward and another Riley Hardeman?

Personally my philosophy is to draft for talent and trade for need.

 

[andana]

There’s plenty of Fremantle and West Coast prospects to keep an eye on at the upcoming AFL National Under-18s Championships.

Both the Dockers and Eagles will be well represented from a Next Generation Academy perspective, there’s also a father-son gun in the mix.

East Fremantle product [PLAYERCARD]Tom Phillips[/PLAYERCARD], who’s been labelled WA’s first FIFO under-18s player, is another on the Dockers’ radar.

Phillips lives in Melbourne where he boards at Scotch College, but played WAFL Futures for the Sharks back in 2023 and has flown over the recent trial games.

 

[Heaps of fun]

Personally my philosophy is to draft for talent and trade for need.

My philosophy is North Melbourne should be banned from trading for five years.

 

[roos_fanatic08]

There’s plenty of Fremantle and West Coast prospects to keep an eye on at the upcoming AFL National Under-18s Championships.

Both the Dockers and Eagles will be well represented from a Next Generation Academy perspective, there’s also a father-son gun in the mix.

East Fremantle product Tom Phillips, who’s been labelled WA’s first FIFO under-18s player, is another on the Dockers’ radar.

Phillips lives in Melbourne where he boards at Scotch College, but played WAFL Futures for the Sharks back in 2023 and has flown over the recent trial games.

I hope that we bid on Walley (WC) & Whan (Freo). Whan has a bucketload of potential, you could make an argument he is one of the best kicks in the draft.

Like the look of Swadling, Hallett and Evans too.