List Mgmt. 2026 Draftee/NGA/FS Discussion

[Keys]

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Article provides a brief description of the most likely draft hopefuls from the WA Colts system - including the following West Coast Father/Sons and NGA tied players listed below:

Spoiler: Harper Banfield (181cm, midfielder/forward)

The son of two-time premiership Eagle Drew and younger brother of St Kilda draftee Charlie, Harper is hoping to become the Banfield’s latest AFL star. He’s smaller than his brother, but he’s a competitor with elite endurance. His sprinting and agility have also improved significantly in the last six months, suiting a half-forward, midfield role.

Spoiler: Robert Farmer (179cm, forward)

Farmer is out for revenge in 2026 after missing Claremont’s premiership. The West Coast NGA prospect kicked nine goals from seven games as a bottom-age player and he was also a train-on with the State 18s quad.

Spoiler: Noah Braun (183cm, midfielder)

The son of 2006 West Coast premiership player Michael, Noah is a goalkicking midfielder-forward who has had some big games for Claremont last year. Is pushing to make WA’s 18s squad after missing out on the summer training block.

Spoiler: Garrison Kenh (181cm, defender)

An attacking halfback who is part of West Coast’s Next Generation Academy, Kenh announced himself as one to watch a couple of years ago after winning WA’s MVP award at the Under-16 national championships. Originally from Liberia in West Africa, Kenh takes the game on with his speed and agility. He’s also trained with West Coast as part of national academy commitments.

Spoiler: Lachlan McGlade (177cm, forward)

Exciting, agile and crafty, McGlade is everything you want in a small forward. The Eagles NGA prospect likes to take the game on with his run and carry, making him one of the Royals’ most exciting players to watch. Kicked five in one game last year and will be hoping another good start to the year will cement his spot in the state squad.

Spoiler: Cody Lee (193cm, forward)

Is linked to West Coast as an NGA prospect and the Eagles would be pleased with Lee’s development. The developing tall has grown a few centimetres of late and grown into his body. His athleticism has been on show at summer squad training, finishing third in the running vertical leap at pre-season testing.

Spoiler: Jamayson Ketchup (178cm, forward)

Another Eagles NGA prospect, Ketchup isn’t just another condiment. The electric forward has an unbelievable work rate, clean skills and he always knows where the goals are. Ketchup plays his best footy at half-forward, but he can also push into the midfield when needed.

Spoiler: Kyle Perera (170cm, forward)

The West Coast NGA prospect missed most of last year with a stress fracture in his back but made an impact in the last four games of the season. Perera has been training with the State summer squad and his smarts and speed make him one to watch.

Spoiler: Lorenze Cole

The West Coast NGA prospect is known for his speed, power and X-factor. The Karratha product played in the State trial game recently and will be one to watch this year.

Spoiler: David Shanahan

Not mentioned in the article, but is a potential KPD from Swan Districts in our NGA who was on the radar of some posters last year

 

[Jaygee1976]

You seem to have some good knowledge on some WC NGA's and appreciate your intel.
Care to elaborate on who you know of and their attributes, positions?

helps when one of them is my son, so a little bias on one of them. have had pleasure of watch them all grow together in the NGA program at the Eagles. the 2008 born boys are the best NGA group the Eagles have ever had, cant remember a game they lost to the Dockers NGA.
Garrison is easily the best of the NGA group, strong all over the ground. his speed is underrated, the boy can move when needed.
Robbie Farmer solid player with a lot of talent, can make an impact in the forward line. put him deep forward and he will produce something.
Banfield i havent seen much of in the NGA program but when he has played the games i have seen has been solid.
Jamayson Ketchup as i said before is a natural born ball hunter, very clean with first touch. is improvement over the years has been impressive to watch. very strong in the midfield and is strong off a high half forward

 

[Bleedblueandgold]

helps when one of them is my son, so a little bias on one of them. have had pleasure of watch them all grow together in the NGA program at the Eagles. the 2008 born boys are the best NGA group the Eagles have ever had, cant remember a game they lost to the Dockers NGA.
Garrison is easily the best of the NGA group, strong all over the ground. his speed is underrated, the boy can move when needed.
Robbie Farmer solid player with a lot of talent, can make an impact in the forward line. put him deep forward and he will produce something.
Banfield i havent seen much of in the NGA program but when he has played the games i have seen has been solid.
Jamayson Ketchup as i said before is a natural born ball hunter, very clean with first touch. is improvement over the years has been impressive to watch. very strong in the midfield and is strong off a high half forward

How's Shanahan & McGlade?
If we only have spots for say, 2 of them, which one should we target apart from Kenh?

 

[WestCoast17]

How's Shanahan & McGlade?
If we only have spots for say, 2 of them, which one should we target apart from Kenh?

I’d say the next best currently is Harper Banfield. Shanahan has a good ceiling, very athletic, some question marks about when he has ball in hand. Mcglade is similar to Farmer, very skilled and know how to kick goals, sometimes finds it hard to get into the game when it’s not going their way.

 

[WCE777]

helps when one of them is my son, so a little bias on one of them. have had pleasure of watch them all grow together in the NGA program at the Eagles. the 2008 born boys are the best NGA group the Eagles have ever had, cant remember a game they lost to the Dockers NGA.
Garrison is easily the best of the NGA group, strong all over the ground. his speed is underrated, the boy can move when needed.
Robbie Farmer solid player with a lot of talent, can make an impact in the forward line. put him deep forward and he will produce something.
Banfield i havent seen much of in the NGA program but when he has played the games i have seen has been solid.
Jamayson Ketchup as i said before is a natural born ball hunter, very clean with first touch. is improvement over the years has been impressive to watch. very strong in the midfield and is strong off a high half forward

Appreciate your insights as someone close to the group.
I wish your son the best and hope he makes it in the AFL and hopefully WC so you don't need to follow that PA unwashed team anymore
If I can ask which year group is your son part of, you must be an extremely proud parent?

Great the 2028 group are tracking so well!

2028 group I am aware of are:
Ashley Clayton/SF
Eli Wirrapanda/HB
Elijah Pitt/position?
Elisha Daah/MID
Do you know of any others?

 

[Jaygee1976]

Appreciate your insights as someone close to the group.
I wish your son the best and hope he makes it in the AFL and hopefully WC so you don't need to follow that PA unwashed team anymore
If I can ask which year group is your son part of, you must be an extremely proud parent?

Great the 2028 group are tracking so well!

2028 group I am aware of are:
Ashley Clayton/SF
Eli Wirrapanda/HB
Elijah Pitt/position?
Elisha Daah/MID
Do you know of any others?

my son is Jamayson Ketchup and yes I am very proud of him. a little bias but I would say Jamayson is the next best player to Kenh.

would love to see him playing for the eagles but will still follow PA

 

[Happy Mastenator]

my son is Jamayson Ketchup and yes I am very proud of him. a little bias but I would say Jamayson is the next best player to Kenh.

would love to see him playing for the eagles but will still follow PA

Thank you for posting and your insights. Well done to Jamayson and your family, in getting to where he is.

You're always welcome here. Even if you've got the port taint.

 

[WestCoast17]

my son is Jamayson Ketchup and yes I am very proud of him. a little bias but I would say Jamayson is the next best player to Kenh.

would love to see him playing for the eagles but will still follow PA

Very excited to see how he goes this year.

Interesting you say he’s a midfielder, hopefully Perth play him there and we see him on the eagles list this time next year.

 

[Elite Pete]

No change for WA teams

 

[WCE777]

my son is Jamayson Ketchup and yes I am very proud of him. a little bias but I would say Jamayson is the next best player to Kenh.

would love to see him playing for the eagles but will still follow PA

Well done to your son and family for getting this close to an oppurtunity, hope he continues his progression and finds his way to the .

 

[WCE777]

No change for WA teams

all very sensible and again confirmed clubs will have access to players through their NGA's for 3 years if the go undrafted.
This is a very sensible change and hopefully increases Aboriginal & Multicultral numbers over time.

 

[Wce17]

Wes Walley is training with Carltons VFL squad not as a potential SPP player with Carlton so doubtful he gets an AFL list spot this year.

 

[Knifey Spoony]

I am wondering if clubs try to 'hide' their NGA with the new bidding rules. Say Koby Evans could have been told 'we will take you, rest up for preseason' as an example

 

[Happy Mastenator]

I am wondering if clubs try to 'hide' their NGA with the new bidding rules. Say Koby Evans could have been told 'we will take you, rest up for preseason' as an example

Strong rumours that Sydney tried that will Callum mills. Didn’t really end up working too much.

 

[FKASC]

my son is Jamayson Ketchup

Sauce?

 

[mattyc75]

Sauce?

Was wondering who'd be the first..congrats

 

[AsterixTheGaul]

Thanks for the corrections. Here is the latest list.

11 NGA and 2 F/S

 

[eagleyed25]

Thanks for the corrections. Here is the latest list.

11 NGA and 2 F/S

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Overagers - Dwayne Ryder is? Also, Darcy Montgomery? Hamish Regan?

 

[Jaygee1976]

Sauce?

yes hot sauce

 

[noobermensch]

Kodah Edwards from SA was one of the best on the field in the opening half of the Futures game, playing midfield, tackling hard, breaking into space and show class with the ball at times. He was moved to the forward line in the second half and drafted out of the contest a little but still did enough to be named among the best for his team on the day.

 

[noobermensch]

2 midfielders in open pool of the top 10. Not the greatest two years to be crap and in desperate need of midfielders

I wouldn't worry about this too much for now.

In the junior comps, typically the top agers get first dibs on the "main character" roles like inside mid or key forward, and the bottom agers have to adapt and fit in around them. You'll find a lot of bottom age kids who played on the flanks/wings/pockets will get their chance to step up and be the main character next season.

 

[EagleMan87]

2 midfielders in open pool of the top 10. Not the greatest two years to be crap and in desperate need of midfielders

You must be stoked that we picked up top 5 prospect Fred Rodriguez in the rookie draft!

 

[WCE777]

Hopefully a couple of elite midfield talents emerge as I feel we need at least 1 top 5 pick midfielder to balance out our list.
Balanced mid who can compliment our more outside players.

I hope Rodriguez steps up but just getting him in the rookie draft seems to be a solid player with perhaps upside but will be a contributer not a number 1 build the midfield type?

Seems the pool will come from A Butler/K Edwards/A Van Dyke/H Mellody is my watch group for 2026.

 

[noobermensch]

LeCras shapes as an interesting option in the 2026 pool with a lot of the attributes coveted by teams in a modern forward. Medium sized at 190cm, super clean hands in marking contests and the running power to leave his matchup in the dust. He played both forward and wing in the Futures game, and while he didn't find a huge amount of the footy, he was still named among the best for his team.

 

[EagleEgo]

LeCras shapes as an interesting option in the 2026 pool with a lot of the attributes coveted by teams in a modern forward. Medium sized at 190cm, super clean hands in marking contests and the running power to leave his matchup in the dust. He played both forward and wing in the Futures game, and while he didn't find a huge amount of the footy, he was still named among the best for his team.

WAFL describes him as 192cm now

 

[Mr Q]

....not a number 1 build the midfield type?

I Harley know what to say to the idea we don't have that player already...