Game Day AFL U18 vs Richmond

[RedmanWasHere]

Watch LIVE from 1.30pm AEST: Australia U18 v Richmond VFL

Watch the stars of the future when the Marsh AFL National Academy Boys squad takes on Richmond's VFL team on Sunday

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All chatter for this game here.

Australia U18 squad​

#	NAME	STATE LEAGUE CLUB	COMMUNITY CLUB
1	Thomas Burton	Western Jets	Point Cook
2	Beau Addinsall	Gold Coast Suns Academy	Burleigh
3	Lachlan Carmichael	Sydney Swans Academy	Mosman
4	Willem Duursma	Gippsland Power	Foster
5	Noah Hibbins-Hargreaves	Dandenong Stingrays	Mornington
6	Josh Lindsay	Geelong Falcons	Newtown & Chilwell
7	Dylan Patterson	Gold Coast Suns Academy	Palm Beach Currumbin
8	Ben Rongdit	Geelong Falcons	Colac
9	Zeke Uwland	Gold Coast Suns Academy	Burleigh
10	Wesley Walley	Subiaco	Warwick Greenwood
20	Daniel Annable	Brisbane Lions Academy	Redland-Victoria Point
21	Harley Barker	Sturt	Mt Barker
22	Noah Chamberlain	Sydney Swans Academy	East Sydney
23	Samuel Cumming	North Adelaide	Wentworth District
24	Louis Emmett	Oakleigh Chargers	Glen Iris
25	Koby Evans	Perth	Federals
26	Oliver Greeves	Eastern Ranges	Vermont
27	Taj Murray	Northern Territory Academy North Adelaide	Nightcliff
28	Riley Onley	Murray Bushrangers	Shepparton United
29	Fred Rodriguez	South Fremantle	Fremantle City Dockers
30	Dyson Sharp	Central District	Barossa District
31	Cody Curtin	Claremont	West Coast
34	Cooper Duff-Tytler	Calder Cannons	Woodend-Hesket
35	Jasper Hay	Tasmania Devils	Clarence
36	Liam Hetherton	Murray Bushrangers	North Albury
37	Matthew LeRay	Central District	Golden Grove
38	Archie Ludowyke	Sandringham Dragons	East Sandringham
39	Kalani White	Gold Coast Suns Academy	Broadbeach

Richmond VFL squad​

#	NAME
16	Josh Smillie
21	Noah Balta 21 Noah Balta Age 26 Ht 194cm Wt 105kg Pos. D/F Career Season Last 5 D 9.8 2star K 6.7 3star HB 3.1 3star M 2.7 3star T 1.9 4star MG 236.3 4star D 12.0 3star K 6.7 3star HB 5.3 3star M 4.0 4star T 0.3 1star MG 233.0 4star D 7.0 2star K 5.0 2star HB 2.0 2star M 1.8 2star T 1.8 4star MG 217.4 4star
37	Liam Fawcett
39	Mate Colina
47	Oliver Hayes-Brown
50	Campbell Gray
52	Mohammed Yassine
54	Tom McCarthy
56	Lachlan Wilson
61	O'Neill Moncrieff
63	Nicholas Collier
65	Max Clohesy
66	Sam Flockart
67	Liam George
68	Sam Toner
71	Kai Daniels
72	Reuben Hanson
73	Tom Ferguson
74	Harry Scott
76	Sean Lai
77	Massimo Raso
79	Joshua Pollocks
80	Jhett Haeata
81	Sam Phillips

 

[Thunderstruck]

Tough watch so far, skills are very average

 

[ROYAL EAGLE]

Tough watch so far, skills are very average

Yep shocking skills

 

[Jack Richards]

How is Sharp looking?

 

[Thunderstruck]

Slightly better second term but still some very ordinary kicking by the Academy to date. Patterson the only one who really looks good atm. Lindsay not too bad, Burton finding it but some very bad kicking. Greeves gets to good positions and uses his big body well. Sharp quiet and seemingly going at about 30% but largely ignored when free. Needs to start caring and stop jogging around. Leray poor skills, Heatherton good marking bad kicking.

Lots of improvement hopefully for second half.

 

[Mutineer]

Tough watch so far, skills are very average

Sharp is looking anything other than a pick 1 out there today.

 

[Thunderstruck]

Sharp is looking anything other than a pick 1 out there today.

He's not even trying so wouldn't read toooooo much into it, but I would like to see him run more. We already know what he can do. He certainly could slide down to pick 5-6 with a quiet top end year.

 

[noobermensch]

He's not even trying so wouldn't read toooooo much into it, but I would like to see him run more. We already know what he can do. He certainly could slide down to pick 5-6 with a quiet top end year.

You're not reading much into the fact that he's not trying?

I'm disappointed in a few that seem to be plodding around and not really attacking contests, Sharp included.

 

[Membling]

I know that takes a bit to form a team and structure but a few seem to be playing for reputation and not for the team.

 

[H00t]

Sharp is spending a lot of time walking around while the ball is near him. Is it fitness or laziness?

Either way it’s a bad look

 

[random260]

Yeah not happy with this draft class

 

[Thunderstruck]

You're not reading much into the fact that he's not trying?

I'm disappointed in a few that seem to be plodding around and not really attacking contests, Sharp included.

Not really, I always put a little less emphasis into these games than club and nationals.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Any danger of a LEWY instead of a LEWIS for Emmett?

 

[Harry O]

I thought the selection of the afl academy squad late last year was pretty flawed.
Reckon there will be a lot of top 20 picks not in this squad

 

[Thunderstruck]

Little better finish this quarter, they've cleaned up their skills and started to run a bit more. Was hoping to see more of Duursma but like Sharp has for the most part been quiet. Enjoyed Greeves (Smillie clone), Addinsall and Patterson the most. Lindsay sweeping the ball well but he certainly likes to hog the footy a bit.

 

[Futbolista]

Why is this game even taking place? We need these guys testing themselves - or should I say - we need the state contenders pitting themselves against these, already very well known players at club level early in the season whern state squad positions are up for grabs.

So indulgent. I'm not even going to watch. Pointless.

 

[Le RickyBobby]

Went down to the game today. The comments on skills are fair and accurate, plenty of poor disposals out there. I will say that it was quite gusty at ground level, and the ground is notorious for being affected by windy conditions.

I didn't come away with any standout performances from anyone from the academy. Here's a bit of a summary.

CDT kicked a ripping goal. He covered the ground really well. Probably lacked the impact aerially against mature rucks.

Greeves- If he kicked straight, he could have had 3 or 4 easily. He seemed to rush a lot of kicks. Disposal was a bit of a concern. His contest work was by far the best from the academy. Thought he was close to best on.

Annable- kicked a nice goal that got them going a bit. Again, I'm not sure what to think about his kicking. He had some shockers today on the run. He moves well, though.

Lindsay- Bit of a mess game. Seemed to go kick chasing. He played off half back and did a good job, although a lot of his disposal was across half back. It would have been nice to see him link up and deliver I50.

Patterson- Had some amazing wow moments but was often followed by either a shocking decision or really bad skill error.

Dyson Sharp- Not sure what to make of his performance. Had little to no impact on the game.

Duursma- played mostly deep back. The biggest concern I had with Jim was he looked scared. Genuinely looked like a guy who had gone into his shell because the moment was too big for him. Again not sure how much to read into it as he won't be playing key back at AFL level.

Archie Ludowyke- Moved well kicked 3 took some nice marks. Really attacked the marking contests. Very impressed.

Burton- Thought he had a nice game, got a bit of the ball generally used it well and won some nice contest across the backline.