Resource Noob's 2025 Draft Prospect Video Thread

[noobermensch]

A solid outing but unspectacular outing for CDT. He dominated the tap work more than the pure stats would suggest with Metro swapping between three rucks to give each of them a chance. He got involved as he always does post tap, but wasnt quite as clean or constructive with the ball as we typically see from him, and I'd still love to see more of him as a key forward.

 

[noobermensch]

Riley Onley certainly has his deficiencies (such as defensive effort) but there's no doubt that when things are clicking for him there are few more impressive athletes in this draft pool. This was a huge game from him, and he was a major factor in Vic Country getting their first win of the carnival. The 13 score involvements were a game high, and his work at stoppage was powerful and creative.

 

[noobermensch]

Dovaston was an energizer bunny throughout the game but especially in the first quarter. He did a lot right but tended to spray his opportunities at goal and ultimately that inaccuracy prevented him from having a bigger impact. He showed admirable intensity at the contest and the work rate to get up the ground to influence play around the wings and through the middle with creative hands and ability to fight through contact.

 

[noobermensch]

Another strong Champs game from Willem who seems to be a permanent fixture now as a tall defender. He was matched up on Noah Chamberlain for much of the game and kept him quiet, while also intercepting a number of balls and dashing off his man with incisive moments of play. His kicking was still inconsistent as always, but the extra time and space he gets in this defensive role helps with his efficiency.

 

[noobermensch]

Cats NGA Jesse Mellor was super dangerous all game here. He's an interesting hybrid of small forward with excellent contested marking skills which he showed on a number of occasions. His pressure in the forward line caused a number of turnovers from his opponents, and he was able to create a significant number of scoring opportunities for himself and his teammates.

 

[noobermensch]

This was a decent outing for Grlj but we're still waiting for that real breakout Champs performance that we expect from a kid with his talent. He was able to showcase his trademark dash and evasion on a few occasions, but struggled with the strong wind as most did on the day.

A note for the commentators. A little bit of professionalism would be nice. This is the pinnacle of junior footy. Many of these kids will go on to become stars of the AFL but regardless of that, all have earned the right to have you put in a little bit of effort to research how their names are pronounced... and pro tip, Grlj is not pronounced "Groo" or any of the other wild guesses you made. If a job is worth doing then its worth doing well.

 

[noobermensch]

Huss has hit a strong vein of form in recent weeks, and he showed again here how dangerous he can be. He got up the ground a little more than he has been this season and turned on the jets on a number of occasions to burn off defenders, helping to transition Metro quickly into an open forward line. He had a game high score involvements, kicking two goals of his own.

 

[noobermensch]

Williams might be the player from this WA Champs squad who's most enhanced his reputation over the course of the carnival. Entering as the least heralded of the Eagles club linked players, he's arguably outperformed them all through these four games and we saw some of his best in the final game here. His work rate is a real stand out, closing down space with repeat efforts and putting his body on the line to disrupt the opposition, and then gut running into space to create outlet opportunities. He has dancing feet and enjoys taking opponents on, often seeming to improvise things on the fly which can make his possessions an adventure. His skills are typically solid, although he did struggle with kicking accuracy in the strong wind at times here.

 

[noobermensch]

Sam Cumming had his senior SANFL debut for North Adelaide on the weekend and produced a creditable and promising performance. With his team copping an almighty shellacking at the hands of Sturt, Cumming could have been forgiven for getting a bit lost, but he worked hard all game and might even have snuck into the Roosters best. He showed no fear of the mature bodies, cracking in and laying his share of bumps and tackles. His kicking wasn't as effective as we've come to expect, possibly due to him being rushed by the increased pace of the game, or possibly because his tall targets were getting soundly beaten by their opponents.

 

[noobermensch]

After unfortunately missing out on representing SA at the Champs due to recovering from a broken arm, Phillipou had been overlooked a little by draft watchers. In this game he reminded us of his quality. He's a superior athlete, a power runner on the outside with the physicality to mix it in contested situations and agility and burst of pace to get from inside to outside the contest. He's capable of pushing forward, taking a strong grab and impacting the scoreboard. In this game some of his decision making with the ball was poor at times, and his kicking was a little untidy in near perfect conditions with very little wind.

 

[noobermensch]

Another huge game from Carmichael who entered the Champs series behind his two Swans academy teammates in the minds of many, but he's outperformed them both and boosted his draft stocks in the process. This was a fairly run of the mill big game from Carmichael through three quarters with him racking up a stack of the footy sweeping across half back. His move into the midfield in the fourth quarter was more interesting for draft watchers, with Lachie having a few big moments which might hint at as yet unrealized potential for the future.

 

[Lana]

Another huge game from Carmichael who entered the Champs series behind his two Swans academy teammates in the minds of many, but he's outperformed them both and boosted his draft stocks in the process. This was a fairly run of the mill big game from Carmichael through three quarters with him racking up a stack of the footy sweeping across half back. His move into the midfield in the fourth quarter was more interesting for draft watchers, with Lachie having a few big moments which might hint at as yet unrealized potential for the future.

He moves like he is already an AFL footballer in how he reacts in space.

 

[noobermensch]

Kaiden Summerell has been creating some serious buzz with a string of BOG performances at Colts level over the last several weeks, putting himself firmly in the draft frame in spite of missing out on the WA champs squad. He's yet another left footed half back distributor which has become a real feature in this draft pool, and shares similarities with Josh Lindsay and Jacob Farrow. A low ball drop and penetrating kick allows him to do real damage, although he's perhaps not quite as smooth or accurate as Lindsay, and excellent overhead marking skills allow him to play taller than his listed height.

 

[noobermensch]

Greeves is this season's metronome, putting in strong performances every week no matter the conditions or the level of competition. He started forward, his shift into the midfield midway through the first quarter coinciding with Metro getting on top through the middle, Greeves ultimately ending as the leading clearance winner for the game. He was involved in a number of Metro's best forward moves, the early season question marks around his kicking skills seeming to have been put to bed.

 

[noobermensch]

Another strong performance from Dovaston who's become extremely consistent playing a position where that's no easy task. The highlight of his performance was of course the four goals, end product from his ability to continually pop up in the right place at the right time. He got up the ground quite a bit to find the ball and was creative with it even though he didn't always hit his target. As always with Lachy, his defensive pressure was very strong.

 

[noobermensch]

In a very even team performance for Metro Adam Sweid gets the nod for BOG in my eyes due to how clean, constructive and damaging his possessions were paired with his strong presence around stoppage. Given he was predominantly playing midfield, his four goals were a real highlight, testament to his work rate to push forward and his reading of the play.

 

[noobermensch]

Jack Pickett is looking like a boom tall forward prospect for the 2026 draft. Fresh off a Champs debut for Vic Country against the Allies he followed that up with a huge performance here against the Western Jets kicking 7 goals. He has some serious aerial prowess and has been a consistent source of goals for the Falcons since his Talent League debut.

 

[noobermensch]

Marsh has rocketed up draft boards over the last month and a half on the back of an extremely strong Champs campaign. Here we see him back playing SANFL U18s for West Adelaide and putting together a solid performance with his strong marking and penetrating left boot featuring strongly.

 

[noobermensch]

CDT was better than the pure stats suggest here with most of his touches leading to positive outcomes for Metro. Most rucks who have a strong follow up game tend to scrap at ground level and dish off to their more fleet footed midfielders, but CDT can turn the corner himself and burst out into space, more in the mould of a Luke Jackson

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Luke Jackson

Age

24

Ht

199cm

Wt

102kg

Pos.

F/R

Career

Season

Last 5

D

8.3

2star

K

3.3

1star

HB

5.0

4star

M

1.5

2star

T

1.0

3star

G

0.3

3star

D

8.3

2star

K

3.3

1star

HB

5.0

3star

M

1.5

2star

T

1.0

2star

G

0.3

3star

D

8.3

3star

K

3.3

2star

HB

5.0

4star

M

1.5

2star

T

1.0

3star

G

0.3

3star

. We also saw CDT take a couple of marks when resting forward and he chipped in with a goal which was a positive development. If he can prove that he can impact as a forward through the final stretch of the season that could be the difference between him being taken at pick 1 or sliding down into the back end of the top 10.

 

[Redrat1970]

Hey Noob, great vid's Will you be doing one on Sam Ainsworth from Norwood at any stage?

 

[noobermensch]

Hey Noob, great vid's Will you be doing one on Sam Ainsworth from Norwood at any stage?

Hey mate, yes for sure, I will do one of his Champs games at some point.

 

[noobermensch]

A hard fought and competitive clash between Metro and WA saw Koby Bewick and his Metro squad come away with the win. Koby was less dominant than in the first Champs game but still had some elite moments, able to find space and use his dash and damaging kicking skills to penetrate attacking 50 effectively on numerous occasions.

 

[noobermensch]

A huge breakout game from Sam Cumming in only his second senior SANFL appearance for North Adelaide. In a game in which his team struggled for long stretches Cumming seemed to represent their only hope of getting back into the contest. There's very little that Cumming can't do, he's a fantastic athlete with a burst of speed and ability to leap for high marks, he can win the ball at stoppage, and he has a lovely long penetrating kick. There will be increasing talk of Cumming pushing well inside the top 10 on the back of this game, and its fully deserved.

Unfortunately the second half of this game represented a major set back in the on going battle between the SANFL camera operators and the zoom button. But as they say, it's much better to lose a battle and win the war... and you may call me a dreamer, but I believe that one day the SANFL camera operators will find the zoom button.

 

[noobermensch]

Isn't it a bit suspicious that after being mostly fine through the first half of that game the camera operator mysteriously loses access to the zoom function in the second half after CumDog Millionaire starts popping off??

Or maybe I've been watching too many Epstein videos.

Where did I put my tinfoil hat...

 

[noobermensch]

Just FYI for people making requests, I'm probably going to have to limit the number of zoomed out SANFL games I cover each week. They take at least twice as long to edit and are murder on my eyes.

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Called up to play senior SANFL for the Bulldogs Sharp turned in a super solid performance. He has the mature body to impact immediately next season at AFL level and his contested game here was as fantastic as always, winning clearances, laying tough tackles and coming out on top in a number of important contested battles around the ground. I still feel as though he's a bit more hesitant to impose himself than he is in the junior comps, let's hope he sheds himself of that with more experience at the level.