Academy Northern Academy Talent 2021 - Nominations are in!

[Lore]

Those who have been nominated:

NORTHERN ACADEMY
Gold Coast
Jason Baird
Will Bella
Jed Foggo
Austin Harris
Thomas Hofert
Antonio James
Jack Johnston
Jamie Jones
Brodie Lake
Brinn Little
Max Pescud
Bailey Reeves
Ned Stevens
Jaeden Watts

GWS
Jack Driscoll
Josh Fahey
Sam Frost

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Sam Frost

Age

30

Ht

194cm

Wt

94kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.4

3star

K

7.1

3star

HB

5.2

4star

M

3.7

4star

T

1.9

4star

MG

191.6

3star

D

10.5

3star

K

6.3

3star

HB

4.3

3star

M

4.0

4star

T

1.5

2star

MG

191.6

3star

D

11.2

3star

K

6.0

3star

HB

5.2

4star

M

3.6

4star

T

1.4

4star

Josh Green
Harrison Grintell
Fraser Kelly
Patrick Voss

Sydney
Angus Anderson
William Edwards
Kye Pfrengle
Liam Puncher
Felix Rogers
Pierce Roseby

How many will Saints get? Every Academy, father-son nomination

Check out who your club has nominated as a father-son or Academy selection

www.afl.com.au

 

[Lore]

Gold Coast

Spoiler: click spoilers to expand team lists

U19s	U18s
Thomas Hofert	Will Bella
Riley Johnson	Charlie Blok
Jack Johnston	Finn Brown
Max Pescud	Thomas Carey
Ryan Pickering	Oliver Churchill
Bailey Reeves	Luke Coombes
Mackenzie Riddle	Malachi Dumas
Harrison Rowles	Josh Fahey
James Smith	Jed Foggo
Shaye Walsh	Jackson Griffiths
Jayren Willie	Jackson Hamann
Jack Willis	Austin Harris
	Cody Harrison
	Adam Hull
	Brinn Little
	Jye Lockett
	Connor Matheson
	Connor Munro
	Kesh Raju
	Jonah Semmler
	Ryan Sergi
	Josh Smart
	Bodhi Uwland
	Oakley Wallace
	Sebastian Watters

https://www.goldcoastfc.com.au/teams/academy

GWS

Spoiler

ACT/SOUTH COAST	WESTERN SYDNEY	WAGGA/MIA	BROKEN HILL
Connor Ashcroft	Scott Brown	Drew Beavan	Adam Slattery
Jack Castles	Angus Edwards	Jason Bourke
Cody Donlan	Ethan Grace	Angus Crelley
Joel Dunstall	Marshall Poynter	Jack Driscoll
Josh Fahey	Kai Watts	Luke Fellows
Samuel Frost		Hamish Gilmore
Joshua Green		Billy Glanvill
Fraser Kelly		Harrison Grintell
Gus Lyon		Matthew Hamblin
Mackinley Miller		Joseph Perryman
Maximus Monaghan		Jeremy Piercy
Sebastian Quirk		Nathan Ryan
Brad Rauter		Thomas Sase
Sam Robinson		Coopa Steele
Gaige Saunders		Sam Stening
Allessandro Sergi		Patrick Voss
Liam Shallies
Airi Wolff

https://www.gwsgiants.com.au/news/845378/2021-academy-phase-2-squad-announcement

Brisbane Lions

Spoiler

A-E	F-K	L-Sc	Si-Z
Tahj Abberley	Deklen Faulkner	Joshua Lane	Caleb Silva
Jed Aitken	Jaspa Fletcher	Cooper Langan	Oscar Stewart
Caleb Back	Bae Gallop	Mitch Langan	Jason Stuart
Lochlann Baxter	Mason Gates	Daniel Lanthois	Will Tasker
Wilson Barry	Fletcher Gay-Brown	Zac La Busque	Harry Taylor
Charlie Bowes	Izak Gehas	Max LeFevre	Mason O'Sullivan
Shadeau Brain	Jack Gersekowski	Bryce Longland	Rhiley Owens
Jack Briskey	Luke Gregory	Cian Mallon	James Packer
Connor Bulley	Tanner Griffiths	Jack Manly	Angus Pearn
Tallis Buntain	Tom Grills	Reed Maskell-Dobbin	Max Pekaj
Jack Campbell	Caleb Hammond	Riley Matheson	Thomas Pfitzner
Ethan Cannon	Ethan Harris	Duncan McCabe	Darcy Prest
Shatna Cashen-Harris	Lochlan Harrop	Benjamin McCarthy	Rafe Priestley
Josh Chapman	Sam Hickie	Lachlan McCormick	Shaun Pukallus
Zak Clarkson	Matthew Hollier	Tayne McDonald	Louis Quin
Owen Collins	Mitch Howson	Lachie McDonald	Kuot Thok
Will Coluccio	Liam Hude	Noah McFadyen	Ben Thomas
Harrison Copland	Alex Jacobs	Liam NcNeill	Kaob Tietz
Nic Creighton	Riley Jamieson	Lachie McPheat	Balin Tietz
Saxon Crozier	Will Jennings	Jordan Michael	Bailey Tome
Harley Crozier	Harry Jones	Ethan Mooney	Jake Torney
Brayden Cuffe	Lu'ba Kagi	Max Nelson	Toby Triffett
Tom Cuthbert	Lamont Kalolo	Will O'Dwyer	Oliver Waugh
Nathan Davis	Marty Kelly	Cooper Ogden	Lachie Wilson
Roley Doyle	Ethan Kerimadopolous	Hunter Osborne	Sam Winterbottom
Oscar Doyle	Ethan Kerr	Thalayn Ryschka	Kai Woods
Damon Eastwell	Rexy Kotatsis	Ravi Schofield	Zac Young
Bailey Eva

https://www.lions.com.au/teams/academy

Sydney - Incomplete? If you have more information please post it below!

Spoiler

Angus Anderson	Jack Mortimer
Jacob Bauer	Robert Mueller
Oscar Davis	Kye Pfrengle
Will Edwards	Harrison Parker
Jordan Endemann	Lenny Robin
Riley Fitzroy	Pierce Roseby
Ciaran Flynn	Felix Rogers
Kale Gabila	Jackson Tikkeros
Luke Giacometti	Thomas Trevaskis
Lachlan Macnamara	Cooper Wilson
Eddie Marning	Louis Wilson
Byron Middleton	Jeremy Woodford

https://www.facebook.com/QBESydneySwansAcademy
https://www.sydneyswans.com.au/news/918165

 

[Lore]

If you happen to have Sydney's list please let me know/post it here.

Also if someone can tell me which GWS/Brisbane players are U17 (if any), I'll remove the U17s as they aren't draft eligible in 2021.

 

[PMBangers]

If you happen to have Sydney's list please let me know/post it here.

Also if someone can tell me which GWS/Brisbane players are U17 (if any), I'll remove the U17s as they aren't draft eligible in 2021.

None of those listed in our U19s will be 17, we keep the lists separated on the website so it's easier to tell

 

[Lore]

With thanks to SwansProudly for links to some of the Sydney players.

 

[Rioli8217]

Swans Academy u18/19 2021 (Team that played GWS)

Angus Anderson	Pierce Roseby
Jacob Bauer	Felix Rogers
Oscar Davis	Jackson Tikkeros
Will Edwards	Thomas Trevaskis
Jordan Endemann	Louis Wilson
Riley Fitzroy	Cooper Wilson
Ciaran Flynn	Jeremy Woodford
Kale Gabila
Luke Giacometti
Lachlan Macnamara
Eddie Marning
Byron Middleton
Jack Mortimer
Robert Mueller
Kye Pfrengle
Harrison Parker
Lenny Robin

Lore,

Updated the list as it had some u16s and u17s and added first names to some of the players

 

[Lore]

So Cheshire, Hedges, Kitto, Lieschke, McClennan, McMeeken, Mole, Palmqvist and Upsall are U16/17?

 

[Rioli8217]

So Cheshire, Hedges, Kitto, Lieschke, McClennan, McMeeken, Mole, Palmqvist and Upsall are U16/17?

Yep.

They're all 16s, there was no17s my bad.

 

[Lore]

Yep.

They're all 16s, there was no17s my bad.

Awesome, thanks!

 

[Rioli8217]

Brisbane Lions

A-Ea	Ev-K	L-Sc	Si-Z
Tahj Abberley	Bailey Eva	Joshua Lane	Caleb Silva
Jed Aitken	Deklen Faulkner	Cooper Langan	Oscar Stewart
Caleb Back	Jaspa Fletcher	Mitch Langan	Jason Stuart
Lochlann Baxter	Bae Gallop	Daniel Lanthois	Will Tasker
Wilson Barry	Mason Gates	Zac La Busque	Harry Taylor
Charlie Bowes	Fletcher Gay-Brown	Max LeFevre	Mason O'Sullivan
Shadeau Brain	Izak Gehas	Bryce Longland	Rhiley Owens
Jack Briskey	Jack Gersekowski	Cian Mallon	James Packer
Connor Bulley	Luke Gregory	Jack Manly	Angus Pearn
Tallis Buntain	Tanner Griffiths	Carter Michaels	Max Pekaj
Jack Campbell	Tom Grills	Ethan Mooney	Thomas Pfitzner
Ethan Cannon	Caleb Hammond	Max Nelson	Darcy Prest
Shatna Cashen-Harris	Ethan Harris	Will O'Dwyer	Rafe Priestley
Josh Chapman	Lochlan Harrop	Cooper Ogden	Shaun Pukallus
Zak Clarkson	Sam Hickie	Hunter Osborne	Louis Quin
Blake Coleman	Matthew Hollier	Reed Maskell-Dobbin	Kuot Thok
Owen Collins	Mitch Howson	Riley Matheson	Ben Thomas
Will Coluccio	Liam Hude	Duncan McCabe	Kaob Tietz
Harrison Copland	Alex Jacobs	Benjamin McCarthy	Balin Tietz
Nic Creighton	Riley Jamieson	Lachlan McCormick	Bailey Tome
Saxon Crozier	Will Jennings	Tayne McDonald	Jake Torney
Harley Crozier	Harry Jones	Lachie McDonald	Toby Triffett
Brayden Cuffe	Lu'ba Kagi	Noah McFadyen	Oliver Waugh
Tom Cuthbert	Lamont Kalolo	Liam NcNeill	Lachie Wilson
Nathan Davis	Marty Kelly	Lachie McPheat	Sam Winterbottom
Roley Doyle	Ethan Kerimadopolous	Jordan Michael	Kai Woods
Oscar Doyle	Ethan Kerr	Thalayn Ryschka	Zac Young
Damon Eastwell	Rexy Kotatsis	Ravi Schofield

https://www.lions.com.au/teams/academy

lol why does Brisbane have 111 players in their u19 program?

 

[Lore]

lol why does Brisbane have 111 players in their u19 program?

Not totally sure but;

The Level 3 (Under 19) squad announcement has been made and in that squad, there were some boys and girls turning 17 in 2021 invited - this is a new concept for the Academy moving forward as a part of the restructured program.

Possibly some 17 year olds in there?

 

[Rioli8217]

Not totally sure but;


Possibly some 17 year olds in there?

Still a tonne if only some u17s...

Although there might be further levels if it's only level 3, so level 4+ might have further cuts and they just haven't updated it?.

Will see when Northern Academies play Nab League.

 

[M Malice]

There are 2 on the Lions list in the OP that are already on our AFL list ie. Blake Coleman and Carter Michael.

 

[briztoon]

Still a tonne if only some u17s...

Although there might be further levels if it's only level 3, so level 4+ might have further cuts and they just haven't updated it?.

Will see when Northern Academies play Nab League.

Level 3 is our U18 & U19 squad.

Level 2 is U17, and Level 1 is U16.

Before Covid hit, the club was talking about expanding each academy age group to 200+ kids in both boys and girls.

Brisbane’s academy zone, by area is probably three times the size of Victoria, then Gold Coasts zone is the rest of the State, probably 5 times the size of Victoria.

Our academy has 4 hubs, with a team in each hub. Currently our hub teams have been playing a each other, mixed in with the best kids then pulled together to play Gold Coast’s academy.

 

[Lore]

There are 2 on the Lions list in the OP that are already on our AFL list ie. Blake Coleman and Carter Michael.

Done, let me know if you notice any others.

 

[GUMBLETRON]

Done, let me know if you notice any others.

Davies, Fyfe and Nicholls for GC.

 

[briztoon]

From the academy’s FB page.

 

[Lore]

From the academy’s FB page.View attachment 1114617View attachment 1114618

That's the same ones I used – Blake Coleman and Carter Michael are both on there...

 

[briztoon]

That's the same ones I used – Blake Coleman and Carter Michael are both on there...

Yeah, our social media team is stretched pretty thin, so a lot of mistakes get through.

My guess is the academy age groups were set before last year’s draft.

 

[Lore]

Yeah, our social media team is stretched pretty thin, so a lot of mistakes get through.

My guess is the academy age groups were set before last year’s draft.

Yep. We'll just have to see how we go collating the information ourselves I suppose..

 

[Kwality]

Not totally sure but;


Possibly some 17 year olds in there?

Dont have an elite comp like the Vics?

 

[Lore]

Dont have an elite comp like the Vics?

The same applies to all four clubs. Briztoon has explained it anyway.

 

[briztoon]

Dont have an elite comp like the Vics?

No.

The problem up here is that most kids are split between their QAFL/local team and the academies.

It’s an imperfect system, with a tug of war on both sides.

In reality an academy club will have a fair idea which half a dozen kids might actually be draftable.

But you can’t run an academy with 6 kids in each age group. You need teams for the kids to play in. So Brisbane might have a team in each age group in each of it’s zones or hubs. And their might be one kid in an age group that might be a genuine draftable chance.

The QAFL clubs get pee’d off because all their best Colts kids are off playing in “meaningless” intra squad academy games, before a squad of the best kids get pulled together to play Gold Coast’s academy, and then the best kids from those two teams get selected for the Allies squad for the National Championships.

When all along, if these kids just played QAFL Colts, reserve’s and league, everyone would know who the best kids are anyway.

But the QAFL only encompasses the Gold Coast, Brisbane and Sunshine Coast, so the rest of the State gets left out.

If there were no academies, we’d have the same set up as SA and WA, but you’d be missing every kid outside the South East corner of the State.

 

[briztoon]

Also the new VFL comp means all the best U19 academy kids play for their AFL reserves team, with maybe 1 or 2 an outside chance of getting drafted.

 

[Kwality]

Also the new VFL comp means all the best U19 academy kids play for their AFL reserves team, with maybe 1 or 2 an outside chance of getting drafted.

Is that actually happening?
In WA its not been unusual for kids to play League footy towards the end of the year & that goes back more than 50 years that I know of e.g Steve Coniglio was 16 in 2010 when he kicked 4 for Swans in the WAFL Grand final.

Can understand the logic based on the physical size of kids.

 

[briztoon]

Is that actually happening?
In WA its not been unusual for kids to play League footy towards the end of the year & that goes back more than 50 years that I know of e.g Steve Coniglio was 16 in 2010 when he kicked 4 for Swans in the WAFL Grand final.

Can understand the logic based on the physical size of kids.

lol yes. 10 played in our reserves team last week, and there will likely be 11 or 12 in our team this week.

Add in four 19 year old draftees from last year, and our reserves team will be the youngest in the VFL most weeks.

We don’t have any mature age top ups for our reserve team, they’re all academy kids, albeit all 19 year olds who didn’t get drafted last year, plus two 20 year olds who were supposed to play last year, but missed out due to Covid.

Our U18’s are playing in the intra club academy games atm.

We might see some of the better U18’s play towards the end of the year.