Rookie Draft Outcomes

[sante]

ROUND 1
1 Richmond Will Thursfield Sandringham Pioneers
2 Hawthorn Ruory Kirkby Bendigo Pioneers
3 Western Bulldogs Rowan Nayna Dandenong Stingrays
4 Collingwood Benjamin Davies Western Jets
5 Adelaide Ryan Nye Peel Thunder
6 Carlton Daniel Batson North Ballarat Rebels
7 Kangaroos Joshua Gibson Port Melbourne
8 Fremantle Joseph Kriger Sandringham Dragons
9 West Coast Benjamin Sharp Oakleigh Chargers
10 Melbourne Brendan Vanschaik Murray Bushrangers
11 Essendon Ryan Bain Essendon
12 Sydney GuyCampbell Bendigo Diggers
13 Geelong Jarrod Garth Tassie mariners
14 St Kilda Luke Mullins Collingwood
15 Brisbane Lions Travis Baird Bendigo Pioneers
16 Port Adelaide Danyle Pearce Sturt

 

[SaveFeriss]

Just had a quick look round the net and cant find anything on Will Thursfield. Nothing on footydraft.com either???

 

[Darth_Tiger]

Will Thursfield
Details:
Club: Ormond/Sandringham
DOB: 19 April 1986 Hgt: 190cm Wgt: 75kg
Position: Full Back
Natural Foot: Right

Honours:
National Draft Camp 2004

TAC Stats:
2004: 20 games, 4 goals, 12.2 PPG

Strengths: Will is a very athletic defender with plenty of promise. He has a huge leap on him and is capable of the spectacular mark. He likes to carry the ball out of defence and has good pace for his size.

Thursfield only joined the Dragons this year from Brighton Grammar and was captain of the school athletics team. He is also a long kick.

Weaknesses: Still fairly raw and can get lost on the field at times. Will sometimes try and mark from behind rather than punching. TAC Cup form was solid but nothing special.

Footydraft.com comment: It wouldn't surprise at all if Thursfield was drafted - clubs love pacy tall athletes like him. Would require a fair bit of work if he was to make it but would be well worth the punt.

 

[sante]

Round Two
17 Richmond pass
18 Hawthorn Clinton Young North Ballarat Rebels
19 Western Bulldogs Dale Morris Werribee
20 Collingwood Heritier O'Brien Claremont
21 Adelaide Jonathon Griffin East Fremantle
22 Carlton Jesse D. Smith Calder Cannons
23 Kangaroos Josh Thewlis Kangaroos
24 Fremantle Jack Juniper Glenelg
25 West Coast Beau Wilkes Claremont
26 Melbourne Matthew Warnock Sandringham VFL
27 Essendon Ben Jolley Calder Cannons
28 Sydney Luke Vogels Terang
29 Geelong Nick Batchelor Norwood
30 St Kilda Ed McDonnell Western Magpies
31 Brisbane Lions pass
32 Port Adelaide Rob Forster-Knight Port Adelaide


We could not even afford another Rookie

 

[ozserpico66]

From Demonology

Will Thursfield – I actually like this kid but no one seems to. He is just
your old fashioned full back who doesn’t concede goals. Not overly big but
sticks at the challenge. When the more fancied Sam Gooley has the 5th goal
kicked on him, Thursfield goes and plugs the whole. Good with the ball in his
hands as well. A little bit Scotty Tune

 

[Darth_Tiger]

thursfield and foley - thats it?!!

 

[Harry Bosch]

We could not even afford another Rookie

Why the obsession with Ruckmen???

Sure quality ruckman are worth their weight in gold but hacks like knobel are not worth missing out on promising kids...

 

[sante]

He sound good, at least we are looking at our future Defence......i would of wanted at least Kirkby or Smith too but what can ya do

 

[Darth_Tiger]

good pace - i see a pattern emerging here.....

 

[sante]

good pace - i see a pattern emerging here.....

yep at least we are going to be exciting to watch in the future!

 

[sante]

Round Three
33 Richmond - pass
34 Hawthorn - Thomas Wilday (Perth)
35 Western Bulldogs - pass
35 Adelaide - John Hinge (Glenelg)
37 Carlton - Nick Becker (Calder Cannons)
38 Kangaroos - Scott McMahon (Woodville-West Torrens)
39 Fremantle - Ryan Crowley (Fremantle)
40 West Coast - Ashley Thornton (Peel Thunder)
41 Melbourne - pass
42 Sydney - Heath Grundy (Norwood)
43 Geelong - Tim Sheringham (Geelong Falcons)
44 St Kilda - pass
45 Brisbane Lions - pass
46 Port Adelaide - pass

Round Four
47 Richmond - pass
48 Hawthorn - Kristan Height (Box Hill Hawks)
49 Western Bulldogs -
50 Carlton - Aisake O'hAilpin (Ireland)
51 Kangaroos - Justin Perkins (Perth)
52 West Coast - Aaron Edwards (West Coast)
53 Melbourne - pass
54 Sydney - Stefan Garubba (Dandenong Stingrays)
55 St Kilda - pass
56 Brisbane Lions - pass

Round Five
57 Kangaroos - pass
58 Melbourne - pass
59 Sydney - Earl Shaw (Campbelltown)
60 Brisbane Lions - Josh Drummond (Northern Eagles)

Round Six
61 Sydney - Ed Clarke (North Shore)
62 Brisbane Lions - Marcus Allan (Northern Eagles)

Round Seven
63 Sydney - Andrew Hayes (Balmain)
64 Brisbane Lions - William Hamill (Mt Gravatt)

Round Eight
65 Brisbane Lions - Martin Pask (Western Magpies)

Round Nine
66 Brisbane Lions - Scott Harding (Morningside)

 

[jezza]

Very disappointing that we could not use our second PSD pick and take more than 1 rookie. There were plenty of good players available that were worth a shot and we may end up regretting missing out on some of these guys.

 

[kretchy]

Will Thursfield's TAC Cup Stats

Rd	K	H	P	M	T	G	B
1	8	3	11	5	5	0	0
2	6	3	9	4	0	0	0
3	7	4	11	4	0	1	0
4	7	2	9	3	1	0	0
5	11	3	14	4	4	1	2
6	10	3	13	2	0	0	0
7	1	2	3	2	1	0	0
8	7	8	15	2	0	0	0
9	8	7	15	5	1	0	0
10	1	3	4	0	0	0	0
11	10	11	21	7	2	0	0
12	2	4	6	0	0	0	0
13	5	6	11	2	2	0	0
14	11	4	15	8	2	1	0
15	4	6	10	5	2	1	0
16	16	7	23	4	6	0	0
17	12	7	19	5	1	0	0
18	5	6	11	4	1	0	0
FW 1	9	8	17	5	1	0	0
FW 2	3	4	7	1	1	0	0
Avg.	7.2	5.1	12.2	3.6	1.5	0.2	0.1

 

[silence ofthe Robert]

Very disappointing that we could not use our second PSD pick and take more than 1 rookie. There were plenty of good players available that were worth a shot and we may end up regretting missing out on some of these guys.

Well thats what 'positive momentum' is like. Not nice to get a jolt back into reality.

 

[itsintheblood]

Will Thursfield's TAC Cup Stats

Rd	K	H	P	M	T	G	B
1	8	3	11	5	5	0	0
2	6	3	9	4	0	0	0
3	7	4	11	4	0	1	0
4	7	2	9	3	1	0	0
5	11	3	14	4	4	1	2
6	10	3	13	2	0	0	0
7	1	2	3	2	1	0	0
8	7	8	15	2	0	0	0
9	8	7	15	5	1	0	0
10	1	3	4	0	0	0	0
11	10	11	21	7	2	0	0
12	2	4	6	0	0	0	0
13	5	6	11	2	2	0	0
14	11	4	15	8	2	1	0
15	4	6	10	5	2	1	0
16	16	7	23	4	6	0	0
17	12	7	19	5	1	0	0
18	5	6	11	4	1	0	0
FW 1	9	8	17	5	1	0	0
FW 2	3	4	7	1	1	0	0
Avg.	7.2	5.1	12.2	3.6	1.5	0.2	0.1

Certainly not earth shattering stats here.

 

[Weaver]

Certainly not earth shattering stats here.

A specialist fullback averageing 12 touches and 3 marks a game is pretty solid form. Mathew Scarlett is considered to have revolutionised fullback play in many quarters and he averaged 13.4 touches and 5 marks a game.

 

[Rodgerramjet]

Certainly not earth shattering stats here.

What For a Full Back there very impressive.

 

[Lenny*]

good pace - i see a pattern emerging here.....

Yeah me too. Obviously the revolution at tigerland is going to be quick one!

 

[Tambo]

A.F.L is a fast game..... we should expect to have fast running players! we've had to many slow players in the past. good signs adding pace!