Draft Watcher SMYTHE’s 2023 Draft

[Smythe]

Sorry for being a little late this year, I have been so busy, so getting time to post has been a struggle.
To start with, at the start of the year I named a few of my faves in another thread and a they seem to be getting traction which is nice.
I always choose kids that i like the game play of and who may jump up draft boards.
They were; Darcy Wilson, Connor O’Sullivan, Will Green, Reece Torrent, Jake Rodgers, Sam Frangalas, Kane McAuliffe, Harry DeMattia and Cooper Simpson.
George Stevens was one of my favourites a couple of years ago, so to see him come back from the injury and playing well so far is awesome to see.
A couple of my faves were already highly thought of and others are already moving up boards, so that is nice.
I see other posters are getting around my positional element of posting which is nice to see and I will continue the same this year.
I will post a big list for each position and keep adding players and adjusting them depending on positional changes, however only posting my top 5 of each position once a month.
Unlike last year, you can expect to see a mixed big board at the end of each month also.
So welcome to all and good luck to all the kids this year.

 

[Smythe]

RUCKS

Caleb May SYD ACADEMY
Ethan Read GC ACADEMY
Logan Smith GWS ACADEMY
Mitch Edwards FREO NGA
Coen Livingstone WCE NGA
Taylor Goad
William Green
Joe Pike
Wil Dawson
Evan Smith
Tim Parris
Vigo Visentini
Carter Wright
Boston Dowling

 

[Smythe]

FORWARDS

Logan Morris
Nate Caddy
Archer Read - Utility
Sam Van Rooyen
Jed Walter - Utility GC Academy
Riley Weatherill
Charlton Harris
Will Brown - Utility
Luker Kentfield
Chad Reschke
Zane Duursma - Utility
Kolton Tholstrup - Utility
Jack Delean - Utility
Max Rider
Jack Callinan
Ashton Moir
Harry DeMattia
Hugo Garcia
Pat Weckert
Michael Rudd
Mahmoud Taha - Utility
Tom Anastasopoulis
Xavier Walsh - Utility
Will LaMotte
Conor Gluyas
Amin Naim
Evan Bradley
Jordan Croft - Utility
Orlando Turner
Joel Cooper
Miles Enders
Oskar Smartt
Tyzreise Clark
Jacob Grant
Jasper Maher - Utility

 

[Smythe]

MIDFIELDERS

Harley Ried - UNICORN - Utility
Tom Beaumont
Jake Smith
Kane McAuliffe
Will Graham - Utility
Ben Ridgeway
Kristian Ferronato
Joel Freijah
Will Lorenz - Utility
Ryley Hardeman
Colby McKercher
Koen Sanchez
Reece Torrent - Utility
Jake Rodgers
Riley Sanders
Sam Frangalas
Alex Molan
Luca Slade
Clay Hall
Caiden Cleary
Cooper Simpson
Caleb Windsor
Aiden O’Driscoll
Malik Gordon
James Lugsdin
Charlie Hillier
Kade DeLaRue
James Spadanuda
Trent Tattoli
Oscar Ryan
Seb Amaroso
Tom Hanily
Kynan Brown
Harvey Thomas

 

[Smythe]

DEFENDERS

Dan Curtin - Utility
Connor O’Sullivan - Utility
George Stevens - Utility
Kobe Shipp
Billy Richardson
Nathan Philactides - Utility
Will McCabe
Will Patton
Bradley McDonald
Ollie Murphy
Cam Nyko - Utility
Luamon Lual
Arie Schoenmaker
Lachlan Cabor
Diesel Moloney - Utility
Angus Hastie - Utility
Ollie Badr - Utility
Ryan Eyre
Alex Holt
Coby James
Billy Wilson
Jack Oates
Riak Andrew
Tom Giles
Roy Parnell
Rome Burgoyne
Josh Cooper
Jackson Savage
Oscar Ryan
Ethan Borys
Henry Turner
Darcy Weeks - Utility
Cameron Hall
Archie Roberts - Utility

 

[Smythe]

APRIL BIG BOARD - Tiered groups (not in structured order)

Tier 1

H.Ried, N.Watson, K.McAuliffe, R.Sanders, W.Patton, J.Walter, C.McKercher, D.Wilson,
N.Caddy, K.Tholstrup, J.Callinan, Z.Duursma, A.Moir, D.Curtin, W.Brown, M.Edwards, S.VanRooyen

Tier 2

G.Stevens, Jk.Smith, J.Rodgers, L.Morris, C.Livingston, C.May, R.Weatheril, A.Ried, W.McCabe, W.Lorenz, L.Kentfield, H,Demattia, O.Murphy,
A.Hastie, C.Simpson, C.O’Sullivan, C.Hall, J.Delean, M.Taha, N.Philactides, O.Ryan, C.Cleary, R.Hardeman, L.Evans, A.Roberts, A.Holt, K.DeLaRue, T.Anastasopoulis, H.Johnston, E.Read, K.Sanchez, J.Croft

Tier 3

T.Tattoli, B.Ridgeway, S.Frangalas, C.James, O.Badr, K.Shipp, J.Pike, T.Goad, B.Harbour, T.Giles, T.Beaumont, C.Naish, B.Wilson, W.Dawson, X.Walsh, C.Windsor, L.Slade, E.Smith, O.Turner, K.Brown, M.Enders, W.Green, C.Nyko, L.Lual, D.Moloney, P.Campbell, R.Andrew, R.Eyre, T.Hanily, K.Ferronato, R.Torrent, P.Weckert, J.Maher, C.Reschke, A.O’Driscoll

 

[Smythe]

April Positional Top Fives

RUCKS
1 - Mitch Edwards
2 - Coen Livingston
3 - Caleb May
4 - Joe Pike
5 - Taylor Goad/Evan Smith

FORWARDS
1 - Jed Walter
2 - Sam Van Rooyen
=3 - Logan Morris/Nate Caddy
5 - Archer Reid/Riley Weatherill

DEFENDERS
1 - Will Patton
2 - George Stevens
3 - Will McCabe
4 - Angus Hastie
5 - Oscar Ryan

MIDFIELDERS
1 - Harley Reid
2 - Nick Watson
3 - Kane McAuliffe
4 - Riley Sanders
5 - Colby McKercher/Darcy Wilson/Joel Freijah

 

[Davo-27]

BIG BOARD APRIL

1. Harley Reid
2. Zane Duursma
3. Ashton Moir
4. Ryley Sanders
5. Nick Watson
6. Kane McAuliffe
7. Will Lorenz
8. Nate Caddy
9. Archer Reid
10. Jed Walter
11. Will Brown
12. Daniel Curtin
13. Colby McKercher
14. Darcy Wilson
15. Joel Freijah
16. Jack Delean
17. Mitch Edwards
18. Connor O’Sullivan
19. Kolton Tholstrup
20. Will Patton
21. Cooper Simpson
22. Logan Morris
23. Jake Rodgers
24. Nathan Philactides
25. George Stevens
26. Jack Callinan
27. Caiden Cleary
28. Ben Ridgeway
29. Riley Weatherill
30. Angus Hastie
31. Archie Roberts
32. Ollie Badr
33. Oscar Ryan
34. Tom Beaumont
35. Alex Holt
36. Harry DeMattia
37. Caleb May
38. Kade DeLaRue
39. Sam Frangalas
40. Tom Giles
41. Coby James
42. Koen Sanchez
43. Ethan Read
44. Reece Torrent
45. Kobe Shipp
46. Mahmoud Taha
47. Ryley Hardeman
48. Luca Slade
49. Billy Wilson
50. Caleb Windsor

I like the mention of Angus Hastie, he has been really impressive

 

[danster168]

So Kynan Brown, Melbourne's f/s, not rated in the top 50. Damn, melbourne haven't had a decent father/son since viney.

 

[Evo47]

Thankyou for putting this together.

If Hardeman slides to 47 I’d be pleasantly surprised

 

[Futbolista]

Thankyou for putting this together.

If Hardeman slides to 47 I’d be pleasantly surprised

Speaking of WA boys. I got "jokingly" told by an Eagles supporter to stop speaking highly of Coen Livingstone.

I think they would be happy if he doesn't fire a shot at the 18's championships.

But I don't really care where they get drafted to or at what position/number.

Livingstone takes me back to when I was a kid and I'd rock up to a state game against SA eager to see the likes of reputed champions like Ebert, Cornes, Hodgeman, Rocky Roberts, Davies etc but often they didn't fire....nor did WA's Stephen Michael to be fair.

Years later I saw them on youtube and they were champions but just didn't play well on the day I saw them.

State games don't tell the full story at any level.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Thomas Luck

Luck is for 2024.

 

[Smythe]

Thankyou for putting this together.

If Hardeman slides to 47 I’d be pleasantly surprised

He has the skill set and game to push right up in the mix as you probably know, but we will find out when he gets some consistency. I’m not talking about his game but more so the team play consistency. He unfortunately has been here there and everywhere for the time being, get him in the side and play him consistently to see how he rises to the occasions. At this stage of the year quite a few of them have been in this team, that team, rep team, afl all aus team, once they settle down in a team consistently then we will watch the rises and fallers, for him so far this year I feel this is where he is at But I feel he can easily and should be push up higher.

 

[pushintheback]

Thankyou for putting this together.

If Hardeman slides to 47 I’d be pleasantly surprised

So Kynan Brown, Melbourne's f/s, not rated in the top 50. Damn, melbourne haven't had a decent father/son since viney.

Both these boys will be a lot higher come November. Even if Brown stays around the 50 mark I wouldn’t be too concerned. The kids a jet. IMO he will be a lot better in a team oriented side. This was proven in some of the match sim with Melbourne pre season. He will definitely be a Demon.
As for Hardeman there is no way he will be that low come November. He’s a really smooth mover and has some nice AFL attributes. I get these rankings are a bit of fun for everyone, me included, but sometimes they are based on what they are currently doing vs what they will be when they play AFL.

 

[Smythe]

Both these boys will be a lot higher come November. Even if Brown stays around the 50 mark I wouldn’t be too concerned. The kids a jet. IMO he will be a lot better in a team oriented side. This was proven in some of the match sim with Melbourne pre season. He will definitely be a Demon.
As for Hardeman there is no way he will be that low come November. He’s a really smooth mover and has some nice AFL attributes. I get these rankings are a bit of fun for everyone, me included, but sometimes they are based on what they are currently doing vs what they will be when they play AFL.

And to that point these rankings are as they say in the header, April rankings, not an end of year predictor, way too early for that to start.

 

[pushintheback]

And to that point these rankings are as they say in the header, April rankings, not an end of year predictor, way too early for that to start.

Fair point

 

[pushintheback]

BIG BOARD APRIL

1. Harley Reid
2. Zane Duursma
3. Ashton Moir
4. Ryley Sanders
5. Nick Watson
6. Kane McAuliffe
7. Will Lorenz
8. Nate Caddy
9. Archer Reid
10. Jed Walter
11. Will Brown
12. Daniel Curtin
13. Colby McKercher
14. Darcy Wilson
15. Joel Freijah
16. Jack Delean
17. Mitch Edwards
18. Connor O’Sullivan
19. Kolton Tholstrup
20. Will Patton
21. Cooper Simpson
22. Logan Morris
23. Jake Rodgers
24. Nathan Philactides
25. George Stevens
26. Jack Callinan
27. Caiden Cleary
28. Ben Ridgeway
29. Riley Weatherill
30. Angus Hastie
31. Archie Roberts
32. Ollie Badr
33. Oscar Ryan
34. Tom Beaumont
35. Alex Holt
36. Harry DeMattia
37. Caleb May
38. Kade DeLaRue
39. Sam Frangalas
40. Tom Giles
41. Coby James
42. Koen Sanchez
43. Ethan Read
44. Reece Torrent
45. Kobe Shipp
46. Mahmoud Taha
47. Ryley Hardeman
48. Luca Slade
49. Billy Wilson
50. Caleb Windsor

Top 50 is bloody hard so I did my top 30

1. Harley Reid
2. Nick Watson
3. Darcy Wilson
4. Archer Reid
5. Colby McKercher
6. Jed Walter
7. Kane McAuliffe
8. Zane Duursma
9. Cooper Simpson
10. Ashton Moir (benefit of the doubt for now)
11. Daniel Curtin
12. Kolton Tholstrup
13. Nathan Philactides
14. Logan Morris
15. Mitch Edwards
16. Nate Caddy
17. Will Lorenz
18. Jake Rogers
19. Ryley Hardeman
20. Ryley Sanders
21. Will Brown
22. Jack Delean
23. George Stevens
24. Caiden Cleary
25. Riley Weatherill
26. Archie Roberts
27. Caleb Windsor
28. Jack Callinan
29. Logan Evans
30. Connor O’Sullivan

 

[Evo47]

Speaking of WA boys. I got "jokingly" told by an Eagles supporter to stop speaking highly of Coen Livingstone.

I think they would be happy if he doesn't fire a shot at the 18's championships.

But I don't really care where they get drafted to or at what position/number.

Livingstone takes me back to when I was a kid and I'd rock up to a state game against SA eager to see the likes of reputed champions like Ebert, Cornes, Hodgeman, Rocky Roberts, Davies etc but often they didn't fire....nor did WA's Stephen Michael to be fair.

Years later I saw them on youtube and they were champions but just didn't play well on the day I saw them.

State games don't tell the full story at any level.

Would agree….a bit of shoosh re: Livingstone would be appreciated

 

[Obeanie1]

So Kynan Brown, Melbourne's f/s, not rated in the top 50. Damn, melbourne haven't had a decent father/son since viney.

Cry us a river.

Some clubs dont get access to many father sons at all as the clubs being too young.

Dees are doing just fine atm.

 

[Obeanie1]

Top 50 is bloody hard so I did my top 30

1. Harley Reid
2. Nick Watson
3. Darcy Wilson
4. Archer Reid
5. Colby McKercher
6. Jed Walter
7. Kane McAuliffe
8. Zane Duursma
9. Cooper Simpson
10. Ashton Moir (benefit of the doubt for now)
11. Daniel Curtin
12. Kolton Tholstrup
13. Nathan Philactides
14. Logan Morris
15. Mitch Edwards
16. Nate Caddy
17. Will Lorenz
18. Jake Rogers
19. Ryley Hardeman
20. Ryley Sanders
21. Will Brown
22. Jack Delean
23. George Stevens
24. Caiden Cleary
25. Riley Weatherill
26. Archie Roberts
27. Caleb Windsor
28. Jack Callinan
29. Logan Evans
30. Connor O’Sullivan

Interesting take.

The 3 players Im keen for the Eagles listed 10, 11 and 12.

Other than Ried of course.

Hardeman at 19 also.

Split pick 2 and trade for the Suns 1st and we could land Moir, Curtin and Tholstrop.

 

[geelongrecruit5]

Top 50 is bloody hard so I did my top 30

1. Harley Reid
2. Nick Watson
3. Darcy Wilson
4. Archer Reid
5. Colby McKercher
6. Jed Walter
7. Kane McAuliffe
8. Zane Duursma
9. Cooper Simpson
10. Ashton Moir (benefit of the doubt for now)
11. Daniel Curtin
12. Kolton Tholstrup
13. Nathan Philactides
14. Logan Morris
15. Mitch Edwards
16. Nate Caddy
17. Will Lorenz
18. Jake Rogers
19. Ryley Hardeman
20. Ryley Sanders
21. Will Brown
22. Jack Delean
23. George Stevens
24. Caiden Cleary
25. Riley Weatherill
26. Archie Roberts
27. Caleb Windsor
28. Jack Callinan
29. Logan Evans
30. Connor O’Sullivan

Nate Caddy 16th?? Dominated the Vic trials. Stakes are gone up considerably.

 

[Smythe]

Nate Caddy 16th?? Dominated the Vic trials. Stakes are gone up considerably.

Yeah I don’t agree with his placement of caddy there, but I’m sure he will have him rise after the trials have showed he should be higher.

 

[roos_fanatic08]

Nate Caddy 16th?? Dominated the Vic trials. Stakes are gone up considerably.

I’d be a bit coy spending a top 10 pick on a player that isn’t genuine KP size. There aren’t many 192cm forwards dominating in todays game, there are exceptions, but there aren’t many of them.

 

[ROYAL EAGLE]

Interesting take.

The 3 players Im keen for the Eagles listed 10, 11 and 12.

Other than Ried of course.

Hardeman at 19 also.

Split pick 2 and trade for the Suns 1st and we could land Moir, Curtin and Tholstrop.

Forget Tholstrop want Mitch Edwards will be best ruckman in the game one day

 

[Obeanie1]

Forget Tholstrop want Mitch Edwards will be best ruckman in the game one day

He may just slide to our pick 20.

Ranked around 15 and rucks often slide as they are long term investments.

BBBW, Barnett and Mitch Edwards in 2 to 3 years would be a solid ruck group.