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Was a pretty ordinary draft class that year. We certainly did well as did Port and GCS. Other than that there weren't too many hits.
I can't tell if you're being serious or not? It's one of the best draft classes in the last 20 years and we are only 5 years into it's maturation.

As a bonus, take a look at the rookie draft, we were even able to nab Kurt Tippett on the cheap!
 
From being in the Sydney Swans Academy together to an AFL senior list - Indhi Kirk and Caiden Cleary. The two new Swans, along with Sam Wicks, helping out at the ARA First Nations Foundations last night.
 

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27NOV23: Swans Daily Media

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Maybe, maybe not. Never can tell.
Feathering his own nest Chris.Hardly a bloke that would count integrity as a redeeming quality. He was burnt out as a coach then 4 or 5 weeks later said he was reignited and still had the passion to coach. Fact is things got to hard for him and he couldn’t right a sinking ship so he chose to be the first man overboard and straight into the lifeboat of a lucrative contract at GC. Take what he says with a grain of salt because any shots he has fired back over the academies are singular. That is Gold Coast not the Northern States in general. **** Hardwick.
 
Feathering his own nest Chris.Hardly a bloke that would count integrity as a redeeming quality. He was burnt out as a coach then 4 or 5 weeks later said he was reignited and still had the passion to coach. Fact is things got to hard for him and he couldn’t right a sinking ship so he chose to be the first man overboard and straight into the lifeboat of a lucrative contract at GC. Take what he says with a grain of salt because any shots he has fired back over the academies are singular. That is Gold Coast not the Northern States in general. **** Hardwick.
Love a debate between you 2
 

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Sydney was up next. It bid on Rogers and then Croft – the Swans rated the pair there and would have been happy to have them, but the bids also pushed out where the Swans would have to match a bid for their own Academy player Caiden Cleary later in the draft, a bonus that ensured the points they had to pay would be less.

They also gave the Swans time to assess their trade offers. Sydney had been busy in the lead-up to the draft, offering pick 12 and a 2024 end-of-first first round pick to most clubs after pick four. North Melbourne had also offered picks 17 and 18 for 12 during the Trade Period but the Swans hadn't been interested in that move.

On the night, the Giants discussed packaging a future first-round pick with their next pick to get the Swans' selection and grab Leake, however the Swans were aware of St Kilda's interest in Will Green at the selection after theirs so weren't eager to move back. The Swans selected the young ruckman and will let him develop under trade recruit Brodie Grundy in coming seasons.
 

Sydney was up next. It bid on Rogers and then Croft – the Swans rated the pair there and would have been happy to have them, but the bids also pushed out where the Swans would have to match a bid for their own Academy player Caiden Cleary later in the draft, a bonus that ensured the points they had to pay would be less.

They also gave the Swans time to assess their trade offers. Sydney had been busy in the lead-up to the draft, offering pick 12 and a 2024 end-of-first first round pick to most clubs after pick four. North Melbourne had also offered picks 17 and 18 for 12 during the Trade Period but the Swans hadn't been interested in that move.

On the night, the Giants discussed packaging a future first-round pick with their next pick to get the Swans' selection and grab Leake, however the Swans were aware of St Kilda's interest in Will Green at the selection after theirs so weren't eager to move back. The Swans selected the young ruckman and will let him develop under trade recruit Brodie Grundy in coming seasons.
Our interest in Green was from a long way out it seems. I'm okay with that, I think it was widely know we were after O'Sullivan and after that it was clear Green was our next target. To such a point that we didn't even want to take a chance and trade down 4 places.
 

PLAYERS UNDER 24: Nick Blakey (23), Justin McInerney (23), Tom McCartin (23), James Rowbottom (23), Lachlan McAndrew (23), Jack Buller (22), James Jordon (22), Braeden Campbell (21), Errol Gulden (21), Logan McDonald (21), Caiden Cleary (18), Will Edwards (20), Angus Sheldrick (20), Chad Warner (20), Matthew Roberts (20) Jacob Konstanty (19), Jaiden Magor (19), Caleb Mitchell (19), Will Green (18), Patrick Snell (18), Cooper Vickery (18)

TOP 5: Errol Gulden, Nick Blakey, Chad Warner, Tom McCartin, James Rowbottom.

Sydney has the most exciting young crop of players in the competition. The Swans’ young core of talent also covers the key positions on the field with Chad Warner and James Rowbottom dominating in the middle whilst Tom McCartin and Nick Blakey are excellent defenders.

A number of players have exploded onto the scene in the last two seasons. In 2022, Warner was a key factor in Sydney’s Grand Final appearance and in 2023, Errol Gulden announced himself as the best winger in the AFL which rightly earned him his first All-Australian blazer.

The big-name young players get all the plaudits but Justin McInerney, Braeden Campbell and Logan McDonald have proven themselves on the big stage. In 2023, the Swans blooded Angus Sheldrick and Matthew Roberts and with the addition of James Jordon during the trade period, Sydney’s young player stocks have been given a healthy boost.

League ranking: 1st

Charles Goodsir
 
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