State Focus WA 2021 - Western Australia’s junior footy talent

[MAD4hawks73]

Are any of these kids now training with Colts now that Futures is over?

Yep - all of them are training at least one session per week.

 

[MAD4hawks73]

Watched the second half of Perth V EF Colts.

Jack Avery- seemed to be everywhere. Played in the backline and had 41 touches. Is he a case of should have, could have but didn’t? 19 year olds playing in Colts always seems a difficult place to judge a player.

Liked Josh Browne- hadn’t seen him since the season started and he looks solid and composed.
I rate the EF ruckman McMillan. Good clean hands and a workhorse in the ruck.

Avery had the chance to go head to head with Williams but consciously avoided the top talent to stay free and accumulate. Best thing for his chances is to pick up the highest rated forward each week he plays colts. Might not rack up the stats he likes - but he needs to show he can win some big one on ones against the best colt forwards not the third best - just my opinion.

 

[GetTheBallRolling]

Watched the second half of Perth V EF Colts.

Jack Avery- seemed to be everywhere. Played in the backline and had 41 touches. Is he a case of should have, could have but didn’t? 19 year olds playing in Colts always seems a difficult place to judge a player.

Liked Josh Browne- hadn’t seen him since the season started and he looks solid and composed.
I rate the EF ruckman McMillan. Good clean hands and a workhorse in the ruck.

Josh browne had 13 turnovers and had 30% disposal efficiency. May rack up touches but isn't that damaging

 

[GUMBLETRON]

Avery had the chance to go head to head with Williams but consciously avoided the top talent to stay free and accumulate. Best thing for his chances is to pick up the highest rated forward each week he plays colts. Might not rack up the stats he likes - but he needs to show he can win some big one on ones against the best colt forwards not the third best - just my opinion.

How do you know that wasn't the role he was asked to play?

 

[Rainsparks]

Josh browne had 13 turnovers and had 30% disposal efficiency. May rack up touches but isn't that damaging

Teams do need these outside receiver types that rack up huge numbers there’s no doubt about that. But they normally are not big impact players and usually look the star off others hard work.


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[eDPS]

Josh browne had 13 turnovers and had 30% disposal efficiency. May rack up touches but isn't that damaging

That’s a one off for sure, one of the better ball users in the draft pool by hand and foot. Sticks to limitations with kicking distance but very often hits the mark with his kicks and handballs.

 

[BigDance]

Josh browne had 13 turnovers and had 30% disposal efficiency. May rack up touches but isn't that damaging

Where do you get the stats from? Stats as in disposal efficiency and turnovers?

 

[Zurgblade]

Where do you get the stats from? Stats as in disposal efficiency and turnovers?

Those types of stats come from someone within the inner sanctum of the team.

Unless of course they have access to back end of Champion Data.

 

[BigDance]

Those types of stats come from someone within the inner sanctum of the team.

Unless of course they have access to back end of Champion Data.

Yeah which is all very strange if someone with that knowledge is writing on a forum such as this.

 

[Schtinker]

AFL draft 2021: Claremont’s Jacob van Rooyen to be rested after glandular fever diagnosis

 

[dinnaz]

My early assessment (Post R5) of likely WA draftees (not including overagers)

Club	Name	Height	Weight	Position	Range
Subiaco	ERASMUS Neil	188	80	Mid/Fwd	10-20
Subiaco	JOHNSON Matthew	191	80	Mid	5-15
East Fremantle	WILLIAMS Jack	195	91	Key Fwd	5-20
East Perth	DITTMAR Kade	186	90	Mid	15-30
Claremont	VAN ROOYEN Jacob	194	88	Key Fwd	5-20
Swan Districs	BAZZO Rhett	195	81	Key Back	20-40
East Perth	AMISS Jye	195	83	Key Fwd	30-60
Peel	EDWARDS Joshua	199	96	Ruck	40-60

A few notes:
I'm all aboard the Erasmus hype train, has shown great improvement and is a tough matchup as a fwd and should land mid first round.
Johnson is an obvious first round choice, is a very clean player. Has started the season off slowly after an injury affected pre season but is now playing WAFL league. Needs to win a bit more footy to become more than just a handy player.
Williams is dominating the competition, & I'd love to see him promoted to WAFL League at some stage. May even be the first Key position player drafted.
Dittmar is a favourite, is tough, runs hard and kicks goals. Most likely goes second round IMO.
Van Rooyen was the best performed key fwd coming into 2021, and has played League footy all year with modest returns. Now has glandular fever which is bad news. Even if he doesn't play again all year he will have done enough to be drafted. On performance should end up somewhere back of first round.
Bazzo from Basso hasnt been convincing as a key fwd and probably settles as a key back at AFL level. Hasn't really starred so far but has been solid enough and should go second round somewhere.
Amiss has been solid and hits the scoreboard, just needs to get around the ground a bit more. Has improved where I can see being drafted late.
Edwards seems the only genuine ruck AFL prospect from WA. We all know big men are hard to find! I can see a club taking a punt late draft or as a rookie.

 

[ROYAL EAGLE]

My early assessment (Post R5) of likely WA draftees (not including overagers)

Club	Name	Height	Weight	Position	Range
Subiaco	ERASMUS Neil	188	80	Mid/Fwd	10-20
Subiaco	JOHNSON Matthew	191	80	Mid	5-15
East Fremantle	WILLIAMS Jack	195	91	Key Fwd	5-20
East Perth	DITTMAR Kade	186	90	Mid	15-30
Claremont	VAN ROOYEN Jacob	194	88	Key Fwd	5-20
Swan Districs	BAZZO Rhett	195	81	Key Back	20-40
East Perth	AMISS Jye	195	83	Key Fwd	30-60
Peel	EDWARDS Joshua	199	96	Ruck	40-60

A few notes:
I'm all aboard the Erasmus hype train, has shown great improvement and is a tough matchup as a fwd and should land mid first round.
Johnson is an obvious first round choice, is a very clean player. Has started the season off slowly after an injury affected pre season but is now playing WAFL league. Needs to win a bit more footy to become more than just a handy player.
Williams is dominating the competition, & I'd love to see him promoted to WAFL League at some stage. May even be the first Key position player drafted.
Dittmar is a favourite, is tough, runs hard and kicks goals. Most likely goes second round IMO.
Van Rooyen was the best performed key fwd coming into 2021, and has played League footy all year with modest returns. Now has glandular fever which is bad news. Even if he doesn't play again all year he will have done enough to be drafted. On performance should end up somewhere back of first round.
Bazzo from Basso hasnt been convincing as a key fwd and probably settles as a key back at AFL level. Hasn't really starred so far but has been solid enough and should go second round somewhere.
Amiss has been solid and hits the scoreboard, just needs to get around the ground a bit more. Has improved where I can see being drafted late.
Edwards seems the only genuine ruck AFL prospect from WA. We all know big men are hard to find! I can see a club taking a punt late draft or as a rookie.

You are way underating Amiss i would happily take him now.
Has great size good agility great set shot technique and runs really hard, he also wills himself on the contest which i love.
The amount of recruiters watching him and Dittmar and raving about both they will be drafted

Bazzo is a defender and i hope west coast can pick him up I rate him a better defender than Denver Grainger Barrass as juniors

You also forgot Polson another very good forward and Taylor as well

This is the best crop of KPF from WA in a long long time, I rate them all they should all get drafted

 

[THE_GUN]

Do people really think that Van Rooyen will drop to the end of the 1st round ?

As a Richmond supporter i would be extremely happy if he ended up a Tiger

 

[Marcel Proust]

Do people really think that Van Rooyen will drop to the end of the 1st round ?

As a Richmond supporter i would be extremely happy if he ended up a Tiger

glandular fever can be really bad

 

[Walkingwounded]

Do people really think that Van Rooyen will drop to the end of the 1st round ?

As a Richmond supporter i would be extremely happy if he ended up a Tiger

He has an overall body of work over a number of years, and then he has his recent body of work, which although Glandular Fever affected is less than expected.

Waterman is one Glandular Fever affected footballer, and it took him years to recover.

So I think it’s inevitable that his draft ranking falls.

Others less of an issue, but after they were drafted are: Heeney, Stevenson, Broomhead, Jordan Clarke, Shuey etc

 

[THE_GUN]

He has an overall body of work over a number of years, and then he has his recent body of work, which although Glandular Fever affected is less than expected.

Waterman is one Glandular Fever affected footballer, and it took him years to recover.

So I think it’s inevitable that his draft ranking falls.

Others less of an issue, but after they were drafted are: Heeney, Stevenson, Broomhead, Jordan Clarke, Shuey etc

Really hoping he gets to the 2 Richmond picks

He is exactly the player we need to replace Riewoldt and the Tigers have the 2 years it would take and be patient with him
We had Ben Lennon who was also hit with Glandular Fever and took him 3-4 months before he was back in training and was ready to play 3 months fter this.
hope the kid recovers well

 

[dinnaz]

Do people really think that Van Rooyen will drop to the end of the 1st round ?

Hopefully it might just be a mild case & a return to playing soon. Saying that, he'd wanna find some form at league level to be a likely first round pick.

 

[THE_GUN]

Hopefully it might just be a mild case & a return to playing soon. Saying that, he'd wanna find some form at league level to be a likely first round pick.

You would think he loses a lot of fitness and strength with GF

Will be hard to recover then build strength stamina to get back let alone find form. Think he will get drafted on what he has already shown last few years
I know it sounds selfish but happy for him to slide to Richmond's picks

 

[dinnaz]

This is my best of the rest

Club	Name	Height	Weight	Position
Perth	INVERARITY Menno	180	68	Mid
East Fremantle	BROWNE Joshua	185	77	Mid
Claremont	SHELDRICK Gus	179	84	Mid
Swan Districs	CHIPPER Max	182	72	Mid
Peel	POLSON Luke	196	92	Key Fwd
East Perth	REGAN Ethan	189	73	Gen Fwd
Peel	HOUGH Brady	191	71	Gen Fwd
South Fremantle	MOTLOP Jesse	176	74	Small Fwd
Peel	TAYLOR Luke	179	76	Gen Fwd

These guys are in the mix for late draft/rookie draft & are in no particular order. I also haven't added any overage (2002 born) players as most clubs have an aversion to drafting these types that dominate the junior ranks.

 

[BigDance]

This is my best of the rest

Club	Name	Height	Weight	Position
Perth	INVERARITY Menno	180	68	Mid
East Fremantle	BROWNE Joshua	185	77	Mid
Claremont	SHELDRICK Gus	179	84	Mid
Swan Districs	CHIPPER Max	182	72	Mid
Peel	POLSON Luke	196	92	Key Fwd
East Perth	REGAN Ethan	189	73	Gen Fwd
Peel	HOUGH Brady	191	71	Gen Fwd
South Fremantle	MOTLOP Jesse	176	74	Small Fwd
Peel	TAYLOR Luke	179	76	Gen Fwd

These guys are in the mix for late draft/rookie draft & are in no particular order. I also haven't added any overage (2002 born) players as most clubs have an aversion to drafting these types that dominate the junior ranks.

When do they announce the State 19’s squad? It will be interesting to see how many 19’s are in it.

 

[dinnaz]

When do they announce the State 19’s squad? It will be interesting to see how many 19’s are in it.

Carnival shake-up: U19 Champs to move to season's end

Key games in the NAB AFL Under-19 Championships will be played after the under-age Grand Finals in 2021

www.afl.com.au

It's a bit of a shambles this year. I would asume announcements would be after the mid season draft on June 2.

 

[anotherletdown]

This is my best of the rest

Club	Name	Height	Weight	Position
Perth	INVERARITY Menno	180	68	Mid
East Fremantle	BROWNE Joshua	185	77	Mid
Claremont	SHELDRICK Gus	179	84	Mid
Swan Districs	CHIPPER Max	182	72	Mid
Peel	POLSON Luke	196	92	Key Fwd
East Perth	REGAN Ethan	189	73	Gen Fwd
Peel	HOUGH Brady	191	71	Gen Fwd
South Fremantle	MOTLOP Jesse	176	74	Small Fwd
Peel	TAYLOR Luke	179	76	Gen Fwd

These guys are in the mix for late draft/rookie draft & are in no particular order. I also haven't added any overage (2002 born) players as most clubs have an aversion to drafting these types that dominate the junior ranks.

Might have missed it but no mention of Chad Warner's younger brother? I was lead to believe he was a 30-50 pick... and was a mix between Chad and Will Day... I dont think it was April Fools Day at the time either...

 

[dinnaz]

Might have missed it but no mention of Chad Warner's younger brother? I was lead to believe he was a 30-50 pick... and was a mix between Chad and Will Day... I dont think it was April Fools Day at the time either...

I'm sure there's a whole bunch i've missed! I reckon there's always hype about family link, brothers, father son picks etc.
Chad Warner has had a good start at Sydney, lets hope he can go on with it. Corey on the other doesn't rack them up the same or hit the scoreboard as much. Really hasn't improved since last year where Chad exploded in his draft year.

 

[anotherletdown]

I'm sure there's a whole bunch i've missed! I reckon there's always hype about family link, brothers, father son picks etc.
Chad Warner has had a good start at Sydney, lets hope he can go on with it. Corey on the other doesn't rack them up the same or hit the scoreboard as much. Really hasn't improved since last year where Chad exploded in his draft year.

Thanks for the response. Talent looks fairly deep in WA this year, there's definately a few i wouldn't mind on the Swans list

 

[BigDance]

How did young Cleaver go mate? He caught your eye in the Futures last year, seems to be settling into colts footy quite well with some decent numbers.....McMillan seems to have come in leaps n bounds this year....and Jack Williams appears to be EF only avenue to goal.....

Sorry I missed this.

I got put off my asking about this kid as someone accused me of being his dad (which I am definitely not). Thought he was very solid in the half of Colts game I watched and someone today told me they watched his school game and said he played a cracker for Aquinas this weekend. And also Curtain (also ‘04) for Scotch. I know they’re televised but I don’t have time for that.