Competitions West Coast Board Mock Draft V2.0

[Keys]

Draft Order/Selections:

1. West Coast - Willem Duursma
2. Brisbane - Dan Annable (Bid matched using picks 17,23,44,51 and taking a 477 point deficit into 2026)
3. Gold Coast - Zeke Uwland (Bid matched using picks 16,18,23 and gain pick 31)
4. West Coast - Sullivan Robey
5. Richmond - Cooper Duff-Tytler
6. Gold Coast - Dylan Patterson (Bid matched using picks 25,26,31 and gain pick 49)
7. Richmond - Xavier Taylor
8. Essendon - Harry Dean (Bid not matched)
9. Essendon - Sam Cumming
10. Melbourne - Sam Grlj
11. West Coast - Dyson Sharp
12. Carlton - Lachy Dovaston
13. Hawthorn - Jacob Farrow
14. Carlton - Aidan Schubert
15. GWS - Oskar Taylor
16. Melbourne - Latrelle Pickett
17. Sydney - Harry Kyle (Bid matched using picks 27,28 and gain pick 40)
18. Western Bulldogs - Josh Lindsay
19. Adelaide - Harley Barker
20. Geelong - Mitchell Marsh
21. Fremantle - Koby Evans (Bid not matched)
22. Essendon - Oliver Greeves
23. Hawthorn - Cameron Nairn
24. North Melbourne - Blake Thredgold
25. Gold Coast - Jai Murray (Bid matched using picks 31,49 and gain pick 55)
26. Collingwood - Zak McCarthy (Bid matched using picks 34,39 and gain pick 46)
27. Sydney - Max King
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    (Bid matched using picks 37,39 and gain pick 48)
28. West Coast - Jevan Phillipou
29. Essendon - Archie Ludowyke
30. Essendon - Jack Ison (Bid not matched)
31. Western Bulldogs - Beau Addinsall (Bid not matched)
32. North Melbourne - Louis Emmett
33. West Coast - Tylah Williams (Bid matched using pick 37)
34. GWS - Noah Hibbins-Hargreaves
35. Melbourne - Adam Sweid (Bid not matched)
36. Brisbane - Matt LeRay
37. Geelong - Jack Dalton
38. Carlton - Blake Oudshoorn-Bennier
39. St Kilda - Kye Fincher (Bid matched using pick 43)
40. North Melbourne - Sam Allen
41. Fremantle - Fred Rodriguez
42. Adelaide - Sam Ainsworth
43. Sydney - Lachlan Carmichael (Bid matched using pick 48)
44. Port Adelaide - Cody Curtin
45. Western Bulldogs - Riley Onley
46. Collingwood - Charlie Banfield
47. Collingwood - Max Kodogiannis
48. Collingwood - Sam Swadling
49. Hawthorn - Avery Thomas
50. Sydney - Hunter Holmes
51. St Kilda - Zane Peucker
52. Melbourne - Will Darcy
53. Richmond - Leon Kickett
54. Brisbane - Liam Hetherton
55. Gold Coast
56. Brisbane

Points Matching- How to Calculate:

Spoiler

Picks 1-18: Points value of pick less 10% discount
Picks 19-36: Points value of pick less 84 points discount
Picks 37+ : Next available pick

From the points required deduct the value of the next available pick and repeat until the total of the picks used exceeds the value required. The value of the surplus is then used to add back the pick closest to that value

For example a bid at pick 2 for Uwland:
• Pick 2 = 2481 points less 10% means 2233 points are needed to match
• Gold Coast have picks 15 (973), 18 (836), 24 (621) totalling 2430 points
• There is a surplus of 197 points which is equivalent to pick 43 (184 points)
• So to match, Gold Coast lose picks 15,18,24 and gain pick 43

 

[Wooshaaaa]

Ok so the Hawks take Avery Thomas.
Tassie can come for him later.

Hook461123 you're up

 

[Wooshaaaa]

Avery Thomas.


Thomas rocketed into top 30 contention after building into the Allies setup, and remains firmly in the thoughts of recruiters after starring at the draft combine. Having only fully launched into football over an athletics career heading into this year, his development has been strong and he’ll only continue to live up to his upside. Thomas’ athletic attributes are as good as they come, so if he can refine his improvement areas there is a highly promising base to work with. Clubs will also value his outward loyalty, having expressed a desire to get out of his home state and repay the faith to whichever club he ends up at – despite Tasmania’s incumbent AFL team. That makes him a relatively safe pick, likely among the second round.

 

[eaglespremiers]

Given my undue haste would you mind if I flipped Onley to the bulldogs and you pick again?

I appreciate you doing this in the circumstances.

 

[squashface]

Can we get through 7 picks before the draft starts tomorrow?

I have my doubts.

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

Can we get through 7 picks before the draft starts tomorrow?

I have my doubts.

We’ve been going about 7 picks every 24 hours.

Keys might need to pick for Hook461123 if he doesn’t get a wriggle on.

 

[TY24]

Can we get through 7 picks before the draft starts tomorrow?

I have my doubts.

I got through 3 in 2 posts, come on guys

 

[eaglevision]

Keys can we start the 2026 Mock Draft immediately after this one to ensure it’s completed by the 2026 actual draft?

 

[Hook461123]

Sorry, thought I was done after all the academy picks.
I’ll take Hunter Holmes

squashface

 

[squashface]

Sorry, thought I was done after all the academy picks.
I’ll take Hunter Holmes

squashface

I wish you were done - I wanted Holmes

Give me a moment, will find another

 

[squashface]

Supposedly St Kilda are redrafting Ryan Byrnes

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Ryan Byrnes

Age

24

Ht

181cm

Wt

84kg

Pos.

D/M

Career

Season

Last 5

D

5.0

1star

K

2.0

1star

HB

3.0

3star

M

0.0

1star

T

2.0

4star

MG

1.0

1star

D

5.0

1star

K

2.0

1star

HB

3.0

2star

M

0.0

1star

T

2.0

3star

MG

1.0

1star

D

5.0

1star

K

2.0

1star

HB

3.0

3star

M

0.0

1star

T

2.0

4star

MG

1.0

1star

in the National Draft instead of the Rookie Draft (because of reasons?) but for the purposes of this draft lets just say they don't do that.

Saints pick Zane Peucker with pick 51

Woodville-West Torrens/South Australia
FWD, 179cm

Puecker is one of the better small forwards in the draft, creative and damaging with every touch. He's quick, smart and could play senior football next year with his football IQ. (ESPN)

 

[squashface]

Ilkka Sinisalo Melbourne is back up

 

[Ilkka Sinisalo]

Melbourne bid on Will Darcy, son of a terrible footy commentator.

 

[Yeahnahmate]

The Poo at 28, Addinsall at 31 and my fave Hibbins-Hargreaves at 34 are all inspired picks and stone cold steals

 

[Keys]

Melbourne bid on Will Darcy, son of a terrible footy commentator.

Bulldogs have no picks and as far as I’m aware no vacant list spots after using all 3 picks

Darcy becomes a demon but I must say it’s an odd choice since Melbourne also have Kalani White (son of Jeff) nominated as a F/S they will likely add as a rookie

 

[Ilkka Sinisalo]

Bulldogs have no picks and as far as I’m aware no vacant list spots after using all 3 picks

Darcy becomes a demon but I must say it’s an odd choice since Melbourne also have Kalani White (son of Jeff) nominated as a F/S they will likely add as a rookie

I picked him on the basis of his dad and brother being really good so maybe he will be too, once he gets onto a weight program and stops being a beanpole.

 

[Keys]

Miguel Sanchez

Richmond pick is up

 

[beagles]

10hrs before the 1st selection and I wonder if we can get in the last 5 picks

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

Richmond take one of the three players I would have taken at our original spot in the 30s - Leon Kickett.

(The other two were BOB and Holmes).

Over to TheBudgies

 

[TheBudgies]

Brissy will have Liam Hetherton.

SNAPSHOT: “A tall marking threat inside 50 who kicks goals in bunches and moves well for his size.” – Michael Alvaro

Having taken a back seat to several eventual draftees last year, Liam Hetherton was primed to snatch centre stage in 2025. The key forward managed nine Coates Talent League games with the Murray Bushrangers as a bottom-ager, learning off the likes of Jack and Matt Whitlock, Joe Berry, and leading goalkicker Josh Murphy. With all of them moving on, it was his turn to spearhead the Bushies’ attack.

Hetherton showed signs of doing exactly that early in the season, booting 11 goals in his first three CTL appearances. He also represented the National Academy in two games against VFL opposition and continued to show growth. That was until two stress fractures were discovered in his back, with the 197cm talent forced to undergo a 16-week recovery which ruled him out for the rest of the year.

While the start to Hetherton’s top-age campaign was positive, he sought to peak at the National Championships in Allies colours. That opportunity was taken away from him, as was the chance to compete at the National Draft Combine. Hetherton is expected to get back into the swing of full training around mid-December, potentially priming him for a strong preseason heading into senior footy.

Being drafted would cap off a storied journey for Hetherton. He started out up in Mackay (Queensland) and went on to represent the GWS Giants Academy during the 2023 Under 16 National Championships. The North Albury product then progressed into the Bushrangers Under 18 program and represented NSW/ACT in the Under 17 Futures trials, bursting onto the scene with five goals against Vic Country.

Hetherton’s progression continued with another three majors in the National Futures showcase on AFL Grand Final Day, which went even further to securing his AFL Academy induction. A big Western Bulldogs supporter who grew up watching his dad play footy, Hetherton models his own game on some of the Dogs’ prominent key forwards and will look to join them at the elite level.

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

omgfridge we’re nearly done!

 

[Doashuey]

A suggestion as an interested onlooker... given that these Mocks sometimes drag on for days or weeks due to some posters not being online during their turns etc., maybe next year's Mock could be done like the real thing?

Set aside a 3 hour period for the draft and let any prospective List Managers know that to nominate, you will need to be in attendance during that time. Draw the teams and give the List Managers 1 or 2 days to research and prepare their order of preference for draftees and then the Mock can be held as a live event.

Just a suggestion.

 

[Keys]

A suggestion as an interested onlooker... given that these Mocks sometimes drag on for days or weeks due to some posters not being online during their turns etc., maybe next year's Mock could be done like the real thing?

Set aside a 3 hour period for the draft and let any prospective List Managers know that to nominate, you will need to be in attendance during that time. Draw the teams and give the List Managers 1 or 2 days to research and prepare their order of preference for draftees and then the Mock can be held as a live event.

Just a suggestion.

Don’t mind this idea at all

Will definitely put it in the memory bank for next year

Hopefully my Alzheimer’s doesn’t lose the thought

 

[Doashuey]

Don’t mind this idea at all

Will definitely put it in the memory bank for next year

Hopefully my Alzheimer’s doesn’t lose the thought

Tie a piece of string around your finger Keys.

 

[CountryLad]

Tie a piece of string around your finger Keys.

If he ties it too tight this time next year he will wonder why he now only has 9 fingers.

Good idea though the draft in one night.

 

[Wooshaaaa]

One hour omgfridge and TheBudgies

Get it done.