The 2013 NAB AFL Under 18 Championships start today and they will no doubt be of more than passing interest to Melbourne fans because of the likelihood that we'll be choosing one or two early picks again. The trick this year is to find players who won't undergo dramatic lossess in form once selected.

ROUND 1(Cross Over games)

SATURDAY MAY 25

Northern Territory vs Victoria Country at TIO Stadium,Darwin 4pm

SUNDAY MAY 26 Queensland vs Victoria Metro at Yeronga 1pm

SATURDAY JUNE 1 NSW/ACT vs South Australia at Blacktown 12pm

SUNDAY JUNE 2 Tasmania vs Western Australia at Aurora Stadium 10am

ROUND 2(Cross Over games)

SATURDAY JUNE 8

Queensland vs South Australia at Southport 11:30am

Western Australia vs Northern Territory at Brownes Reserve,Perth 12pm

SUNDAY JUNE 9 Victoria Metro vs NSW/ACT at Visy Park 12pm

Victoria Country vs Tasmania at Visy Park 2:30pm

ROUND 3

SATURDAY JUNE 15

DIVISION 1

Western Australia vs Victoria Metro at Patersons Stadium 11:20am

SUNDAY JUNE 16 South Australia vs Victoria Metro at City Mazda Stadium,Adelaide 12pm

SUNDAY JUNE 22

DIVISION 2 NSW/ACT vs Northern Territory at Blacktown 12pm

Tasmania vs Queensland at Blundstone Arena,Hobart 12pm

ROUND 4

FRIDAY JUNE 28

DIVISION 1

Victoria Metro vs Western Australia at Simonds Stadium 12:35pm

South Australia vs Victoria Country at Simonds Stadium 2:35pm

SATURDAY JUNE 29

DIVISION 2 Northern Territory vs Tasmania at Visy Park 12pm

NSW/ACT vs Queensland at Visy Park 2:30pm

ROUND 5

WEDNESDAY JULY 3

DIVISION 1

South Australia vs Western Australia at Etihad Stadium 3:35pm

Victoria Metro vs Victoria Country at Etihad Stadium 5:35pm

THURSDAY JULY 4

DIVISION 2 Queensland vs Northern Territory at Simonds Stadium or Victoria Park 11am

NSW/ACT vs Tasmania at Simonds Stadium or Victoria Park 1:15pm

Today's games & teams

NT v Vic Country, Saturday 25 May, Darwin - 6.00pm

NORTHERN TERRITORY

Backs A Pilbrow J Long D Myers

H Backs E Wasley-Black L McGill N Cockatoo

Centres B McLean K Renehan J Stokes

H Fwds D Cox J Musgrove S McAuliffe

Fwds J Krnjic J Scanlon L Larson

Followers N Vea Vea B Fuller A Ankers

Interchange A Plummer J Motlop P Chisholm-Espie L Donation C Wilson J Shulter

VIC COUNTRY

Backs J Nelson J Cross Z Jones

H Backs L Herbert F Fort B Walker

Centres J Cashman D Lang C McCartney

H Fwds Z Merrett P McCartin J Pickess

Fwds A Saunders H Goddard J Thomas

Followers J Leslie J Impey N Holman

Interchange J Harmes J Maher J Cunico J Maishman L Webb

Queensland v Vic Metro Sunday 26 May at Yeronga - 1.00pm.

QUEENSLAND

Backs L Rogerson A Rutledge L Dawson

H Backs L Radford C Hay J Taylor

Centres J Watson I Conway L Weller

H Fwds D Trask K Brennan C Tickner

Fwds S Gribble J Freeman I Rokeby

Followers A Smith B Pendlebury J Ives

Interchange M Hammelmann R Blundell C Stevenson S Coutts D Cameron- Reeves S Mills L Niland- Rowe

VIC METRO

Backs J Lever A Spencer H Curnow

H Backs L Fitzgerald J Owen J Fisher

Centres J Kennedy-Harris B Cavarra M Keedle

H Fwds J Cooke E Le Grice C Petracca

Fwds T Miller M Apeness J Sicily

Followers R O’Brien J Greiser J Tardio

Interchange M Honeychurch N Evans L McDonald A Milham D Byrne-Jones

We've just got to go a ready made midfield in the ilk of Wines or Vlastuin. Anything else and this site will crash from being overloaded

The round 4 and 5 div 1 games will be broadcast live via the AFL app in the afl.tv video section as well as on Fox Footy.

I don't think I've ever seen so many hyphenated names in teams before - be interesting to see whether they stick with the double-barrel in AFL ranks or drop one a la McMillan-Pittard.

Curious if anyone is keeping tabs on certain players?

Also, J. Owen from the Vic metro side is a very very good player, amazingly athletic aswell!

Never seen him play but I reckon we must get J Sicily of Vic Met whose name surely comes from a Mario Puzo novel or a script from The Sopranos. In view of the fact that we lack players who can intimidate the opposition I want Sicily.

Nathan Jones just tweeted that his brother is playing for Vic Country tonight. Any seen him play? Know anything about him?

Whispering what are your thoughts on Jesse Tardio?

We've just got to go a ready made midfield in the ilk of Wines or Vlastuin. Anything else and this site will crash from being overloaded

Blake Acres from WA is your Vlastuin type and will slide a little in the draft due to a shoulder injury ruling him out of the u/18 champs. He was to be WA captain and played last year as an under age player.

Will go Top 30 and could fall to our second pick with a bit of luck

Nathan Jones just tweeted that his brother is playing for Vic Country tonight. Any seen him play? Know anything about him?

They had some highlights on TAC future stars last weekend. Can't remember much, but he was highlighted.

I know that the brothers of; Jones, Heppell, Bastinac, christensen and Kelly are in this draft. There may be a few more.

take em all!

Tom Boyd will be the stand out. Given the articles and video clips ive seen.

If ??? we get a chance to pick him later in the year I'll faint if he isnt selected.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/team-focus-propels-tom-boyd/story-fn53klc6-1226610851017

http://www.afl.com.au/video/2013-05-17/is-this-the-2013-drafts-number-one-pick

Whispering what are your thoughts on Jesse Tardio?

No idea but I wonder if he's related to newsreader Tony Tardio.

The two preliminary rounds of the 2013 NAB AFL Under 18 Championships have been played out and the games that count begin today in Perth where WA Victoria Metro contest the first game for points. The remaining fixture is:-

SATURDAY JUNE 15

DIVISION 1

Western Australia vs Victoria Metro at Patersons Stadium 11:20am

SUNDAY JUNE 16

South Australia vs Victoria Country at City Mazda Stadium,Adelaide 12pm

SUNDAY JUNE 22

DIVISION 2

NSW/ACT vs Northern Territory at Blacktown 12pm

Tasmania vs Queensland at Blundstone Arena,Hobart 12pm

FRIDAY JUNE 28

DIVISION 1

Victoria Metro vs Western Australia at Simonds Stadium 12:35pm

South Australia vs Victoria Country at Simonds Stadium 2:35pm

SATURDAY JUNE 29

DIVISION 2

Northern Territory vs Tasmania at Visy Park 12pm

NSW/ACT vs Queensland at Visy Park 2:30pm

WEDNESDAY JULY 3

DIVISION 1

South Australia vs Western Australia at Etihad Stadium 3:35pm

Victoria Metro vs Victoria Country at Etihad Stadium 5:35pm

THURSDAY JULY 4

DIVISION 2

Queensland vs Northern Territory at Victoria Park 11am

NSW/ACT vs Tasmania at Victoria Park 1:15pm

THE SQUADS DIVISION 1

South Australia

Jake Johansen (Port) 172cm, 62kg

Malcolm Karpany (Eagles) 175cm, 71kg

Orazio Fantasia (Norwood) 176cm, 64kg

Robert Young (Port) 176cm, 63kg

Zac Bates (West) 176cm, 72kg

Todd McKay (South) 176cm, 77kg

James Battersby (Sturt) 177cm, 78kg

Campbell Combe (North) 178cm, 83kg

Dwayne Wilson (Sturt) 178cm, 75kg

Tom Gray (Port) 179cm, 72kg

Billy Stretch (Glenelg) 180cm, 67kg

Ryan Dijksman (West) 180cm, 73kg

Riley Knight (Eagles) 180cm, 73kg

Alex Spina (North) 181cm, 74kg

Peter Bampton (Norwood) 182cm, 83kg

James Aish (Norwood) 183cm, 74kg

Sean Lemmens (Port) 184cm, 76kg

Josh Pitson (Norwood) 185cm, 74kg

George Hewett (North) 185cm, 78kg

Luke Dunstan (Eagles) 185cm, 83kg

Trent Dumont (Norwood) 185cm, 83kg

Seb Wiech (Sturt) 187cm, 85kg

Patrick Wilson (Sturt) 188cm, 77kg

Luke Reynolds (Port) 188cm, 86kg

Nick Favretto (West) 188cm, 88kg

Mac Bower (Norwood) 189cm, 77kg

Matt Scharenberg (Glenelg) 190cm, 89kg

Darcy Hourigan (South) 190cm, 92kg

Jake Pitt (Glenelg) 192cm, 75kg

Sam Wundke (North) 192cm, 85kg

Cameron Giles (Eagles) 195cm, 93kg

Mitchell Harvey (North) 195cm, 97kg

Ryan Simister (West) 195cm, 100kg

Sam Durdin (West) 196cm, 87kg

Jesse Watchman (West) 196cm, 91kg

Jonathon Ross (Port) 197cm, 84kg

Jed Redden (Glenelg) 198cm, 87kg

Peter Spurling (Glenelg) 199cm, 85kg

Josh Miller (Glenelg) 203cm, 93kg

Peter Steffe (South) 205cm, 98kg

Vic Country

Lewis Taylor (Geelong) 173cm, 73kg

Jarman Impey (Murray) 176cm, 78kg

Clayton McCartney (Dandenong) 176cm, 70kg

Billy Hartung (Dandenong) 176cm, 71kg

Alex Saunders (Gippsland) 177cm, 68kg

Joe Maishman (Geelong) 178cm, 71kg

Zachary Merrett (Sandringham) 178cm, 73kg

Jaden McGrath (Bendigo) 179cm, 71kg

Josh Pickess (Dandenong) 180cm, 75kg

James Tsitas (Geelong) 180cm, 77kg

Josh Cashman (Gippsland) 180cm, 75kg

Darcy Lang (Geelong) 181cm, 75kg

Zak Jones (Dandenong) 181cm, 74kg

Matt Crouch (North Ballarat) 181cm, 80kg

Nathan Drummond (Murray) 181cm, 82kg

Aaron Heppell (Gippsland) 181cm, 78kg

Bohdi Walker (Gippsland) 182cm, 82kg

James Harmes (Dandenong) 183cm, 75kg

Jordan Cunico (Gippsland) 184cm, 72kg

Lukas Webb (Gippsland) 184cm, 77kg

Ben Kearns (Gippsland) 184cm, 79kg

Nick Holman (Murray) 186cm, 79kg

Jackson Nelson (Geelong) 186cm, 78kg

Louis Herbert (North Ballarat) 187cm, 75kg

Nicholas Bourke (Geelong) 187cm, 76kg

Isaiah Miller (Bendigo) 187cm, 82kg

Daniel Capiron (Dandenong) 188cm, 80kg

Brady Egan (Dandenong) 188cm, 84kg

Jake Maher (Bendigo) 189cm, 82kg

Josh Scott (Gippsland) 190cm, 80kg

Dallas Willsmore (North Ballarat) 190cm, 81kg

Jye Cross (Geelong) 191cm, 85kg

Tom Lamb (Dandenong) 191cm, 82kg

Darcy Gardiner (Geelong) 192cm, 84kg

Patrick McCartin (Geelong) 192cm, 90kg

Hugh Goddard (Geelong) 195cm, 92kg

Fraser Fort (Geelong) 196cm, 84kg

Jack Leslie (Gippsland) 198cm, 93kg

Kyle Hendy (North Ballarat) 199cm, 93kg

Jake Thomas (Gippsland) 201cm, 89kg

Vic Metro

Jay Kennedy-Harris (Oakleigh) 173cm, 68kg

Ben Cavarra (Eastern) 173cm, 69kg

Touk Miller (Calder) 175cm, 77kg

Mitchell Honeychurch (Eastern) 175cm, 65kg

Nick Evans (Eastern) 178cm, 71kg

Jesse Tardio (Northern) 179cm, 72kg

Darcy Byrne-Jones (Oakleigh) 180cm, 69kg

Karl Amon (Sandringham) 180cm, 73kg

Jake Greiser (Western) 180cm, 88kg

Nathan Freeman (Sandringham) 181cm, 85kg

Hugh Curnow (Northern) 182cm, 73kg

Josh Kelly (Sandringham) 182cm, 73kg

Will Maginnes (Oakleigh) 182cm, 73kg

Jason Cooke (Calder) 183cm, 79kg

Christian Salem (Sandringham) 183cm, 82kg

Jack Billings (Oakleigh) 183cm, 78kg

Aiden Franetic (Oakleigh) 184cm, 79kg

Mitchell Keedle (Eastern) 184c, 69kg

Christian Petracca (Eastern) 185cm, 96kg

Jordan Walker (Eastern) 185cm, 77kg

James Siciliy (Western) 186cm, 75kg

Ben Lennon (Northern) 187cm, 79kg

Joseph Fisher (Eastern) 187cm, 79kg

Luke McDonald (Oakleigh) 188cm, 80kg

Lachlan Ritchie (Sandringham) 189cm, 78kg

Jake Lever (Calder) 190cm, 82kg

Lewis Fitzgerald (Oakleigh) 190cm, 82kg

Tom Cutler (Oakleigh) 190cm, 86kg

Jake Owen (Calder) 191cm, 82kg

Max Hayes (Sandringham) 191cm, 86kg

Marcus Bontempelli (Northern) 191cm, 83kg

Elliot Le Grice (Sandringham) 192cm, 90kg

Alex Spencer (Sandringham) 193cm, 83kg

Daniel McStay (Eastern) 193cm, 86kg

Sean McLaren (Sandringham) 197cm, 91kg

Cameron Conlon (Northern) 198cm, 87kg

Michael Apeness (Eastern) 199cm, 101kg

Thomas Boyd (Eastern) 199cm, 102kg

Reilly O'Brien (Calder) 200cm, 95kg

Angus Milham (Oakleigh) 210cm, 86kg

Western Australia

Richard Bourne (East Fremantle) 175cm, 60kg

Hayden Kennedy (Subiaco) 175cm, 73kg

Clem Smith (Perth) 177cm, 67kg

Jarrod Pickett (South Fremantle) 177cm, 74kg

Charlie Cameron (Swan Districts) 178cm, 69kg

Steven Edwards (Claremont) 178cm, 69kg

Aiden Anderson (Swan Districts) 180cm, 75kg

Bradley Walsh (Peel) 180cm, 79kg

Alec Waterman (Claremont) 181cm, 81kg

Ben Sokol (South Fremantle) 183cm, 87kg

Blaine Johnson (South Fremantle) 183cm, 82kg

Dominic Sheed (Subiaco) 183cm, 82kg

Sean Fletcher (Swan Districts) 185cm, 78kg

Josh Cuneo (East Fremantle) 185cm, 80kg

Brenden Abbott (Claremont) 185cm, 93kg

Conor Regan (East Fremantle) 185cm, 71kg

Tom Hodgson (East Perth) 185cm, 77kg

Ryan Lim (Claremont) 186cm, 75kg

Warrick Wilson (Swan Districts) 187cm, 72kg

Dylan Main (South Fremantle) 187cm, 75kg

Jermaine Miller-Lewis (South Fremantle) 187cm, 74kg

Beau Chatley (East Perth) 188cm, 82kg

Blake Acres (West Perth) 188cm, 84kg

Jarrad Jansen (East Fremantle) 188cm, 91kg

Patrick Cripps (East Fremantle) 188cm, 88kg

Nick Robertson (West Perth) 188cm, 83kg

Dylan Winton (Peel) 189cm, 85kg

Thomas Vandeleur (South Fremantle) 191cm, 90kg

Tyler Keitel (East Perth) 191cm, 80kg

Jonathon Marsh (East Fremantle) 191cm, 89kg

Matthew Ah Siu (South Fremantle) 192cm, 76kg

Tom Barrass (Claremont) 192cm, 81kg

Sam Bevan (Claremont) 193cm, 79kg

Aliir Aliir (East Fremantle) 195cm, 86kg

Cameron McCarthy (South Fremantle) 195cm, 89kg

Jake Solomon (East Fremantle) 197cm, 86kg

Hamish Murray (Claremont) 201cm, 95kg

Scott Jones (East Perth) 203cm, 100kg

Darcy Cameron (Claremont) 203cm, 98kg

THE SQUADS DIVISION 2

New South Wales/ACT

Elijah Edwards (Oakleigh) 167cm, 62kg *Collingwood*

Michael Gibbons (Murray) 174cm, 70kg

Jarrod Thompson (Queanbeyan) 174cm, 70kg

Dylan Darby (Bendigo) 176cm, 72kg

Brad Watson (Pennant Hills) 177cm, 73kg

Lloyd Perris (St George) 179cm, 75kg *Sydney*

Darcy Spinks (Ainslie) 179cm, 93kg

Tarren Etto (Campbelltown) 179cm, 74kg

Doug Bond (Geelong) 180cm, 68kg

Matthew Munro (Murray) 181cm, 69kg

Jake Barrett (Temora) 182cm, 78kg

Harrison Green (Illawarra) 182cm, 71kg

Brad Watson (Pennant Hills) 182cm, 73kg

Kristian Cary (Murray) 182cm, 81kg

Liam Griffiths (Ainslie) 183cm, 78kg

Jack Steele (Belconnen) 184cm, 78kg

Isaac Heeney (Cardiff) 184cm, 78kg

Brydon Hodgson (Murray) 184cm, 73kg

Matthew Eastman (Sydney Hills) 185cm, 77kg

Jydon Neagle (Murray) 185cm, 77kg

Harrison Payne (Murray) 185cm, 83kg

Jack Hiscox (Sydney Uni) 185cm, 71kg

Kieran Ellis (Murray) 187cm, 73kg

Thomas Faul (Ainslie) 187cm, 86kg

Chris Yansen (Belconnen) 187cm, 76kg

Ned Mabon (North Ballarat) 187cm, 74kg

Tim Clowry (Eastlake) 188cm, 78kg

Jim Carroll (Wagga) 188cm, 88kg

Jedd Clothier (Calder) 189cm, 82kg *Essendon*

Ben Halse (Eastlake) 189cm, 82kg

Henry Delves (Geelong) 190cm, 83kg

Jack Codd-Miller (Western Suburbs) 191cm, 82kg *Hawthorn*

Abe Davis (UNSW Easts) 191cm, 89kg

Andrew Wall (Wentworth) 191cm, 83kg

Mitchell Mahady (Murray) 193cm, 82kg

Jeremy Finlayson (Sydney Hills) 193cm, 89kg

Logan Austin (Belconnen) 194cm, 85kg

Dougal Howard (Wagga) 194cm, 80kg

John Haggerty (Sydney Uni) 195cm, 91kg *Collingwood*

Thomas Head (Terrigal-Avoca) 197cm, 98kg

Max King (Murray) 200cm, 90kg

NORTHERN TERRITORY

Jake Farrel (Big River) 169cm, 60kg

Jerome Motlop (Wanderers) 170cm, 79kg

Abraham Ankers (Federal) 171cm, 60kg

Shane McAuliffe (Pioneer) 171cm, 69kg

William Rioli (Tennant Creek) 172cm, 58kg

Mikey Coombes (St Marys) 173cm, 72kg

Jarrod Stokes (Darwin) 173cm, 74kg

John Schulter (Federal) 174cm, 66kg

Daniel Cox (Southern Districts) 174cm, 67kg

Willy Rioli (St Marys) 174cm, 88kg

Toby Hunkin (Waratahs) 175cm, 66kg

Jare Krnjic (Waratah) 177cm, 72kg

Braedon McLean (Waratahs) 178cm, 75kg

Daniel Myers (South Alice) 178cm, 80kg

Andrew Pilbrow (Federal) 179cm, 62kg

Leroy Larson (St Marys) 180cm, 68kg

Eddie Hampton (Pioneer) 180cm, 77kg

Jamie Mavromihalis (Federal) 180cm, 83kg

Willie Rioli (St Marys) 180cm, 80kg

Peter Chisholm-Espie (Southern Districts) 181cm, 79kg

Joe Roberts (Federal) 184cm, 73kg

Kevin Renehan (Pioneer) 184cm, 79kg

Nakia Cockatoo (Southern Districts) 184cm, 82kg

Ben Fuller (Federal) 185cm, 78kg

Jordan Scanlon (Southern Districts) 185cm, 86kg

Jack Musgrove (St Marys) 186cm, 76kg

Jack Long (St Marys) 186cm, 80kg

Erinn Wasley-Black (Thunder) 187cm, 78kg

Ryan Nyhuis (Nightcliff) 187cm, 75kg

Rueben Brown (Pioneer) 187cm, 73kg

Neil Vea Vea (Wanderers) 188cm, 89kg

Laurie Donation (Darwin) 189cm, 70kg

Dylan Gordon (Palmerston) 190cm, 75kg

Lachlan McGill (Tiwi Bombers) 190cm, 80kg

Aiden Plummer (Tennant Creek) 190cm, 111kg

Callan Wilson (Palmerston) 193cm, 67kg

Queensland

Cassidy Haberfield (Surfers Paradise) 171cm, 72kg

James Holland (Southport) 171cm, 76kg

Isaac Rokeby (Cairns) 172cm, 66kg

Dylan Mutu (Surfers Paradise) 172cm, 67kg

James Ives (Aspley) 176cm, 77kg

Billy O'Donnell (Broadbeach) 177cm, 70kg

Riley Blundell (Morningside) 179cm, 89kg

Cameron Stevenson (Maroochydore) 179cm, 67kg

Lewis Radford (UQ) 179cm, 75kg

Tyler Cornish (Southport) 179cm, 80kg

Lachlan Weller (Broadbeach) 179cm, 71kg

Darcy Cameron-Reeves (Morningside) 179cm, 70kg

Daniel Henderson (Maroochydore) 180cm, 68kg

Bill Pendlebury (Morningside) 180cm, 84kg

Josh Stiller (Aspley) 180cm, 77kg

Sam Gribble (Aspley) 181cm, 81kg

Hayden Bertoli-Simmons (Morningside) 183cm, 76kg

Isaac Conway (Aspley) 183cm, 85kg

Luke Rogerson (Redland) 184cm, 77kg

Jacob Watson (Aspley) 185cm, 80kg

Jack Taylor (Surfers Paradise) 186cm, 76kg

Liam Dawson (Aspley) 188cm, 78kg

Jarred Ellis (Broadbeach) 188cm, 80kg

James Farley-Smith (Cairns) 189cm, 87kg

Lachlan Niland-Rowe (Aspley) 189cm, 79kg

Aden Rutledge (Aspley) 190cm, 90kg

Darcy Trask (Southport) 191cm, 73kg

Jack Goodall (Port Douglas) 191cm, 85kg

Cain Tickner (Aspley) 194cm, 91kg

Steven Mills (Southport) 195cm, 82kg

Nick Jackson (Aspley) 195cm, 85kg

Steven Coutts (Mt Gravatt) 195cm, 86kg

Angus Watts (Labrador) 195cm, 85kg

Matthew Hammelmann (Morningside) 196cm, 84kg

Caleb Hay (Nth Rivers) 197cm, 88kg

Jonathon Freeman (Aspley) 198cm, 95kg

Kieran Brennan (Broadbeach) 200cm, 98kg

Archie Smith (Mt Gravatt) 200cm, 97kg

Will Kristelly (Maroochydore) 203cm, 97kg

Braydon Preuss (Townsville) 203cm, 100kg

Tasmania

Tasmania

Percy Mannering (Hobart) 172cm, 70kg

Kade Pitchford (Devonport) 173cm, 72kg

Brodie Deverell (Devonport) 175cm, 79kg

Matthew Hanson (South Launceston) 177cm, 65kg

Jay Foon (North Launceston) 177cm, 70kg

Thor Boscott (Lauderdale) 178cm, 80kg

Brandt Lee (Devonport) 179cm, 70kg

Jay Lockhart (North Launceston) 179cm, 70kg

Tim Jones (South Launceston) 180cm, 77kg

Brady Grey (Burnie) 180cm, 80kg

Zac Webster (Glenorchy) 180cm, 71kg

Ashton Dickenson (Clarence) 180cm, 78kg

Bryton Mullins (North Launceston) 180cm, 75kg

Matt Joseph (Glenorchy) 180cm, 72kg

Eli Templeton (Burnie) 182cm, 67kg

Jake Smith (Launceston) 182cm, 77kg

MacKenzie Willlis (Hobart) 182cm, 80kg

Phil Bellchambers (Lauderdale) 183cm, 86kg

Daniel Withers (Launceston) 184cm, 72kg

Stuart Donnelly (Hobart) 184cm, 75kg

Brandon van Buuren (Devonport) 186cm, 77kg

Josh McGuinness (Lauderdale) 188cm, 70kg

Mitch Hibberd (Clarence) 188cm, 72kg

Kade Kolodjashnij (Launceston) 188cm, 76kg

Ryan Wiggins (Lauderdale) 190cm, 91kg

Jake Kolodjashnij (Launceston) 192cm, 88kg

Braden Figg (Lauderdale) 192cm, 92kg

Josh Fogarty (Glenorchy) 193cm, 78kg

Josh Watts (Glenorchy) 193cm, 72kg

Harrison Bailey (Clarence) 193cm, 90kg

Alex Lee (Devonport) 196cm, 88kg

Alex Pearce (Devonport) 197cm, 82kg

Josh Fox (North Hobart) 197cm, 85kg

Toby Nankervis (North Launceston) 199cm, 100kg

Rohan Bones (Hobart) 202cm, 98kg

Summaries of the opening two rounds:-

Round 1

Round 2

Luke Dunstan just sounds like exactly what we need. Pure mid with fantastic leadership. I don't care if Aish is meant to be more silky I want a tough leader cause this club needs them in spades.

Luke Dunstan just sounds like exactly what we need. Pure mid with fantastic leadership. I don't care if Aish is meant to be more silky I want a tough leader cause this club needs them in spades.

If we did he would be the third (in a row) South Australian Captains we have drafted

I like Boyd so far

Being a Norwood Supporter the name Aish does make the mouth water

Too early to make a judgement yet though

A Barrie Robran would be nice though

Edited June 15, 201312 yr by Swampfox

Aiden Plummer (Tennant Creek) 190cm, 111kg
Callan Wilson (Palmerston) 193cm, 67kg

look at those stats....

Aiden Plummer (Tennant Creek) 190cm, 111kgCallan Wilson (Palmerston) 193cm, 67kg

look at those stats....

I saw that this morning too, jeez they would be a sight standing next to one another!

One to keep an eye out for sa is Matty scharenberg. I watched him a few weeks ago as he was playing alongside a lad I know from Adelaide.

Very good player. I don't know that he will make it past pick 20, obviously a long way away now though.

I'm loving the work of the two train on's we had in the pre season in Jack Billings and Lewis Taylor. Sheed has been a stand out and I'm also agreeing on Dunstan.

Boyd is great but not needed. Dawes and Clark are still young and have long careers in front of them and we have Hogan.

I don't think we will take Aish - the same sort that Neeld got rid of.

Very early call - we take Sheed in the first round and Taylor as our second (if he doesnt go to Geelong)

Edited June 15, 201312 yr by Dee-licious

what type of player is Sheed

must be a freak if you want us to take him at pick 1 or 2

He isn't a silky smooth player with flashy skills. He is more your Luke ball type. I don't know that sheed is quite top 10. I reckon freo/WCE will chase him around that pick 12-16 pick.

Aish is no slouch. He is a very hard working mid. Don't let his lack of size scare you. He is tough, can get his own ball and runs both ways. He has amazing skills, either finishing or finding it at the bottom of a pack.

But that's why we love the u/18 champs. These players like aish and Dunstable can go head to head with sheed and we can measure them against each other. Jack Kelly in the metro squad- is he the one who was talked about as a mini draft pick last year? Can anyone say how he is going?

Also don't get why aishs size means he cant be a leader. Already has leadership in spades. Still the standout mid in the pool. A lot of talk about hardball winners being a requirement, id argue we need a player with poise and the ability to execute and hit targets. Kellys been good so far, purely outside runner, immaculate kicking skills. 26 touches last week, getting a few this week. Boyd kicked three early but in a moonboot after hurting his ankle.