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THE AFL DRAFT COMBINE

Whispering_Jack
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The initial invitation list of players for this year's AFL Draft Combine has been issued. This is the list of 80 players who will be going through the hoops at Etihad Stadium a week after the Grand Final:-

NSW/ACT (11):

Isaac Cumming
Benjamin Davis
Sam Fisher
Ryan Garthwaite
Max Lynch
Harrison Macreadie
Todd Marshall
Kobe Mutch
Harry Perryman
Will Setterfield
Zachary Sproule

Northern Territory (3):

Ben Long
Tony Olango
Brandan Parfitt

Queensland (6):

Jacob Allison
Jack Bowes
Elliot Himmelberg
Brad Scheer
Declan Watson
Josh Williams

South Australia (10):

Brennan Cox
Jack Graham
Will Hayward
Mitchell Hinge
Ben Jarman
Kym Lebois
Jonty Scharenberg
Tyson Stengle
Alex Villis
Sam Walker

Vic Country (18):

Ben Ainsworth
Joseph Atley
Josh Battle
Jarrod Berry
Will Brodie
Cedric Cox
Sean Darcy
Willem Drew
Jack Henry
Bailey Morrish
Harry Morrison
Hugh McCluggage
Mitchell McCarthy
Myles Poholke
Esava Ratugolea
Jy Simpkin
Tom Williamson
Alex Witherden

VFL (1):

Luke Ryan

Vic Metro (19):

Joshua Begley
Hamish Brayshaw
Callum Brown
Dylan Clarke
Joshua Daicos
Taylin Duman
Judah Dundon
Oliver Florent
Jordan Gallucci
Oscar Junker
Patrick Kerr
Patrick Lipinski
Andrew McGrath
Jack Maibaum
Sam McLarty
Jordan Ridley
Jack Scrimshaw
Tim Taranto
Daniel Venables

Western Australia (12):

Liam Baker
Shai Bolton
Timothy English
Zac Fisher
Matt Guelfi
Griffin Logue
Quinton Narkle
Sam Petrevski-Seton
Sam Powell-Pepper
Joshua Rotham
Jake Waterman
Cameron Zurhaar

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    Let's get Hugh McCluggage please, will be a cult figure surely! Got no idea if he can play. 

    Reminds me of Clutch Cargo for some reason. 

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    Can we get Daicos?? Just to stick it up em.....

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    1 minute ago, Wadda We Sing said:

    Can we get Daicos??

    Probably the Pies have first dibs there! 

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    30 minutes ago, Earl Hood said:

    Probably the Pies have first dibs there! 

    Yeah i know...would be fun tho..

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    2 minutes ago, olisik said:

    Is Hamish Brayshaw related to Angus? 

    Younger brother. Spitting image of Angus.

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    Where is Hamish expected to go? Any chan e of him slipping to mid twenties?

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    50 minutes ago, olisik said:

    Where is Hamish expected to go? Any chan e of him slipping to mid twenties?

    I had a quick look at some early phantom drafts. Only found 1 that ranked him at pick 50. He a good game a few weeks ago apparently. Played half back flank then pushed forward in the 2nd half and kicked 4 straight.

    Looks pretty vanilla from this highlight video. 

     

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    12 hours ago, Night Crawler said:

    I had a quick look at some early phantom drafts. Only found 1 that ranked him at pick 50. He a good game a few weeks ago apparently. Played half back flank then pushed forward in the 2nd half and kicked 4 straight.

    Looks pretty vanilla from this highlight video. 

     

    His play at 30 seconds looks good

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    Emma Quayle's AFL National Draft Combine Harvester is always a fantastic resource when referring to the leading draft prospects.

    And Kevin "Shifter" Sheahan discusses who Melbourne might be interested in with pick # 26 (except that it's now pick # 27 thanks to the AFL's gift to the Lions and there's every chance we'll trade it anyway).

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    On 7 October 2016 at 7:06 AM, Whispering_Jack said:

    Emma Quayle's AFL National Draft Combine Harvester is always a fantastic resource when referring to the leading draft prospects.

    And Kevin "Shifter" Sheahan discusses who Melbourne might be interested in with pick # 26 (except that it's now pick # 27 thanks to the AFL's gift to the Lions and there's every chance we'll trade it anyway).

    The Shifter story is a bit of a puff piece and I wonder why it was published at all. It's fairly common knowledge that we're going to give away a second round draft pick for Hibberd and we have limitations in regard to who and what we can trade. Until our draft position is cleared up this is all fairly meaningless stuff.

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    The results are out for the first two days of the AFL Draft Combine:-

    Combine results, day one: Father-son prospect Jarman the early standout

    Combine results, day two: First-round prospects star in beep test

    Just off the top of my head I don't see as many outstanding results compared to previous years. Tests results from the 20-metre sprint and the beep test seem to be well below the best standards from the past. 

    The highlight for me is Ben Ainsworth from Gippsland Power who played one game for the Casey Scorpions and impressed with a couple of goals. He was in the top group in the sprint test and agility and I believe not far away from the top ten in the beep test. That sort of athletic ability is what you would be looking for in recruiting. Of course, from Melbourne's point of view, Ainsworth is completely out of reach because our chances of getting the top five pick needed to secure him.

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    Diacos didn't test - sore knee. Are The Eddie's playing funny buggers, hiding him? Maybe it is just my cynicism ?

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    30 minutes ago, monoccular said:

    Diacos didn't test - sore knee. Are The Eddie's playing funny buggers, hiding him? Maybe it is just my cynicism ?

    Do not sell your intuition short Mono. Nothing is surer.

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    36 minutes ago, monoccular said:

    Diacos didn't test - sore knee. Are The Eddie's playing funny buggers, hiding him? Maybe it is just my cynicism ?

    Another possible example of systemic manipulation by Collingwood which following on the Treloar operation could do with some transparency. The AfL does have an ethics section.

    I would expect young Daicos to present " independent" medical evidence as to why he was unable to participate. Not a big thing but another example of something that "smells."

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    Why on earth is there an article on the club's website - our first pick being way down at now 28 - about a prospective number one draft pick?? (and it's tagged "Exclusive to melbournefc.com.au)

    Some guesses, one of: by AFL direction (sadistic!); club choice (masochistic!); club intention (subliminal support for our targeting a half back)

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