Jump to content
View in the app

A better way to browse. Learn more.
Demonland

A full-screen app on your home screen with push notifications, badges and more.

To install this app on iOS and iPadOS
  1. Tap the Share icon in Safari
  2. Scroll the menu and tap Add to Home Screen.
  3. Tap Add in the top-right corner.
To install this app on Android
  1. Tap the 3-dot menu (⋮) in the top-right corner of the browser.
  2. Tap Add to Home screen or Install app.
  3. Confirm by tapping Install.

2017 AFL Rookie Draft

spirit of norm smith
in Melbourne Demons

Featured Replies

McInerney went to Brisbane

  • Quote
    •  

    Great stuff for the Scorps to see 2 of their own upgraded to Melbourne's rookie list, a definite vindication

    of the success Plapp & co achieved this year as a coaching group...

  • Quote
    •  
    2 hours ago, gwsampso said:

    Source hinted at Brayshaw but not as reliable as last year 

    Obviously not.

  • Quote

    5 minutes ago, hardtack said:

    Declan Keilty

     

     

    Versatile and can play key back or forward.

  • Quote
    3 minutes ago, KingDingAling said:

    Nothing like some good genetics.

    Not always:  

    One notable omission - Xavier Richards. The Swans forward has gone from playing in a Grand Final last month to being overlooked by every club.

  • Quote
    •  
    1 minute ago, Redleg said:

    Not always:  

    One notable omission - Xavier Richards. The Swans forward has gone from playing in a Grand Final last month to being overlooked by every club.

    It is hard to believe Mr. Leg but there you are.

  • Quote
    12 minutes ago, Redleg said:

    I hope for Ben Jarman's sake, the pass rule doesn't apply in the rookie draft, as Crows just passed.

    Anyone got an idea why they didn't choose him with their earlier pick? Why pass then get him with the next one?

  • Quote

    1 minute ago, old dee said:

    It is hard to believe Mr. Leg but there you are.

    He will be a trivia question.

  • Quote
    1 minute ago, Redbeard said:

    Anyone got an idea why they didn't choose him with their earlier pick? Why pass then get him with the next one?

    Maybe it is to do with salary. Maybe they get more for being picked in a higher round. Seems strange though.

  • Quote
    3 minutes ago, Redleg said:

    Not always:  

    One notable omission - Xavier Richards. The Swans forward has gone from playing in a Grand Final last month to being overlooked by every club.

    Hard to believe Xavier Richards would get overlooked in that rookie draft. Bit surprising. I thought he was ok this year, and an improving type.

  • Quote

    Just now, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

    Didn't the club say we were only going to draft two players in the rookie draft? 

    They read Demonland and changed their minds.

  • Quote
    1 minute ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

    Didn't the club say we were only going to draft two players in the rookie draft? 

    You know what the second language of the AFL is LDC.

  • Quote
    • Author

    I think Casey Scorps should contact 

    Hamish Brayshaw

    and six high potential Stingrays that missed out on draft/rookie picks

    Bailey Morrish

    Mason De Wit

    Thomas Glen

    Matthew LaFontaine

    Danny Allsopp

    Reece Piper

    I saw Stingrays in 2016 and amazed that Morrish and Piper did not get drafted or rookied. Hope Casey can provide the next opportunity.

  • Quote

    26 minutes ago, Moonshadow said:

    End of the line for Jack Grimes, Chris Dawes and Mitch Clark?

    Amazing someone didn't give Grimes a life line as a rookey at least. Good option as a depth player I would have thought. 

  • Quote
    8 hours ago, Moonshadow said:

    Maybe next year for Brayshaw. A year in VFL may do him good.

    http://m.richmondfc.com.au/video/2016-11-21/pick-27-hamish-brayshaw-jrz

    Found this while googling him to see if he was drafted. Guess the tiges were interested enough to have a highlight reel ready to go?

    Sucks for him, but an injury free year and he'll be right in the mix for next year's draft.

  • Quote
    •  

    Would be a good idea to get Hamish down to Casey.  Plapp is doing good things and as seen by this year's draft, a successful vfl team will get enough notice warrant players getting drafted.

  • Quote
    11 hours ago, spirit of norm smith said:

    I saw Stingrays in 2016 and amazed that Morrish and Piper did not get drafted or rookied. Hope Casey can provide the next opportunity.

    Especially like Morrish. Rangy 6 foot 2 Beacy boy. Beautiful kick with a massive leap! 

  • Quote

    • Archived

    This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

    Go to topic listing

    Featured Content

    • AFLW REPORT: Geelong

      Melbourne wrapped up the AFLW home and away season with a hard-fought 14-point win over Geelong at Kardinia Park. The result secured second place on the ladder with a 9–3 record and a home qualifying final against the Brisbane Lions next week.

        • Thanks
      • 2 replies
      Demonland

    • AFLW PREVIEW: Geelong

      It’s been a season of grit, growth, and glimpses of brilliance—mixed with a few tough interstate lessons. Now, with finals looming, the Dees head to Kardinia Park for one last tune-up before the real stuff begins.

        • Thanks
      • 3 replies
      Demonland

    • DRAFT: The Next Generation

      It was not long after the announcement that Melbourne's former number 1 draft pick Tom Scully was departing the club following 31 games and two relatively unremarkable seasons to join expansion team, the Greater Western Giants, on a six-year contract worth about $6 million, that a parody song based on Adele's hit "Someone Like You" surfaced on social media. The artist expressed lament over Scully's departure in song, culminating in the promise, "Never mind, we'll find someone like you," although I suspect that the undertone of bitterness in this version exceeded that of the original.

        • Clap
        • Thanks
        • Like
      • 9 replies
      Demonland

    • AFLW REPORT: Brisbane

      A steamy Springfield evening set the stage for a blockbuster top-four clash between two AFLW heavyweights. Brisbane, the bookies’ favourites, hosted Melbourne at a heaving Brighton Homes Arena, with 5,022 fans packing in—the biggest crowd for a Melbourne game this season. It was the 11th meeting between these fierce rivals, with the Dees holding a narrow 6–4 edge. But while the Lions brought the chaos and roared loudest, the Demons aren’t done yet.

        • Thanks
      • 5 replies
      Demonland

    • Welcome to Demonland: Picks 7 & 8

      The Demons have acquired two first round picks in Picks 7 & 8 in the 2025 AFL National Draft.

        • Clap
        • Love
        • Like
      • 715 replies
      Demonland

    • Farewell Clayton Oliver

      The Demons have traded 4 time Club Champion Clayton Oliver to the GWS Giants for a Future Third Rounder whilst paying a significant portion of his salary each year.

        • Thanks
        • Like
      • 2,075 replies
      Demonland
    View All

    Configure browser push notifications
    Chrome (Android)
    1. Tap the lock icon next to the address bar.
    2. Tap Permissions → Notifications.
    3. Adjust your preference.
    Chrome (Desktop)
    1. Click the padlock icon in the address bar.
    2. Select Site settings.
    3. Find Notifications and adjust your preference.