Have liked what I've seen of him for Casey this year.

Hopefully the club are keeping an eye on him and may potentially draft him, either as a mid to late pick or even rookie draft.

Can't find much about him online, keen to know his height etc.

does this need it's own thread though? There's about 30 draftees I'd like to have. 

I coached him junior cricket at Frankston YCW.  He played in back to back premierships in under 14's.  Was a decent medium pacer and a gun slips fielder.  Footy was always his go though.  A very clever small forward.  He's doing great at Casey this year.  Pleased to see him doing so well.

Him & Grey are both pretty solid.

Seems like a natural talent with a fair bit of upside.  Decent moves with ball in hand.  Be surprised if he isn't being looked at as we speak.

Casey is a proven alternative pathway to the AFL with Bayley Fritsch and Oscar McInerney being the most notable. With the re-emergence of the VFL competition you'd expect others to follow their footsteps. Of the younger guys on Casey's list, Roan Steele has shown he can certainly play. Kicked multiple goals a few rounds back, he looks a smart player and is not afraid of the  physical stuff. Matthew Johnson on debut last round also looked impressive. There were some other new faces which would be expected with the recent Covid protocols. Will watch future developments with interest and anticipation.

Edited May 3, 20223 yr by Tarax Club
double take

He's listed as a Covid top-up player for us prior to the start of the season so would imagine the club have been keeping tabs on him for a while.

After another excellent season, Roan Steele was runner up in Casey VFL best and fairest. Played mid/revolving on HFF. Many of DLand suggested he get a Dees rookie spot but no !!!

After 3 years at Casey, he decided to go to WAFL to try his luck

Midseason draft 2025 - pick 8 - Collingwood selects Roan Steele

3 weeks later - he gets a debut game with the ladder leading Pies !!

what’s going on at Melbourne FC ??

Pies pinched him from under our nose. What a mess at MFC!!

Thanks SONS .. exhibit A

Exhibit B Paply

You could go on 🥴

6 minutes ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Pies pinched him from under our nose. What a mess at MFC!!

He was available to all 18 clubs for years. One club eventually decided to take a punt on him to see if he's up to AFL standard.

Still, any excuse to pot MFC, hey?

44 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

He was available to all 18 clubs for years. One club eventually decided to take a punt on him to see if he's up to AFL standard.

Still, any excuse to pot MFC, hey?

The point is we've made an artform of ignoring talent under our nose ... but kudos to us we can pick obscure players who live on our rookie lists then fade into the ether.

I think his point has merit.

If we keep [censored] up.... many here will keep pointing it out.

We need to do so much better, be much cleverer.

Oh I'm sorry... you're right... zipping along under the radar , in fact under most clubs ... that's where it's at 😉

Congratulations Roan, Collingwood have got another ‘Steele’.

1 hour ago, spirit of norm smith said:

After another excellent season, Roan Steele was runner up in Casey VFL best and fairest. Played mid/revolving on HFF. Many of DLand suggested he get a Dees rookie spot but no !!!

After 3 years at Casey, he decided to go to WAFL to try his luck

Midseason draft 2025 - pick 8 - Collingwood selects Roan Steele

3 weeks later - he gets a debut game with the ladder leading Pies !!

what’s going on at Melbourne FC ??

Pies pinched him from under our nose. What a mess at MFC!!

Did we make a blunder or was it a decision based on our list profile?

No big loss.

Just another Osker Baker/Rohan Bail type who can run but is an absolute butcher by trade with his foot skills.

Folks melting over him is priceless.

I regard Roan as a very similar player to Henderson, and we went in the Henderson direction. Pretty amazing that Roan is already in the Pies' side. I guess time will tell on this one?

Bloke hasn’t even played a game and people are potting the club for not drafting him 🤣

Well done Roan you will play at least 1 more AFL game than me but FFS I’m sick of posters taking any opportunity to kick the club. Missing out on Steele isn’t why we find ourselves in the current situation.

It’s not like we haven’t thrown a lifeline to VFL and state league players without some success

Collingwood can afford to take the risk; we can’t.

Edited July 2Jul 2 by Ethan Tremblay

Isn't this a bit like getting annoyed when Port drafted Dom Barry?

With most of the media attention on the Patrick White bioepic. No column space was available on Roan's AFL debut.

We did manage to glean some statistics off the AFL match page.

Time on ground - 82%

Disposals - 19 (11 kicks, 8 handballs)

Disposal efficiency - 68%

Tackles - 2

Marks - 4

Metres gained - 309

Inside 50 - 4

Score involvements - 3

Not too shabby in front of nearly 80,000 fans.

Edited July 5Jul 5 by Tarax Club

On 03/07/2025 at 15:18, layzie said:

Isn't this a bit like getting annoyed when Port drafted Dom Barry?

Not exactly, as Dom at least played for us and chose to go home.

Roan was a Casey player for a few years who we didn’t even rookie and is now an AFL player with the top club,