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Great. I know that we have a good few talls on our list but I would like to see see Tairon Ah Mu try out at Casey next year.

What about Corey Ah Mu? Will they now be including the Samoan and other south seas islanders into the acadamies?

Mentioned in the local Shepp News Shepparton NewsShepparton United’s Riley Onley selected with third pick...Onley’s AFL dreams have come true.

Time to do my annual early phantom draft for next year (picks based on current placings) - 1 West Coast Eagles (Arki Butler - Vic Metro) 2 Port Adelaide* (Dougie Cochrane - SA/Port NGA) 3 Carlton* (Cody Walker - Vic Country/Carl F/S) 4 Richmond (Archie Van Dyk - SA) 5 North Melbourne (Lewis Houndsome - Vic Metro) 6 Essendon Harry Van Hattum (Vic Metro) 7 Melbourne (Jack Pickett - Vic Country) 8 St Kilda (Gabriel Patterson - SA) 9 Brisbane Lions* (Caylen Murray - Brisbane Lions Academy) 10 Western Bulldogs (Wil Malady - Vic Country) * matched bid As you can see, there are a few matched academy/father son bids and Melbourne’s pick was an automatic selection based on the name only 😀 Pick 1 has a great first name but he wins the honour because he’s been compared to Tracc …

Almost twelve months out I got close with Duursma and a few of the northern academy players but I was way out with Ollie Greeves and Riley Onley. He’s still good Demon fans but the exercise shows how hard these things are to predict from a long way out.

The list is shrinking 🙏 Injury List: Preliminary Final Melbourne Eden Zanker — concussion / Test Maeve Chaplin — hamstring / TBC Olivia Purcell — knee / Season Jacinta Hose — knee / Inactive Aimee Mackin — knee / Inactive

Best thing apart from the win is the “Nil” in the injury column.

6. Kate Hore 5. Elizabeth McNamara 4. Shelley Heath 3. Thalia Gillard 2. Megan Fitzsimon 1. Sinead Goldrick

Injury List: Semi Final Melbourne Sinéad Goldrick — eye / Test Eden Zanker — concussion / Protocols Maeve Chaplin — hamstring / TBC Olivia Purcell — knee / Season Jacinta Hose — knee / Inactive Aimee Mackin — knee / Inactive

Injury List: Qualifying Final Melbourne Grace Beasley — knee / Available Gabby Colvin — wrist/ Available Molly O'Hehir — shin / Test Sinéad Goldrick — eye / 1 week Olivia Purcell — knee / Season Jacinta Hose — knee / Inactive Aimee Mackin — knee / Inactive

6. Tyla Hanks 5. Tayla Harris 4. Eden Zanker 3. Shelley Heath 2. Maeve Chaplin 1. Kate Hore

Injury List Round 12 Melbourne Georgia Gall — ankle / Available Sinéad Goldrick — eye / Test Grace Beasley — knee / 1 week Gabby Colvin — wrist/ TBC Olivia Purcell — knee / Season Jacinta Hose — knee / Inactive Aimee Mackin — knee / Inactive

Injury List Round 11 Melbourne Blaithin Mackin — calf / Test Maggie Mahony — nose / Test Sinéad Goldrick — eye / 1 week Georgia Gall — ankle / 1 week Grace Beasley — knee / 2 weeks Olivia Purcell — knee / Season Jacinta Hose — knee / Inactive Aimee Mackin — knee / Inactive

6. Hanks 5. Heath 4. Zanker 3. Gillard 2. Hore 1. McNamara

Circumstances may evolve and a more favorable outcome could be achieved for all parties in 12 months’ time. There is no necessity to accept the GWS offer at this juncture, given its inadequacy and the disrespect it shows to the club and the player they seek to acquire.