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Ron Barassi prevention the RDB Triphy Leadership Award - Maxy!!!

The two captains are on the stage to award the James McDonald Trophy - Players Award Neville Jetta (another standing ovation & also on crutches)

Standing ovation to PJ.

PJ officially unemployed as of today.

Just in case anyone missed this ...

Jesse Hogan is sitting next to Tom Bugg.

Harold Ball Memorial Trophy - Best Young Player Bayley Fritsch

Ian Ridley Memorial Trophy - Club Ambassador does not go to Nev this year ... Christian Petracca (on crutches)

Best VFLW Player - Casey Demons player is ... (2 minute delay coming up) Eden Zanker

Troy Broadbridge Memorial Trophy for 2018 - Best VFL Player Cameron Pedersen

Ronald Dale Barassi is in the room.

Glen Bartlett just congratulated Daisy Pearce on being pregnant - another first for an AFL team!

Club chairman Bartlett speaking!

Biggest attendance ever at a Bluey announced. 1,600.

• while Gary Rohan revealed his desire to return to Victoria a few weeks ago, we now know his preferred destination is Geelong. • GWS ruckman Rory Lobb who would like to return to Western Australia if a trade can be arranged. • according to his manager, Melbourne’s Dom Tyson, would also be open to a trade. • premiership Tiger Jacob Townsend is weighing up options, with St Kilda seeking to arrange a meeting with him, and Gold Coast also interested in the forward. • the ball is now in Lachie Neale’s court as to whether he wants to join Brisbane according to General Manager of Football at the Lions David Noble. • Noble expects his side to have another aggressive trade period, with Geelong’s Lincoln McCarthy already declaring his desire to join the club.

"_____________________ would be open to a trade should the right opportunity come up." Where have I heard this before?

AFL DRAFT COMBINE 2018 (continued) Medium Forwards Joel Crocker Sandringham Dragons/Brighton Grammar 14/04/2000 Height: 191cm Weight: 73kg Luke Foley Western Australia/Subiaco/Sorrento Duncraig 08/10/1999 Height: 187cm Weight: 75kg Ben Jarvis South Australia/Norwood 27/07/2000 Height: 185cm Weight 77kg Pierce Laverty Ireland/Country Down 12/02/1998 Height: 182cm Weight: 78kg Shane McAdam South Australia/Sturt/Claremont 28/05/1995 Height: 185cm Weight: 84kg Jordan Morrissey Ireland/Country Carlow 20/02/1999 Height: 185cm Weight: 80kg Izak Rankine South Australia/West Adelaide 23/04/2000 Height: 180cm Weight: 76kg Bailey Scott Allies/Queensland/Gold Coast Suns Academy/Broadbeach 09/07/2000 Height 186cm Weight: 74kg Tom Sparrow South Australia/South Adelaide/Prince Alfred College 11/05/2000 Height: 182cm Weight: 81kg Charlie Sprague Vic Country/Geelong Falcons/Barwon Heads 08/05/2000 Height: 187cm Weight: 79kg Sam Sturt Vic Country/Dandenong Stingrays/Peninsula Grammar 12/05/2000 Height: 188cm Weight: 78kg Curtis Taylor Vic Metro/Calder Cannons 06/04/2000 Height: 186cm Weight: 79kg Tarryn Thomas Tasmania/Allies/North Launceston 25/03/2000 Height: 189cm Weight: 76kg Small Forwards, Defenders & Midfielders Toby Bedford Vic Country/Dandenong Stingrays/Rosebud 27/05/2000 Height: 176cm Weight: 65kg Jarrod Cameron Western Australia/Claremont 03/05/2000 Height: 180cm Weight: 69kg Luke English Western Australia/Perth/Manning 14/01/2000 Height: 180cm Weight: 74kg Zac Foot Vic Country/Dandenong Stingrays/Langwarrin 24/12/2000 Height: 180cm Weight: 71kg Ian Hill Western Australia/Perth/South Perth 09/02/2000 Height: 174cm Weight: 65kg Chayce Jones Allies/Tasmania/Launceston 14/01/2000 Height: 180cm Weight: 74kg Tom Joyce Western Australia/East Fremantle 07/03/2000 Height: 180cm Weight: 72kg Ned McHenry Vic Country/Geelong Falcons/Barwon Heads 13/07/2000 Height: 178kg Weight: 71kg Irving Mosquito Vic Country/Gippsland Power/Maffra 24/08/2000 Height: 175cm Weight: 69kg Hayden Sampson South Australia/South Adelaide 02/03/2000 Height: 177cm Weight: 67kg Sydney Stack Western Australia/Perth/Federals 24/04/2000 Height: 177cm Weight: 72kg Tyron Smallwood Western Australia/Claremont/Royals 08/04/2000 Height: 177cm Weight: 80kg Medium Midfielders Daly Andrews Vic Metro/Western Jets/Werribee Districts 22/02/2000 Height: 183cm Weight: 76kg Oscar Brownless Vic Country/Geelong Falcons/Geelong Amateurs 16/02/2000 Height: 186cm Weight: 76kg Zac Butters Vic Metro/Western Jets/Darley 08/09/2000 Height: 181cm Weight: 70kg Jack Bytel Vic Metro/Calder Cannons/Aberfeldie 14/03/2000 Height: 189cm Weight: 80kg Jye Caldwell Vic Country/Bendigo Pioneers/Geelong Grammar 09/07/2000 Height: 186cm Weight: 71kg Riley Collier-Dawkins Vic Metro/Oakleigh Chargers/Waverley Blues 03/02/2000 Height: 193cm Weight: 88kg Will Golds Vic Metro/Oakleigh Chargers/Xavier College 06/05/2000 Height: 181cm Weight: 68kg Angus Hanrahan Vic Metro/Sandringham Dragons/St Kevin’s College 09/08/2000 Height: 182cm Weight: 68kg Jackson Hately South Australia/Central District 21/10/2000 Height: 190cm Weight: 81kg Jacob Kennerley South Australia/Norwood/Rostrevor College 16/06/2000 Height: 184cm Weight: 76kg Matt McGannon Vic Country/Gippsland Power/Fish Creek 23/12/1999 Height: 184cm Weight: 73kg Tom McKenzie Vic Metro/Northern Knights/Fitzroy 23/06/2000 Height: 184cm Weight: 76kg Xavier O’Halloran Vic Metro/Western Jets/St Bernard’s 11/07/2000 Height: 187cm Weight: 83kg Xavier O’Neill Oakleigh Chargers/Whitefriars College 03/08/2000 Height: 183cm Weight: 78kg James Rowbottom Vic Metro/Oakleigh Chargers/Camberwell Sharks 19/09/2000 Height: 185cm Weight: 78kg Connor Rozee South Australia/North Adelaide 22/01/2000 Height: 185cm Weight: 71kg Lachlan Sholl Vic Metro/Calder Cannons/St Bernard’s 07/03/2000 Height: 185cm Weight: 77kg Bailey Smith Vic Metro/Sandringham Dragons/Xavier College 07/12/2000 Height: 185cm Weight: 82kg Ely Smith Vic Country/Murray Bushrangers/Yarrawonga 13/09/2000 Height: 188cm Weight: 86kg Liam Stocker Vic Metro/Sandringham Dragons/Haileybury College 23/01/2000 Height: 183cm Weight: 83kg Fraser Turner Tasmania/Allies/Clarence 26/12/2000 Height:186cm Weight: 75kg Luke Valente South Australia/Norwood 06/05/2000 Height: 186cm Weight: 80kg Samuel Walsh Vic Country/Geelong Falcons/St Joseph’s 02/07/2000 Height: 184cm Weight: 74kg Rylee West Vic Metro/Calder Cannons/Strathmore/St Kevin’s 12/07/2000 Height: 180cm Weight: 80kg I'm still trying to find out if there's a separate category for ruckmen.

The newly named Marvel Stadium at Melbourne’s Docklands is the scene of the 2018 AFL Draft Combine which runs from tomorrow morning right through until Friday. The leading draft talent in the nation has been invited to take part and one of the best sources of information on the participants is from Chris25 of bigfooty and can be found here. Players are grouped as follows- Tall Defenders James Blanck Vic Metro/Eastern Ranges/Park Orchards 20/11/2000 Height: 195cm Weight: 80kg Riley Grundy South Australia/Sturt 28/07/2000 Height: 195cm Weight: 79kg Connor Idon Vic Country/Geelong Falcons/Drysdale 29/07/2000 Height: 190cm Weight: 86kg Mark Keane Ireland – County Cork 17/03/2000 Height: 194cm Weight: 96kg Will Kelly Vic Metro/Oakleigh Chargers/Glen Iris 16/08/2000 Height: 193cm Weight: 83kg Buku Khamis Vic Metro/Western Jets/St Albans 24/03/2000 Height: 190cm Weight: 81kg Ben King Vic Metro/Sandringham Dragons/Haileybury College 07/07/2000 Height: 202cm Weight: 83kg Dirk Koenan Allies/Gold Coast Suns Academy/Palm Beach 01/01/2000 Height: 194cm Weight: 84kg Jacob Koschitzke Allies/Albury/Murray Bushrangers 11/07/2000 Height: 196cm Weight: 94kg Kyle Reid Vic Country/Gippsland Power 12/08/2000 Height: 193cm Weight: 85kg Ben Silvagni Vic Metro/Oakleigh Chargers/Greythorn 07/05/2000 Height: 194cm Weight: 84kg Anton Tohill Ireland – Country Derry 14/12/1999 Height: 198cm Weight: 86kg Medium Defenders Noah Answerth Oakleigh Chargers/Caulfield Bears 06/08/1999 Height: 182cm Weght: 82kg Nick Baker Tasmania/Lauderdale 10/11/2000 Height: 189cm Weight: 81kg Thomas Berry GWV Rebels/Horsham Saints 01/05/2000 Height:185cm Weight: 76kg Jordan Clark Claremont/Guilford Grammar 16/10/2000 Height: 182cm Weight: 78kg Keidean Coleman Brisbane Lions Academy/Morningside 31/03/2000 Height: 181cm Weight: 74k Xavier Duursma Gippsland Power/Foster 07/07/2000 Height: 185cm Weight: 71kg Damon Greaves East Perth/Busselton 25/04/2000 Height: 186cm Weight: 74kg Will Hamill Dandenong Stingrays/Dromana 17/01/2000 Height: 185cm Weight: 70kg Jez McLennan Central District/Tanunda 07/09/2000 Height: 183cm Weight: 81kg Isaac Quaynor Oakleigh Chargers/Doncaster East 15/01/2000 Height: 182cm Weight: 82kg Durak Tucker Peel Thunder/Guildford Grammar 21/07/2000 Height: 189cm Weight: 73kg Laitham Vandermeer Murray Bushrangers/Mooroopna 03/02/1999 Height: 180cm Weight: 76kg Tall Forwards Zane Barzen Vic Country/Murray Bushrangers/Shepparton United 25/08/2000 Height: 195cm Weight 78kg Nick Blakey Allies/ Sydney Swans Academy 27/02/2000 Height: 194cm Weight: 77kg Riley Bowman Vic Country/Dandenong Stingrays 25/02/2000 Height: 198cm Weight: 82kg Kieran Briggs Allies/Pennant Hills/GWS Giants Academy 06/10/1999 Height: 200cm Weight: 98kg Josh Corbett Werribee VFL/North Warrnambool 23/04/1996 Height: 190cm Weight: 90kg William Kennedy Vic Metro/Sandringham Dragons/Caulfield Grammar 18/06/2000 Height: 198cm Weight: 86kg Max King Vic Metro/Sandringham Dragons/Haileybury College 07/01/2000 Height: 202cm Weight: 87kg Jack Lukosius South Australia/Woodville-West Torrens 09/08/2000 Height: 194cm Weight: 85kg Conor McFayden Queensland/Allies/Wilston Grange/Brisbane Lions Academy 04/12/2000 Height: 190cm Weight:88kg Hugo Munn South Australia/Sturt 03/04/2000 Height: 197cm Weight: 93kg Dillon O’Reilly Western Australia/East Fremantle 02/06/2000 Height: 194cm Weight: 89kg Bailey Williams Vic Country/Dandenong Stingrays/The Pines 17/04/2000 Height: 198cm Weight: 95kg [continued]

The Oxford Living Dictionary defines “rumour” as "a currently circulating story or report of uncertain or doubtful truth." Just about covers everything on here including made up stuff.

Of course, Carlton achieved the first stage of what they were aiming for in the deal. It lifted them off the cellar and they achieved a few finals appearances and the additional attention of a Brownlow Medal win and that these things bring with them, but look where they are now? Incidentally, I looked up the full details of the trade and it brought WCE more than just Kennedy. It gave them a second premiership player in Chris Masten who has been handy for them over the years and did his bit yesterday - THE JUDD TRADE [From The Age] * Carlton gave up Josh Kennedy and draft picks No.3 (Chris Masten) and No.20 (Tony Notte) * West Coast traded Judd and pick No.46 (Dennis Armfield) Judd at Carlton: * Brownlow Medallist 2010 * AFL Players Association MVP 2011 * 4 x All-Australian (2008-11) * 3 x Carlton club champion (2008-10) * Retired 2015 Kennedy at West Coast: * 2 x Coleman Medallist (2015-16) * 3 x All-Australian (2015-17) * 6 x West Coast leading goalkicker (2011, 2013-17) * West Coast's all-time leading goalkicker (559 from 220 games)

I read an interesting tweet this morning from Basil Zempilas as follows - "I reckon that settles it. West Coast won the trade deal with Carlton. Josh Kennedy helped WC win a flag. Judd won a Brownlow with the Blues. This is no knock on Judd, but no Kennedy, prob no WC flag today. Took a long time, but I declare WC the winners."

INDICATIVE DRAFT ORDER (after the finals series) ROUND ONE 1. Carlton 2. Gold Coast 3. St Kilda 4. Brisbane 5. Fremantle 6. Western Bulldogs 7. Adelaide 8. Essendon 9. Port Adelaide 10. North Melbourne 11. Geelong 12. Sydney 13. Greater Western Sydney 14. Hawthorn 15. Adelaide (received from Melbourne) 16. Richmond 17. Collingwood 18. Gold Coast (received off West Coast) ROUND TWO 19. Adelaide (received from Carlton) 20. West Coast (received from Gold Coast) 21. Port Adelaide (received from St Kilda) 22. Brisbane 23. Greater Western Sydney (received from Fremantle) 24. Carlton (received from Western Bulldogs) 25. Carlton (received from Adelaide) 26. Gold Coast (received from Essendon) 27. Port Adelaide 28. North Melbourne 29. Gold Coast (received from Geelong) 30. Sydney 31. Essendon (received from Greater Western Sydney) 32. Hawthorn 33. Melbourne 34. Richmond 35. Sydney (received from Collingwood) 36. West Coast ROUND THREE 37. Adelaide (received from Carlton) 38. Gold Coast 39. North Melbourne (received off St Kilda via on-trades) 40. Brisbane 41. Gold Coast (received from Fremantle) 42. Western Bulldogs 43. Melbourne (received from Adelaide) 44. Greater Western Sydney (received from Essendon) 45. Port Adelaide 46. Port Adelaide (received from North Melbourne) 47. Geelong 48. Collingwood (received from Sydney) 49. Greater Western Sydney 50. Hawthorn 51. Melbourne 52. Geelong (received from Richmond) 53. Collingwood 54. North Melbourne (received from West Coast via on-trades) ROUND FOUR 55. Geelong (received from Carlton) 56. Geelong (received from Gold Coast) 57. St Kilda 58. Brisbane 59. Western Bulldogs (received from Fremantle) 60. Western Bulldogs 61. St Kilda (received from Adelaide via on-trades) 62. Essendon 63. St Kilda (received from Port Adelaide) 64. North Melbourne 65. Carlton (received from Geelong) 66. Sydney 67. Greater Western Sydney 68. West Coast (received from Hawthorn via on-trades) 69. Adelaide (received from Melbourne) 70. Richmond 71. Collingwood 72. West Coast ROUND FIVE 73. Carlton 74. Gold Coast 75. St Kilda 76. Brisbane 77. Fremantle 78. Western Bulldogs 79. Adelaide 80. Essendon 81. Port Adelaide 82. North Melbourne 83. Geelong 84. Sydney 85. Greater Western Sydney 86. Hawthorn 87. Melbourne 88. Richmond 89. Collingwood 90. West Coast ROUND SIX 91. Carlton 92. Gold Coast 93. St Kilda 94. Brisbane 95. Fremantle 96. Western Bulldogs 97. Adelaide 98. Essendon 99. Port Adelaide 100. North Melbourne 101. Geelong 102. Sydney 103. Greater Western Sydney 104. Hawthorn 105. Melbourne 106. Richmond 107. Collingwood 108. West Coast

Any team that has a Barass and a Sheed in a grand final deserves to win it.