spirit of norm smith

In 2023, 72 players were drafted through the national draft and rookie draft last year (excluding the rookie list top ups or AFL list downgrades to rookies). 40 of them had a debut in 2024. The talent and preparation of youngsters now means they can step up quickly. 2024 draft rankings update … (likely 1st round) 1 Finn O'Sullivan - Oakleigh⭐️mid/utility 2. *** Levi Ashcroft. Mid. ⭐️Brisbane match bid. Father son. 3. Harvey Langford- Dandenong⭐️tall mid 4. Sid Draper - Sth Adel ⭐️mid 5. Sam Lalor- GWV⭐mid/utility 6. Jagga Smith - Oakleigh. ⭐️Mid. 7. Murphy Reid - Sandringham. ⭐️Mid. 8. Xavier Lindsay - Gippsland⭐mid/hbf 9. Luke Trainor ⭐️Sandringham. Tall fwd/back 10.*** Leonardo Lombard.⭐️ Mid. Suns match bid - (Academy ). 11. Josh Smillie - Eastern. Tall mid. 12. Tobe Travaglia - Bendigo. Running mid/hbf 13. Harry Armstrong - Sandringham. Key fwd 14. Taj Hotton - Sandringham. Mid/hff 15. Jobe Shanahan - Bendigo (NSW) . Key fwd 16. *** Ben Camporeale. Mid. Glenelg SA. Blues match bid. ( father son). 17. Bo Allan - WA. Mid 18.*** Sam Marshall. Mid. Sandringham. Lions match bid. - Bris Lions academy 19. Joe Berry - Murray. HFF/mid. 20. Alix Tauru - Gippsland. tall fwd/back 21. Tom Gross - Oakleigh. Mid. 22. Alex Dodson- SA . Ruck ————————————————- (likely 2nd round) 23. Harry O'Farrell - Calder. Key back. 24. Cooper Hynes - Dandenong. Tall mid. 25. *** Isaac Kako. Small fwd. Calder. Ess match bid. - (Ess NGA) 26. Jack Whitlock - Murray. Key fwd 27. Jesse Dattoli - Northern. Mid/hff 28. Hamish Davis - Claremont WA. Mid/hff 29. Harrison Oliver - Sandringham. Tall def 30. Christian Moraes - Eastern. Mid. 31. Nathaniel Sulzberger - Sandringham/ Tassie. Mid. 32. Thomas Sims - Northern. Ruck. 33. Jonty Faull - GWV. Key fwd 34. Matt Whitlock- Murray. Key back/fwd 35. Lachie Jacques - Geelong. Running hbf 36. Kayle Gerryn - WA West Perth. Key back/fwd/ruck 37. Noah Mraz - Dandenong. Tall def 38. Angus Clarke - Glenelg. Hbf 39. Josh Murphy - Murray. Tall fwd 40. Charlie Nicholls - Central District SA. Tall fwd 41. *** Tyler Welsh . Key fwd. WWT eagles. Crows match bid. Father son. 42. James Barrat - Bendigo. Key defender ————————————————— (likely 3rd round) 43.*** Joel Cochran. Tall def. Sydney match bid (academy) . 44. Archer Day-Wicks - Bendigo. HFF. 45. Riley Bice - Werribee VFL. Hbf. 46. *** Luke Camporeale. Mid. Glenelg SA. Blues match bid. Father son. 47. Sam Davidson . Fwd. - RICHMOND VFL 48. Jack Ough - GWV. Tall mid. 49. *** Logan Smith . Ruck. GWS match bid. / GWS ACADEMY 50. Zane Cochrane - Oakleigh. Tall mid. 51. Clancy Dennis - WA. Key back. 52. *** Adrian Cole. Key def. Sandringham. Stk match bid. Stk NGA 53. Ollie Hannaford - Rebels. Small fwd/mid 54. Bailey McKenzie. Fwd. Sandringham 55.*** Louis Montgomery. Mid/hff. SA Nth Adel. Port Adelaide match bid. Father son. 56. Phoenix Hargrave. Mid. SA Sth Adel 57. *** Malakai Champion. Sml fwd. WA Subiaco. West Coast match bid NGA 58. Kade Herbert. Mid/hff. SA WWT eagles 59. Hugh Boxshall. Tall mid. WA 60. Luke Kennedy . Mid. Sandringham ————————————————- (Likely 4th round/rookies) 61. Dom Brew. Mid. Werribee VFL 62. Patrick Retschko. Hbf/mid. Oakleigh 63. Oliver Depaoli-Kubank. Running mid. Tassie 64. Lucca Grego. Mid/hbf. Western 65. *** Benny Barrett. Sml fwd. Sth Adel. Port match bid NGA. 66. Ned Bowman. HFF. Norwood SA 67. Cody Angove. Running mid. WA 68. Jasper Alger. Sml fwd. Oakleigh 69. Zak Johnson. Mid/hff. Northern 70. Cody Anderson. Mid. Eastern 71. Jaxon Artemis- WA. Running mid 72. Lucas McInerney. Mid. Northern 73. *** Cooper Bell. Tall def. GWS academy. 74. Nash King. Mid. Calder 75. Oliver Warburton. Hbf. Murray 76. Aiden Riddle - WA. Ruck. 77. Harry Charlson. Hbf. GWV 78. Luke Urquhart. Mid. WA 79. Damon Hollow. Mid. Calder 80. *** Lennox Hoffman. Hbf. Sandringham. Stk match bid. Saints NGA. 81. Jett Hasting. Hbf. SA 82. Keighton Matofai-Forbes. Fwd. Western *** Noah Yze. Mid/hff. Oakleigh. Dees. father son. *** Ricky Mentha. Hbf/hff. Dees NGA *** Riak Andrew. Tall def. Dees NGA.

Stringer. It’s no no no. And no no no.

MORRISH MEDAL (COATES TALENT LEAGUE BOYS BEST AND FAIREST) Xavier Lindsay (Gippsland Power) 21 votes Cooper Hynes (Dandenong Stingrays) 19 Jayden Nguyen (Calder Cannons) 18 Jagga Smith (Oakleigh Chargers) 18 Josh Smillie (Eastern Ranges) 17 Zak Johnson (Northern Knights) 16 Damon Hollow (Calder Cannons) 15 Tobie Travaglia (Bendigo Pioneers) 13 Isaac Kako (Calder Cannons) 12 Cody Anderson (Eastern Ranges) 11 Xavier Kardachi (Western Jets) 11 Harvey Langford (Dandenong Stingrays) 11

A deserved winner ⭐️Xavier Lindsay 👏👏👏 His class, skill and evasive ability would have been key reasons MORRISH MEDAL (COATES TALENT LEAGUE BOYS BEST AND FAIREST) Xavier Lindsay (Gippsland Power) 21 votes Cooper Hynes (Dandenong Stingrays) 19 Jayden Nguyen (Calder Cannons) 18 Jagga Smith (Oakleigh Chargers) 18 Josh Smillie (Eastern Ranges) 17 Zak Johnson (Northern Knights) 16 Damon Hollow (Calder Cannons) 15 Tobie Travaglia (Bendigo Pioneers) 13 Isaac Kako (Calder Cannons) 12 Cody Anderson (Eastern Ranges) 11 Xavier Kardachi (Western Jets) 11 Harvey Langford (Dandenong Stingrays) 11

SEN update Angus Sheldrick (Sydney) “He’s been a stand-out in the VFL since he got there, so the phone has rung a lot for him. “He would have options if he explored a trade. He played two games in 2022, seven games last year, but didn’t get a look in this year and he had a nasty ankle injury and concussion. “But he too is committed to staying for at least the final year of his contract next year. “We can put a line through him for now.” Ok … For now … Dees definitely need to be one of the teams on the phone to his manager

What’s your thoughts on the offer required? (Years? $$s??). Both would need to be sizeable.

Sorry. I’d like to offer 5 years !!!

Yes to Peatling (if he was available) Yes probably to Parfitt, Derksen Maybe to Membrey , Matt Kennedy, Owies Maybe but with a lot of due diligence: Malcolm Rosas (jnr) No to … Macrae, Daniel, Ross, Taberner, Cerra, Ladhams, Jack Martin, Marchbank, Hind, Sam Day , Haynes, Stringer, Darling

The Age reported that Peatling is likely to stay. He was the one player that I thought would be a very good addition for the Dees. Breakout Giants James Peatling is also weighing up his future, according to two industry sources, despite saying ahead of the club’s semi-final that he wanted to remain at GWS. The Giants have increased their offer since mid-year, with Peatling transforming into a key contributor in the midfield by season’s end, including kicking two goals in the first quarter of Saturday’s semi-final while playing on Lions star Dayne Zorko. The interest in Peatling from Victorian clubs such as St Kilda and Collingwood has not disappeared, and he is considering his future, even if he may remain at the Giants beyond 2024.

The final shout for Jake 👏👏👏one more year

God help us all…

https://www.zerohanger.com/afl/afl-draft-order-2024/ Pick swaps lotto will be on again in spring of 2024

Learning opportunities | Stinear reviews Round 3 Coach Mick Stinear spoke on the Dees round 3 loss. THE DEES struggled to match it against North Melbourne on Sunday, losing by 50 points on their home deck. The Roos led the game for all four quarters, despite an early surge from Melbourne , who levelled the score towards the end of the first quarter, winning two forward half clearances, converting them both into goals. Watch Melbourne's press conference after week three’s match against Nth Melbourne Mick Stinear spoke to media post-match about the improvement required going into next week’s match against the Dockers. “I think for us, contest and clearance, and being able to get our hands on the ball first was number one,” Stinear said. “The glaring stat out of the game was the score from turnover, that was a significant difference. “There is plenty to learn for us today, and a bit of a gift early on in the season on now knowing where we need to get to, having Geelong, Brisbane, and now North.” There were still some positives to come out of the game, Stinear explaining that the loss was an opportunity to learn, knowing what they need to work on to move forward. “We feel like we got a lot out of today, and we’ve still got a big part of the season to build and evolve,” Stinear said. “Today we learnt a lot, in the second half we made a few little changes, try and learn a bit more about some people. “Getting our hands on the ball first and the way we use the ball from the inside to the outside, we think that will set up our opportunities to score.

Need to give JT at least 4 or 5 picks in this draft. There is deep talent this year. But we might only have 3 if we keep retaining the current list !!!

Hunter. FFS. Tim Lamb. 3 year deal for Hunter. 😤😤 McAdam. FFS. Tim Lamb. 3 year deal for McAdam. 😤😤 surely he has to go

Casey is ‘withering on the vine !!’ Rosebud signs Mitch White for the 2025 season in its entirety End of the line for Casey VFL captain Mitch White, as reported that he will play at Rosebud full-time next season. Goes out on the high of a best and fairest with the Demons. 4 AFL games at MFC 7 years at Casey 2022 premiership 2022 Norm Goss medalist 👏👏👏👏👏👏

Two Dragons players who also impressed were Lennox Hoffman & Adrian Cole. Hoffman had a good game across half back and his run and dash has improved since I saw him earlier this year. He’s under the SAINTS NGA - his father was born in Switzerland. Not sure how exactly that fits. Adrian Cole (whose father was born in Nigeria) is a tall 6”5’ defender who is also under the SAINTS NGA. Both youngsters grew up in Australia. Both defenders are likely draftees with Cole likely at 50ish and Hoffman as a likely rookie selection.

Assume he’s not eligible. Who knows with those NGA rules? Maybe Dees will need to check eligibility clause 28.3 sub paragraph 7.

Interesting. Wouldn’t be the worst outcome. Obviously do the right checks on how Membrey is. Though my confidence in Tim Lamb is at a low !!!

Thanks @Whispering_Jack good reading over a morning coffee. I alm glad that youngsters like Luke Kennedy (Dragons), Jack Ough (Rebels) and Zane Cochrane (Chargers) are getting recognised. This is an excellent draft and I think picks in 3rd and 4th round can still find a club some very good young players in my view.

@demonglory sugar coated review. They got beaten by 50 points. In fact it was 9 goals to 1 after quarter time. Kangas also missed two gettable other goals. Outmuscled across the park. Only McNamara and Gillard played 4 quarters. Turnovers were killers. I think Banno and Eden need to get hungry. They are looking timid. Paxy … zero tackles. Actually had 3-4 missed tackles. Turnovers killed us. We missed Harris, Purcell, Aimee Mackin & Pearce. It was always going to be a tough year. But lose to Freo, and I think it’s finals over already. Tough draw doesn’t get any easier.

Melbourne v North Melbourne 10 Kate Shierlaw (NMFC) 8 Ashleigh Riddell (NMFC) 5 Mia King (NMFC) 3 Emma King (NMFC) 2 Jasmine Garner (NMFC) 1 Tahlia Gillard (MELB)👏👏 1 Eliza McNamara (MELB)👏👏

Carlton pair Matt Kennedy + Lewis Young have been told they’re free to look around elsewhere for a new home in 2025. Kennedy had an honest conversation with Michael Voss last week - he sees himself as an inside midfielder, the Blues see him continuing half-forward role. I’d be happy to grab Kennedy for a pick in the 50s/60s

Yes saw Membrey v Eagles (kicked 5) and Blues (kicked 2) and he’s a very good mark and accurate kick. He’s 31 at start of next season so it’s almost an “like for like” age profile swap with Tomlinson. Might be worth the punt to give us the added scoring power.

That spot is reserved most likely for Noah Yze as Cat A rookie. He’s unlikely to get drafted but I think Dees will honour the father son commitment. He’s got potential which is where the rookie list should be for. I liked to rookie list for players 18-23yo as development and not this list management strategy for older players. Just my view.