THE LIST of invitees for this year’s AFL National Draft Combine has been revealed, with 64 of the nation’s brightest prospects to be put through their paces in October. The details were first reported by The Age journalist Marc McGowan, with Rookie Me set to host the state and national testing events.

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Vic Metro leads the way with a whopping 19 representatives set to attend the three-day combine, held between the MCG and State Hockey & Netball Centre in Melbourne. Under 18 champions South Australia will have 14 squad members make the trip to Victoria, with no other region tipping double-digits.

A plethora of club-tied talent is also set to show their wares. Of the 64 nominees put forward by AFL club recruiters, 23 are bound by restricted access rules; 12 via Northern Academies, eight to Next Generation Academies, and three under father-son eligibility. That’s just under 36 per cent of the crop.

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There has been no concrete consensus as to who will be this year’s number one pick, but the leading contenders include Suns Academy utility Zeke Uwland, Gippsland Power star Willem Duursma, and Calder Cannons ruck Cooper Duff-Tytler. Uwland is the only one of those three tied to a club.

The AFL has also compiled an initial portion of the state combine list, which will be split across Victoria, South Australia, and Western Australia. Victoria will host talent from Tasmania, Queensland, Northern Territory, and NSW/ACT in one event on the same day and at the same venue as the National Combine.

Full details on the state combines are yet to be confirmed. Plenty more players are set to be added to the list of nominees shortly, while venues for the South and West Australian events will be announced in due course. They are currently listed below as To Be Confirmed (TBC).

KEY DATES

NATIONAL DRAFT COMBINE:
Date(s): Friday October 5 – Sunday October 7
Events: Interviews & Medicals | 2km Time Trial | Physical Testing
Venue(s): MCG | TBC | State Hockey & Netball Centre, VIC

VIC/TAS/QLD/NSW/ACT/NT STATE COMBINE:
Date: Sunday October 7
Venue: State Hockey & Netball Centre, VIC

SOUTH AUSTRALIA STATE COMBINE:
Date: Saturday October 11
Venue: TBC (Adelaide)

WESTERN AUSTRALIA STATE COMBINE:
Date: Sunday October 12
Venue: TBC (Perth)

NATIONAL AFL DRAFT:
Date: November 21-22
Venue: Marvel Stadium

2025 AFL NATIONAL DRAFT COMBINE LIST

NSW/ACT (5):
Lachlan Carmichael (Swans Academy)
Noah Chamberlain (Swans Academy)
Liam Hetherton (Murray Bushrangers)
Harry Kyle (Swans Academy)
Max King (Swans Academy)

NORTHERN TERRITORY (1):
Taj Murray (North Adelaide)

TASMANIA (1):
Avery Thomas

QUEENSLAND (8):
Beau Addinsall (Suns Academy)
Daniel Annable (Lions Academy)
Koby Coulson (Suns Academy)
Jai Murray (Suns Academy)
Dylan Patterson (Suns Academy)
Tyan Prindable (Lions Academy)
Zeke Uwland (Suns Academy)
Isaac Waller (Lions Academy)

SOUTH AUSTRALIA (14):
Sam Ainsworth (Norwood)
Harley Barker (Sturt)
Sam Cumming (North Adelaide)
Louis Kellaway (Sturt)
Matthew LeRay (Central District)
Mitchell Marsh (West Adelaide)
Cameron Nairn (Central District)
Blake Oudshoorn-Bennier (North Adelaide)
Zane Peucker (Woodville-West Torrens)
Jevan Phillipou (Woodville-West Torrens)
Noah Roberts-Thomson (Sturt)
Aidan Schubert (Central District)
Dyson Sharp (Central District)
Blake Thredgold (Sturt)

VIC COUNTRY (9):
Tairon Ah-Mu (Dandenong Stingrays)
Talor Byrne (GWV Rebels)
Harry Dean (Murray Bushrangers)
Willem Duursma (Gippsland Power)
Noah Hibbins-Hargreaves (Dandenong Stingrays)
Josh Lindsay (Geelong Falcons)
Jesse Mellor (Geelong Falcons)
Hugo Mikunda (Geelong Falcons)
Riley Onley (Murray Bushrangers)

VIC METRO (19):
Oskar Ainsworth (Western Jets)
Sam Allen (Oakleigh Chargers)
Thomas Burton (Western Jets)
Jack Dalton (Sandringham Dragons)
Will Darcy (Oakleigh Chargers)
Finn Davis (Western Jets)
Lachy Dovaston (Eastern Ranges)
Cooper Duff-Tytler (Calder Cannons)
Hussien El Achkar (Calder Cannons)
Louis Emmett (Oakleigh Chargers)
Oliver Greeves (Eastern Ranges)
Sam Grlj (Oakleigh Chargers)
Hunter Holmes (Oakleigh Chargers)
Jack Ison (Oakleigh Chargers)
Max Kondogiannis (Oakleigh Chargers)
Archie Ludowyke (Sandringham Dragons)
Zac McCarthy (Oakleigh Chargers)
Adam Sweid (Calder Cannons)
Xavier Taylor (Eastern Ranges)

WESTERN AUSTRALIA (7):
Cody Curtin (Claremont)
Koby Evans (Perth)
Jacob Farrow (West Perth)
Fred Rodriguez (South Fremantle)
Sam Swadling (West Perth)
Wes Walley (Subiaco)
Tylah Williams (Swan Districts)

INITIAL STATE DRAFT COMBINE LIST

Xavier Bamert (Sandringham Dragons/Vic Metro)
Charlie Banfield (Claremont/Western Australia)
Harrison Bridge (Lions Academy/Queensland)
Jett Dahiltz (Sturt/South Australia)
Elliott Duffield (South Adelaide/South Australia)
Kye Fincher (Sandringham Dragons/Vic Metro)
Zac Harding (Murray Bushrangers/Vic Country)
Jasper Hay (Tasmania Devils/Tasmania)
Tai Hayes (Southport Sharks/Queensland)
Jim Kelly (Norwood/South Australia)
Felix Kneipp (Calder Cannons/Vic Metro)
Marcus Krasnadamskis (Eastern Ranges/Vic Metro)
Ryda Luke (South Fremantle/Western Australia)
Jacob Marron (Western Jets/Vic Metro)
Thomas Matthews (Gippsland Power/Vic Country)
Thomas McGuane (Western Jets/Vic Metro)
Jack Miller (Tasmania Devils/Tasmania)
Balyn O’Brien (Norwood/South Australia)
Thomas Phillips (East Fremantle/Western Australia)
Cooper Ramsay (East Fremantle/Western Australia)
Sullivan Robey (Eastern Ranges/Vic Metro)
Ben Rongdit (Geelong Falcons/Vic Country)
Bryce Sanders (North Adelaide/South Australia)
Aaron Sharkie (Oakleigh Chargers/Vic Metro)
Callum Smith (Dandenong Stingrays/Vic Country)
Mitch Stevens (Gippsland Power/Vic Country)
Latrelle Sumner-Pickett (Glenelg/South Australia)
Oskar Taylor (Eastern Ranges/Vic Metro)
Hudson Walker (Subiaco/Western Australia)
Toby Whan (South Fremantle/Western Australia)
Kalani White (Suns Academy/Queensland)
Rory Wright (Sandringham Dragons/Vic Metro)