THE AFL has today released a list of 65 players invited to this year’s National Draft Combine, set to take place in Melbourne from Friday October 4 to Sunday October 6. Rookie Me will again conduct the fitness testing, which includes the vertical and running vertical jumps, 20-metre sprint, agility test, and the 2km time trial.

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AFL clubs nominated 50 prospects each, with those yielding the most nominations making up the 65-player intake. A further 25 players with less nominations have been added to a shortlist for the various state combines. Victoria’s will take place on Sunday October 6, while SA (October 12) and WA (October 13) host theirs across the same weekend.

Under 18 National Championships finalists Vic Country and Vic Metro dominate the National Combine list with a combined 39 players selected. 10 players each have been chosen from the South and West Australian pools, while the NSW-ACT regions had four, and a pair of Queenslanders were invited.

Sandringham Dragons proved the most prolific club of the lot, with a high of nine prospects set to take part in the National testing. Among them are club-tied players in Levi Ashcroft (Brisbane Lions father-son), Samuel Marshall (Lions Academy), and Adrian Cole (St Kilda Next Generation Academy).

A further nine players with club connections were nominated nationally. Among them, Larke Medallist Leonardo Lombard (Suns Academy) is the standout, along with Essendon NGA member Isaac Kako and West Coast NGA livewire Malakai Champion. Both Camporeale twins – Ben and Lucas – will attend, and are father-son candidates for Carlton.

Lombard included, there are five Northern Academy products on the National Combine list. With the consideration of the state combine shortlist, 17 of the total 90 nominees are already tied to clubs – a little under 20 per cent of the overall intake as the AFL continues to work through bidding system changes.

KEY DATES

2024 AFL National Draft Combine
Friday October 4 – Sunday October 6

Victoria State Combine
Sunday October 6

South Australia State Combine
Saturday October 12

Western Australia State Combine
Sunday October 13

2024 NATIONAL DRAFT COMBINE LIST

VIC COUNTRY (21):
Jasper Alger (Oakleigh Chargers)
James Barrat (Bendigo Pioneers)
Joe Berry (Murray Bushrangers)
Floyd Burmeister (Greater Western Victoria Rebels)
Harry Charleson (Greater Western Victoria Rebels)
Archer Day-Wicks (Bendigo Pioneers)
Jonty Faull (Greater Western Victoria Rebels)
Cooper Hynes (Dandenong Stingrays)
Lachie Jaques (Geelong Falcons)
Sam Lalor (Greater Western Victoria Rebels)
Harvey Langford (Dandenong Stingrays)
Xavier Lindsay (Gippsland Power)
Noah Mraz (Dandenong Stingrays)
Finn O’Sullivan (Oakleigh Chargers)
Jack Ough (Greater Western Victoria Rebels)
Alix Tauru (Gippsland Power)
Tobie Travaglia (Vic Country)
Rhys Unwin (Greater Western Victoria Rebels)
Oliver Warburton (Murray Bushrangers)
Jack Whitlock (Murray Bushrangers)
Matt Whitlock (Murray Bushrangers)

VIC METRO (18):
Cody Anderson (Eastern Ranges)
Harry Armstrong (Sandringham Dragons)
Levi Ashcroft (Sandringham Dragons)
Adrian Cole (Sandringham Dragons)
Jesse Dattoli (Northern Knights)
Josh Dolan (Sandringham Dragons)
Tom Gross (Oakleigh Chargers)
Taj Hotton (Sandringham Dragons)
Isaac Kako (Calder Cannons)
Christian Moraes (Eastern Ranges)
Harry O’Farrell (Calder Cannons)
Harrison Oliver (Sandringham Dragons)
Murphy Reid (Sandringham Dragons)
Thomas Sims (Northern Knights)
Josh Smillie (Eastern Ranges)
Jagga Smith (Oakleigh Chargers)
Gabriel Stumpf (Northern Knights)
Luke Trainor (Sandringham Dragons)

SOUTH AUSTRALIA (10):
Ned Bowman (Norwood)
Ben Camporeale (Glenelg)
Lucas Camporeale (Glenelg)
Angus Clarke (Glenelg)
Alex Dodson (Sturt)
Sid Draper (South Adelaide)
Phoenix Hargrave (South Adelaide)
Jacob Newton (Norwood)
Charlie Nicholls (Central District)
Charlie West (Woodville-West Torrens)

WESTERN AUSTRALIA (10):
Bo Allan (Peel Thunder)
Cody Angove (Claremont)
Jaxon Artemis (South Fremantle)
Malakai Champion (Subiaco)
Hamish Davis (Claremont)
Clancy Dennis (Claremont)
Kayle Gerreyn (West Perth)
Will Hayes (Claremont)
Aiden Riddle (Claremont)
Luke Urquhart (East Fremantle)

QUEENSLAND (2):
Leo Lombard (Gold Coast Academy)
Sam Marshall (Brisbane Academy/Sandringham Dragons)

NSW-ACT (4):
Cooper Bell (Giants Academy)
Joel Cochran (Sydney Academy)
Jobe Shanahan (Bendigo Pioneers)
Logan Smith (GWS Academy)

2024 STATE COMBINE SHORTLIST

Benny Barrett (South Adelaide/SA)
Hugh Boxshall (Claremont/WA)
Evan Bradley (North Adelaide/SA)
Charlie Burke (Subiaco/WA)
Zane Cochrane (Oakleigh Chargers/Vic Metro)
Sam Davidson (Richmond VFL/Vic Metro)
Oliver Dean (Tasmania Devils/North Launceston)
Josaia Delana (Giants Academy/NSW-ACT)
Asher Eastham (Gippsland Power/Vic Country)
Tom Gillett (Brisbane Academy/QLD)
Lucca Grego (Western Jets/Vic Metro)
Kade Herbert (Woodville-West Torrens/SA)
Lennox Hofmann (Sandringham/Vic Metro)
Damon Hollow (Calder Cannons/Vic Metro)
Lucas Impey (Western Jets/Vic Metro)
Xavier Ivisic (Geelong Falcons/Vic Country)
Zak Johnson (Northern Knights/Vic Metro)
Ben Kennedy (Murray Bushrangers/Vic Country)
Nash King (Calder Cannons/Vic Metro)
Thomas McKay (Glenelg/South Australia)
Ricky Mentha (Gippsland Power/NT)
Josh Murphy (Murray Bushrangers/NSW-ACT)
Jayden Nguyen (Calder Cannons/Vic Metro)
Harrison Ramm (Glenelg/South Australia)
Tyler Welsh (Adelaide/South Australia)