St Kilda Stingrays top the affiliate charts
WHEN St Kilda read out tall forward Josh Battle’s name at pick 39 in the 2016 AFL National Draft, the Saints extended their stranglehold on a little talked about record. With Battle’s selection, St Kilda officially has nine, that’s right nine former Dandenong Stingrays on its list – the highest affiliation between an AFL club […]
St Kilda Stingrays top the affiliate charts
WHEN St Kilda read out tall forward Josh Battle’s name at pick 39, the Saints extended their stranglehold on a little talked about record. With Battle’s selection, St Kilda officially has nine, that’s right nine former Dandenong Stingrays on its list – the highest affiliation between an AFL club and a feeder club. The nine […]
AFL National & Rookie drafts review
And just like that- The 2016 AFL Draft is over. Matt Balmer has his say on each clubs selections in the AFL National Draft and AFL Rookie Drafts. There was no-preseason draft in 2016, with clubs confirming to the AFL that their plan was to pass their selection. No club receives a grade, every club walks out […]
Official 2016 AFL Rookie Draft
2016 AFL Rookie draft Full list of selections: Pick 1 Essendon Sam Draper South Adelaide Pick 2 Brisbane Lions Jake Barrett GWS Giants Pick 3 Fremantle Taylin Duman Oakleigh Chargers Pick 4 Gold Coast Suns Keegan Brooksby Gold Coast Suns Pick 5 Carlton Kym LeBois North Adelaide Pick 6 Richmond Tyson Stengle Woodville West Torrens […]
Official 2016 Full AFL Draft Order
#AFLDraft FIRST ROUND: 1. Essendon – Andrew McGrath 2. GWS – Tim Taranto 3. Brisbane – Hugh McCluggage 4. Gold Coast – Ben Ainsworth 5. GWS – Will Setterfield (matched bid) 6. Carlton – Sam Petrevski-Seton 7. Gold Coast- Jack Scrimshaw 8. Fremantle – Griffin Logue 9. Gold Coast- Will Brodie 10. Gold Coast – […]
Nick Dal Santo joins AFL Academy coaching staff
FORMER North Melbourne and St Kilda footballer Nick Dal Santo as been named as one of the new coaches for the NAB AFL Academy. Dal Santo, who finished his AFL career in 2016 after 322 games, will be the specialist kicking coach as the 2017 Level two academy head off to Northern Territory this weekend. 2017 […]
2016 Father/Son & Academy nominations
Full list of 2016 father-son and academy nominations Adelaide Ben Jarman (son of Darren, 121 games for Adelaide) Brisbane Lions Jacob Allison (Aspley Hornets) Nate Dennis (University of Qld) William Fletcher (Sherwood) Jack Rolls (Morningside) Declan Watson (Aspley Hornets) Collingwood Callum Brown (son of Gavin, 254 games for Collngwood) Josh Daicos (son of Peter, 250 […]
October 2016 AFL Draft Central Phantom Draft
Our AFL Draft scouts have seen over 200 games combined in 2016 and will give you some of the best analysis online in the lead up to November 25th’s NAB 2016 AFL Draft. For the purpose of the draft, we filled all clubs lists up to the maximum of 40 on the primary list. As […]
AFL Draft Combine 2016: Day 4 Results
The 2016 AFL Draft Combine concluded on Sunday with the 3km time trial finishing the four day event. The 3km time trial is an event that many players haven’t run in their careers and it was Vic Country’s Jarrod Berry who won with a time of 9:46 minutes. The state combine was also run at Etihad Stadium today, […]
AFL Draft Combine: Day 3 Results
Day 3 was an action packed day for the 2016 AFL Draft prospects, with plenty of testing to keep the players occupied over the course of the day. Vic Metro co-captain Jordan Gallucci broke the standing vertical jump record, whilst it was Jarrod Berry, Oliver Florent and Griffin Logue who performed extremely well in the beep test. DAY 3 RESULTS: Beep test […]
AFL Draft Combine: Day 2 results
Day 2 saw players be put under the spotlight with medicals from clubs, as well as interviews with media and AFL clubs. Players also completed testing for hand-eye coordination and reaction time, such as Ben Ainsworth attempting to hit the coloured lights in the image below. Friday night saw players undertake the kicking, clean hands […]
Stars to shine bright at National AFL Combine
FOR the draft crop of 2016, the National AFL Draft Combine is the first sign that their AFL dreams are a step closer to fruition. An invitation to the AFL Draft Combine means that at least five AFL clubs have expressed interest in the player. The AFL Draft Combine is a way for clubs to […]
