Crowden, Murphy lead top performers in SANFL
With round one of the SANFL Competition beginning last weekend, 2017 draft talent was on show at League, Reserves and U18 Level. We take a look at who the top performers were across the grades: LEAGUE Mitch Crowden (Sturt) and Alex Martini (Glenelg) debuted against AFL reserves sides. In Sturt’s two-point loss to the Crows, […]
South Australia Under 18 trial scouting notes
On Saturday, South Australia had one of their first internal trial games for the 2017 Under 18 program with players split into two teams red & blue. The first half was played with 25 minute quarters, before the second half was shortened to 15 minutes due to the heat. (Player vision to come) Scouting notes: […]
TAC Cup to the VFL An AFL Victoria pathway
FOR every player that achieves his dream of playing AFL from his top-age year of TAC Cup football, there are many more that sadly miss out. For one reason or another, they are not drafted in that year, but could be the next, or the year after that; or perhaps, many years down the track. […]
Luke Partington: Resilience through adversity
Ordinarily, for a young, aspiring league footballer, a year in which you have been selected as one of the best underage players in the country would be one to celebrate. January saw Luke Partington travel to the US as part of the NAB AFL Academy, for a 10-day training camp, alongside other draft hopefuls and […]
Josh Glenn: An interesting path
When Gold Coast called out Josh Glenn with selection seven in last year’s rookie draft, to most he was just another name and one of many mature age players drafted to the AFL. But the path Glenn took to get to there is very different. In his junior season, he fell out with the Central […]
Caleb Daniel, a young man with a big future
The final two games of the recent under-18 championships saw a young man in the number one guernsey for South Australia impress a lot of good judges, attracting an impressive amount of the football for the carnival-winning Croweaters. Caleb Daniel certainly garnered a lot of attention with both his lack of size and helmeted […]
Armstrong rates Tasmania’s “enormous upside”
As South Australia celebrated winning the division one Under 18s Championships, a much less publicised division two crowning was issued the next day at Victoria Park. Tasmania managed to secure victory by percentage and quietly go about their business effectively. Tasmania’s under 18 development program is silently erupting with talent which includes Kade Kolodjashnij, Eli […]
Gibbons aims to defy odds
Coming from a non-traditional football playing state has its drawbacks. Very few players are drafted from division two teams like NSW or Queensland, but Murray Bushrangers captain and NSW/ACT Rams vice captain Michael Gibbons is aiming to defy the odds. The prolific midfielder has had a stellar start to the 2013 season, racking up possessions […]
