Results we found for: Essendon
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 […]
Matt Balmer’s 2016 Phantom Draft
Well draft time is upon us. It’s certainly been a big year – I’ve spent just shy of 300 hours watching football this season and it is one of the most even drafts for a long time. The depth of the 2016 draft is a big strength and clubs with multiple late picks should be […]
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 – […]
Matt Balmer’s 2016 Final AFL Draft Power Rankings Part 2
EVERY month since May, Matt Balmer has ranked his players from the 2016 AFL Draft pool. With less than two weeks until the November 25 National AFL Draft, he counts down the players ranked 50-1. You can find the players Matt has ranked 50-26 here Well what a year it has been. Looking back at May’s rankings, it’s […]
2016 AFL Draft order
After a hectic AFL Trade period, with players and picks exchanging between clubs, the dust has settled and the 2016 draft order has been confirmed. Essendon have the corveted Pick 1, with Vic Metro’s Andrew McGrath and Vic Country’s Hugh McCluggage the likely two to come into consideration for their selection. ROUND ONE No. Points […]
Scouting notes: Young Guns Game
The annual Victorian Young Guns game was held on Sunday at Trevor Barker Oval. With majority of clubs in attendance (including a few ‘head recruiters’) the Young Guns Black win by two goals. In previous editions Jayden Hunt (2014), Adam Saad (2014) and Tom Papley (2015) have stood out elevating themselves onto AFL lists. Matt […]
Multicultural talent on the horizon for AFL clubs
Many AFL clubs have conflicting views on where best to source overseas talent to add as Category B Rookies. Some say to look in the US and find tall ruckman in the mould of Mason Cox and Jason Holmes. Others say look towards Africa after a promising batch of sudanese players have come through our system […]
