Cedric Cox’s journey from local footballer to AFL Draft prospect
TWELVE months ago, football was not on Cedric Cox’s mind. In fact – he had not played for a whole year. But that all changed when Cox contacted his former school teacher James Castles to begin his football career. The move which saw his life change forever when the Western Australian moved to Camperdown in country […]
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 […]
Matt Balmer’s 2016 Final AFL Draft Power Rankings Part 1
EVERY month since May, Matt Balmer has ranked his players from the 2016 AFL Draft pool. With less than three weeks until the November 25 National AFL Draft, he counts down the players ranked 50-1 over the next two weeks. Today will be 50-26, before next Monday’s final rankings from 25-1. Well what a year […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
