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Harrison Ramm

STRENGTHS: + Aerial ability + Mobility + Reading the play + Versatility IMPROVEMENTS: – Speed – Strength Glenelg tall Harrison Ramm is among the exciting key position players who have emerged to turn this year’s crop from a midfield-heavy intake, to a potential super draft. Primarily a key defender, he is also capable of rolling […]

Cooper Bell

STRENGTHS: + Athleticism + Competitiveness + Physicality + Speed + Upside + Versatility IMPROVEMENTS: – Production – Rawness Bell’s athletic gifts are at the core of why he projects as having so much upside. At 199cm, his speed and ability to cover ground make him a difficult matchup at both ends of the ground. Up […]

Tessa Wilcox

James Barrat

STRENGTHS: + Field kicking + Intercept marking + Leadership + Physicality + Reading the play + Versatility IMPROVEMENTS: – Decision making – Set shot goalkicking It’s well known that Barrat is a competitive beast and dislikes been beaten. On numerous occasions throughout the season, he made his opponents earn their disposals with a tough, aggressive […]

Joel Brown

STRENGTHS: + Mobility + Resilience + Running capacity + Strength IMPROVEMENTS: – Agility – Offensive output Top prospect Bo Allan wasn’t the only Peel Thunder junior able to crack the senior grades in 2024, with Joel Brown paving his own path to WAFL League level. The 194cm key defender missed out on playing in the […]

Tom Bell

STRENGTHS: + Intercept marking + One-on-ones + Reading the play + Production IMPROVEMENTS: – Durability – Kick consistency Despite injury impacting his year, South Fremantle’s Tom Bell remains on the draft radar. The key defender held his own at WAFL Colts level and was in top form before his season ended in Round 20 with […]

Lilly Baker

STRENGTHS: + Athleticism + Competitiveness + Ruck craft + Versatility + Endurance + Speed IMPROVEMENTS: – Marking – Kicking precision PROFILE: In her most influential position, Lilly Baker can leap high, win ruck taps and then get involved at ground level, like she did as a bottom-ager in 2023. While that did not eventuate in […]

Matt Whitlock

STRENGTHS: + Agility + Intercept marking + Mobility + Upside + Versatility + Vertical leap IMPROVEMENTS: – Rawness – Strength Whitlock’s ceiling is arguably as high as any key position prospect in the draft pool, though he starts from a lower floor than some others in first round contention. His versatility is a major strength […]

Harry O’Farrell

STRENGTHS: + Athleticism + Closing speed + Defensive craft + Intercepting + Versatility + Work rate IMPROVEMENTS: – Clean hands – Set shot goalkicking – Strength For a player who can play at both ends of the ground, O’Farrell is preferred to a key defensive position where he can showcase his aerial ability. In the […]

Luke Trainor

STRENGTHS: + Competitiveness + Intercept marking + Kicking + Reading the play + Versatility + Vertical leap IMPROVEMENTS: – Defensive craft – Lockdown ability Having climbed through the junior ranks as a forward, Trainor has now found a home down back but still has the swingman ability in his arsenal. He most famously utilised it […]

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