Sienna Burnham
STRENGTHS: + Contested work + Defensive pressure + Work rate + Endurance + Leadership IMPROVEMENTS: – Game sense – Decision making A member of the Southport Sharks’ Reserves premiership, Burnham continually found herself in high performing sides between her QAFLW and AFLW Under 18 Championships. While Gold Coast Suns Academy has no shortage of top-end […]
Lillian Snow
STRENGTHS: + Contested work + Aerial ability + Physicality + Kicking + Strength + Defensive pressure IMPROVEMENTS: – Speed – Groundballs Snow is a talented inside midfielder who also spent a lot of time forward in season 2025, showing off her versatility through Dandenong Stingrays and Vic Country. With her strength overhead and at ground […]
Maggie Johnstone
STRENGTHS: + Strength + Aerial ability + Kicking + Hurt factor + Contested work + One-on-ones + Upside IMPROVEMENTS: – Speed – Defensive positioning Johnstone is one of those players who has that aura about her when she steps out on the field. Even though she is not explosive, Johnstone’s offensive hurt factor is enormous […]
Zoe Wilkinson
STRENGTHS: + Contested work +Decision making + Versatility + Clean hands + Scoreboard impact + Footy IQ + Competitiveness IMPROVEMENTS: – Overhead marking – Kicking under pressure – Production Wilkinson’s draft profile is an interesting one. The gap between her best traits and biggest improvements is not that large, because as a whole, she has […]
Nicholas Driscoll
STRENGTHS: + Clean hands + Run-and-carry + Speed + Stoppage craft IMPROVEMENTS: – Accumulation – Consistency Nicholas Driscoll threw his name into the draft conversation during a scintillating mid-season patch of form. The speedy midfielder-forward earned a state draft combine invite on the back of it, and ended up making his VFL debut with the […]
Jevan Phillipou
STRENGTHS: + Agility + Dual-footed + Overhead marking + Power + Running capacity + Scoreboard impact IMPROVEMENTS: – Composure – Defensive game Phillipou prides himself on being a high impact-per-possession player, capable of hurting the opposition in a variety of ways. Whether cracking in to win the hard ball in midfield, rising for inspired marks […]
Noah Roberts-Thomson
STRENGTHS: + Agility + Clean hands + Contested ball + Footy IQ + Running capacity + Scoreboard impact IMPROVEMENTS: – Defensive transition – Impact-per-possession Roberts-Thomson’s versatility makes him a difficult player to pigeonhole. At the coalface, he is a sturdy ball-winning midfielder with clean hands who generally makes the right decision. Then, as a forward, […]
Ryder Corrigan
STRENGTHS: + Aggression + Contested game + Power + Size IMPROVEMENTS: – Decision making – Polish Ryder Corrigan has been in the talent pathway for a number of years and first burst onto the scene as the Giants Academy’s MVP at the 2023 Under 16 National Championships. Since, he has linked with the Murray Bushrangers […]
