T’Sharni Graham
STRENGTHS: + Versatility + Defensive pressure + Leadership + Character + Work rate IMPROVEMENTS: – Production – Endurance PROFILE: Graham first caught the eye back in 2021, where as a 16-year-old, she stepped up to play a key role in the Northern Territory’s All-Star game playing for Team Ponter. Though it was a 14-year-old Rania […]
Hugh Byrne
STRENGTHS: + Competitiveness + Marking + Scoreboard impact + Versatility IMPROVEMENTS: – Polish – Speed Hugh Byrne has played both deep and high forward, swingman, up on the wing, and even as a ruck chop-out at times for Bendigo Pioneers, doing enough to suggest he could be a long-term project player at AFL level. Though […]
James Leake
STRENGTHS: + Athleticism + Decision making + Marking + Skills + Versatility IMPROVEMENTS: – Four-quarter consistency – Strength When Leake is brought up in draft conversations, the first word that pops to mind is ‘versatile’, having cut his teeth in the first half of the season and at Nationals level as an impactful intercept defender, […]
Lauren Young
STRENGTHS: + Contested marking + Versatility + Athleticism + Work rate + Competitiveness + Kicking penetration + Hurt factor IMPROVEMENTS: – Polish – Set shot consistency PROFILE: Young is a player whose profile could go on for a long time, as she is the top pick in this year’s AFLW Draft, and for Port Adelaide […]
Anjelique Raison
STRENGTHS: + Contested marking + Kicking + Strength + Versatility + Footy IQ + Scoreboard impact IMPROVEMENTS: – Speed – Athleticism PROFILE: Raison started her career at East Fremantle as a key forward, and has remained largely in that role throughout the best part of three seasons. She pinch-hit in the ruck to support fellow […]
Kendra Blattman
SNAPSHOT: “An over-age tall who earned a Draft Combine invite last year and produced a strong over-age season with Sydney University in the AFL Sydney Women’s Premier Division.” STRENGTHS: + Contested marking+ Kicking+ Versatility+ Strength+ Vertical leap IMPROVEMENTS: – Endurance– Speed PROFILE: Kendra Blattman spent her top-age season as a ruck-forward and did enough to […]
Laura Roy
STRENGTHS: + Contested work + Defensive pressure + Penetrating kick + Leadership + Versatility + Strength IMPROVEMENTS: – Ground balls – Endurance PROFILE: There are contested players, and then there is Laura Roy. At the AFLW Under 18 Championships, Roy had 40 possessions, of which 34 came in a contest – a ridiculous 85 per […]
Harvey Thomas
STRENGTHS: + Decision making+ Endurance+ Short-range skills+ Versatility IMPROVEMENTS: – Size– Speed Representing five sides across the season – Wesley College, Oakleigh Chargers, GWS Academy, GWS VFL and the Allies – Harvey Thomas has done remarkably well to compile consistent performances considering the constant changes of environment he has endured. To go along with the […]
