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2014 Draft Profile: Caleb Marchbank
Caleb Marchbank (Murray Bushrangers) Height: 193 cm Weight: 85 kg Strengths: Speed, marking, versatility Weaknesses: Tackling and pressure Player Comparison: Brian Lake Top prospects tend to dominate games at junior level. They tend to be the guys you notice and that’s because they have some qualities that make them draftable players. Caleb Marchbank is one […]
Caleb Daniel, a young man with a big future
The final two games of the recent under-18 championships saw a young man in the number one guernsey for South Australia impress a lot of good judges, attracting an impressive amount of the football for the carnival-winning Croweaters. Caleb Daniel certainly garnered a lot of attention with both his lack of size and helmeted […]
TAC Cup Round 13 Review
Dandenong Stingrays 11.15 (81) defeated Murray Bushrangers 9.7 (61) GOAL KICKERS: Dandenong: K. Gray 2, K. Downie 2, B. Dale 2, R. Fischer , J. Tomkins , S. Geurts , J. Holden , M. White Murray: B. Webster 2, J. Clarke , K. Ellis , B. Pritchard , L. Leeds , D. Metzner , M. […]
Alex Takle’s Phantom Draft
1. Brisbane Lions – Peter Wright (Calder Cannons) Height: 203 cm Weight: 103 kg Player comparison: Matthew Kreuzer Peter Wright is a huge young man who is a genuinely good footballer. He may not have the explosiveness and ability to rip a game apart like Tom Boyd last year, but he is a strong marking […]
Under 18 National Championships player rankings
The championships are over for another year and we witnessed another great series of matches, with some fantastic talent showing what they could do on the big stage. To analyse who the best performers were over the course of the carnival, I have applied my power rankings formula to every player after every game to […]
2014 Draft Profile: Dan Howe
Dan Howe (Murray Bushrangers) Height: 191 cm Weight: 84 kg Position: Defender Strengths: Reading the play, decision making, speed and acceleration Weaknesses: Shutting down an opponent Player comparison: Tom Langdon Dan Howe may not have been a familiar name heading into this season but he is doing his best to make sure you remember it […]
TAC Cup wrap: Round 12
Calder Cannons 10.11 (71) defeated Dandenong Stingrays 6.6 (42) GOAL KICKERS: Calder: J.Foster 3, X.Dimasi 2, H.Kerbatieh 2, C.Kilbane, R.O’Brien , Z.Wunhym Dandenong: J.Wheeler 2, D.Moloney , T.Joyce , B.Rice , B.Dale BEST: Calder: R.O’Brien, Z.Wunhym, T.Nilsson, M.Conn, R.Smith, N.O’Kearney Dandenong: A.Harnett, T.Glen, J.Wilson, J.Rouse, T.Joyce, R.Fischer With an array of the Calder Cannons’ first-choice players on […]
2014 Draft Profile: Christian Petracca
Christian Petracca (Eastern Ranges) Height: 186 cm Weight: 92 kg Position: Midfielder/forward Player Comparison: Chad Wingard/Josh Kennedy (Sydney) Strengths: Contested marking, goal kicking, contested ball winning Areas of Improvement: Disposal efficiency Suitable Teams: Melbourne, Brisbane, North Melbourne, Richmond In my mind, anywhere past pick seven or eight and Christian Petracca Petracca becomes a steal. Talent […]
AFL Bloodlines: Round 10
The sons, brothers, nephews, cousins and relatives of yesterdays and today’s heroes are the players who make up AFL Bloodlines. Collectively, after each round of TAC Cup football, I’ll be providing statistical updates and game notes on each individual player so that you can track their process this season. If you missed the overviews of eligible […]
TAC Cup’s 19-year-old rule blossoming in 2014
It was only 19 months ago that a fresh-faced 18-year-old from Sandringham Dragons, Tom Langdon was gathered around his TV in his family home of Brighton, nervously waiting to find out if he’d soon become an AFL player. An hour and a half later, 70 picks were taken and Langdon wasn’t one of them. A […]
