23 in 2023: A look ahead to next year’s top prospects
WITH the 2022 AFL Draft now behind us, it is time for clubs and fans alike to turn their attention to the 2023 crop. Hailed as a potential super draft, next year’s prospects look like an exciting bunch with a typically strong top-end, and a good blend of smalls and talls. Without further ado, we […]
Scouting Notes: 2022 AFL Under 17 Futures
TEAM HOULI took out Saturday’s Under 17 Futures game, defeating Team Murphy by 28 points in the first instalment of the showcase since 2019. The next generation of AFL Draft prospects strutted their stuff on the MCG, proving a fitting curtain-raiser for the elite level’s final game of the year. We took notes on ALL […]
Scouting Notes: 2022 AFL U17 Futures – Vic Country vs. NSW-ACT
VIC COUNTRY came home with a wet sail to down a valiant NSW-ACT side by 14 points in Sunday’s Under 17 Futures clash. The visitors broke away during the second term but were reigned back thereafter, and could not quite hold on in the face of Country’s five final term goals. While a bunch of […]
Scouting Notes: 2022 NAB League – Round 14
AS the NAB League Boys season enters its final month, a bunch of representative stars have begun to filter back into the pathway competition. Just four fixtures took place, with two big thrashings and one thriller among the results. We noted some of the top performers from each region. All notes are the opinion of […]
Scouting Notes: 2022 NAB League – Round 12
WITH school football and representative byes for most NAB Leaguers, a bunch of regions regained important talent for Round 13. There were a bunch of AFL Draft prospects out to impress ahead of another week of recess, and we highlighted some of them in the latest edition of Scouting Notes. All notes are the opinion […]
2022 NAB League Boys snapshot: Round 12
REPRESENTATIVE and school football stars sporadically returned to the NAB League in Round 12, making for some high-quality games after a week away. Two fixtures went down to the wire, and two others were decided by over 40 points in a mixed bag of results. Catch up on all the action, stats and top performers […]
Scouting Notes: 2022 Victorian Under 18 trials
VIC METRO did the double in this year’s version of the Under 18 trial games, downing Vic Country in both exhibitions at Avalon Airport Oval on Sunday. More importantly, the games served as one final audition for Victorian players to stake their claims for representative honours, before the National Championships get underway next week. We […]
2022 NAB League Boys Team of the Week: Round 5
TASMANIA dominates our Round 5 NAB League Team of the Week, with a handful of players selected in this week’s side. Fellow victors Gippsland and Murray contributed four players apiece, along with a quartet of Dandenong Stingrays after their heartbreaking loss to Geelong. Check out who made the full 24-man squad, and three emergency spots […]
Scouting Notes: 2022 NAB League Boys – Round 5
AN all-Country triple header made up most of the NAB League’s weekend offering in Round 5, while Tasmania took on the Northern Territory in the latter’s final appearance for the season. We highlight some of the top performers from each side in the latest edition of Scouting Notes. Note: All comments are opinion of the individual […]
