Scouting notes: AFLU18 Championships – Vic Metro vs. Vic Country
A Victorian derby opened the 2019 Under 18 National Championships, with the Country side coming away with an upset 9.10 (64) to 7.9 (51) win over their Metro counterparts. We had five scouts cast eyes over all 46 players who graced the hallowed MCG turf, and here are their opinion-based notes on how each prospect […]
Country upstages Metro to open national carnival with a win
VIC Country has upstaged its highly fancied Victorian rivals, defeating Vic Metro with maniac pressure and four quarter consistency. While Metro started strongly and had a patch early in the second term, it was mostly a game that belonged to Country with the defensive work of the back six, and elite kicking from Hayden Young […]
AFL Under 18 National Championships preview: Vic Metro
VIC Metro’s top-end talent is again something that will hold it in good stead this season, with quite possibly the top two picks in this year’s draft – Matt Rowell and Noah Anderson – as well as a host of skilful types, strong marking talls and speedy smalls. If they are not the team to […]
Draft Central Player of the Week: NAB League Boys – Round 8
WESTERN Jets’ Darcy Cassar has earned the nomination for Draft Central Player of the Week in the tightest Facebook poll of the year. Cassar polled 53 per cent of the vote compared to Calder Cannons’ Ned Gentile, with more than 2000 votes cast between the pair. Cassar racked up a season-high 41 disposals, the third […]
NAB League Boys Round 8 preview: Super Saturday to shape NAB League ladder
NAB LEAGUE teams are preparing for a huge day of action, with five of Round 8’s six games set to be played on Saturday. Despite only one top eight clash taking place, the remaining fixtures pose as a chance for the top sides to stamp their authority. NORTHERN KNIGHTS vs. OAKLEIGH CHARGERS Saturday May 18, […]
Team selection: NAB League Boys – Round 8
AFTER a week off due to having a NAB League Boys bye, Oakleigh Chargers return to the competition and have resisted the urge to add potential top five picks, Matt Rowell and Noah Anderson to their side against Northern Knights, with Carey Grammar having a bye in the APS competition. The Knights on the other […]
Draft Central Player of the Week: NAB League Boys – Round 7
BENDIGO Pioneers’ bottom-ager Sam Conforti has become the first Country player to win the nomination for Draft Central Player of the Week for the NAB League Boys in Round 7. Conforti won the Facebook poll against Greater Western Victoria (GWV) Rebels’ Jay Rantall to also become the first bottom-age player to be nominated this season. […]
Draft Central Player of the Week: Round 6
OAKLEIGH Chargers’ top-end talent this season is undeniable, and a third potential top 10 pick in Trent Bianco has earned our Draft Central Player of the Week award for Round 6. Bianco joins teammates, Matt Rowell and Noah Anderson as Draft Central Player of Week’s in season 2019, along with Eastern Ranges’ duo Mitch Mellis […]
Draft Central Power Rankings: May 2019
AFTER a massive 2018 which saw so many talented players realise their dreams, we turn our attention to the 2019 AFL Draft crop. In the first edition of our monthly Power Rankings which is posted on the first Monday of the month, we have compiled our top 20 players at this stage of the year. […]
Draft Central Player of the Week: NAB League Boys – Round 5
AFTER an impressive win over Gold Coast SUNS Academy, Eastern Ranges’ inside midfielder Zakery Pretty has earned the Draft Central Player of the Week title for Round 5. The Ranges midfielder has enjoyed a solid season this year, and he was the standout ball winner in the Ranges’ 59-point win over the SUNS at Trevor […]
