Parish and Higgins headline possible Morrish Medal winners
WITH just six games remaining, the 2017 TAC Cup season will come to a close on Sunday and later that night a new Morrish Medallist or medallists will be crowned. AFL Draft Central’s Peter Williams looks at some of the contenders that could win the competition’s top award. In past years’ players from country sides […]
TAC Cup Scouting notes: Round 16
ROUND 16 of the TAC Cup was completed over the weekend – with all teams at full strength following the conclusion of school football. We had scouts watching all six games, read their notes below. Northern Knights vs. Western Jets (Michael Alvaro) Northern Knights: #2 Mitchell Andrews – Put on the long sleeves in the second […]
Victorian cricketer headlines 2017 AFL Draft Combine invites
VICTORIAN Under 19 cricketer Nathan Murphy headlines the 83 players invited to take part in the 2017 AFL Draft Combine. Murphy has recently turned his focus to football, with the Brighton Grammar student booting 19 goals in the Victorian APS school boy competition as one of the more impressive medium talls in the competition. Murphy […]
Matt Balmer’s 2017 AFL Draft June Power Rankings
IN an AFL Draft Central feature, AFL Draft analyst Matt Balmer will rank and update his Power Rankings on the first Monday of every month. You can read Matt Balmer‘s May edition of his Power Rankings here: June is crunch time for AFL club recruiters. They will be analysing every move of the players in the National Under 18 […]
Player focus: Nicholas Coffield
THE Northern Knights won a thriller over the Dandenong Stingrays on Saturday – but without Nicholas Coffield’s match winning goal with seconds on the clock, they wouldn’t have won the game. Matt Balmer looks in depth at one of their likely draftees. Nicholas Coffield is one of the few Northern Knights players likely to come under consideration to […]
TAC Cup Scouting notes: Round 6
ROUND Six of the TAC Cup continued over the weekend and we had scouts watching two of the games over the weekend. Read their scouting notes below: Northern Knights vs. Dandenong Stingrays (Michael Alvaro) Northern Knights: #3 Braedyn Gillard – The bottom-ager was a real force for the Knights with his aggressive style and ball-winning abilities. Complimented his toughness […]
Looking Ahead TAC Cup Round 4
Bendigo Pioneers (10th, 1-2) vs. Oakleigh Chargers (4th, 2-1) Both Bendigo and Oakleigh contain some of their top-end talent despite the likes of Lochie O’Brien, Paddy Dow and Jarrod Brander missing due to school football for the Pioneers. The Pioneers’ strength in my opinion lies across the half-back line with all those players – Kane […]
