2014 Draft Profile: Peter Wright
Peter Wright (Calder Cannons) Height: 203 cm Weight: 100 kg Position: Key forward/ruckman Strengths: Goal kicking, marking, movement Areas needing improvement: Tackling, field kicking consistency Player comparison: Mitch Clark Peter Wright has taken his game to another level this year. His thirteen TAC Cup games have yielded 32 goals, including a bags of six, five, four […]
2014 Draft Profile: Dan Nielson
Dan Nielson (Eastern Ranges) Height: 193 cm Weight: 90 kg Position: Key Back Strengths: Spoiling, reading of the play, athletic Areas of improvement: Versatility, ball getting Player comparison: Cale Hooker Dan Nielson is one of the most underrated players in this years’ draft. Rarely beaten, the undersized key defender consistently reads the play and gains plenty […]
2014 Draft Profile: Hugh Beasley
Hugh Beasley (Oakleigh Chargers) Height: 190cm Weight: 86kg Position: Key Back / Key Forward Player Comparison: Daniel Talia Strengths: Locking down an opponent, hitting the scoreboard, plays above his size Areas needing improvement: finding the footy, rebounding Hugh Beasley was arguably the best key back in the TAC Cup last year. He went undrafted, but […]
2014 Draft Profile: Jake Lever
Jake Lever (Calder Cannons) Height: 192cm Weight: 84kg Player Comparison: Dustin Fletcher Strengths: Reading the play, Intecept marking, rebounding, 1 on 1 Areas of Improvement: Needs to put on weight Jake Lever won’t play a game this season, but his bottom-age form from last year has given enough of an indication he’ll be an early […]
2014 Draft Profile: Darcy Moore
Darcy Moore (Oakleigh Chargers) Height: 199 cm Weight: 93 kg Position: Key forward/defender Strengths: Contested marking, versatility, reliable set shot, athleticism, leadership Areas of Improvement: Consistency Player comparison: Jarryd Roughead Projected Draft Range: Collingwood father-son The hype has always been inevitable for Darcy Moore, the son of Collingwood’s Peter, who played 172 games with Collingwood […]
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 […]
2014 Draft Profile: Connor Menadue
Connor Menadue (Western Jets) Height: 188 cm Weight: 69 kg Position: Midfielder Strengths: Explosiveness, match winner, clearance specialist, clean user Areas of Improvement: Winning the inside ball, gaining muscle Player Comparison: Ryan Griffen Connor Menadue has been hidden behind the likes of Jayden Laverde, Corey Ellis and Liam Duggan this season, but don’t for a […]
TAC Cup wrap: Round 10
NSW-ACT Rams 15.13 (103) defeated Calder Cannons 12.5 (77) GOALS: NSW-ACT: A. Davis 5, J. Steele 3, J. Finlayson 3, J. Hiscox , N. Foster, C. Mills, L. Flagg. Calder: J. Foster 4, M. Kovacevic 3, H. Kerbatieh, R. O’Brien, T. Wallis, T. Gawthrop, B. Laguda. BEST: NSW-ACT: C. Mills, A. Davis, J. Finlayson, J. Steele, I. Heeney, […]
2014 Draft Profile: Harry Dear
Harry Dear (Sandringham Dragons) Height: 198 cm Weight: 97 kg Position: Key forward/ruckman Strengths: Contested marking, goal kicking, unselfish Areas of Improvement: Needs to get up the ground more Player Comparison: Jonathan Brown Harry Dear is a strong key position prospect that isn’t talked about as much as some of the other Victorian talls. […]
2014 Draft Profile: Ed Vickers-Willis
Ed Vickers-Willis (Sandringham Dragons) Height: 190 cm Weight: 84 kg Position: Midfielder / Utility Strengths: Versatility, consistency, clean disposal Areas for Improvement: Offensive game, goal kicking Player Comparison: Shaun Burgoyne Ed Vickers-Willis is the prototypical tall midfielder. He has a strong body, can play both inside and out as well as being a clean user […]
