2014 Draft Profile: Harrison Wigg
Harrison Wigg (North Adelaide) Height: 179 cm Weight: 74 kg Position: Defender/midfielder Strengths: Efficiency, vision and awareness, decision making, composure, ball winning, versatility, marking Weaknesses: Height, light frame, speed Player comparison: Heath Shaw If Harrison Wigg’s numbers at the National Championships are anything to go by, it paints an exciting picture for the lucky club that’ll […]
2014 Draft Profile: Alex Neal-Bullen
Alex Neal-Bullen (Glenelg) Height: 182 cm Weight: 77 kg Position: Midfielder Strengths: Contested ball winning ability, handskills in traffic, work rate Areas of improvement: Decision making by foot, top speed, size Player comparison: Toby Greene Alex Neal-Bullen is the typical hard nosed inside midfielder who relishes the contested side of the game. Though his footskills aren’t […]
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 […]
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 […]
2013 Draft Profile: Alex Spina
Alex Spina (North Adelaide) Height: 181 cm Weight: 74 kg Position: Forward Player comparison: Steve Johnson Strengths: Skills, Goal sense, X-factor Weaknesses: Consistency Alex Spina is an incredibly talented small forward who with time, could develop into a handy pinch hitting midfielder in the same mould as a Stevie Johnson. He has fantastic skills, knows […]
2013 Draft Profile: Nick Favretto
Nick Favretto (West Adelaide) Height: 188cm Weight: 88kg Player comparison: Brent Stanton Strengths: Ball winning ability, speed, ready-made body Weaknesses: Lacks X-factor Nick Favretto is another of the quiet achievers from South Australia. Not many people are talking about him yet he consistently racks up 25 possessions in the SANFL reserves against older and bigger […]
2013 Draft Profile: James Battersby
James Battersby (Sturt) Height: 177cm Weight: 78kg Player comparison: Brett Deledio Strengths: Handskills, ball winning ability Weaknesses: Kicking, speed, size James Battersby was hardly talked about before the Championships this year but after a series of excellent performances he has risen rapidly up many draft boards. Battersby gained All-Australian selection for his roles on a […]
2013 Draft Profile: Riley Knight
Riley Knight (Woodville-West Torrens) Height: 180 cm Weight: 73 kg Player comparison: Steele Sidebottom Strengths: Possession winning ability, endurance Weaknesses: Very safe player, lacks hurt factor Riley Knight is a prospect who is having a fantastic season this year yet few people are talking about the young man from Woodville-West Torrens. Knight is an unassuming […]
2013 Draft Profile: Cameron Giles
Cameron Giles (Woodville-West Torrens) Height: 195cm Weight: 93kg Position: Key defender Player comparison: Harry Taylor Strengths: Offensive run, spoiling, athleticism Weaknesses: Tackling pressure, kicking You wouldn’t expect a 195cm, 93kg key defender to be averaging 21.8 possessions a game at 87% disposal efficiency but that is exactly what Woodville-West Torrens back man Cam Giles is […]
Under 18s Power Rankings: Key defenders
The season is at the midway point and we are starting to get an idea about who is likely to be drafted this year. We have seen a lot of good performances this year, although it can be hard to tell a good display of talent from the rest. It is very subjective and difficult […]
