State Leagues wrap: Jeffrey slots nine as leagues limited by lockdowns
JUST three states had unimpeded state league competitions over the weekend with the Tasmanian State League (TSL), West Australian Football League (WAFL) and Queensland Australian Football League (QAFL) take place, with a trio of Victorian Football League (VFL) matches in Queensland. We recap the results over the weekend. Tasmania (TSL): Lauderdale caused an upset on […]
AFL Draft review: Brisbane
BRISBANE entered the draft to just top up its depth across the field, picking up predominantly inside-leaning players, but also those who are versatile and slide either forward or back to enable a flexible best 22 when all have developed. National Draft: Ely Smith – Inside Midfielder Smith was a late call-up to the […]
2018 National AFL Draft selections
THE 2018 National AFL Draft selections and club by club selections as they happen today will appear here: Round 1: 1 – Carlton – Sam Walsh (Geelong Falcons/Vic Country) 2 – Gold Coast – Jack Lukosius – (WWT Torrens/South Australia) 3 – Gold Coast – Izak Rankine (West Adelaide/South Australia) 4 – St Kilda – […]
AFL Draft preview: Richmond
THE 2017 premiers bowed out in disappointing circumstances in the preliminary final to a red-hot Collingwood, but then got the man they were after in Gold Coast’s Tom Lynch to boost the key forward stocks at the club. Richmond was often beaten at the stoppages, so big-bodied inside midfielders are the main priority at this […]
AFL Draft preview: Sydney
THE Swans have plenty of talent across the field but will be looking to invest in depth and inject some pace into their side to ensure that they can feature late into September having made it to the last 10 finals series and only winning one flag. But through some clever swaps during the trade […]
2018 AFL Draft Central Phantom Draft
WE are now just three days away from the first pick being called in the 2018 AFL National Draft, and at AFL Draft Central, we have put our heads together and put forward our Phantom Draft, based on how some of the picks can fall. A few things to note: The pick numbers are different […]
AFL Draft Central Final 2018 Power Rankings
WITH just two weeks until the 2018 AFL National Draft, AFL Draft Central is counting down by naming our top 60 players to watch out for in the draft with our final Power Rankings for the year. We have extended it from 35 to 60 just to throw out some names that might have flown […]
AFL Draft Central November 2018 Power Rankings: 46-60
WITH just two weeks until the 2018 AFL National Draft, AFL Draft Central is counting down by naming our top 60 players to watch out for in the draft with our final Power Rankings for the year. We have extended it from 35 to 60 just to throw out some names that might have flown […]
Eighty invited to National AFL Draft Combine
VIC Metro has dominated the nominations for the National AFL Draft Combine with more than one third of the invitees coming from Metro, and more than half from Victoria. South Australia’s title-winning side has the next most with 13, including mature-ager Shane McAdam. Sturt’s McAdam is one of two mature agers to be invited to the combine, […]
Western Australia weekly wrap: Colts competition heats up as Lions remain undefeated
ROUND Four of the Western Australian Football League (WAFL) Colts competition saw one side continue its unbeaten start to the season. The ANZAC Day round also threw up surprise results, as last year’s grand finalists find themselves in uncharted territory, sitting outside the top five in a sign of the evenness of the 2018 fixture. […]