2023 AFL Draft Preview: Adelaide
WITH season proper and trade period done and dusted, AFL fans and staff alike now turn their attention towards the draft (November 20-21). The chaos has momentarily settled on player and pick swaps, and budding prospects have completed their combines, leaving a nervous wait until they learn their fate. In the first of our club-by-club […]
Scouting Notes: 2023 SANFL U18s – Finals Week One
SOUTH Adelaide booked its Grand Final ticket and Sturt progressed to week two as the 2023 SANFL Under 18s postseason got underway over the weekend. We took note of some of the top prospects from both games, focussing in on the draft combine invitees, state representatives, and bottom-aged talent. >> Up the Grades: Eagles unleash […]
Your questions answered: July Power Rankings
THE LATEST AFL Draft Power Rankings instalment dropped on Monday, with a bunch of fresh faces introduced to the extended list of 30. There were still plenty of unlucky players to miss out and subsequent questions to arise. We attempt to answer them in this Q&A. >> Top 30: July 2023 Power Rankings JULY POWER […]
Tall talent time: 2023’s strong key position stocks
THEMES emerge in the AFL Draft discussion each year, and it looks like being tall talent time in 2023. With a dearth of genuine midfielders at the top-end, there are plenty of key position prospects pushing their case among the first round conversation. >> June Top 20: AFL Draft Power Rankings Arguably the leading contender […]
Up the grades: Draper stars in second senior dig
SOUTH Australian Under 18 MVP Sid Draper continues to go from strength to strength in his bottom-age season, after another promising performance in his second senior SANFL game. The South Adelaide midfielder had 21 disposals and six clearances as his Panthers went down to Sturt on Sunday. It comes after Draper, the younger brother of […]
Purple Patch: Reid’s rampant nine minutes
RETURNING for his first game in over a month, top AFL Draft prospect Harley Reid was a young man with plenty of eyes on him over the weekend. He skippered Vic Country in their first match of the 2023 Under 18 National Championships, and boy did he make a hot start to proceedings. The highly […]
Scouting Notes: 2023 AFL U18s – Vic Country vs. South Australia
SOUTH Australia got on the board in this year’s AFL Under 18 National Championships at the third time of asking, downing Vic Country by 19 points at Ikon Park on Sunday. We highlight some of the top performers and AFL Draft prospects from either side in the latest instalment of Scouting Notes. >> Match Report: […]
PREVIEW | 2023 AFL U18s: Vic Country vs. South Australia
VIC COUNTRY will play its first game of the 2023 AFL Under 18 National Championships, when South Australia comes to town on Sunday morning. While the Vics are the only side yet to get a taste of representative action, the Croweaters are still searching for a win. We preview the big clash. NEED TO KNOW […]
Rising Stocks: Bottom-agers steal the show
THE AFL Under 18 National Championships offer arguably the greatest opportunity for top-age draft hopefuls to show their wares, but it was a bunch of bottom-agers who stole the show in Vic Metro’s thumping win over South Australia on Sunday. A trio of Metro midfielders led all comers, while a standalone Croweater did so in […]
PREVIEW | AFL U18 champs double-header hits Adelaide
THE 2023 AFL Under 18 National Championships continue on Sunday, as a double-header hits Adelaide’s Thebarton Oval. Hosts South Australia will be in action a second time, against Vic Metro, while last week’s winners the Allies take on Western Australia. We take you through all you need to know across the two fixtures; from the […]
