{"id":22680,"date":"2016-08-02T20:00:25","date_gmt":"2016-08-02T10:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afldraftcentral.com.au\/?p=22680"},"modified":"2016-08-02T20:00:25","modified_gmt":"2016-08-02T10:00:25","slug":"draft-dream-not-over-for-state-combine-nominees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/2016\/08\/02\/draft-dream-not-over-for-state-combine-nominees\/","title":{"rendered":"Draft dream not over for state combine nominees"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_22688\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22688\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/afldraftcentral.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/bunker.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-22688\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22688\" src=\"https:\/\/afldraftcentral.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/bunker.jpg\" alt=\"Vic Metro midfielder Luke Bunker headlines the 2016 state combine invites. \" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22688\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vic Metro midfielder Luke Bunker headlines the 2016 state combine invites.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Following from last Monday&#8217;s announcement of the 80 players invited to the National Combine, 100 players from around the country have been nominated by clubs to attend the State Combine.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><u><a href=\"https:\/\/afldraftcentral.com.au\/2016\/07\/25\/80-players-invited-to-the-2016-afl-draft-combine\/\" target=\"_blank\">80 PLAYERS INVITED TO THE 2016 AFL DRAFT COMBINE<\/a><\/u><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Each state will run individual tests, with clubs sent the data to analyse before November&#8217;s draft. Similar to the process for the national combine, each club nominated a list of players that they wanted to see test.\u00a0To receive an invite to the AFL State Combine, players must receive at least two expressions of interest from AFL clubs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrettAndersonIF\/status\/761066336097218560\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrettAndersonIF\/status\/761066336097218560<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Vic Metro<\/strong> midfielder <strong>Luke Bunker<\/strong> averaged 22 disposals in the Under 18 championships and headlines the list of names that was released by the AFL today.<\/p>\n<p>One of the big surprises invited to the combine is <strong>Alex Mastromanno<\/strong>. Mastromanno missed the <strong>Sandringham Dragons<\/strong> Under 18 cut earlier in the year and has dominated the APS school boy competition kicking just under 35 goals for <strong>Brighton Grammar<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Mastromanno also booted four goals at U19 Level for the VAFA representative team and has kicked seven goals in two senior VAFA games for Old Brighton.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PGqfW2edYBM\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PGqfW2edYBM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tasmania have a sole invite to the combine with <strong>Harrison Pearce<\/strong> making the list of a 100. The\u00a0Glenorchy midfielder has a superb dash of speed but has missed a large chunk of football this season with an injury.<\/p>\n<p>Former Gold Coast Sun, <strong>Andrew Boston<\/strong>, who played 16 games from 2013-15 has been named after a dominant season for Southport in the NEAFL.<\/p>\n<p>Dandenong Stingray exciting small forward <strong>Sam Fowler<\/strong>\u00a0will also test and provides a real point of difference in the draft pool. The 169cm player nicknamed &#8220;Rat&#8221; is the third leading goal kicker in the TAC Cup, with 33 goals this season.<\/p>\n<p>After a strong last quarter performance on Sunday, Oakleigh Charger tall <strong>Nick Larkey<\/strong> has made the cut. The utility has played at both ends of the ground throughout the year and will likely be seen as a project for clubs looking for a tall.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nick Larkey with a few disposals this quarter. The Larkey squad behind the goals pleased. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nUZcYTeGr5\">pic.twitter.com\/nUZcYTeGr5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rookie Me Central (@RookieMeCentral) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RookieMeCentral\/status\/746210678256480258?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 24, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Western Bulldogs father-son hopeful <strong>Michael Romero<\/strong> will also be there and the Dogs will be keeping a close eye on him. Romero has spent his time at Calder and in the Footscray VFL side, along with playing his school football at St Kevin&#8217;s College throughout the season. Romero is the son of Jose, who played 211 AFL games.<\/p>\n<p>Numerous brothers of current AFL footballers have also been nominated with <strong>Corey Lyons<\/strong> (brother of Jarryd), <strong>Zach Guthrie<\/strong> (brother of Cam), <strong>Will Leslie<\/strong> (brother of Jack) and <strong>Jamie Hampton<\/strong> (brother of Curtly) making the list.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ydsBHSU6sDE\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ydsBHSU6sDE<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>NSW-ACT (6)<br \/>\n<\/strong>Jake Brown<br \/>\nJordan Harper<br \/>\nRyan Hebron<br \/>\nLucas Meline<br \/>\nMatt Wilson<br \/>\nLachlan Tiziani<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Northern Territory (3)<br \/>\n<\/strong>Jamie Hampton<br \/>\nWillie Rioli<br \/>\nRohan Armstrong<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Queensland (5)<br \/>\n<\/strong>Andrew Boston<br \/>\nDaniel Charlesworth<br \/>\nBlake Grewar<br \/>\nJack Rolls<br \/>\nMax Spencer<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>South Australia (17)<br \/>\n<\/strong>Tye Bedford<br \/>\nLachlan Cameron<br \/>\nMitch Carter<br \/>\nTom Charlton<br \/>\nSam Draper<br \/>\nBrayden Kirk<br \/>\nPeter Ladhams<br \/>\nJackson Lee<br \/>\nLiam Mackie<br \/>\nConnor Noonan<br \/>\nAndre Parella<br \/>\nToby Pink<br \/>\nJake Pitman<br \/>\nSteven Slimming<br \/>\nJordan Sweet<br \/>\nDylan Whimpress<br \/>\nLewis Young<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Tasmania (1)<br \/>\n<\/strong>Harrison Pearce<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>VFL (6)<br \/>\n<\/strong>Robbie Fox<br \/>\nDeclan Keilty<br \/>\nRowan Marshall<br \/>\nOscar McInerney<br \/>\nSam McLachlan<br \/>\nTom Stewart<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Vic Country (18)<br \/>\n<\/strong>Dan Allsop<br \/>\nJames Cousins<br \/>\nMason De Witt<br \/>\nPat Dowling<br \/>\nSam Fowler<br \/>\nCooper Jones<br \/>\nJermaine Jones<br \/>\nKayle Kirby<br \/>\nJarrod Korewha<br \/>\nWill Leslie<br \/>\nSean Masterson<br \/>\nLiam McKay<br \/>\nLloyd Meek<br \/>\nLouis Pinnuck<br \/>\nReece Piper<br \/>\nSam Simpson<br \/>\nIsaac Wallace<br \/>\nCallan Wellings<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Vic Metro (28)<br \/>\n<\/strong>Jono Aujard<br \/>\nHayden Blythe<br \/>\nHarrison Bult<br \/>\nLuke Bunker<br \/>\nHarrison Burt<br \/>\nLouis Cunningham<br \/>\nLachlan Filopovic<br \/>\nZach Guthrie<br \/>\nKane Keppel<br \/>\nNelson Lane<br \/>\nNick Larkey<br \/>\nMitch Lewis<br \/>\nJordan Lynch<br \/>\nCorey Lyons<br \/>\nAlex Mastromanno<br \/>\nJackson McDonald<br \/>\nBrock McGregor<br \/>\nLachlan Murphy<br \/>\nEd Phillips<br \/>\nCam Polson<br \/>\nBrodie Romensky<br \/>\nMichael Romero<br \/>\nBen Ronke<br \/>\nJack Roughesedge<br \/>\nAri Sakeson<br \/>\nCallum Searle<br \/>\nMatthew Signorello<br \/>\nLachlan Walker<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Western Australia (16)<br \/>\n<\/strong>Bailey Banfield<br \/>\nTarir Bayok<br \/>\nDarcy Cameron<br \/>\nBrad Fullgrabe<br \/>\nJeremy Goddard<br \/>\nNoah Hura<br \/>\nLuke Meadows<br \/>\nJimmy Miller<br \/>\nChad Pearson<br \/>\nTyson Pickett<br \/>\nLiam Ryan<br \/>\nKeanu Shandley<br \/>\nLuke Strnadica<br \/>\nMatt Taylor<br \/>\nCalvin Thorne<br \/>\nStan Wright<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following from last Monday&#8217;s announcement of the 80 players invited to the National Combine, 100 players from around the country have been nominated by clubs to attend the State Combine. 80 PLAYERS INVITED TO THE 2016 AFL DRAFT COMBINE Each state will run individual tests, with clubs sent the data to analyse before November&#8217;s draft. 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