THE first intake of the AFL’s newest initiative – Next Generation Academies – are six months away from potentially realising their AFL dream. Eleven players are listed from\u00a0five AFL clubs with each of the participants exposed to their designated clubs’ coaching, facilities and expertise across health, fitness and personal development.<\/p>\n
The talent academies are for the 14 clubs outside New South Wales and Queensland, with each club designated a region in their state, with some clubs also designated a region in Northern Territory, or in North Melbourne’s case, Tasmania.<\/p>\n
The AFL Club Next Generation Academies are a joint initiative between the AFL and AFL clubs aimed at increasing the opportunities for young people to learn about and play the game of Australian Rules football. The program is targeted at Multicultural and Indigenous communities who may not have had as much opportunity to be involved in football programs, or have limited understanding of the game and how it is played.<\/p>\n
Among those currently in AFL Next Generation Academies are Northern Knights’ Ethan Penrith<\/strong>, an exciting, pacy player who become an important cog in the Knights’ side, as well as Gippsland’s Changkuoth Jiath (CJ)<\/strong>, who is zoned to Hawthorn.\u00a0The pair\u00a0will be subject to the same bidding process as father-son and northern academy players if a rival club places a bid on him during the NAB AFL Draft held later this year in Sydney.<\/p>\n Of the 11 players eligible to be drafted in 2017, nine of them come from three clubs, with Hawthorn (four), Richmond (three) and Carlton (two), while Essendon and Geelong both have one player each. Richmond, Hawthorn and Carlton all seem to have been early winners out of the initiative with an additional 25 players between them listed over the coming years.<\/p>\n Fremantle (two), North Melbourne (two) and Western Bulldogs (one), all have future Next Generation Academy players named. At this stage, Adelaide, Collingwood, Melbourne, Port Adelaide, St Kilda and West Coast have not listed any Next Generation Academy eligible players at this stage. See the full list below:<\/p>\n NEXT GENERATION ACADEMY \u2013 ELIGIBLE PLAYERS<\/strong><\/p>\n CARLTON<\/strong> ESSENDON FREMANTLE<\/strong> GEELONG<\/strong> HAWTHORN<\/strong> NORTH MELBOURNE<\/strong> RICHMOND<\/strong> WESTERN BULLDOGS<\/strong> THE first intake of the AFL’s newest initiative – Next Generation Academies – are six months away from potentially realising their AFL dream. Eleven players are listed from\u00a0five AFL clubs with each of the participants exposed to their designated clubs’ coaching, facilities and expertise across health, fitness and personal development. The talent academies are for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":25040,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[2173,25,156,2092,2165,2143,2154,2093,2150,119,2159,2072,116,2164,147,2161,2169,902,986,2168,2171,2166,2163,2152,2151,2156,2172,2147,2146,2174,2175,2144,2148,2170,2167,2160,2155,2145,2162,2153,2149,2157,1829,2158,1847],"class_list":["post-25038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-abel-conners","tag-afl","tag-afl-draft-central","tag-ajak-dang","tag-anthony-walker","tag-artan-cabdi","tag-bol-jok","tag-buku-khamis","tag-cameron-wild","tag-changkuoth-jiath","tag-charles-power","tag-daniel-hanna","tag-david-smith","tag-derek-smith","tag-ethan-penrith","tag-harrison-pepper","tag-hugo-ingram","tag-irving-mosquito","tag-jason-carter","tag-kailen-walker","tag-kobe-brown","tag-kyle-clarke","tag-leiwyn-jones","tag-liam-henry","tag-lucas-cooper","tag-marcus-toussaint","tag-masang-dang","tag-michael-bozikis","tag-mitchell-wild","tag-nathan-louw","tag-next-generation-academies","tag-nick-riebelt","tag-paul-sidhu","tag-peter-clarke","tag-phillip-moi-moi","tag-sebastian-reyneke","tag-stephen-kapahnke","tag-sunny-brazier","tag-tarryn-trindall","tag-titak-nyak","tag-tochukwu-oparaocha","tag-todd-garner","tag-tony-olango","tag-tot-jok","tag-tyrone-hayes"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25038\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n2017 Draft eligible:<\/strong>
\nEthan Penrith, Reservoir (club), Indigenous (background)
\nArtan Cabdi, Heidelberg Heights, Multicultural
\nOthers:<\/strong>
\nNick Riebelt (2018), Eltham, Multicultural
\nSunny Brazier (2018), North Fitzroy, Multicultural
\nMitchell Wild (2018), South Morang, Indigenous
\nMichael Bozikis (2019), Fairfield, Multicultural
\nPaul Sidhu (2019), Mernda, Multicultural
\nTochukwu Oparaocha (2019), Wollert, Multicultural
\nCameron Wild (2019), South Morang, Indigenous<\/p>\n
\n2017 Draft eligible:<\/strong>
\nDaniel Hanna (2017), East Keilor, Multicultural
\nOthers:<\/strong>
\nLucas Cooper (2018), Maningrida, Indigenous<\/p>\n
\n2017 Draft eligible:<\/strong>
\nNil.
\nOthers:<\/strong>
\nJason Carter (2018), Wyndham, Indigenous
\nLiam Henry (2019), Derby, Indigenous<\/p>\n
\n2017 Draft eligible:<\/strong>
\nTitak Nyak (2017), Corio, Multicultural
\nOthers:<\/strong>
\nNil.<\/p>\n
\n2017 Draft eligible:<\/strong>
\nTony Olango (2016\/17), Marrara, Multicultural
\nChangkuoth Jiath (2017), Morwell, Multicultural
\nBol Jok (2017), Pakenham, Multicultural
\nTyrone Hayes (2017), Lakes Entrance, Indigenous
\nOthers:<\/strong>
\nStephen Kapahnke (2018), Macclesfield, Multicultural
\nIrving Mosquito (2018), Briagolong, Indigenous
\nMarcus Toussaint (2019), Inverloch, Multicultural
\nTodd Garner (2019), Gruyere, Indigenous
\nTot Jok (2019), Pakenham, Multicultural
\nCharles Power (2019), Heathmont, Multicultural
\nSebastian Reyneke (2019), Park Orchards, Multicultural
\nHarrison Pepper (2019), Morwell, Indigenous<\/p>\n
\n2017 Draft eligible:<\/strong>
\nNil.
\nOthers:<\/strong>
\nTarryn Trindall (Thomas) (2018), Hadspen, Indigenous
\nLeiwyn Jones (2019), Launceston, Indigenous<\/p>\n
\n2017 Draft eligible:<\/strong>
\nDerek Smith (2016\/17), Mildura, Indigenous
\nDavid Smith (2017), Shepparton, Indigenous
\nAnthony Walker (2017), Kialla, Indigenous
\nOthers:<\/strong>
\nAjak Dang (2018), Mooroopna, Multicultural
\nKyle Clarke (2018), Shepparton, Indigenous
\nPhillip Moi Moi (2018), Robinvale, Multicultural
\nKailen Walker (2018), Red Cliffs, Indigenous
\nHugo Ingham (2019), Shepparton, Multicultural
\nPeter Clarke (2019), Mildura, Indigenous
\nKobe Brown (2019), Mildura, Indigenous
\nMasang Dang (2020), Mooroopna, Multicultural
\nAbel Conners (2020), Shepparton, Multicultural
\nNathan Louw (2023), Swan Hill, Multicultural<\/p>\n
\n2017 Draft eligible:<\/strong>
\nNil.
\nOthers:<\/strong>
\nBuku Khamis (2018), St Albans, Multicultural<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"