\nWest Perth
\nUtility
\n191cm | 83kg<\/p>\n
Athletic utility Oscar Allen was named in the WAFL Colts Team of the Year at centre half forward in 2016 and has shown good signs early in 2017.\u00a0In the Falcons’ round three game, Allen slotted a set shot goal with a minute left on the clock to give them a narrow five-point victory. His versatility has been evident; with stints in the ruck, time in defence and playing as a tall up forward\u00a0with six goals for the season. He also won the Round 6\u00a0RediMed Colts Young Gun award for his 25 disposals, 11 marks and five tackles game.\u00a0His strong marking ability is something that catches the eye and he is a player to watch in\u00a0the Under 18 Championships which begin in June.<\/p>\n
https:\/\/twitter.com\/BAndersonSEN\/status\/860804327790616576<\/p>\n
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Aaron NAUGHTON<\/strong> Aaron Naughton played as a tall defender for Western Australia in two\u00a0of the Under 18 Championships games last year. He marks well overhead and is a good reader of the play in the defensive half of the ground. In the Colts competition in 2016, his 20 contested marks from 13 matches had him ranked second in the competition and lead\u00a0to him being selected as full back in the 2016 WAFL Colts Team of the Year. This season he is averaging 17 disposals and seven\u00a0marks per marks per game, playing mostly in defence, with stints up forward. An area of improvement is his kicking which due to an awkward ball drop can affect his left foot kicking efficiency at times.<\/p>\n [embedyt] https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tem4LK3ctCo[\/embedyt]<\/p>\n Jake PATMORE<\/strong> Jake Patmore provides an element of speed as one of two Western Australian’s that were part of the AFL Academy. Patmore possesses elite speed and looks best across half back or on the wing, where he can run off opponents. In his five Colts games for Claremont, he is averaging 27 disposals as a standout player in the start of the season. The right\u00a0footer had eight disposals and two tackles in the NAB AFL Academy game against Northern Blues VFL team, using his good hands in close in the second half. An area of improvement is his defensive efforts – laying just eight tackles in five Colts games.<\/p>\n [embedyt] https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=85rs_K0aBZM[\/embedyt]<\/p>\n Sam TAYLOR<\/strong> Another tall\u00a0defender who has\u00a0a chance of being drafted. Sam Taylor was a late addition to the NAB AFL Academy and showed some promise as a key post in the AFL Academy game against the Northern Blues VFL team. His Round 7\u00a0game in the WAFL Colts was impressive, with 25 disposals and 11 marks\u00a0earning him a nomination for the RediMed Colts Young Gun for the round. His kicking on his right foot is one area that he’ll be looking to keep working on, but the tall has shown he can read the flight of the ball well in defence.<\/p>\n [embedyt] https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Fr4Hz02tFW4[\/embedyt]<\/p>\n Of course<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0every year players pop up with good Under 18 championship games and if some of Western Australia’s other top age talent play well during the\u00a0carnival, they may find themselves on the radar of AFL clubs.<\/p>\n 2017 seems to be a thin year for draftees\u00a0coming out of\u00a0Western Australia. After 10 players\u00a0were\u00a0selected last year – including four in the top 20, you wouldn’t look silly to suggest there may be just four prospects closely monitored by AFL clubs from WA at this stage. Recommendations on how WAFL talent will be managed next […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":132,"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":[2037,317,235,332,956,2199,37,1888,1890,2198,1921],"class_list":["post-25485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-2017-afl-draft","tag-aaron-naughton","tag-afl-draft","tag-afl-draft-2017","tag-jake-patmore","tag-oscar-allen","tag-sam-taylor","tag-wa","tag-wafl","tag-wafl-colts","tag-western-australia"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25485","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\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25485\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nPeel
\nKey Position Defender
\n194cm | 84kg<\/p>\n
\nClaremont
\nOutside Midfielder
\n182cm | 79kg<\/p>\n
\nSwan Districts
\nKey Position Defender
\n195cm | 83kg<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.afldraftcentral.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Screen-Shot-2017-04-30-at-8.18.45-pm.png\")
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