{"id":28427,"date":"2017-10-03T08:08:52","date_gmt":"2017-10-02T22:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afldraftcentral.com.au\/?p=28427"},"modified":"2017-10-03T08:29:44","modified_gmt":"2017-10-02T22:29:44","slug":"inside-the-2017-afl-draft-combine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/2017\/10\/03\/inside-the-2017-afl-draft-combine\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside the 2017 AFL Draft combine"},"content":{"rendered":"

THE 2017 AFL Draft Combine for both the brightest male and female athletes kicks off today.<\/p>\n

The AFLW combine will be held at Etihad Stadium on Tuesday and Wednesday, ahead of the NAB AFLW Draft on October 18 – while the AFL National Combine will run from Tuesday to Friday.<\/p>\n

85 male players have been invited to test – but a chunk of the best players, including possible no.1 pick Paddy Dow<\/strong>, will not be testing during the week due to injury.<\/p>\n

Here’s what the players will be up to this week.<\/em><\/p>\n

NATIONAL:\u00a0<\/u><\/p>\n

Tuesday 3th October:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fitness assessments (8.30am – 10am)
\nPsychomotor tests, psych testing (11.30am – 3pm)
\nAFLW medical screenings (10am – 3pm)
\nAFLW club interviews (3pm – 6pm)<\/p>\n

Wednesday 4th October:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Medical screenings (8.30am – 5pm)
\nAFLW Combine (8.30am – 1pm)
\nAFL club interviews (8.30am – 12.30pm, 1.30pm – 5pm)
\nAFLW club interviews (2pm – 5.30pm)
\nAFL Kicking assessment & AFL Goal Kicking assessment (8pm – 9.30pm)<\/p>\n

Thursday 5th October:<\/strong><\/p>\n

AFL testing – Standing vertical jump, running vertical jump, 20m sprint, agility (9am – 11.30am)
\nAFL testing – YoYo test (1.30pm – 4pm)
\nAFL club interviews (7pm – 8.30pm)<\/p>\n

Friday 6th October:
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

AFL club interviews (8am – 9.30am)
\nAFL testing – 2km time trial (10am – 11.30am)
\nAFL club interviews (12.30pm – 2pm)<\/p>\n

VICTORIAN STATE:
\n<\/u><\/p>\n

Friday 6th October:<\/strong>
\n<\/u><\/p>\n

Fitness assessments (Body composition – Arm & hand span, standing reach, Height & Weight, Skinfolds) (8.30am – 10am)
\nPsych testing (9.30am – 11.15am)
\nAFL testing – 20m sprint, agility, vertical jump, running vertical jump, YoYo test (11.30am – 2pm)
\nAFL club interviews (2pm – 3pm)<\/p>\n

ROOKIE ME:\u00a0<\/u><\/p>\n

Friday 6th October:<\/strong><\/p>\n

AFL testing – 20m sprint, agility, vertical jump, running vertical jump, YoYo test (2.30pm – 4.30pm)<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

National Combine invites:<\/u><\/span><\/h2>\n
\n

Vic Metro<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Noah Balta (Calder Cannons)
\nAndrew Brayshaw (Sandringham Dragons)
\nTyler Brown (Eastern Ranges)
\nAdam Cerra (Eastern Ranges)
\nNick Coffield (Northern Knights)
\nCharlie Constable (Sandringham Dragons)
\nMatthew Day (Oakleigh Chargers)
\nLachlan Fogarty (Western Jets)
\nJoel Garner (Eastern Ranges)
\nSam Hayes (Eastern Ranges)
\nJack Higgins (Oakleigh Chargers)
\nHayden McLean (Sandringham Dragons)
\nDylan Moore (Eastern Ranges)
\nNathan Murphy (Sandringham Dragons)
\nTrent Mynott (Eastern Ranges)
\nPatrick Naish (Northern Knights)
\nTom North (Eastern Ranges)
\nEthan Penrith (Northern Knights)
\nJack Petruccelle (Northern Knights)
\nMitchell Podhajski (Calder Cannons)
\nCameron Rayner (Western Jets)
\nNed Reeves (Oakleigh Chargers)
\nEd Richards (Oakleigh Chargers)
\nJackson Ross (Eastern Ranges)
\nJaidyn Stephenson (Eastern Ranges)
\nRyley Stoddart (Eastern Ranges)
\nAngus Styles (Sandringham Dragons)
\nWill Walker (Sandringham Dragons)
\nToby Wooller (Oakleigh Chargers)<\/p>\n

Vic Country<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Aiden Bonar (Dandenong Stingrays)
\nJordon Butts (Murray Bushrangers)
\nHunter Clark (Dandenong Stingrays)
\nOscar Clavarino (Dandenong Stingrays)
\nBrent Daniels (Benigo Pioneers)
\nLuke Davies-Uniacke (Dandenong Stingrays)
\nTom De Koning (Dandenong Stingrays)
\nAiden Domic (Greater Western Victoria Rebels)
\nPaddy Dow (Bendigo Pioneers)
\nKane Farrell (Bendigo Pioneers)
\nEthan Floyd (Geelong Falcons)
\nDavid Handley (Geelong Falcons)
\nBailey Henderson (Bendigo Pioneers)
\nChangkouth Jiath (Gippsland Power)
\nJordan Johnston (Greater Western Victoria Rebels)
\nHarrison Jones (Murray Bushrangers)
\nMatthew Ling (Geelong Falcons)
\nTom McCartin (Geelong Falcons)
\nMatthew McGannon (Gippsland Power)
\nLloyd Meek (Greater Western Victoria Rebels)
\nGryan Miers (Geelong Falcons)
\nLochie O\u2019Brien (Bendigo Pioneers)
\nBen Paton (Murray Bushrangers)
\nAngus Schumacher (Bendigo Pioneers)
\nJames Worpel (Geelong Falcons)<\/p>\n

Western Australia<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Brayden Ainsworth (Subiaco)
\nOscar Allen (West Perth)
\nCallan England (Claremont)
\nKyron Hayden (Subiaco)
\nTim Kelly (South Fremantle)
\nBen Miller (Subiaco)
\nAaron Naughton (Peel Thunder)
\nJake Patmore (Claremont)
\nBrandon Starcevich (East Perth)
\nSam Taylor (Swan Districts)<\/p>\n

South Australia<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Charlie Ballard (Sturt)
\nCallum Coleman-Jones (Sturt)
\nDarcy Fogarty (Glenelg)
\nJordan Houlahan (Sturt)
\nNathan Kreuger (South Adelaide)
\nAlex Martini (Glenelg)
\nAndrew McPherson (Woodville-West Torrens)
\nHarrison Petty (Norwood)<\/p>\n

NSW-ACT<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Jarrod Brander (Bendigo Pioneers)
\nBrendan Myers (Wagga Tigers\/GWS academy)
\nJack Powell (Ainsli\/GWS academy)
\nNicholas Shipley (St George\/GWS academy)
\nCharlie Spargo (Murray Bushrangers)<\/p>\n

Queensland<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Connor Ballenden (Wests Juniors\/Brisbane Lions academy)
\nBrayden Crossley (Labrador\/Gold Coast Suns academy)
\nJack Payne (Noosa\/Brisbane Lions academy)<\/p>\n

Northern Territory<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Zac Bailey (Southern Districts\/Norwood)
\nAdam Sambono (NT Thunder)<\/p>\n

Tasmania<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Hugh Dixon (Kingborough Tigers)<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

State combine invites:<\/u><\/h2>\n

Victorian State Combine (55):
\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Joel Amartey (Sandringham Dragons)
\nNoah Answerth (Oakleigh Chargers)
\n<\/span>Mark Baker (Northern Knights)
\n<\/span>Oskar Baker (Aspley)<\/span>
\nHarry Benson (Geelong Falcons)
\nBrett Bewley (Williamstown VFL)
\n<\/span>James Bell (Sydney Swans Academy)
\n<\/span>Tom Boyd (Murray Bushrangers)
\nAlex Boyse (Essendon VFL)<\/span>
\nSam Cameron (Sandringham Dragons)
\n<\/span>Riley D\u2019Arcy (Dandenong Stingrays)
\n<\/span>Aaron Darling (Dandenong Stingrays)
\nSam Davidson (Gold Coast Suns Academy\/Palm Beach)
\nLewin Davis (Bendigo Pioneers)
\nMax Dreher (Northern Knights)
\nAlex Federico (Northern Knights)
\nBayley Fritsch (Casey Scorpions VFL)
\nBailey Griffiths (Marcellin College)
\nHarrison Gunther (Glenorchy)
\nJackson Hille (Sandringham Dragons)
\nNick Hind (Essendon VFL)
\nJake Hinds (Tasmania)
\nAustin Hodge (Gippsland Power)
\nDane Hollenkamp (Geelong Falcons)
\nNick Hogan (Gippsland Power)
\nJosh Jaska (Geelong Falcons)
\nDaniel Johnston (Murray Bushrangers)
\nRiley Jones (Oakleigh Chargers)
\nMatthew King (Oakleigh Chargers)
\nDylan Landt (Calder Cannons)
\nJy Lane (GWS Giants Academy\/Murray Bushrangers)
\nDoulton Langlands (GWS Giants Academy\/Murray Bushrangers)<\/span>
\n<\/span>Quintin Montanaro (Sandringham Dragons)
\nThomas Mundy (Burnie)
\nTom Murphy (Dandenong Stingrays)
\nGeordie Nagle (Sandringham Dragons)
\nJoel Naylor (Northern Knights)
\nEd Newman (Sandringham Dragons)
\nHarrison Nolan (Eastern Ranges)
\nConnor Nutting (Gold Coast Suns Academy)<\/span>
\n<\/span>Kai Owens (Sandringham Dragons)
\nAlex Paech (GWS Giants Academy\/Murray Bushrangers)
\nCassidy Parish (Geelong Falcons)
\nEthan Phillips (Oakleigh Chargers)
\nCallum Porter (Gippsland Power)
\n<\/span>Aiden Quigley (Gippsland Power)<\/span>
\n<\/span>Nathan Richards (GWS Giants Academy)
\n<\/span>Harry Simmington (Gold Coast Suns Academy\/Labrador)
\n<\/span>Derrick Smith (Richmond VFL)
\n<\/span>Cooper Stephens (Geelong Falcons)
\n<\/span>Aidan Tilley (Calder Cannons)<\/span>
\nLaitham Vandeermeer (Murray Bushrangers)
\n<\/span>Callan Wellings (GWV Rebels)
\nSeb Williams (Sandringham Dragons)<\/span>
\n<\/span>Tristan Xerri (Western Jets)<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

South Australian State Combine (21):\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Cameron Ball (Norwood)
\nDom Barry (Glenelg)
\nBrodie Carroll (Norwood)
\nOscar Chapman (North Adelaide)
\nLochie Charlton (Norwood)
\nTobin Cox (Glenelg)
\nMitch Crowden (Sturt)
\nSam Davis (Glenelg)
\nBryce Denham (North Adelaide)
\nLiam Denton (Glenelg)
\nJackson Edwards (Glenelg)
\n<\/span>Stefan Giro (Norwood)
\n<\/span>Isaac Hewson (Norwood)<\/span>
\n<\/span>Curtis McCarthy (Glenelg)<\/span>
\n<\/span>Thomas Schmusch (Woodville-West Torrens)
\nJosh Smithson (West Adelaide)
\nJordan Sweet (North Adelaide)
\nJake Weidemann (Woodville-West Torrens)
\nJordan West (Woodville-West Torrens)<\/span>
\n<\/span>Patrick Wilson (Sturt)<\/span>
\nBrandon Zerk-Thatcher (Sturt)
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

West Australian State Combine (20):
\n<\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/strong>Christian Ameduri (East Perth)
\n<\/strong>Liam Baker (Subiaco)
\nJordan Boullineau (Peel Thunder)
\nRyan Burrows (South Fremantle)
\nDamon Cramer (Peel Thunder)
\nPatrick Farrant \u00a0(Swan Districts)
\nJonathon Frampton (South Fremantle)
\nScott Jones (East Perth)
\nZac Langdon (Claremont)
\nTyrese Miller (West Perth)
\nLachlan Mitchell (Peel Thunder)
\nGordon Narrier (Perth)
\nCody Nineytte (Perth)
\nWill Powell (Claremont)<\/span>
\n<\/span>Aaron Redhead (East Perth)
\nZareth Roe (Perth)
\nLiam Ryan (Subiaco)
\nHaiden Schloithe (Subiaco)
\n<\/span>Chris Scott (East Fremantle)
\n<\/span>Taryce Stewart (Swan Districts)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Rookie Me Combine (23):<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Kwaby Boakye (Gold Coast Suns Academy)
\n<\/strong>Hamish Brayshaw (Sandringham Dragons)
\n<\/span>Damien Burke (Gold Coast Suns Academy)
\nJack Clayton (Brisbane Lions Academy)
\n<\/span>James Ferry (Essendon VFL)
\n<\/span>Tom Freeman (Dandenong Stingrays)
\n<\/span>Joel Griffiths (Geelong Grammar)
\n<\/span>Jack Hardman (Sydney Swans Academy)
\n<\/span>Matthew Harman (Northern Knights)
\n<\/span>Lachlan Harris (Sandringham Dragons)
\n<\/span>Marty Hore (Collingwood VFL)
\n<\/span>Cooper Jones (Bendigo Pioneers)
\n<\/span>Daniel Joseph (Aspley)
\n<\/span>Francis Kinthari (NT Thunder)
\n<\/span>Jordan Lynch (Eastern Ranges)
\n<\/span>Josh Newman (Williamstown VFL)
\n<\/span>Tony Olango (NT Thunder)
\n<\/span>Kieren Parnell (NT Thunder)
\n<\/span>Julian Patterson (Gippsland Power)
\n<\/span>Kieran Strachan (Essendon VFL)
\n<\/span>Sam Switkowski (Box Hill VFL)
\n<\/span>Charlie Thompson (Oakleigh Chargers)
\n<\/span>Aaron Trusler (Sandringham Dragons)
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

\n

AFLW Combine invites<\/u><\/h2>\n

NEW SOUTH WALES
\n<\/strong>Chloe Arndt, East Coast Eagles\u00a0
\n<\/strong>Ellie Dalgarno-Fixter, Riverina Lions\u00a0
\n<\/strong>Nicky Steel, Mosman Swans\u00a0
\n<\/strong>Haneen Zreika, Auburn Giants<\/p>\n

QUEENSLAND
\n<\/strong>Ruby Blair, Coolangatta\u00a0
\n<\/strong>Arianna Clarke, Coolangatta\u00a0
\n<\/strong>Kalinda Howarth, Coolangatta\u00a0
\n<\/strong>Emma Pittman, University of Queensland\u00a0
\n<\/strong>Gabby Collingwood, University of Queensland\u00a0
\n<\/strong>Jessica Henning, University of Queensland\u00a0
\n<\/strong>Renee Cowan, Yeronga South Brisbane<\/p>\n

SOUTH AUSTRALIA
\n<\/strong>Brianna Walling, Morphettville Park\/Glenelg\u00a0
\n<\/strong>Eloise Jones, Morphettville Park\/Glenelg\u00a0
\n<\/strong>Jessica Allan, Salisbury\/Glenelg\u00a0
\n<\/strong>Ruth Wallace, Adelaide Uni\/Norwood\u00a0
\n<\/strong>Kate Bartlett, Peel Thunderbirds<\/p>\n

NORTHERN TERRITORY
\n<\/strong>Calista Boyd, Wanderers\u00a0
\n<\/strong>Jasmyn Hewett, St Mary’s<\/p>\n

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
\n<\/strong>Sonia Dorizzi, South Fremantle\u00a0
\n<\/strong>Tayla McAuliffe, Swan Districts\u00a0
\n<\/strong>Rachel Ashley, Perth Angels\u00a0
\n<\/strong>Ashton Hill, West Perth<\/p>\n

VICTORIA
\n<\/strong>Georgia Walker, Seaford\u00a0
\n<\/strong>Jenna Bruton, St Kilda Sharks\u00a0
\n<\/strong>Maddy Guerin, Fitzroy JFC\/Northern Knights\u00a0
\n<\/strong>Olivia Flanagan, Box Hill\/Eastern Ranges\u00a0
\n<\/strong>Olivia Vesely, Glen Iris\/Sandringham Dragons\u00a0
\n<\/strong>Sophie Abbatangelo, Diamond Creek\u00a0
\n<\/strong>Ashleigh Riddell, Diamond Creek\u00a0
\n<\/strong>Tiahna Cochrane, Bendigo Thunder\u00a0
\n<\/strong>Sophie Alexander, Eastern Devils\u00a0
\n<\/strong>Tahni Nestor, Eastern Devils\u00a0
\n<\/strong>Reni Hicks, Diamond Creek\u00a0
\n<\/strong>Iilish Ross, Wodonga\/Murray Bushrangers\u00a0
\n<\/strong>Monique Conti, Melbourne Uni\/Calder Cannons\u00a0
\n<\/strong>Georgia Gee, Beaconsfield\/Dandenong Stingrays\u00a0
\n<\/strong>Georgia Gourlay, Cranbourne\/Dandenong Stingrays\u00a0
\n<\/strong>Darcy Guttridge, Cranbourne\/Gippsland Power\u00a0
\n<\/strong>Isabel Huntington, Melbourne Uni\/Sandringham Dragons\u00a0
\n<\/strong>Bridie Kennedy, Cranbourne\/Dandenong Stingrays\u00a0
\n<\/strong>Chloe Molloy, Diamond Creek\/Calder Cannons\u00a0
\n<\/strong>Eden Zanker, Woorineen\/Bendigo Pioneers\u00a0
\n<\/strong>Georgia Ricardo, St Bede’s Mentone\/Sandringham Dragons<\/p>\n

TASMANIA
\n<\/strong>Daria Bannister, Launceston\u00a0
\n<\/strong>Loveth Ochayi, Launceston\u00a0
\n<\/strong>Georgia Hill, Launceston\u00a0
\n<\/strong>Courtney Webb, Kingborough Tigers<\/p>\n

The first round of the NAB AFLW Draft is as follows:
\n1. Western Bulldogs
\n2. Fremantle
\n3. Collingwood
\n4. Western Bulldogs
\n5. Greater Western Sydney
\n6. Melbourne
\n7. Brisbane Lions
\n8. Adelaide Crows<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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