{"id":288,"date":"2017-02-10T18:00:18","date_gmt":"2017-02-10T08:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/afldraftcentral.com.au\/?p=288"},"modified":"2017-05-18T17:30:28","modified_gmt":"2017-05-18T07:30:28","slug":"afl-draft-centrals-ones-to-watch-in-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/2017\/02\/10\/afl-draft-centrals-ones-to-watch-in-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"AFL Draft Centrals Ones to Watch in 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FOLLOWING on from our piece about the AFL AIS Academy members, we have dug deep to pull out 22 names from across the TAC Cup to keep an eye on this season.<\/p>\n<p>This is not to say they will all get drafted, nor does it mean that they are necessarily the 22 best across the field. But we have picked 22 players that caught our eye at times last year whether it be through the TAC Cup or school football.<\/p>\n<p>To ensure it was lesser known players, we deliberately had a few restrictions to picking the team:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>They must be born in the year 1999 (aka. Eligible to be drafted this year);<\/li>\n<li>They must have been on a TAC Cup list last year; and<\/li>\n<li>They cannot be a member of the AFL\u2019s AIS Academy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are a number of raw players in the team and plenty of talent with 11 of the 12 clubs represented.<\/p>\n<p>Dandenong, the one club not represented in this team has a whopping four AIS Academy members so the Stingrays certainly have their fair share of talent.<\/p>\n<p>Without further ado, here is the team we have come up with:<\/p>\n<p><strong>TAC Cup Pre-Season Non-AIS Team:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>B: Austin Hodge (Gippsland Power) \u2013 Harrison Nolan (Eastern Ranges) \u2013 Alex Paech (Murray Bushrangers)<\/p>\n<p>HB: Ethan Penrith (Northern Knights) \u2013 Cody Henness (Gippsland Power) \u2013 Laine Fitzgerald (Bendigo Pioneers)<\/p>\n<p>C: \u00a0Jackson\u00a0Ross (Eastern Ranges) \u2013 Adam Cerra (Eastern Ranges) \u2013 Brad Bernacki (Calder Cannons)<\/p>\n<p>HF: Aiden Domic (North Ballarat Rebels) \u2013 Toby Wooller (Oakleigh Chargers) \u2013 Alfie Jarnestrom (Sandringham Dragons)<\/p>\n<p>F: Isaac Morrisby (Sandringham Dragons) \u2013 Tristan Xerri (Western Jets) \u2013 Christian Farchione (Northern Knights)<\/p>\n<p>R: Ethan Casey (Sandringham Dragons) \u2013 Cassidy Parish (Geelong Falcons) \u2013 Andrew Brayshaw (Sandringham Dragons)<\/p>\n<p>INT: Thomas North (Eastern Ranges) \u2013 Jordan Johnston (North Ballarat Rebels) \u2013 Harry Benson (Geelong Falcons) \u2013 Doulton Langlands (Murray Bushrangers) \u2013 \u00a0Nathan Boucher (Oakleigh Chargers)<\/p>\n<p>At the mid-point and end of the year we will aim to update the team and see which players have bolted into contention, if any newcomers to TAC Cup lists have made the cut, and if injuries have played a part in some cases. For our pre-season team there are many unlucky inclusions who could have made the side such as Gippsland Power\u2019s Callan McKeon who finished strongly in the Morrish Medal count, while North Ballarat\u2019s Trent Reed showed glimpses of ball winning ability at times in his bottom age year as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FOLLOWING on from our piece about the AFL AIS Academy members, we have dug deep to pull out 22 names from across the TAC Cup to keep an eye on this season. 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