{"id":30079,"date":"2018-02-13T12:31:49","date_gmt":"2018-02-13T02:31:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afldraftcentral.com.au\/?p=30079"},"modified":"2018-02-13T16:41:50","modified_gmt":"2018-02-13T06:41:50","slug":"draftees-named-for-aflx-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/2018\/02\/13\/draftees-named-for-aflx-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Draftees named for AFLX"},"content":{"rendered":"

FIVE former Vic Country teammates are likely to clash on Friday night in the AFL’s newest pre-season competition, AFLX. Bendigo Pioneers’ Paddy Dow<\/strong> and Lochie O’Brien<\/strong> have both been named for the Carlton side, and might stand opposite a familiar face in Luke Davies-Uniacke<\/strong> in the blue and white strips. Davies-Uniacke could meet close friend Hunter Clark<\/strong> in the AFLX grand final should North Melbourne and St Kilda make the decider. Former Geelong Falcons hard nut James Worpel<\/strong> will line-up for Hawthorn alongside Eastern Ranges’ star Jackson Ross<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Other TAC Cup players include former Murray Bushranger Charlie Spargo<\/strong>, and 2017 Northern Knights captain Nick Coffield<\/strong>. In a great feat of perseverance three VFL players have also been named since being selected on AFL lists in Northern Blues’ Cam O’Shea<\/strong>, Box Hill’s David Mirra<\/strong> and Casey Demons’ Bayley Fritsch<\/strong>. Oskar Baker<\/strong> will don the red and blue after playing in the NEAFL last year, while Perth teammates Matt Guelfi<\/strong> (now Essendon) and Gordon Narrier<\/strong> (now North Melbourne) could face off if their respective sides make the decider.<\/p>\n

The AFLX competition is played on a ground with dimensions of between 100-120m in length and 60-70m in width, with four posts at each end and two 40m arcs. Each team will consist of 10 players per game – seven on the field and three on the bench – and there are no restrictions on rotations. No marks will be paid on backwards kicks (except in the forward 40m area) and the last touch out of bounds is a free kick. Kick-ins will occur after each score – even goals – while at least two players from each team must start each quarter inside each 40m arc and any deliberate rushed behinds will result in a free shot to the opposition team from the forward 40m arc resulting in a potential 10-point goal.<\/p>\n

The full list of 2017 draftees named in the AFLX squads for Friday night are:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Carlton:<\/strong> Paddy Dow (Bendigo Pioneers), Lochie O’Brien (Bendigo Pioneers), Cam O’Shea (Northern Blues)<\/p>\n

Essendon:<\/strong> Matt Guelfi (Perth)<\/p>\n

Hawthorn:<\/strong> James Worpel (Geelong Falcons), Jackson Ross (Eastern Ranges), David Mirra (Box Hill)<\/p>\n

Melbourne:<\/strong> Charlie Spargo (Murray Bushrangers), Bayley Fritsch (Casey Demons), Oskar Baker (Aspley)<\/p>\n

North Melbourne:<\/strong> Luke Davies-Uniacke (Dandenong Stingrays), Billy Hartung (Hawthorn), Gordon Narrier (Perth)<\/p>\n

St Kilda:<\/strong> Hunter Clark (Dandenong Stingrays), Nick Coffield (Northern Knights)<\/p>\n

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FIXTURES:<\/strong><\/p>\n

6.40pm – Carlton v Melbourne
7.08pm – Hawthorn v Essendon
7.36pm – North Melbourne v Carlton
8.04pm – Essendon v St Kilda
8.32pm – Melbourne v North Melbourne
9.00pm – St Kilda v Hawthorn
9.33pm – Grand Final<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

FIVE former Vic Country teammates are likely to clash on Friday night in the AFL’s newest pre-season competition, AFLX. Bendigo Pioneers’ Paddy Dow and Lochie O’Brien have both been named for the Carlton side, and might stand opposite a familiar face in Luke Davies-Uniacke in the blue and white strips. Davies-Uniacke could meet close friend […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":28448,"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":[2656,3193,3191,83,3192,2395,33,126,90,61,34,1216,2074,2652,36],"class_list":["post-30079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-bayley-fritsch","tag-billy-hartung","tag-cam-oshea","tag-charlie-spargo","tag-david-mirra","tag-gordon-narrier","tag-hunter-clark","tag-jackson-ross","tag-james-worpel","tag-lochie-obrien","tag-luke-davies-uniacke","tag-matt-guelfi","tag-nick-coffield","tag-oskar-baker","tag-paddy-dow"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30079","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=30079"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30079\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}