WITH the opening round of the South Australian Football League (SANFL) starting, we review the performances of the potential draft prospects for 2018.<\/p>\n
League:<\/strong><\/p>\n Central Districts tall mid Jackson Hately<\/strong> turned in a great debut for the League team with 22 disposals, including six inside 50s and one goal in his teams’ 61-point victory over North Adelaide. AFL Academy member, Hately was composed and looked completely at home exerting his influence around the ground, particularly up forward. Key forward Hugo Munn<\/strong> played in Sturt\u2019s 12-point win over Norwood and impacted with inside 50s and forward pressure tackles. Top prospect Jack Lukosius<\/strong> was again dominant up forward for the Eagles, taking six marks booting three goals, as well as giving off another two. Izak Rankine<\/strong> from Westies did not play due to suspension from the last trial game.<\/p>\n Reserves:<\/strong><\/p>\n In Sturt’s four point win over Norwood, strongly built mid Tom Lewis<\/strong> had 16 possessions, 11 of which were contested, along with six tackles. Smooth mover Mihail Lochowiak<\/strong> ended up with 11 possessions. For North Adelaide, Frankie Szekely<\/strong> impacted the game with some speed and a four-bounce run through the midfield to obtain 12 possessions including four inside 50’s and two rebound 50’s on top of a nice goal in his teams four point victory over Centrals. Centrals’\u00a0Jez McLennan<\/strong>\u00a0had 15 possessions including four tackles to show some real poise across half-back. Glenelg defeated South Adelaide by 35 points with 2017 National combine attendee Alex Martini<\/strong>\u00a0collecting 23 disposals working both ways through the midfield as well as eight tackles. Souths’\u00a0Nathan Kreuger<\/strong>, also a Combine invitee in 2017, had 12 possessions and kicked two goals.<\/p>\n U18s:<\/strong><\/p>\n The Eagles demolished Westies by 77 points, with Kai Pudney<\/strong> racking up 35 disposals, 11 marks and eight inside\/rebound 50s. Elusive underager Kysaiah Picket<\/strong> had 29 possessions to be in the bests as well. For West, ruckman Angus Rana<\/strong> was best with 27 hit outs and four inside 50’s. South defeated Glenelg by 22 points with Tate Coleman<\/strong> best with 28 possessions, eight marks and a goal. Bottom-ager Daniel Sladojevic<\/strong> clunked nine marks and kicked six goals. For Glenelg underager Will Gould<\/strong> was best with 22 disposals including seven marks and an incredible 12 rebound 50s playing in the back half and South Australian Academy member Finn Betterman<\/strong> was strong and effective all game.<\/p>\n Centrals defeated North by 10 points led by mid Aaron Nietschke<\/strong> with 38 disposals (20 of which were contested), six tackles and nine clearances. Underager Jordan O\u2019Brien<\/strong> was also in the bests with 22 disposals and nine clearances, and was good on both sides. For the Roosters,\u00a0Boyd Woodcock<\/strong> had 30 disposals, six clearances and six inside\/rebound 50s to be his side’s best. Underage ruck\/forward Dyson Hilder<\/strong> was also effective with 16 hitouts, 11 possessions and one goal. Norwood defeated last years premiers Sturt by 46 points with AFL Academy member Luke Valente<\/strong> dominant with 39 possessions including eight marks, 11 clearances and five inside 50s to go with his one goal. Hard running Kade Chandler<\/strong> was also good with 25 disposals, 10 marks, eight clearances and a goal. Sturt’s Hamish Wallace<\/strong> was named his teams best leading with seven tackles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" WITH the opening round of the South Australian Football League (SANFL) starting, we review the performances of the potential draft prospects for 2018. 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