VICTORIA has dominated this year’s NAB AFL Draft Combine List, with 44 of the 79 invites hailing from the state, including a remarkable 11 players from Sandringham Dragons. Vic Metro led the way despite finishing on the bottom of the table at the National Under-18 Championships, with 23 players making the list, followed by title runners-up Vic Country (21), while overall winners Western Australia (16), and South Australia (13) both reached double-figure invites. Of the Allied states, Queensland had three nominees, followed by New South Wales\/Australian Capital Territory (NSW\/ACT) with two, as Northern Territory and Tasmania both had the sole nomination each. Players must have been invited by at least four clubs to receive an invite to the national combine, which will be held from Tuesday, October 1-Friday October 4. The state combine lists are usually released over the next few months.<\/p>\n
Among the list are five Northern Academy-aligned players with GWS Academy’s Tom Green<\/strong> and Liam Delahunty<\/strong>, Brisbane Lions’ Noah Cumberland<\/strong> and Will Martyn<\/strong>, and Gold Coast’s Connor Budarick<\/strong>. Also receiving invites are father-son prospects Jackson Mead<\/strong> (Port Adelaide) and Finn Maginness<\/strong> (Hawthorn), and the Fremantle Next Generation Academy (NGA) member Liam Henry<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Sandringham’s haul of 11 players includes Darcy Chirgwin<\/strong> (Vic Country) as well as double-digit Vic Metro representatives, Jack Bell<\/strong>, Miles Bergman<\/strong>, Louis Butler<\/strong>, Ryan Byrnes<\/strong>, Oscar Lewis<\/strong>, Maginness, Jack Mahony<\/strong>, Fischer McAsey<\/strong>, Hugo Ralphsmith<\/strong> and Josh Worrell<\/strong>. Oakleigh Chargers and Gippsland Power was the next most with six apiece, Dandenong Stingrays with five and Bendigo Pioneers with four.<\/p>\n In Western Australia, East Fremantle dominated the 16 nominees, picking up six as Jai Jackson<\/strong>, Luke Jackson<\/strong>, Trent Rivers<\/strong>, Trey Ruscoe<\/strong>, Jeremy Sharp<\/strong> and Chad Warner<\/strong> all named. In South Australia, Woodville-West Torrens had four representatives with Mead, Josh Morris<\/strong>, Kysaiah Pickett<\/strong> and Harry Schoenberg<\/strong> all receiving an invite. Just seven players came from the Allies squad, with Green and Tasmania’s Mitch O’Neill<\/strong> the top prospects.<\/p>\n A couple of players proving that missing out on representative selection is not the end of the AFL Draft dream are Northern Knights’ Sam Philp<\/strong> and Oakleigh Chargers’ Cooper Sharman<\/strong>. Philp has been in great form in the NAB League Boys competition, whilst Sharman has been plucked from under former AFL coach Rodney Eade’s nose to bolt up into draft calculations. <\/p>\n 2019 NAB AFL Draft Combine list <\/strong> Liam Delahunty (GWS Academy) NORTHERN TERRITORY<\/strong><\/p>\n Malcolm Rosas (NT Thunder)<\/p>\n QUEENSLAND<\/strong><\/p>\n Connor Budarick (Gold Coast Academy) SOUTH AUSTRALIA<\/strong><\/p>\n Will Day (West Adelaide) TASMANIA<\/strong><\/p>\n Mitch O’Neill (Tasmania Devils)<\/p>\n VIC COUNTRY<\/strong><\/p>\n Lachlan Ash (Murray Bushrangers) VIC METRO<\/strong><\/p>\n Noah Anderson (Oakleigh Chargers) WESTERN AUSTRALIA<\/strong><\/p>\n Riley Garcia (Swan Districts) VICTORIA has dominated this year’s NAB AFL Draft Combine List, with 44 of the 79 invites hailing from the state, including a remarkable 11 players from Sandringham Dragons. 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\nNSW\/ACT<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nTom Green (GWS Academy)<\/p>\n
\nNoah Cumberland (Brisbane Lions Academy)
\nWill Martyn (Brisbane Lions Academy)<\/p>\n
\nKarl Finlay (North Adelaide)
\nWill Gould (Glenelg)
\nDyson Hilder (North Adelaide)
\nJackson Mead (Woodville-West Torrens)
\nJosh Morris (Woodville-West Torrens)
\nCallum Park (Glenelg)
\nKysaiah Pickett (Woodville-West Torrens)
\nHarry Schoenberg (Woodville-West Torrens)
\nJosh Shute (Sturt)
\nDylan Stephens (Norwood)
\nCameron Taheny (Norwood) <\/p>\n
\nRiley Baldi (Gippsland Power)
\nNed Cahill (Dandenong Stingrays)
\nDarcy Chirgwin (Sandringham Dragons)
\nJesse Clark (Geelong Falcons)
\nCharlie Comben (Gippsland Power)
\nSam De Koning (Dandenong Stingrays)
\nThomson Dow (Bendigo Pioneers)
\nSam Flanders (Gippsland Power)
\nBrodie Kemp (Bendigo Pioneers)
\nFlynn Perez (Bendigo Pioneers)
\nFraser Phillips (Gippsland Power)
\nJay Rantall (GWV Rebels)
\nBrady Rowles (Bendigo Pioneers)
\nCaleb Serong (Gippsland Power)
\nBrock Smith (Gippsland Power)
\nCooper Stephens (Geelong Falcons)
\nIsaac Wareham (GWV Rebels)
\nCody Weightman (Dandenong Stingrays)
\nLachlan Williams (Dandenong Stingrays)
\nHayden Young (Dandenong Stingrays)<\/p>\n
\nJack Bell (Sandringham Dragons)
\nMiles Bergman (Sandringham Dragons)
\nTrent Bianco (Oakleigh Chargers)
\nNick Bryan (Oakleigh Chargers)
\nLouis Butler (Sandringham Dragons)
\nRyan Byrnes (Sandringham Dragons)
\nDarcy Cassar (Western Jets)
\nJosh Honey (Western Jets)
\nEmerson Jeka (Western Jets)
\nHarrison Jones (Calder Cannons)
\nOscar Lewis (Sandringham Dragons)
\nFinn Maginness (Sandringham Dragons)
\nJack Mahony (Sandringham Dragons)
\nFischer McAsey (Sandringham Dragons)
\nDaniel Mott (Calder Cannons)
\nSam Philp (Northern Knights)
\nHugo Ralphsmith (Sandringham Dragons)
\nMatt Rowell (Oakleigh Chargers)
\nCooper Sharman (Oakleigh Chargers)
\nRyan Sturgess (Northern Knights)
\nDylan Williams (Oakleigh Chargers)
\nJosh Worrell (Sandringham Dragons)<\/p>\n
\nMitch Georgiades (Subiaco)
\nLiam Henry (Claremont)
\nJai Jackson (East Fremantle)
\nLuke Jackson (East Fremantle)
\nCallum Jamieson (Claremont)
\nBen Johnson (West Perth)
\nRonin O’Connor (Claremont)
\nJake Pasini (Swan Districts)
\nJaxon Prior (West Perth)
\nTrent Rivers (East Fremantle)
\nDeven Robertson (Perth)
\nTrey Ruscoe (East Fremantle)
\nJeremy Sharp (East Fremantle)
\nElijah Taylor (Perth)
\nChad Warner (East Fremantle)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"