The 2015 U18/Draft Thread

[fanTCfool]

Interesting to read this at the bottom of a Weitering article...

Recruiters believe it will be a thin draft featuring only about 10 top shelf talents.

“After that there’s a big group of blokes who show a little, but not a lot,” one said.

“But there’s a big group of them, so it’s going to be a real test of recruiting this year.”

[_wato]

Schache hasn't played on Weitering, has played on Collins both times, with small stints on him

And the disposal into Schahe has been extremely poor, cannot use that as a basis to compare them imo

[Pkbaldy]

Schache hasn't played on Weitering, has played on Collins both times, with small stints on him

And the disposal into Schahe has been extremely poor, cannot use that as a basis to compare them imo

Not from what I was seeing. Weitering was matched on him. Yes the disposal too him hasn't been great. But he's second efforts haven't been anything special. But I guess he knows in his mind he'd be too slow to do too much. The difference between them are minimal, but someone has to be higher. It's changed like 4 or 5 times over the last few months...

[Ringo]

See your crush and Keays continue  ;) Having him at 7.  A little high I think but still a first rounder though.

[Pkbaldy]

See your crush and Keays continue  ;) Having him at 7.  A little high I think but still a first rounder though.

Yeah most people's power rankings they have him from 6-16 :P I had to check hoping I wasn't over hyping him too much haha.

But I noticed a few have Hipwood rated higher... I don't see it... He'll be a decent key defender, but he won't set the world on fire.

[Ringo]

See your crush and Keays continue  ;) Having him at 7.  A little high I think but still a first rounder though.

Yeah most people's power rankings they have him from 6-16 :P I had to check hoping I wasn't over hyping him too much haha.

But I noticed a few have Hipwood rated higher... I don't see it... He'll be a decent key defender, but he won't set the world on fire.

Either way we will have to part with picks to keep both.

[Pkbaldy]

See your crush and Keays continue  ;) Having him at 7.  A little high I think but still a first rounder though.

Yeah most people's power rankings they have him from 6-16 :P I had to check hoping I wasn't over hyping him too much haha.

But I noticed a few have Hipwood rated higher... I don't see it... He'll be a decent key defender, but he won't set the world on fire.

Either way we will have to part with picks to keep both.

Yeah i see you guys paying 2nd 3rd n 4th rounder for them both. Based on the points system. And then maybe Rueben Williams with your last pick. Best case scenario is, Josh Schache, Ben Keays, Eric Hipwood and Reuben Williams.

[Ringo]

We will get compo for Berger - and will be doing deals for Redden which may involve picks.

[Hellopplz]

Parish to the bombers! And hoping an inside mid/gun forward with the Carlisle pick

Agree, Parish would add another classy mid that we need for the future. I'd also like another Key Forward with our next pick, would love Curnow if he slips but really doubt it as the draft draws closer.

[Pkbaldy]

LEADING PERFORMERS â€" COMBINE DAY TWO

Clean hands test
Kieran Collins             29 (out of a possible 30)
Darcy MacPherson      28
Tyrone Leonardis        28
Daniel Rioli                 27
Rhys Mathieson          27
Mitch King                  27
Jade Gresham            26
Bailey Rice                 26
Darcy Tucker              26
Declan Mountford        26
Kurt Mutimer               26
Jordan Snadden          26

Goalkicking test
Jade Gresham             30 (out of a possible 30)
Nick O'Kearney           30
Oleg Markov               30
Clayton Oliver             30
Kieran Lovell               25
Tyrone Leonardis        25
Matthew Kennedy       25
Mitchell Hibberd          25
Liam Jeffs                   25
Eric Hipwood               25
Matthew Allen             25
Nick Coughlan             25
Mitch King                  25

Kicking test
Mitchell Hibberd          24 (out of a possible 30)
Nick Coughlan             23
Darcy MacPherson       22
Thomas Glen               22
Matthew Allen             22
Jade Gresham             21
Nick O'Kearney           21
Rhys Mathieson           21
Declan Mountford        21
Jordan Snadden          21
Ben McKay                 21
Charlie Curnow           21

[T Dog]

Rhys Mathieson  in 2 fantasy scoring groups.. Nah, ignore him..move on   8)

[Money Shot]

Any news on who bailey rice is nominating? Will he be a good pick? Thoughts?

[Nige]

Any news on who bailey rice is nominating? Will he be a good pick? Thoughts?

Probably more likely to go to Carlton I'd say.

[Pkbaldy]

LEADING PERFORMERS â€" COMBINE DAY THREE

Absolute standing vertical jump (cm)
Mabior Chol - 334cm
Gach Nyuon - 330
Jacob Weitering - 327
Andre Parrella - 325
Mitch King - 324
Jesse Glass-McCasker - 323
Jack Firns - 322
Matthew Flynn - 321
Callum Moore - 319
Eric Hipwood - 318

Absolute running vertical jump (cm)
Gach Nyuon - 362cm
Mabior Chol - 357
Jacob Weitering - 344
Andre Parrella - 342
Jesse Glass-McCasker - 340
Callum Moore - 340
Matthew Flynn - 339
Eric Hipwood - 338
Liam Jeffs - 338
Harry McKay - 337
Lachlan Tiziani - 337

Relative vertical jump (cm)
Jordan Snadden - 75cm
Alex Morgan - 71
Mitch King - 70
David Cuningham - 70
Lachlan Tiziani - 69
Oleg Markov - 69
Stephen Tahana - 69
Daniel Rioli - 69
Tom Doedee - 68
Jack Firns - 68
Matthew Kennedy - 68
Darcy Tucker - 68

Relative running vertical jump (cm)
Lachlan Tiziani - 97cm
Gach Nyuon - 94
Matthew Kennedy - 91
Mabior Chol -  90
Liam Jeffs - 90
Jordan Snadden - 90
Darcy MacPherson - 89
Blake Hardwick - 86
Hisham Kerbatieh - 86
Callum Moore - 86
Stephen Tahana - 86

Daniel Rioli was one of the quickest in the 20m sprint. Picture: AFL Media

20m sprint
Alex Morgan - 2.88 seconds
Kurt Mutimer - 2.88
Liam Jeffs - 2.89
Daniel Rioli - 2.89
Thomas Glen - 2.90
Declan Moutford - 2.90
Callum Moore - 2.91
David Cuningham - 2.91
Hisham Kerbatieh - 2.94
Jordan Snadden - 2.94

30m repeat sprints
Daniel Rioli - 24.15 seconds
Mabior Chol - 24.30
Oleg Markov - 24.32
Thomas Glen - 24.46
David Cuningham - 24.51
Jordan Snadden - 24.54
Wayne Milera - 24.61
Will Snelling - 24.64
Liam Jeffs - 24.74
Luke Partington - 24.76

Agility
Kieran Lovell - 7.90 seconds
Alex Morgan - 8.07
Clayton Oliver - 8.11
Aidyn Johnson - 8.15
Tom Doedee - 8.19
Jesse Glass-McCasker - 8.22
Oleg Markov - 8.23
Will Snelling - 8.24
Darcy MacPherson - 8.24
Ben Crocker - 8.25

Beep Test Level
Joshua Schoenfeld -16.2 level
Mitchell Hibberd - 15.4
Darcy Tucker - 15.3
Declan Mountford -15.2
Jacob Weitering - 15.1
Matthew Kennedy - 14.12
Kieran Lovell - 14.10
Will Snelling - 14.10
Tom Cole - 14.10
Oleg Markov - 14.8
Darcy MacPherson - 14.8

[_wato]

3km trial record by Jack Hiscox was broken this morning with a 9m14s run by Joshua Schoenfeld.

Daniel Rioli wins the best performer at the combine, so an unreal effort.

And just wondering, what are your thoughts on Murray Bushrangers pair Clayton Oliver and Mitch King? Both will be drafted we think or not?