The 2016 U18/Draft Thread

[Ringo]

Couple of comments from a Qld pesrpective,

Do you think Suns will match bid for Brad Scheer - I will be glad to get him at Lions but think Suns may match.

Our own Academy picks for this year Allison and Rolls seemed to have dropped down the order a bit so we may not even have to bid for them.

[Nige]

Suns will get Scheer even if they have to go into deficit I reckon.

[Pkbaldy]

Agreed, they'll match almost anything. From what i've seen, not really good GC academy students coming through next year.

Lions @ 21 will bid on him I reckon.

[meow meow]

GC have a million 2nd round picks next year so going into deficit won't bother them. I whipped up the PD in 5 minutes so don't take it too seriously. Doesn't even have WC's pick in it. Nor does it have Cumming who GWS will match.

[Bully]

Would not be happy with Scharenberg, poor tank, poor kick & slow. My smokey is Brandan Parfitt, grossly underestimated, just ran a 14.6 beep in a last minute testing session.

Yes Schaz has his downsides, but he's great at playing inside - may lack athleticism and kicking ability but can extract it and lay some tackles and I'd love to grab him at 29 which seems about what he should be taken at. Lucky for you I reckon the Tiges will grab somebody like Cedric Cox.

Parfitt is another guy who I could definitely see going around that late 20s-early 30s range, can definitely accumulate touches with both work rate and agility - reminds me of Jack Steven.

Very similar in style and Steven also had the big queries on his kicking. For what it's worth, Parfitt isn't nearly as bad a kick as some are suggesting in the media. He's better than Clarke, Scharenberg & Graham for what it's worth. The only reason he's out of the discussion is due to Tadgh Kennelly playing him out of position for the Allies.

Brief CV

AA 2015
Highest disposal tally - 47 (Macca's Cup)
3 goal performance in Reserves EF
27 disposals in u/18 GF
Twice named in best players when playing seniors (2015)
76% DE playing NT
70% DE playing for North Adelaide u/18's
14.6 Beep Test
Top 6 for metres gained 2015 state carnival

Whoever takes him will be getting a serious bargain, my money is on Port with a pick in the thirties.

[Pkbaldy]

Thought i'd do this the night before the draft!! Hopefully I'm not too far off for the first round. Tough year...

Round One:

1.Essendon - Hugh McCluggage - Balanced Midfielder - 185cm, 75KGS
2.Greater Western Sydney  - Andrew McGrath - Rebounding Defender - 179cm, 75KGS
3.Brisbane Lions - Ben Ainsworth - Small Forward - 179cm, 74KGS
4.Gold Coast - Tim Taranto - Balanced Midfielder/Forward Flank - 186cm, 82KGS
5.Gold Coast -Jack Bowes- Balanced Midfielder - 187cm, 78KGS (Carl Bid)
6.Greater Western Sydney - Will Setterfield - Inside Midfielder - 190cm, 80KGS  (Carl Bid)
7.Carlton -  Sam Petrevski-Seton - Balanced Midfielder - 180cm, 73KGS
8.Fremantle - Tim English - Ruck - 203cm, 86KGS
9.Gold Coast - Jack Scrimshaw - General Defender - 193cm, 80KGS
10.Sydney Swans -  Griffen Logue - 3rd Tall Defender/Balanced Midfielder - 193cm, 92KGS
11.Gold Coast - Will Brodie - Inside Midfielder - 190cm, 84KGS
12.North Melbourne -  Jy Simpkin - Small Forward/Outside Midfielder - 182cm, 72KGS
13.West Coast - Jarrod Berry - Rebounding Defender - 191cm, 80KGS
14.Greater Western Sydney- Harry Perryman - Balanced Midfielder - 184cm, 75KGS (ADE Bid)
15.Adelaide - Daniel Venables - Inside Midfielder/ Forward Flanker - 186cm, 81KGS
16.Port Adelaide - Will Hayward - General Forward - 186cm, 79KGS
17.Brisbane Lions - Oliver Florent - Outside Midfielder/Forward Flanker - 183cm, 74KGS 
18.Port Adelaide - Todd Marshall - Key Position Forward - 197cm, 87KGS
19.Western Bulldogs- Josh Rotham - General Defender - 192cm, 75KGS

End Of 1st:

20.Sydney Swans - Alex Witherden - Medium Defender/Outside Midfielder - 186cm, 80KGS

Round 2:

21.Essendon - Josh Battle - Key Forward - 192cm, 90KGS
22.Brisbane Lions - Sam Powell-Pepper - Inside Midfielder/Small Forward, 186cm, 86KGS
23.Brisbane Lions - Brennan Cox -  Key Position Defender - 194cm, 90KGS
24.St Kilda  -  Shai Bolton - Outside Midfielder - 177cm, 67KGS
25.GWS - Harrison Macreadie - Key Position Defender - 196cm, 89KGS (GEE Bid)
26.Geelong - Patrick Kerr - Key Position Forward - 194cm, 93KGS
27.Carlton - Jordan Gallucci - Outside Midfielder - 183cm, 75KGS
28.Western Bulldogs - Kobe Mutch - Balanced Midfielder - 187cm, 84KGS (GWS dont match)
29.Richmond - Cedric Cox - Outside Midfielder - 180cm, 74KGS
30.Collingwood - Zachary Sproule - Key Position Forward - 197cm, 87KGS (GWS don't match)
31. GC - Brad Scheer - Inside Midfielder - 184cm, 84KGS (GC Match, Go Into Deficit Next Year)
32.Essendon - Dylan Clarke - Inside Midfielder - 187cm, 85KGS
33.Port Adelaide - Brandon Parfitt - Balanced Midfielder - 177cm, 79KGS
34.Port Adelaide - Jonty Scharenberg - Inside Midfielder - 185cm, 77KGS
35.North Melbourne - Isaac Cumming - Rebounding Defender - 184cm, 74KGS (GWS Dont match)
36.North Melbourne - Jordan Ridley - General Defender - 192cm, 79KGS
37.West Coast - Zac Fisher - Balanced Midfielder - 175cm, 65KGS
38.Fremantle - Will Drew - Inside Midfielder - 188cm, 78KGS
39.Collingwood - Callum Brown - Balanced Midfielder - (STK Bid)
40.St Kilda - Elliot Himmelberg - Key Defender - 196cm, 89kgs
41.Geelong - Luke Ryan - General Defender - 190cm, 82KGS
42.Fremantle - Sam Walker - Medium Defender - 187cm, 80KGS

[fanTCfool]

Phantom Draft on the AFL Website had McGrath at 1, Taranto at 2 and McLuggage at 3, surprised me quite a bit

[Big Mac]

Phantom Draft on the AFL Website had McGrath at 1, Taranto at 2 and McLuggage at 3, surprised me quite a bit

Yep that's what Knightmare has as well, probably how it will go down

[kilbluff1985]

anyone know Myles Poholke apparently Essendon loved him when he trained with them

[meow meow]

Wouldn't surprise me, love the look of him.

1. McGrath
2. Taranto
3. Luggage
4. Ainsworth
5. Setterfield (matched)
6. SPS
7. Logue
8. Simpkin
9. Scrimshaw
10. Cumming (matched)( had him going to WC but left it out by accident last time)
11. Bowes (matched)
12. Brodie
13. Perryman (matched)
14. Florent
15. Berry
16. Hayward
17. Witherden
18. Venables
19. Marshall
20. English to the Dogs
21. C. Cox to fill the Swans KPD needs
22. Battle
23. SPP
24. Gallucci
25. Mutch
26. Bolton
27. Ridley
28. Cedric
29. Macreadie/Himmel
30. Maibaum

[Pkbaldy]

anyone know Myles Poholke apparently Essendon loved him when he trained with them

I like Myles, I had him at Saints pick up until last night haha... But I thought Saints could use another key defender :P
He's good at nearly everything, but doesn't excel at much.


As for M2's little phantom, I don't mind that actually, could EASILY go that way. Cumming might not be AS early as Bowes, but if Freo don't get English, i'm with you, he'll go to the Doggies. As a Saints fan, Mutch or Bolton are my 2 picks for our first selection. And I assume that C.Cox is Brennan Cox the KPD.

[Pkbaldy]

Ill be a dickhead and cover myself. PD if Essendon take Mr.McGrath with first selection


1.Essendon - Andrew McGrath - Rebounding Defender - 179cm, 75KGS
2.Greater Western Sydney  - Tim Taranto - Balanced Midfielder/Forward Flank - 186cm, 82KGS
3.Brisbane Lions - Hugh McCluggage - Balanced Midfielder - 185cm, 75KGS
4.Gold Coast - Ben Ainsworth - Small Forward - 179cm, 74KGS
5.Gold Coast -Jack Bowes- Balanced Midfielder - 187cm, 78KGS (Carl Bid)
6.Greater Western Sydney - Will Setterfield - Inside Midfielder - 190cm, 80KGS  (Carl Bid)
7.Carlton -  Sam Petrevski-Seton - Balanced Midfielder - 180cm, 73KGS
8.Fremantle - Jy Simpkin - Small Forward/Outside Midfielder - 182cm, 72KGS
9.Gold Coast - Jack Scrimshaw - General Defender - 193cm, 80KGS
10.Sydney Swans -  Griffen Logue - 3rd Tall Defender/Balanced Midfielder - 193cm, 92KGS
11.Gold Coast - Will Brodie - Inside Midfielder - 190cm, 84KGS
12.North Melbourne -  Oliver Florent - Outside Midfielder/Forward Flanker - 183cm, 74KGS
13.West Coast - Jarrod Berry - Rebounding Defender - 191cm, 80KGS
14.Greater Western Sydney- Harry Perryman - Balanced Midfielder - 184cm, 75KGS (ADE Bid)
15.Adelaide - Daniel Venables - Inside Midfielder/ Forward Flanker - 186cm, 81KGS
16.Port Adelaide - Will Hayward - General Forward - 186cm, 79KGS
17.Brisbane Lions -  Jordan Gallucci - Outside Midfielder - 183cm, 75KGS
18.Port Adelaide - Todd Marshall - Key Position Forward - 197cm, 87KGS
19.Western Bulldogs- Tim English - Ruck - 203cm, 86KGS

End Of 1st:

20.Sydney Swans - Alex Witherden - Medium Defender/Outside Midfielder - 186cm, 80KGS

Round 2:

21.Essendon - Josh Battle - Key Forward - 192cm, 90KGS
22.Brisbane Lions - Sam Powell-Pepper - Inside Midfielder/Small Forward, 186cm, 86KGS
23.Brisbane Lions - Brennan Cox -  Key Position Defender - 194cm, 90KGS
24.St Kilda  -  Shai Bolton - Outside Midfielder - 177cm, 67KGS
25.GWS - Harrison Macreadie - Key Position Defender - 196cm, 89KGS (GEE Bid)
26.Geelong - Patrick Kerr - Key Position Forward - 194cm, 93KGS
27.Carlton - Kobe Mutch - Balanced Midfielder - 187cm, 84KGS (GWS dont match)
28.Western Bulldogs - Josh Rotham - General Defender - 192cm, 75KGS
29.Richmond - Cedric Cox - Outside Midfielder - 180cm, 74KGS
30.Collingwood - Zachary Sproule - Key Position Forward - 197cm, 87KGS (GWS don't match)
31. GC - Brad Scheer - Inside Midfielder - 184cm, 84KGS (GC Match, Go Into Deficit Next Year)
32.Essendon - Dylan Clarke - Inside Midfielder - 187cm, 85KGS
33.Port Adelaide - Brandon Parfitt - Balanced Midfielder - 177cm, 79KGS
34.Port Adelaide - Jonty Scharenberg - Inside Midfielder - 185cm, 77KGS
35. GWS - Isaac Cumming - Rebounding Defender - 184cm, 74KGS (GWS Dont match)
36.North Melbourne - Myles Poholke - Balanced Midfielder - 184cm, 75KGS
37.North Melbourne - Jordan Ridley - General Defender - 192cm, 79KGS
38.West Coast - Zac Fisher - Balanced Midfielder - 175cm, 65KGS
39.Fremantle - Will Drew - Inside Midfielder - 188cm, 78KGS
40.Collingwood - Callum Brown - Balanced Midfielder - (STK Bid)
41.St Kilda - Elliott Himmelberg - Key Defender - 196cm, 89kgs
42.Geelong - Luke Ryan - General Defender - 190cm, 82KGS
43.Fremantle - Sam Walker - Medium Defender - 187cm, 80KGS

There ya go KB, i fit Poholke somewhere :P Just not Essendon ;)

[RaisyDaisy]

If Freo don't snap up English do you guys think there's a chance WCE would take him with 14 if he's still available?

I haven't heard much at all about who we're looking at with 14

[Holz]

If Freo don't snap up English do you guys think there's a chance WCE would take him with 14 if he's still available?

I haven't heard much at all about who we're looking at with 14

wouldnt think so, NN only gone for a year and English isnt ready to play.

in saying that 14 is too low for him so if he slips they might have to,

[RaisyDaisy]

Yeah not so much to cover NN next year, but we don't have any young raw rucks on the list so thought he would be a good long term prospect, and would most likely hit his straps once NN nears the end of his career

I see a lot of phantom drafts and predictions have us looking at landing Berry which from what I've read about him sounds decent

Just have to wait and see I guess