Great pick TFT.
My write up...
Pick #17 - Fremantle - Mason Shaw (KPF/2nd Ruck)
Height: 197cm
Weight: 82kg
Club: South Fremantle
Freo are glad that they get local boy Mason Shaw to fill their void at FF. Big monster in the goal square who is not dis-similar to a young Kurt Tippett except he's actually learnt how to kick. IMO Shaw is the best KPF in this draft. He's everything you want in a young KPF, tall, athletic, strong mark and a good kick of the footy. Shaw was the dominant forward in the WAFL colts a year ago as an underage kid, kicking 66 goals including 7.0 in the Grand Final. Fast forward a year and you barely hear about him. Mitch Brown broke his jaw in a WAFL praccy game at the start of the year which halted his start to the season proper but that didn't affect his form as he came out and had 12 kicks for a lazy 8.4. Fair effort if you ask me. I get the feeling that Mason has been cruising a little bit this season and now that we have him I'll admit it was us who asked him to tank his way down to us.
Shaw is a big game player as evidenced by his 7 goal haul in last years Grand Final and backing that up with 5.0 in this years grand final. Has some ability as shown in the Champs to play as a 2nd ruck but ideally he'll develop into a stay at home forward.
Last season played 21 games for his 66 goals. This year only managed the 10 games for a total of 40 goals. Averaging almost 1 goal per game more.