One-Eyed Richmond Forum
Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: Diocletian on June 27, 2018, 06:42:07 PM
-
Starting with this article on the VFL (paywall)
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/localfooty/afl-2018-who-are-the-vfl-players-putting-their-hand-up-for-this-years-drafts/news-story/f9ae7febf3cfec17f7fab7cb572b5974
Lintini, Mannagh, Bewley (BOG in the Willy game) & Lok for me. Like Cavarra & Hind though neither address a pressing need. Not mentioned there Coburg ruck Tom Goodwin would be an upgrade on Hamspud at least, still reckon Jacob Ballard would be handy inside mid depth, can totally spud it up on a bad day but a wrecking ball and clearance machine at his best. :shh
p.s. This Firefox add-on gets around most paywalls:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/anti-paywall/
:shh :shh
-
Bump.
The Club will be looking late in the National draft and in the rookie draft at mature age prospects from the state leagues.
Any thoughts now on who we should have our recruiting eye on from the VFL, SANFL & WAFL?
-
WP will probably have a heart attack if we draft Dio's man Ballard....:shh
-
WP will probably have a heart attack if we draft Dio's man Ballard....:shh
Wont happen thank goodness ;D
Have had the last 3 years to rookie and haven't bothered, tells you something I reckon
Aarts is the one they want
-
VFL is Aarts level...Mannagh the only one I'd take from our VFL side if we have too....and yes, I've gone off Ballard too.... :shh
-
VFL is Aarts level...Mannagh the only one I'd take from our VFL side if we have too....and yes, I've gone off Ballard too.... :shh
Joel Ernest ?
-
I want Michael Gibbons. >:(
-
VFL is Aarts level...Mannagh the only one I'd take from our VFL side if we have too....and yes, I've gone off Ballard too.... :shh
Joel Ernest ?
Hmmm... would definitely look at before Aarts but not before Mannagh....aren't we also supposed to be considering Charlie Thompson?
My updated/current thoughts from the other day in the draft thread:
Meh...very good VFL player but that's his level...Mannagh a better prospect IMO....other state leaguers I hope we're looking at are Gibbons, Bewely, Rippon, Lok, Hind, Palmer, Jonty Scharenberg., Shane Nelson and the best ruck we can find... :shh
+ Mitch Grigg
:shh :shh
-
Not a good year to be looking for state league players given the AFLs policy on the run decision to allow crap clubs to preferentially pick the eyes out of the available pool.
Oliver Eastland from Claremont. Reasonable height and a good footy brain, with good skills for a bigger player. A long shot, but that is what the rookie draft is for I guess.
As a real roughy, Dylan Smallwood (brother of potential 2018 draftee Tyron) also from Claremont might be worth a look. Didn't make the state combine invite list, but good height and a good athlete who can take a grab and thrives on the contest. Would think he would make it as a defender, which means there might not be a spot for him on our list. The knock has been work ethic, but has matured considerably in this regard this year. Veryd good debut gameearlier this year and by and large held that form. Tore Jarrod Brander a new one when the Tigers played East Perth.
-
Gold Coast Suns sign Special Assistance Player Sam Collins from the Werribee Football Club in the VFL.
https://twitter.com/AFL_House
-
This year’s leading ruck prospects from the state leagues include former Docker Zac Clarke (Subiaco), ex-Gold Coast Sun Keegan Brooksby (South Adelaide), Darcy Fort (Central Districts) and delisted Bulldog Tom Campbell.
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/teams/essendon/essendon-searches-for-backup-ruckman-after-retirement-of-matthew-leunberger/news-story/7f348736dbeef5b9e446d36b3f42e524
-
Half a dozen in the wafl would obviously make an impact/contribute to most sides.
-
This year’s leading ruck prospects from the state leagues include former Docker Zac Clarke (Subiaco), ex-Gold Coast Sun Keegan Brooksby (South Adelaide), Darcy Fort (Central Districts) and delisted Bulldog Tom Campbell.
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/teams/essendon/essendon-searches-for-backup-ruckman-after-retirement-of-matthew-leunberger/news-story/7f348736dbeef5b9e446d36b3f42e524
Essendon is set to sign former Docker Zac Clarke to boost its ruck stocks. But how the big man joins the Bombers remains a mystery.
As Clarke was cut by the Dockers 12 months ago, he can’t be picked up as a delisted free agent for 2019.
But AFL Media reported that Essendon could bring Clarke in via a new AFL rule, which allows a players who was previously on an AFL list to sign as a rookie between December and mid-March. It’s a rule the Giants could also use to re-list Shane Mumford.
https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-delisted-free-agents-sydney-clubs-cool-on-jacob-townsend-in-a-bonus-for-daniel-menzel/news-story/f6b5b426f1fc003de2473e421d7996b1