PSD pick

[Harry]

Rookies ?

[mightytiges]

Rookies ?

No mention of the rookies yet. There's no coverage on the AFL site  ??? or on SEN. SEN and 3aw just read out the names.

[froars]

We picked up Will Thursfield in the rookie

[WilliamPowell]

We picked up Will Thursfield in the rookie

Hmmm any idea who took Kirkby Moi?

[froars]

No WP, i just rang the club and asked for who we got!

[WilliamPowell]

From Footydraft.com

Will Thursfield

Details:
Club: Ormond/Sandringham

DOB: 19 April 1986 Hgt: 190cm Wgt: 75kg

Position: Full Back

Natural Foot: Right

Honours:
National Draft Camp 2004

TAC Stats:
2004: 20 games, 4 goals, 12.2 PPG

Strengths: Will is a very athletic defender with plenty of promise. He has a huge leap on him and is capable of the spectacular mark. He likes to carry the ball out of defence and has good pace for his size.

Thursfield only joined the Dragons this year from Brighton Grammar and was captain of the school athletics team. He is also a long kick.

Weaknesses: Still fairly raw and can get lost on the field at times. Will sometimes try and mark from behind rather than punching. TAC Cup form was solid but nothing special.

Footydraft.com comment: It wouldn't surprise at all if Thursfield was drafted - clubs love pacy tall athletes like him. Would require a fair bit of work if he was to make it but would be well worth the punt.

http://www.footydraft.com/players.php?player=will_thursfield&dr=n

[Harry]

Can someone copy and paste the entire rookie draft when it gets on AFL.com - I can't access the damn site.

[WilliamPowell]

Knobel now a Tiger
10:17:04 AM Tue 14 December, 2004
Paul Gough
Sportal

Richmond has chosen former St Kilda ruckman Trent Knobel with the first pick at Tuesday's National Bank's AFL Pre-Season Draft.

Knobel had been training with Carlton since being delisted by the Saints, but the Tigers swooped on him first in a bid for more ruck support for Greg Stafford and Troy Simmonds.

Collingwood, as expected, selected former Bomber and Brisbane Lions premiership player Blake Caracella with pick two,

There was a surprise with pick three, with Carlton selecting Calder cannons goalsneak Eddie Betts, who was considered unlucky to be overlooked at the national draft last month.

Carlton had been expected to take an experienced player but instead went the for the exciring Betts.

The Kangaroos chose former Hawk Lance Picioane with pick four while Port Adelaide premiership player Jarrad Schofield went to Fremantle with pick five.

This allowed Essendon to swoop on former Richmond defender Ty Zantuck, at pick six after the Bombers narrowly failed to secure him during the October trading period.

Essendon had reportedly been interested in its former premiership player Justin Blumfield, but his career now looks over, after not the Bombers but also Port Adelaide at pick seven overlooked him.

Port instead chose Elijah Ware, from Central Districts in the SANFL, while Richmond passed with the eighth and final selection.

http://richmondfc.com.au/default.asp?pg=news&spg=display&articleid=180549

[WilliamPowell]

Can someone copy and paste the entire rookie draft when it gets on AFL.com - I can't access the damn site.

Will do HarryH - if they ever bother to put it up

[mightytiges]

National Bank's AFL Rookie Draft selections
10:46:50 AM Tue 14 December, 2004
Sportal

Round One         

Selection Club Player Club   

1 Richmond Will Thursfield Sandringham Pioneers   
2 Hawthorn Ruory Kirkby Bendigo Pioneers   
3 Western Bulldogs Rowan Nayna Dandenong Stingrays   
4 Collingwood Benjamin Davies Western Jets   
5 Adelaide Ryan Nye Peel Thunder   
6 Carlton Daniel Batson North Ballarat Rebels   
7 Kangaroos Joshua Gibson Port Melbourne   
8 Fremantle Joseph Kriger Sandringham Dragons   
9 West Coast Benjamin Sharp Oakleigh Chargers   
10 Melbourne Brendan Vanschaik Murray Bushrangers   
11 Essendon Ryan Bain Essendon   
12 Sydney GuyCampbell Bendigo Diggers   
13 Geelong Jarrod Garth Tassie mariners   
14 St Kilda Luke Mullins Collingwood   
15 Brisbane Lions Travis Baird Bendigo Pioneers   
16 Port Adelaide Danyle Pearce Sturt   
         
Round Two         

17 Richmond pass     
18 Hawthorn Clinton Young North Ballarat Rebels   
19 Western Bulldogs Dale Morris Werribee   
20 Collingwood Heritier O'Brien Claremont   
21 Adelaide Jonathon Griffin East Fremantle   
22 Carlton Jesse D. Smith Calder Cannons   
23 Kangaroos Josh Thewlis Kangaroos   
24 Fremantle Jack Juniper Glenelg   
25 West Coast Beau Wilkes Claremont   
26 Melbourne Matthew Warnock Sandringham VFL   
27 Essendon Ben Jolley Calder Cannons   
28 Sydney Luke Vogels Terang   
29 Geelong Nick Batchelor Norwood   
30 St Kilda Ed McDonnell Western Magpies   
31 Brisbane Lions pass     
32 Port Adelaide Rob Forster-Knight  Port Adelaide

[WilliamPowell]

Round Three

33   Richmond   pass   
34   Hawthorn   Thomas Wilday   Perth
35   Western Bulldogs   pass   
35   Adelaide   John Hinge   Glenelg
37   Carlton   Nick Becker   Calder Cannons
38   Kangaroos   Scott McMahon   Woodville-West Torrens
39   Fremantle   Ryan Crowley   Fremantle
40   West Coast   Ashley Thornton   Peel Thunder
41   Melbourne   pass   
42   Sydney   Heatht Grundy   Norwood
43   Geelong   Tim Sheringham   Geelong Falcons
44   St Kilda   pass   
45   Brisbane Lions   pass   
46   Port Adelaide   pass   

Round Four

47   Richmond   pass   
48   Hawthorn   Kristan Height   Box Hill Hawks
49   Western Bulldogs       
50   Carlton   Aisake O'hAilpin   Ireland
51   Kangaroos   Justin Perkins   Perth
52   West Coast   Aaron Edwards   West Coast
53   Melbourne   pass   
54   Sydney   Stefan garubba   Dandenong Stingrays
55   St Kilda   pass   
56   Brisbane Lions   pass   
 
Round Five

57   Kangaroos   pass           
58   Melbourne   pass           
59   Sydney   Earl Shaw   Campbelltown       
60   Brisbane Lions   Josh Drummond   Northern Eagles       
                    
Round Six                   
61   Sydney   Ed Clarke   North Shore       
62   Brisbane Lions   Marcus Allan   Northern Eagles       
                    
Round Seven                   
63   Sydney   Andrew Hayes   Balmain       
64   Brisbane Lions   William Hamill   Mt Gravatt       
                    
Round Eight                   
65   Brisbane Lions   Martin Pask   Western Magpies       
    
Round Nine                
66   Brisbane Lions   Scott Harding    Morningside       

http://afl.com.au/default.asp?pg=news&spg=display&articleid=180560

[Harry]

WTF ?

Sydney and Brisbane pick up 6-7 rookies and we only get 1.

 

We need to get better at this because getting a rookie is virtually the same as getting a kid at pick 40+, as there is a risk in development in both.  Therefore the more rookies you have the more chance you have of finding that player that will develop into a good player.

[Puntroadroar]

Well i am a bit suprised that we only picked up 1 rookie, but before I get disappointed over it perhaps there is a logical reason behind it?

personally i wouldnt have a clue what it is LOL maybe the club werent too interested in the remaining talent, figured they let some other club nuture them? afterall we probably will get the high draft picks at the 2005 national draft and we have a tonne of kids as it is?

who knows but still strange that we would choose this path.

[Harry]

It'll be very interesting when we meet the bombers next year with Zantuck coming face to face with the players he put offside.  Wonder how our senior players in Campbell and Johnson will handle this as Zantuck won't take a backward step.

[Fishfinger]

WTF ?

Sydney and Brisbane pick up 6-7 rookies and we only get 1.

 

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Sydney and Brisbane get to reserve NSW and Qld players before the draft. They are listed but I don't believe they have been picked up.
If you check the picks in the rounds you'll see Brisbane passed in rounds 2 & 3. I think this means they only drafted one rookie and that was in round 1.
Not 100% on how it works. Maybe someone who understands it better than me can better explain it.

Maybe the "reserved" players are drafted but as some kind of concession with late round picks so that early rounds can be used on players from other states. ( ???)