I've hardly seen these kids play live this year so it's hard to judge them properly watching video but here's my initial thoughts on Gaff and Heppell for people here who have seen more of these draftees to pick apart and correct me.
Andrew Gaff
Age: 18
Height: 179cm
Weight: 74kg
State: Vic (metro)
U18 champ stats: 5 games, 13.2 kicks, 14.0 handballs, 6.2 marks, 2 goals
Left footer (good to elite). Looks like he can use right but left is dominate and stronger.
Inside and outside midfielder.
Sound footy smarts in terms of understanding the game and awareness. Will win the ball, give off and go then receive so likes being the go-to man.
X factor? Burst pace to go to another gear to break clear from traffic (similarities to Judd on that front although he's more Cuz's height). Allows him time and space.
Question marks? Tough to find any. Like most left footers their right isn't as strong. When you can blow opponents off I guess you don't need to use your non-dominate side much.
Dyson Heppell
Age: 18
Height: 188cm
Weight: 80kg
State: Vic (country)
U18 champ stats: 5 games, 14.0 kicks, 5.6 handballs, 4.4 marks, 3 goals
Left footer (good to elite). I haven't seen any vision of him kicking off his right.
Tall flanker/Outside midfielder.
Sound footy smarts in terms of understanding the game and awareness. Has poise so can control and distribute the ball well out of defence.
X factor? Plays tall and small, has very good pace and skills and his size which will make him a difficult player to match up against. Good below his knees and can scoop ball off the ground without changing stride.
Question marks? Overhead marking (in the vision he double-grabbed marks with his hands away from his body)? Does he have a right foot? Can he win his own ball as well as be a running receiver/rebounder.
