2006 Potential Draftees thread

[bluey_21]

I thought the 2005 thread was very insightful and thought i'd have a crack at starting a 2006 thread.

Bryce Gibbs - Highly talented midfielder who has spent past couple seasons playing on the foward line in the SANFL. Very highly rated by recruiters.

Mitch Thorp - Highly-rated in this forum and for good reason, he is an extremely versatile tall who can play FB and FF. IMO could be something very special, and i'm hoping for richmond to snare him next year.

Lachlan Hansen - Don't know much about him, but from reports he sounds like a talent-laden tall, also was very impressive at the Carnival this year.

Joel Selwood - Even more talented midfiedler than his impressive brothers Troy and Adam, but is about 6cm shorter than them.

Scott Gumbleton - Tall CHF from Peel Thunder who is a terrific contested mark (which would please WP). Is a good all-round package with good pace, endurance, skills and footy smarts. If we can't get Thorp i'm hoping for Gumbleton

Leroy Jetta - Electrifying small foward who is clever around goals and works hard to keep the ball in the foward line. Had a very good U18 championship and was rewarded with an U18 AA guernsey.

Jack Riewoldt - Tall foward who has fans and like gumbleton seems a nice all-round package with pace, skills and smarts. He does seem to have plenty of potential but i wasn't entirely impressed with his performances at the carnival this year.

There are plenty of other talented potential draftees in next years draft, but the above names are ones that have had more of the spotlight on them. If we have a similar year like this years we would end up with pick 5 meaning we would definitely pick up one of Riewoldt, Gumbleton, Hansen or Thorp, assuming that Gibbs is the consensus No. 1

[bluey_21]

James Sellar who is also well regarded is another KPP that all clubs will look at.

I read about Sellar in the Sunday Age a couple of weeks ago, and i though he was a tall midfielder who could offer KPP relief like our own Lids.

If we go great guns next season and miss out on Thorp, i wouldn't mind Sellar

[PuntRdRoar]

I think we will end up with a top 3 pick, I also want us to work hard on clubs like North, Sydney and Port and try and get 1 of them to hand over a 1st rounder.

[WilliamPowell]

I think we will end up with a top 3 pick, I also want us to work hard on clubs like North, Sydney and Port and try and get 1 of them to hand over a 1st rounder.

I reckon North would be the one you'd go after - they always seem to give up their 1st round pick

[Razorblade]

West Coast seem to be the only team in premiership contention interested in building their list 100% through the draft.

Sydney, Kangaroos and St Kilda all traded away their 1st rounders to get players.

Late 1st rounders owned by teams looking to top up are always VERY cheap, i mean for Geez sake if Ted Richards is worth a 1st rounder Schulz is worth a top 10 pick at least! 

[Captain__Blood]

I think we might well be bottom  4 club next year. As much as its going to hurt with the '2006 crop' it might not be such a bad thing. Fingers crossed Crows font get Bryce Gibbs F/S

[bluey_21]

Read in The Age about two kids training at Richmond at the moment, one was called Jarrad Grant and the other Tom Bell-something. Ramps do you know anything about them, coz i'm clueless about them

[mightytiges]

Read in The Age about two kids training at Richmond at the moment, one was called Jarrad Grant and the other Tom Bell-something.

Part of the one-week AFL AIS scholarship program.

Tasmania -- Thomas Bellchambers (Launceston FC)
Vic Metro -- Jarrad Grant (Dandenong Stingrays/Frankston Dolphins)

[Razorblade]

LOL Jarryd Grant, mr all talk and no action!

[mightytiges]

Read in The Age about two kids training at Richmond at the moment, one was called Jarrad Grant and the other Tom Bell-something.

A bit more info:

Thomas Bellchambers - 9/7/89 196cm 86kg (Launceston FC)
Jarrad Grant - 6/7/89 188cm 70kg (Dandenong Stingrays/Frankston Dolphins)

Both were in the U16 AFL Championships - Squads are listed here: http://taccup.goal.com.au/_content/document/00044157-src.pdf

Grant was B.O.G. with 30 possessions across HB against Vic Country.

Just on that to see which kids are coming through the system, here are the U16 AFL Championships Results for Division 1. Gibbs and Sellar were prominant for SA with Sellar winning the MVP for the carnival.

ROUND ONE RESULTS

SOUTH AUSTRALIA 24.22. 166 def VIC COUNTRY 10.7.67

SA GOALS: Cornish 4, Gibbs 4, Boyd 2, Wright 2, Millar 2, McNamarra 2, Jessen 2, Lee 2, Hale 1, Jaensch 1, Sellar 1, Winra 1.
VIC COUNTRY GOALS: Gurton 2, Normington 2, Grant 2, Reid 2, Hinkley 1, Boyle 1.

SA BEST: Sellar, Gibbs, Schmidt, O’Grady, Wright, Holmes, Jaensch
VIC COUNTRY BEST: Reid, Hockey, Lord, Francis, McEvoy, Houlihan.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA 9.15.69 def VIC METRO 9.11.65

WA GOALS: Reimers 2, Senior 1, Masten 1, Goudis 1, Winter 1, Myers 1, Gill 1, Ellard 1.
VIC METRO GOALS: Sheldon 2, Lobbe 2, Dell’aquila 1, Merideth 1, Kruezer 1, Prismall 1, Daniher 1.

WA BEST: Reimers, Maston, Browne, Winter, Swallow, Embley, Myers.
VIC METRO BEST: Kruezer, Everitt, Potts, Sheldon, Noy, Suckling.

ROUND TWO RESULTS

VIC METRO 10.7.67 def SOUTH AUSTRALIA 5.16.46

VIC METRO GOALS: Black 2, Prismall 2, Potts 1, Dell’aquila 1, Merideth 1, Kreuzer 1, Spiteri 1, Duyndam 1.
SA GOALS: Holmes 1, Gibbs 1, Miller 1, Hall 1, Sellar.

VIC METRO BEST: Grimes, Suckling, Bongetti, Black, Dell’aquila, Kreuzer.
SA BEST: Gibbs, Sellar, Schmidt, Anderson, Wright, Holmes, Day.

VIC COUNTRY 11.7.73 def WESTERN AUSTRALIA 6.13.49

VIC COUNTRY GOALS: Schofield 4, Gurton 2, Hinkley 1, Baxter 1, Hall 1, Hockey 1, Francis 1.
WA GOALS: Leslie 1, Sweet 1, Embley 1, Reimers 1,Gourdis 1, Hill 1.

VIC COUNTRY BEST: Ford, McEvoy, Hockey, Reid, Blaser, Baxter.
WA BEST: Napoli, Sweet, Masten, Gourdis, Swallow.

  ROUND THREE RESULTS

VIC METRO 16.13.109 def VIC COUNTRY 8.7.55

VIC METRO GOALS: Gabriel 3, Prismall 3, Dell'aquilla 3, Meredith 2, Kreuzer 2, Calder 1, Grimes 1, Potts 1.
VIC COUNTRY GOALS: Gurton 5, Baxter 1, Normington 1, Francis 1.

VIC METRO BEST: Grant, Dell'aquilla, Suckling, Meredith, Grimes, May.
VIC COUNTRY BEST: Normington, Houlihan, Gurton, Ford, Grant, Schofield.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA 19.16.130 def WESTERN AUSTRALIA 13.9.87
SOUTH AUSTRALIA GOALS: Jaensch 7, Boyd 2, Cornish 2, Gibbs 1, Schmidt 1, Miller 1, Sellar 1, O'Grady 1, Winra 1, May 1, Wright 1.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA GOALS: Hill 4, Reimers 3, Masten 1, Ellard 1, McDonald 1, Hawksley 1, Gourdis 1, Napoli 1.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA BEST: Schmidt, Jaensch, O'Grady, Sellar, Gibbs..
WESTERN AUSTRALIA BEST: Masten, Napoli, Gourdis, Myers, Swallow, Reimers, Sweet.

KEVIN SHEEHAN MEDALLIST - MOST VALUABLE PLAYER DIVISION 1 - James Sellar (South Australia)

http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:esfJ5W1xG_kJ:goal.com.au/default.aspx%3Fs%3Dnewsdisplay%26aid%3D96388+U16+NAB+AFL+championships+2005+results+round&hl=en

[bluey_21]

Is Miller interested in drafting Grant and Bellchambers?

[Captain__Blood]

Is Miller interested in drafting Grant and Bellchambers?

I highly doubt anyone on here would know.

[mightytiges]

Is Miller interested in drafting Grant and Bellchambers?

As a recruiter you'd expect he'd have some interest in every kid who may be good enough to get drafted at the end of the year. Being part of the AFL/AIS system helps those two being noticed by all 16 club recruiters you'd presume. Whether they are good enough to be drafted still depends mostly on how they perform in the TAC cup this year.

[PuntRdRoar]

too early to tell...the challenge for Miller is to try and wrack up 5 or 6 picks inside 30 if he can.

[Razorblade]

too early to tell...the challenge for Miller is to try and wrack up 5 or 6 picks inside 30 if he can.

Replace the word challenge with mission impossible in that sentence and your on the money!