2008 Draft Camp

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Players attending the 2008 NAB AFL Draft Camp

THE AFL has released the names of the 75 young hopefuls who will attend this year's NAB AFL Draft Camp, which gets under way at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra next week.

The camp is a key event in the lead-up to November's NAB AFL Draft, with the attendees given the opportunity to impress recruiters from the 16 AFL clubs as they are put through a series of interviews and tests.

Prospective top-three choices Nicholas Naitanui, Jack Watts and Daniel Rich will take part, as will tall forward Ayce Cordy who is likely to go to the Western Bulldogs as a father-son pick.

Victoria leads the state by state breakdown with 37 players invited followed by South Australia with 14, Western Australia with 13, Tasmania with five, the Northern Territory with three, New South Wales with two and one from Queensland.

The three-day camp kicks off on next Wednesday with fitness assessments and psychomotor tests which measure reaction time, decision-making and peripheral awareness.

Sprints, vertical leap and agility are tested on Thursday, with the dreaded beep test to be held at 5pm. The three-km time trial awaits on Friday morning, with a skills session to finish the camp later that afternoon.

The draft meeting will be held on Saturday November 29, and the camp is a pivotal part of the assessment process along with the NAB AFL U18 Championships and the TAC Cup. 

Players attending the 2008 NAB AFL Draft Camp

Small/Medium Midfielders

1 Dylan McNeil NSW Murray Bushrangers
2 Chris Hall SA Eagles
3 Sam Blease VIC Eastern Ranges
4 Zach Ledin VIC Geelong Falcons
5 Jamie Sheahan VIC Murray Bushrangers
6 Nick Suban VIC North Ballarat
7 David Zaharakis VIC Northern Knights
8 Dan Hannebery VIC Oakleigh Chargers
9 Mitchell Banner VIC Western Jets
10 Alistair Smith WA Perth
11 Michael Walters WA Swan Districts
12 Stephen Hill WA West Perth

Medium Forwards

13 Steven Motlop NT Wanderers
14 Adam Varcoe SA Central Districts
15 Ryan Schoenmakers SA Norwood
16 Charlie Sharples NT Darwin FC
17 Nick Heyne VIC Gippsland Power
18 Sam Wright VIC Murray Bushrangers
19 Tom Rockliff VIC Murray Bushrangers
20 Caleb Tiller VIC Murray Bushrangers
21 Bryce Carroll VIC Western Jets
22 Ian Richardson WA Claremont
23 Neville Jetta WA Swan Districts
24 Chris Yarran WA Swan Districts

Medium Midfielders

25 Dayne Beams QLD Southport
26 Hamish Hartlett SA West Adelaide
27 Tom Allwright TAS Tassie Mariners
28 Mitch Robinson TAS Tassie Mariners
29 Jack Ziebell VIC Murray Bushrangers
30 Luke Shuey VIC Oakleigh Chargers
31 James Strauss VIC Oakleigh Chargers
32 Taylor Gilchrist VIC Sandringham Dragons
33 Matthew DeBoer WA Claremont
34 Tom Swift WA Claremont
35 Daniel Rich WA Subiaco

Medium Defenders

36 Kade Klemke NSW Murray Bushrangers
37 Rhys O'Keefe SA North Adelaide
38 Tyson Slattery SA West Adelaide
39 Ashley Smith VIC Dandenong Stingrays
40 Rory Sloane VIC Eastern Ranges
41 Ben Bucovaz VIC Geelong Falcons
42 Steele Sidebottom VIC Murray Bushrangers
43 Taylor Hunt VIC Sandringham Dragons
44 Sam McGarry VIC Sandringham Dragons
45 Jarrad Blight WA Swan Districts
46 Clancee Pearce WA Swan Districts

Tall Defenders

47 Michael Gugliotta NT Nightcliff
48 Matthew Broadbent SA Eagles
49 Phil Davis SA North Adelaide
50 Matthew Martin SA West Adelaide
51 Jordan Jones VIC Geelong Falcons
52 Tom Simpkin VIC Geelong Falcons
53 Riley Milne VIC Murray Bushrangers
54 Michael Hurley VIC Northern Knights
55 Zach Sengstock VIC Sandringham Dragons
56 Casey Sibosado NT Northern Territory Thunder

Tall Forwards

57 Lewis Johnston SA North Adelaide
58 Paul Cahill SA Sturt
59 Aaron Cornelius TAS Tassie Mariners
60 Liam Jones TAS Tassie Mariners
61 Jackson Trengove VIC Calder Cannons
62 Will Young VIC North Ballarat
63 Jordan Lisle VIC Oakleigh Chargers
64 Tom Lynch VIC Sandringham Dragons
65 Jack Watts VIC Sandringham Dragons
66 Lance Daly WA Swan Districts

Ruckmen

67 Jarrad Redden SA Eagles
68 Rhys Stanley SA West Adelaide
69 Bart McCulloch TAS Tassie Mariners
70 Shaun McKernan VIC Calder Cannons
71 Ayce Cordy VIC Geelong Falcons
72 Jordan Roughead VIC North Ballarat
73 Tom Hill VIC Northern Knights
74 Tyrone Vickery VIC Sandringham Dragons
75 Nicholas Naitanui WA Swan Districts

http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/showpost.php?p=12498198&postcount=1

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Medium Midfielders

25 Dayne Beams QLD Southport
26 Hamish Hartlett SA West Adelaide
27 Tom Allwright TAS Tassie Mariners
28 Mitch Robinson TAS Tassie Mariners
29 Jack Ziebell VIC Murray Bushrangers
30 Luke Shuey VIC Oakleigh Chargers
31 James Strauss VIC Oakleigh Chargers
32 Taylor Gilchrist VIC Sandringham Dragons
33 Matthew DeBoer WA Claremont
34 Tom Swift WA Claremont
35 Daniel Rich WA Subiaco

Tall Forwards

57 Lewis Johnston SA North Adelaide
58 Paul Cahill SA Sturt
59 Aaron Cornelius TAS Tassie Mariners
60 Liam Jones TAS Tassie Mariners
61 Jackson Trengove VIC Calder Cannons
62 Will Young VIC North Ballarat
63 Jordan Lisle VIC Oakleigh Chargers
64 Tom Lynch VIC Sandringham Dragons
65 Jack Watts VIC Sandringham Dragons
66 Lance Daly WA Swan Districts

Ruckmen

67 Jarrad Redden SA Eagles
68 Rhys Stanley SA West Adelaide
69 Bart McCulloch TAS Tassie Mariners
70 Shaun McKernan VIC Calder Cannons
71 Ayce Cordy VIC Geelong Falcons
72 Jordan Roughead VIC North Ballarat
73 Tom Hill VIC Northern Knights
74 Tyrone Vickery VIC Sandringham Dragons
75 Nicholas Naitanui WA Swan Districts

These should be the 3 groups we should interested in the most.

Interesting to see if Trengove makes the camp. McKernan should be classed as a tall forward. Too short for an AFL ruckman even though he rucks a bit in the U18s.

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Kevin Sheahan on SEN about the draft camp....

Nat should break Croad's vertical jump record
2.90 in 20m sprint.

Sidebottom - 15 beep. Top 10er

Vickery - Top 5. Key forward/ruck 6' 7". Overcome ACL last year to show he can stand up under pressure in the Vic Metro vs WA U18 final.

Lynch - 190cm. Play anywhere. Top 20 or even inside first round.


Wed: Repeat sprints. 6 x 30m with 20 sec breaks. Last year Rioli killed it.

Thurs: 5m, 10m, 20m sprints and Beep test.

Friday: 3k time trial. Tests competitiveness. Palmer stood out in this last year.

Clubs put in 20 requests for interviews.

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Pics of all 75 potential draftees up at the draft camp....

http://www.gspimages.com.au/photography/results/?q=collection:AFL%202008%20Media%20-%20%202008%20NAB%20AFL%20Draft%20Camp&sub_code=all&page=1&per_page=100

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Some brief Draft Camp results:

Shoenmakers dominated the repeated sprints.

Watts ran 20m in 0.50 seconds and in the vertical jump Naitanui jumped 6.59m

Naitanui was 4th and Watts was 7th in the sprint test.

Kevin Sheahan was saying that it is amazing such tall blokes could do such good times.


Interviews: (I'll post these on the Richmond Rant board as well)

http://bigpondvideo.com/AFLTV/80446 or http://www.youtube.com/v/kNT_QGfpC78

http://bigpondvideo.com/AFLTV/80442 or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUH-ApQEIsg

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Naitanui's vertical leap - 78cm unconfirmed - which is just behind Croad's record. May have equalled the running jump.

20m sprint and agility records have gone.

20m results by a Pies fan who was at DC in the morning:

1. #39 Ashley Smith, Dandenong, Defender - 2.80 secs
2. #65 Jack Watts, Sandringham, Tall Forward - 2.82 secs
3. #12 Stephen Hill, West perth, Midfielder - 2.83 secs
4. #75 Nic Naitanui, Swan Districts, Ruck - 2.86 secs
5. #34 Tom Swift, Claremont, Midfielder - 2.89 secs
6. #15 Ryan Schoenmakers, Norwood, Forward - 2.90 secs
7. #3 Sam Blease, Eastern, Midfielder - 2.91 secs
7. #17 Nick Heyne, Gippsland, Forward - 2.91 secs
9. #43 Taylor Hunt, Sandringham, Defender - 2.92 secs
9. #30 Luke Shuey, Oakleigh, Midfielder - 2.92 secs
9. #33 Matthew DeBoer, Claremont, Midfielder - 2.92 secs
12.#74 Tyrone Vickery, Sandringham, Ruck - 2.94 secs
12.#21 Bryce Carroll, Western Jets, Forward - 2.94 secs

Watched Ziebell - from memory his times were above 3.00 secs - a bit slow but Sidebottom's were very slow. Hurley was a bit below 3.00, I think, and I was very impressed by him. Strauss was in the same group as Shuey, Swift and DeBoer but can't remember his times - sorry. Hartlett, Rich and Beams from that group didn't run. There were a lot of players around the 3.00 - 3.10 secs.

I'm sure results will be on the AFL website tonight.

Reading that, the times should be roughly
Ziebell was 3.00 - 3.10
Sidebottom was 3.05+
Hurley 2.95 - 3.00

http://www.voy.com/51976/28760.html

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Geez Watts is quick off the mark  . Only further confirms he'll go No.1. Vickery did very well too.

Gourdis got 2.83 secs last year so he is on par with Watts (minus the natural footy ability  ). If that Nat vertical jump figure is right though Dave can jump higher at 81cm  .

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Watts ran the 20 metre sprint in 2.82 seconds, while Naitanui was just behind him in 2.86 seconds.

The other stand out performance came from West Australian Stephen Hill who broke Danyle Pearce's four-year-old record in the agility run, sprinting through in 7.7 seconds.

Age link

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Looks like Tom Swift has lost none of his agility.

Take note Francis. 

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Day two video from the AFL site:

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfMuEVJ8FRE

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Some more draft camp results - Day 2

Repeat speed test - six 20-metre sprints

1. Ryan Schoenmakers   24.82 secs
2. Sam Blease               24.97
2. Matt De Boer             24.97
4. James Strauss           25.10
4. Nathan Naitanui        25.10


STANDING VERTICAL JUMP

Nicholas Naitanui 78cm

Record: Trent Croad 83cm (1997)

RUNNING VERTICAL JUMP

Nicholas Naitanui 102cm   (3.62m off the ground)

Tied Jared Brennan's record (2002)

BEEP TEST

Rory Sloane 14.08

Jack Watts  13.6

Record: Jarrad McVeigh 15.06 (2002)

20M SPRINT

Ashley Smith 2.80sec

Jack Watts    2.82
The best of Naitanui's three 20-metre sprint times was 2.86 seconds, and he ran under three seconds each time.
Vickery         2.94
McKernan     2.95

Record: Danyle Pearce 2.79sec (2004)

AGILITY RUN

Stephen Hill 7.77sec

Broke Danyle Pearce's record of 7.79sec (2004)



http://www.realfooty.com.au/news/news/naitanui-jumps-to-it-at-camp/2008/10/02/1222651268865.html

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SEN didn't give any times but they said Jack Watts blew everyone away to show he has speed and endurance. Certain No.1 pick now.

Courtesy of K24 on Voy

The 3km trial was run in 3 groups.

Group 1 was the small/medium midfielders and the medium forwards - basically players numbered 1-24 in the list. Only 13 of 24 ran. Trial was won comfortably by Dan Hannebery (Oakleigh) with a good time of about 10 minutes 16 seconds (plus or minus a couple of seconds) - then followed Chris Hall (SA Eagles), Stephen Hill (West Perth), Ian Richardson (Claremont) & Sam Wright (Murray). Tom Rockliff (Murray) was a distant last.

Group 2 was the medium midfielders and medium defenders - basically players numbered 25-46. Only 12 of 22 ran. Trial was won very comfortably by Steele Sidebottom (Murray) in a time of about 10:31 (plus or minus a few seconds). He streeted them. Second was Sam McGarry (Sandringham) and then a group cam in pretty much together. Ashley Smith who won yesterday's 20m sprint was in the last couple.

Group 3 was the tall defenders, tall forwards & ruckmen - players numbered 47-75 on the list. Only 15 of 29 ran. Naitanui was a no-show - only 3 rucks ran. Trial was won by Tom Lynch (Sandringham) in a time of about 11:10 (plus or minus a few seconds) from Lewis Johnston (North Adelaide), Jordan Jones (Geelong) & Michael Hurley (Northern). Zach Sengstock probably set a record for the slowest 3km run.

Skills session consisted of 2 groups of about 20 players doing various drills - probably half the players there didn 't participate. Made a few notes but probably nothing that hasn't been said before.

My two observations about this draft is that the consensus seems to be that it's a good draft - the first 25 will be good players and there will still be good players available in the third round. I don't think it's as cut and dried as a lot of mock drafts would have you believe either. There will be some surprises, some sliders (either way) and if one of them is near the top it will throw everybody out that follows.

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Sidebottom seems to have high endurance but not necessarily speed in spurts. Tom Lynch fans on here will be happy.

My two observations about this draft is that the consensus seems to be that it's a good draft - the first 25 will be good players and there will still be good players available in the third round. I don't think it's as cut and dried as a lot of mock drafts would have you believe either. There will be some surprises, some sliders (either way) and if one of them is near the top it will throw everybody out that follows.

More the reason to keep our second round pick instead of trading it away for dud lugs just because they can 2nd ruck. Also we need to try to trade for another top 30 pick.

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Results from NAB AFL Draft Camp
By Matt Burgan
Fri 03 October, 2008

REPEAT SPRINTS – 6 x 30 metres
This test involves players running 6 x 30 metres sprints with a 20-second time cycle. For example, if the player runs 30 metres in 4.30 seconds, he then has 15.30 seconds to recover, before starting his next 30-metre sprint.

1 – Ryan Schoenmakers (Norwood, SA – medium forward) – 24.82 seconds
2 – Sam Blease (Eastern Ranges, VIC – small/medium midfielder) – 24.97
      Matthew DeBoer (Claremont, WA – medium midfielder) – 24.97
4 – Nick Naitanui (Swan Districts, WA – ruckman) – 25.10
      James Strauss (Oakleigh Chargers, VIC – medium midfielder) – 25.10
6 – Ashley Smith – (Dandenong Stingrays, VIC – medium defender) – 25.14
7 – Stephen Hill (West Perth, WA – small/medium midfielder) – 25.44
      Jack Watts (Sandringham Dragons, VIC – tall forward) – 25.44
9 – Alistair Smith (Perth, WA – small/medium midfielder) – 25.48
10 – Taylor Hunt (Sandringham Dragons, VIC – medium defender) – 25.49
11 – Rory Sloane (Eastern Ranges, VIC – medium defender) – 25.57
12 – Tom Lynch (Sandringham Dragons, VIC – tall forward) – 25.67
13 – Chris Yarran (Swan Districts, WA – medium forward) – 25.74

HEIGHT – tallest players at the draft camp
1 – Ayce Cordy (Geelong Falcons, VIC – ruckman) – 201.7cm
2 – Nick Naitanui (Swan Districts, WA – ruckman) – 200.9cm
3 – Rhys Stanley (West Adelaide, SA – ruckman) – 200.4cm
4 – Tyrone Vickery (Sandringham Dragons, VIC – ruckman) – 200.0cm
5 – Jordan Roughead (North Ballarat Rebels, VIC – ruckman) – 199.7cm
6 – Bart McCulloch (Tassie Mariners, TAS – ruckman) – 198.9cm
7 – Tom Hill (Northern Knights, VIC – ruckman) – 198.5cm
8 – Jackson Trengove (Calder Cannons, VIC – tall forward) – 196.5cm
9 – Shaun McKernan (Calder Cannons, VIC – ruckman) – 196.0cm
10 – Jack Watts (Sandringham Dragons, VIC – tall forward) – 195.8cm

WEIGHT – heaviest players at the draft camp
1 – Matthew Martin (West Adelaide, SA – tall defender) – 99.35kg
2 – Shaun McKernan (Calder Cannons, VIC – ruckman) – 94.30kg
3 – Nick Naitanui (Swan Districts, WA – ruckman) – 93.90kg
4 – Jordan Lisle (Oakleigh Chargers, VIC – tall forward) – 92.75kg
5 – Micheal Hurley (Northern Knights, VIC – tall defender) – 91.80kg
6 – Jordan Roughead (North Ballarat Rebels, VIC – ruckman) – 91.75kg
7 – Clancee Pearce (Swan Districts, WA – medium defender) – 89.75kg
8 – Tyrone Vickery (Sandringham Dragons, VIC – ruckman) – 88.80kg
      Rhys Stanley (West Adelaide, SA – ruckman) – 88.80kg
10 – Jackson Trengove (Calder Cannons, VIC – tall forward) – 88.50kg

AGILITY
This is a slalom-type course where players change directions. The specially-designed circuit, roughly 40 metres in total, is set out in a zig-zag pattern.
1 – Stephen Hill (West Perth, WA – small/medium midfielder) – 7.77 seconds – draft camp record
2 – Jack Watts (Sandringham Dragons, VIC – tall forward) – 8.03
3 – James Strauss (Oakleigh Chargers, VIC – medium midfielder) – 8.18
4 – Nick Suban (North Ballarat Rebels, VIC – medium midfielder) – 8.25
5 – Ayce Cordy (Geelong Falcons, VIC – ruckman) – 8.27
6 – Shaun McKernan (Calder Cannons, VIC – ruckman) – 8.31
7 – Neville Jetta (Swan Districts, WA – medium forward) – 8.32
      Dan Hannebery (Oakleigh Chargers, VIC – small/medium midfielder) – 8.32
9 – Luke Shuey (Oakleigh Chargers, VIC – medium midfielder) – 8.34
10 – Liam Jones (Tassie Mariners, TAS – tall forward) – 8.35

THREE-KM TIME TRIAL
This is a straight out three-km time-trial held in racing conditions around the athletics track.
1 – Dan Hannebery (Oakleigh Chargers, VIC – small/medium midfielder) – 10min 17sec
2 – Steele Sidebottom (Murray Bushrangers, VIC – medium defender) – 10.32
3 – Sam McGarry (Sandringham Dragons, VIC – medium defender) – 10.41
4 – Tyson Slattery (West Adelaide, SA – medium defender) – 10.42
5 – Chris Hall (Eagles, SA – small/medium midfielder) – 10.42
6 – Michael Gugliotta (Nightcliff, NT – tall defender) – 10.43
7 – Rory Sloane (Eastern Ranges, VIC – medium defender) – 10.44
8 – Matthew DeBoer (Claremont, WA – medium midfielder) – 10.53
9 – Jarrad Blight (Swan Districts, WA – medium defender) – 10.57
10 – Matthew Broadbent (Eagles, SA – tall defender) – 10.57

STANDING VERTICAL JUMP
This is a stand and jump test, with the best results from the three or four jumps recorded. To record the jump, a vertex machine is used. A player must slap the highest possible slat on this machine for the best jump to be recorded. Each slat is roughly a centimetre apart.

1 – Nick Naitanui (Swan Districts, WA – ruckman) – 78cm
2 – Shaun McKernan (Calder Cannons, VIC – ruckman) – 74cm
3 – Tom Swift (Claremont, WA – medium midfielder) – 72cm
      Stephen Hill (West Perth, WA – small/medium midfielder) – 72cm
5 – Jack Watts (Sandringham Dragons, VIC – tall forward) – 70cm
      Sam Blease (Eastern Ranges, VIC – small/medium midfielder) – 70cm
7 – Ryan Schoenmakers (Norwood, SA – medium forward) – 69cm
      Nick Heyne (Gippsland Power, VIC – medium forward) – 69cm
      Bryce Carroll (Western Jets, VIC – medium forward) – 69cm
10 – Michael Gugliotta (Nightcliff, NT – tall defender) – 67cm
        Ashley Smith (Dandenong Stingrays, VIC – medium defender) – 67cm
        Alistair Smith (Perth, WA – small/medium midfielder) – 67cm

RUNNING VERTICAL JUMP

Winner – Nick Naitanui (Swan Districts, WA – ruckman) – 1.02 metres
This record equalled Brisbane Lion Jared Brennan

20-METRE SPRINT
A straight out 20-metre sprint test, with the best time recorded from three attempts.
1 – Ashley Smith (Dandenong Stingrays, VIC – small/medium midfielder) – 2.80 seconds – Just missed out on the record held by Port Adelaide's Danyle Pearce (2.79 sec)
2 – Jack Watts – (Sandringham Dragons, VIC – tall forward) – 2.82
3 – Stephen Hill (West Perth, WA – small/medium midfielder) – 2.83
4 – Nick Naitanui (Swan Districts, WA – ruckman) – 2.86
5 – Tom Swift (Claremont, WA – medium midfielder) – 2.89
6 – Ryan Schoenmakers (Norwood, SA – medium forward) – 2.90
7 – Nick Heyne (Gippsland Power, VIC – medium forward) – 2.91
      Sam Blease (Eastern Ranges, VIC – small/medium midfielder) – 2.91
9 – Luke Shuey (Oakleigh Chargers, VIC – medium midfielder) – 2.92
      Taylor Hunt (Sandringham Dragons, VIC – medium defender) – 2.92
      Matthew DeBoer (Claremont, WA – medium midfielder) – 2.92

SHUTTLE RUN (AKA BEEP TEST)
The shuttle run is held on the basketball courts. Players must run 20 metres before hearing a beep. It starts off slowly and builds up rapidly, with players increasing their pace significantly. The beeps get quicker each time the players progress. It is a last man standing test. Each player gets one warning – if they miss one beep – they cannot afford to miss another one, as they will be disqualified from the shuttle run. An average draft camp run is level 13.3. A very good level is 14-plus and 15-plus is rare.

1 – Chris Hall (Eagles, SA – small/medium midfielder) – Level 14.6
2 – Rory Sloane (Eastern Ranges, VIC – medium defender) – 14.5
      Steele Sidebottom (Murray Bushrangers, VIC – medium defender) – 14.5
4 – Luke Shuey (Oakleigh Chargers, VIC – medium midfielder) – 14.4
5 – Jarrad Blight (Swan Districts, WA – medium defender) – 14.3
      Tyson Slattery (West Adelaide, SA – medium defender) – 14.3
7 – Dan Hannebery (Oakleigh Chargers, VIC – small/medium midfielder) – 14.2
      Ian Richardson (Claremont, WA – medium forward) – 14.2
9 – Tom Lynch (Sandringham Dragons, VIC – tall forward) – 14.1
      Tom Swift (Claremont, WA – medium midfielder) – 14.1

http://www.afl.com.au/News/NEWSARTICLE/tabid/208/Default.aspx?newsId=68589

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Day 3 video. A quick snapshot of the RFC group watching the 3km trial.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ms1FJswHHR0