I was actually surprised to see that Kirk wasn’t selected for the RAMS side last year? I only took note of Nicholls as his name has been thrown around in Sydney AFL circles for a couple of years as the Academy’s next golden boy. He’s been all over their social media in the past so I took note of him hoping he’d be the next Campbell. It’s looking as though this year is going to be a bust as far as draft prospects go, for Swans anyway.
Kirk just didn't win enough of it as a forward last year, on quality of disposal he would've been in, but didn't hit the scoreboard heaps either so I can understand that as an omission, combined with the fact GWS beat Sydney by about 30 odd points on average across their games. Not sure either team will have an overly high representation in the Allies squad this year, Suns and Tassie have a lot of quality in comparison so will be interesting to see who gets the nod, at this stage I'd have thought only Angus Curry, Luke Lawrence, Harry Rowston and Nick Madden from the GIANTS, and Kirk, Cleary, Cabor from the Swans would be 'locks', could see some of the 19 year olds like Miller, Grace, Anderson, Endemann and Giacometti getting in but not sure if it'd be worthj putting that many 19-year-olds in that haven't necessarily added much since missing out last season
To be honest I never understand how selection for Rams/Allies works? I note that Sabolch was in Rams last year and has since been dropped by the Swans Academy.
Generally it's just a collaboration from the heads of Academies/ Tasmanian and NT talent managers, with input from AFL Recruiters as well. We see kids drop out a bit, it happens quite often in Queensland for example, and that can be due to a variety of reasons, with Sabolch in particular, without having any inside info I'd guess he just didn't want to do it, we rarely see Academy's make cuts from a players U17's to U18's year, so around that period is usually a player decision
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| DATE | GAME | VENUE/TIME | ||
| ROUND 1 | ||||
| Sat, Jun 11 | Victoria Metro v Victoria Country | Melbourne/Geelong, 12.00pm | ||
| Sat, Jun 18 | GWS Giants v Sydney Swans | Sydney, 12.00pm | ||
| Sun, Jun 19 | Brisbane Lions v Gold Coast Suns | GC/Brisbane, 12.00pm | ||
| Sun, Jun 26 | South Australia v Western Australia | Thebarton Oval, 11.00am | ||
| Sun, Jun 26 | Northern Territory v Tasmania | Melbourne, TBC | ||
| ROUND 2 | ||||
| Mon, Jul 4 | Gold Coast Suns v GWS Giants | Metricon Stadium, 10.00am | ||
| Mon, Jul 4 | Tasmania v Brisbane Lions | Metricon Stadium, 12.30pm | ||
| Mon, Jul 4 | Northern Territory v Sydney Swans | Metricon Stadium, 3.00pm | ||
| Tues, Jul 5 | Victoria Metro v South Australia | Metricon Stadium, 12.00pm | ||
| Tues, Jul 5 | Victoria Country v Western Australia | Metricon Stadium, 2.30pm | ||
| ROUND 3 | ||||
| Fri, Jul 8 | GWS Giants v Brisbane Lions | Canberra, 1:30pm | ||
| Sat, Jul 9 | Northern Territory v Gold Coast Suns | Darwin, 12:00pm | ||
| Sat, Jul 9 | Western Australia v Victoria Metro | Adelaide, 10:00am | ||
| Sat, Jul 9 | South Australia v Victoria Country | Adelaide, 3:00pm | ||
| Sun, Jul 10 | Tasmania v Sydney Swans | Hobart, 12:00pm |
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| DATE | GAME | VENUE/TIME | ||
| Sun, Jun 19 | South Australia v Allies | Thebarton Oval, Adelaide, 1.30pm | ||
| Sat, Jun 25 | Allies v Victoria Metro | Blacktown Int. Sports Park, 1.00pm | ||
| Sun, Jun 26 | South Australia v Victoria Country | Thebarton Oval, Adelaide, 1.30pm | ||
| Sat, Jul 2 | Victoria Metro v Western Australia | Melbourne, 12.00pm | ||
| Sun, Jul 3 | Allies v Victoria Country | Gold Coast, 1.00pm | ||
| Sat, Jul 9 | Allies v Western Australia | Adelaide, 12.30pm | ||
| Sun, Jul 17 | Victoria Metro v South Australia | GMHBA Stadium, Geelong, 11.00am | ||
| Sun, Jul 17 | Victoria Country v Western Australia | GMHBA Stadium, Geelong, 1.30pm | ||
| Sun, Jul 24 | South Australia v Western Australia | Adelaide, 12.00pm | ||
| Fri, Sep 23 | Victoria Metro v Victoria Country | Melbourne, TBC |
Noice, two Lions father sons.2 Academy players nominated in Team of the Week. To be noted Lions & Suns did not play this week
ROOKIE ME CENTRAL ROUND 3 NAB LEAGUE TEAM OF THE WEEK:
B: Finn Emile-Brennan (DS), Ryan Eyers (MB), Massimo D’Ambrosio (WJ)
HB: Lachlan Cowan (TD), Josh Weddle (OC), Jonti Schuback (GP)
C: Darcy Edmends (NK), Mitch Szybkowski (DS), Jaxon Binns (DS)
HF: Bailey Humphrey (GP), Fletcher Hart (MB), Will Splann (TD)
F: Harry Sheezel (SD), Toby Murray (MB), Tadgh Evans (GF)
FOL: Olivier Northam (GF), Elijah Tsatas (OC, c), Will Ashcroft (SD)
INT: Noah Bradshaw (MB), Caiden Cleary (SS), Michael Kiraly (BP), Luke Lawrence (GWS), Tyreece Leiu (ER), Cam Mackenzie (SD)
EMG: Seth Campbell (TD), Michael Ktona (CC), Jovan Petric (WJ)
2022 NAB League Boys Team of the Week: Round 3
The Murray Bushrangers dominate our Round 3 NAB League Team of the Week, boasting four representatives in a competitive 24-man squad.
Bradshaw was in last year’s draft and missed. We retain the father son rights to him.
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Gah! Thanks PM. I need to make sure I get the entire fixture up somewhere next time for reference. I know we've got postponed March games on Sunday coming up but thought they'd flip back to more NAB games. Pity - the kids need more exposure and competition.
Good list but I’d have one of your boys you haven’t mentioned there and close to the top 2 - Ethan Grace . Think he’s mid season draft eligible too as wasn’t listed by giants early enough so falls into the pool
