BigFooty Official 2024 BIGFOOTY OFFICIAL PHANTOM DRAFT

[PMBangers]

Round 1
Pick 1 - Richmond - Sam Lalor (GWV Rebels/ VIC C)
Pick 2 - North Melbourne - Finn O'Sullivan (Oakeigh Chargers/ VIC C)
Pick 3 - Brisbane - Levi Ashcroft (Sandringham Dragons/ VIC M) [Matched Bid, used Picks 27, 34,42 and 43, receive Pick 3 and 230 points for Marshall bid)
Pick 4 - Carlton - Sid Draper (South Adelaide/ SA)
Pick 5 - Adelaide - Jagga Smith (Oakleigh Chargers/ VIC M)
Pick 6 - Melbourne - Harvey Langford (Dandenong Stingrays/ VIC C)
Pick 7 - Richmond - Alix Tauru (Gippsland Power/ VIC C)
Pick 8 - St Kilda - Josh Smillie (Eastern Ranges / VIC M)
Pick 9 - St Kilda - Harry Armstrong ( Sandringham Dragons/ VIC M)
Pick 10 - Melbourne - Murphy Reid (Sandringham Dragons/ VIC M)
Pick 11 - Richmond - Bo Allan (Peel Thunder/ WA)
Pick 12 - Essendon - Isaac Kako (Calder Cannons/ VIC M) [Matched Bid, used Picks 28 and 31, receive Pick 12]
Pick 13 - Richmond - Tobie Travaglia (Bendigo Pioneers/ VIC C)
Pick 14 - Gold Coast Suns - Leonardo Lombard (Gold Coast Academy, VFL/ QLD) [Matched Bid, used Picks 37 and 39, receive Pick 14]
Pick 15 - West Coast - Xavier Lindsay (Gippsland Power/ VIC C)
Pick 16 - Port Adelaide - Taj Hotton (Sandringham Dragons/ VIC M)
Pick 17 - Fremantle - Joe Berry (Murray Bushrangers/ VIC C)
Pick 18 - GWS - Harrison Oliver (Sandringham Dragons/ VIC M)
Pick 19 - GWS - Jack Whitlock (Murray Bushrangers/ VIC C)
Pick 20 - Western Bulldogs - Ollie Hannaford (GWV Rebels/ VIC C)
Pick 21 - Richmond - Cooper Hynes (Dandenong Stingrays/ VIC C)
Pick 22 - Sydney - Jobe Shanahan (Bendigo Pioneers/ NSW)
Pick 23 - Richmond - Alex Dodson (Sturt/ SA)
Pick 24 - GWS - Tom Gross (Oakleigh Chargers/ VIC M)
Pick 25 - Brisbane - Sam Marshall (Sandringham Dragons/ QLD) [Matched Bid, Used Picks 44 and 55]
Pick 26 - Sydney - Luke Trainor (Sandringham Dragons/ VIC M)
Pick 27 - Richmond - Jonty Faull (GWV Rebels/ VIC C)

Round 2
Pick 28 - Richmond - Thomas Sims (Northern Knights/ VIC M)
Pick 29 - Western Bulldogs - Hamish Davis (Claremont/ WA)
Pick 30 - West Coast - Christian Moraes (Eastern Ranges/ VIC M)
Pick 31 - Port Adelaide - Jesse Dattoli (Northern Knights/ VIC M)
Pick 32 - Fremantle - Angus Clarke (Glenelg/ SA)
Pick 33 - St Kilda - Matt Whitlock (Murray Bushrangers/ VIC C)
Pick 34 - Hawthorn - Hugh Boxshall (Claremont/ WA)
Pick 35 - Carlton - Ben Camporeale (Glenelg/SA) [Matched Bid, used Pick 38)
Pick 36 - Western Bulldogs - Jasper Alger (Oakleigh Chargers/ VIC C)
Pick 37 - Hawthorn - Cody Anderson (Eastern Ranges) [Matched bid, used picks 65 & 71)
Pick 38 - Port Adelaide -Will Hayes

40

Will Hayes

Age

29

Ht

181cm

Wt

77kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.6

4star

K

8.6

3star

HB

7.0

4star

M

4.0

4star

T

3.3

5star

CL

0.9

3star

No current season stats available

D

15.8

4star

K

8.4

4star

HB

7.4

5star

M

4.2

4star

T

2.6

4star

CL

0.4

3star

(Claremont/ WA)
Pick 39 - GWS - Jack Ough (GWV Rebels / VIC C)
Pick 40 - Essendon - James Barrat (Bendigo Pioneers/ VIC C)

Round 3
Pick 41 - Sydney - Luke Urquhart (East Fremantle/ WA)
Pick 42 - Geelong - Lachie Jacques (Geelong Falcons/ VIC C)
Pick 43 - Essendon - Lennox Hofman (Sandringham Dragons/ VIC M) [St Kilda elected not to match]
Pick 44 - St Kilda - Kayle Gerreyn (West Perth/ WA)
Pick 45 - Western Bulldogs - Harry O'Farrell (Calder Cannons/ VIC M)
Pick 46 - Port Adelaide - Noah Mraz (Dandenong Stingrays/ VIC C)
Pick 47 - Gold Coast - Archer Day-Wicks (Bendigo Pioneers/ VIC C)
Pick 48 - Collingwood - Charlie Nicholls (Central Districts/ SA)
Pick 49 - Essendon - Sam Davidson (Richmond VFL)
Pick 50 - Essendon - Charlie West (WWT Eagles/ SA)
Pick 51 - GWS - Logan Smith (GWS Academy/ ACT) [Matched Bid, Used pick 52 to match)
Pick 52 - Collingwood -
Pick 53 - Geelong -
Pick 54 - Collingwood -
Pick 55 - Sydney

Round 4
Pick 56 - Gold Coast
Pick 57 - North Melbourne
Pick 58 - Carlton
Pick 59 - Adelaide
Pick 60 - Essendon
Pick 61 - Brisbane
Pick 62 - Fremantle
Pick 63 - Carlton
Pick 64 - Carlton
Pick 65 - Gold Coast
Pick 66 - Carlton
Pick 67 - West Coast
Pick 68 - GWS
Pick 69 - Geelong
Pick 70 - Gold Coast
Pick 71 - Gold Coast
Pick 72 - Hawthorn

 

[goodcop badcop]

Really wanted Davis at 32 for Freo, wonder who Chris25 picks now.

Angus Clarke was the one I was tossing up over and I think the dogs will pick him up there in the real thing.

 

[theGav56]

I am almost certain Chris will go Angus Clarke for this one, which I think would be a great pick.

There are also some pretty decent tall backmen on the board as well. And Gerreyn whom I really rate.

There seems to be a bit of a raffle happening in this part of the draft with quite different players rated in the same draft range.

Do you think we'd be interested in Moreas?

 

[Chris25]

Pick 32 Fremantle - Angus Clarke

Shouldn’t really be a surprise. He’s the highest on my board, I think he’s borderline top 20. One of the best kicks in the draft with a lot of room left to grow. Strong mark and one I actually rate defensively too.

Few talls around the mark here too, otherwise Lachie Jaques was the other one I considered.

ModernArtillery

 

[ModernArtillery]

Pick 33 - St Kilda
Matt Whitlock
Murray Bushrangers / Vic Country

Write up to come.

Chris25

 

[pK75]

Who is your choice?

I wouldn't mind Clarke or Gerreyn

Those two would be my choice, Alger and Dolan also around here but probably not if we’d landed Berry with 14.
Gerreyn would be my choice as an understudy to Jackson, think Forward ruck will be his role at afl level, unless he grows more as 199 is too small for a 1st choice ruck.

 

[Chris25]

Pick 34 Hawthorn - Hugh Boxshall

187cm mid out of WA, wins his own ball inside plus a decent athlete on the outside. One weakness I see in this draft is in proper midfielders, a lot of the depth is in flankers and talls. But with Boxshall, I see a guy with genuine potential to develop in the middle.

I did consider Gerreyn, because Chol has had his one good season now. So he’s due for a few poor ones. But I’ll go tall later instead.

goodcop badcop

 

[goodcop badcop]

Western Bulldogs bid on Ben Camporeale

LemmingMaster

 

[Pure_Ownage]

Pick 32 Fremantle - Angus Clarke

Shouldn’t really be a surprise. He’s the highest on my board, I think he’s borderline top 20. One of the best kicks in the draft with a lot of room left to grow. Strong mark and one I actually rate defensively too.

Few talls around the mark here too, otherwise Lachie Jaques was the other one I considered.

ModernArtillery

I'm hoping Jacques gets to Geelong in r3. Would be a massive bargain if so.

 

[LemmingMaster]

Western Bulldogs bid on Ben Camporeale

LemmingMaster

Matched, you'd hope on draft night you could move infront of this bid. I was borderline going to let him go to the Doggies.

 

[goodcop badcop]

Matched, you'd hope on draft night you could move infront of this bid. I was borderline going to let him go to the Doggies.

I was thinking that, he was the best available on my board so had to do it.

Pick 36 - Western Bulldogs - Jasper Alger

Went with the best available small option again. Strongly considered some tall back options here, but another speedy small option was still another need. Similar to Weightmen, but they may have to take turns playing further up the ground at times.

Full write up to come

eDPS with Port

 

[eDPS]

Port Adelaide bid on Cody Anderson

Chris25 with Hawks will you match?

 

[Chris25]

Port Adelaide bid on Cody Anderson

Chris25 with Hawks will you match?

Pick 37 Hawthorn - Cody Anderson (matched NGA bid)

It’s earlier than I’d have taken him in the open draft, but there’s really nothing to lose using a couple of late picks to match here.

The concern is on his ball use and decision making, two pretty big negatives for a small. He absolutely makes up for it with his attack on the ball and he does most other things well. But his weaknesses aren’t areas that tend to suddenly improve, especially with a step up in competition.

But he’ll give it 100% and he’s every chance to find a role in the midfield through sheer effort. And in the short term, he’ll probably debut in 2025 in the forward half as a defensive small.

 

[eDPS]

Pick 38 - Port Adelaide - Will Hayes

40

Will Hayes

Age

29

Ht

181cm

Wt

77kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.6

4star

K

8.6

3star

HB

7.0

4star

M

4.0

4star

T

3.3

5star

CL

0.9

3star

No current season stats available

D

15.8

4star

K

8.4

4star

HB

7.4

5star

M

4.2

4star

T

2.6

4star

CL

0.4

3star

180cm - Wingman

I’ve looked at Hayes to help complete the wings for Port Adelaide for the future to partner with Burgoyne. Hayes has that great speed/endurance mix for the role and his kicking inside 50 is usually sublime.

Hayes knows how to find the goals but also can run and dash from half back so he is a versatile type with some real upside aswell.

PMBangers

 

[eaglevision]

Pick 38 - Port Adelaide - Will Hayes
180cm - Wingman

I’ve looked at Hayes to help complete the wings for Port Adelaide for the future to partner with Burgoyne. Hayes has that great speed/endurance mix for the role and his kicking inside 50 is usually sublime.

Hayes knows how to find the goals but also can run and dash from half back so he is a versatile type with some real upside aswell.

PMBangers

Great pick, especially after trading Duursma last year. Early in the season I was quietly confident he’d slip through to the rookie draft with a couple of other WA options. Don’t think there’s much chance of that now, especially post combine. Great athlete and a smart footballer.

 

[Smythe]

Pick 38 - Port Adelaide - Will Hayes
180cm - Wingman

I’ve looked at Hayes to help complete the wings for Port Adelaide for the future to partner with Burgoyne. Hayes has that great speed/endurance mix for the role and his kicking inside 50 is usually sublime.

Hayes knows how to find the goals but also can run and dash from half back so he is a versatile type with some real upside aswell.

PMBangers

Bangers hates this pick no doubt!

 

[eDPS]

Bangers hates this pick no doubt!

I don’t think he would have liked me taking the other player I considered either haha

 

[PMBangers]

Bangers hates this pick no doubt!

He's ****ing stolen Hotton and Hayes from me within 2 Picks of me this draft, I'd bid on Nyguen and Barett but then I'd run the risk of actually getting stuck with them

 

[eDPS]

He's ****ing stolen Hotton and Hayes from me within 2 Picks of me this draft, I'd bid on Nyguen and Barett but then I'd run the risk of actually getting stuck with them

That was Port that did you dirty leave poor Essendon and Nguyen out of this!

 

[PMBangers]

Pick 39 - GWS
Jack Ough (GWV Rebels/ VIC C)
194 cm
Midfielder/ Defender

This is a pretty weird part of the draft from a GWS point of view, if I was any other club it would've been O'Farrell without a second thought as a clear BPA, but ultimately given the GWS list build strategy is predominantly done via the draft I went with someone who fit our midfield need better.

Don't get me wrong I like Ough, with a really impressive work rate and endurance base and a continually developing contested game I think he could end up a real player. My hope would be that he essentially takes over from Cumming on the wing given his traits suit the role well, and I don't think having a midfield combo of Green, Callaghan and Ough is overly smart given how tall that'd be, but could also see him settling into a role in the backline.

Also I know 'Jack Ough' replacing 'I.Cumming' is hilarious

Also considered; Harry O'Farrell, Lennox Hofman, Cody Angove

eDPS

 

[eDPS]

I don’t think he would have liked me taking the other player I considered either haha

Haha he took that player

 

[PMBangers]

Haha he took that player

I'll swap if you want

 

[eDPS]

Pick 40 - Essendon - James Barrat
194cm - Utility

Essendon don’t have many taller utilities especially under the age of 22 going into next year and Barrat is a genuine utility showing some good form in every area of the ground but mostly as a defender.

Barrat is one of the most competitive players in this years draft pool and he has a good mix of speed/strength that many talls at Essendon lack.

His leap is only solid and his short kicking can be hit and miss but he has good kick penetration when he kicks long, there is plenty of scope for Barrat who even got to play a game for Essendon VFL this year.

LemmingMaster with Swans

 

[LemmingMaster]

Great pick, especially after trading Duursma last year. Early in the season I was quietly confident he’d slip through to the rookie draft with a couple of other WA options. Don’t think there’s much chance of that now, especially post combine. Great athlete and a smart footballer.

His finals were very good, showed great dash, held his wing nicely and high level of skills kicking into the forwards.

 

[eaglevision]

Ough and Barrat going at 39 and 40 is just nuts. That and O’Farrell still being on the board is a testament to just how deep this draft is. All could easily have gone in the late first round last year.

 

[eaglevision]

His finals were very good, showed great dash, held his wing nicely and high level of skills kicking into the forwards.

The very back end of the season and the combine have killed the chances of WCE and Freo (and probably Geelong) getting some WA gems in the very late/rookie draft. Bit like us all telling Lance Collard to chill out last year instead of kicking bags for Subi.