2024 Draft Thread.

[Mat Mann]

Draft Period, November 20–21

• Round 1 of the National Draft: Wednesday, November 20
• Round 2–end of the National Draft: Thursday, November 21
• Rookie Promotions: Thursday, November 21, after the National Draft
• Delisted Free Agency Period (3): Thursday, November 21, after the National Draft
• List Lodgement 3*: Friday, November 22, 10am (optional; required for those participating in the PSD)
• Pre-Season Draft: Friday, November 22, 3pm
• Rookie Draft: Friday, November 22, 3.20pm

 

[TheJackal]

Goodbye my boy, I wonder if he can come back home as steak knives with Callaghan?

We had our chances and only ourselves to blame if he reaches his potential. Hope he goes well at the Giants - will definitely be keeping an eye on him up there.

 

[Verdun66]

What positions does Hoffman play? Or has he played. Must be more than defender?

 

[projectv]

And there goes Moraes...

 

[HeavenlySources]

Ffs Port actually have competent list management. Picked both Whitlock and Moraes

 

[Darrian Barnett]

Really wanted Moraes

 

[saintbill]

Rucks are over rated mate.

The Tigers took THREE tall forwards over the "gun" ruck.

Teams know that you can grab a ruck from the state leagues or as a delisted option most years.

We don't have many tall forwards either. Hammer has yet to prove himself and King is injury prone.

Passing on Whitlock is just dumb.

 

[MOLTEN GANGLANDS]

So sick of being undersized as well. We are skinny and short across the entire field.

Wilkie is a gun but is forced to constantly play taller than he should. If we insist on recruiting another defender than at least get one that is 198cm+.

yeah cos our defense was a shambles this year

some of these posts read like recruiting "experts" in the film Moneyball

"good jaw, clean cut, looks good"

 

[Sainter93]

Moraes ball drop is worse than Mitch Owens.. yikes

 

[Saintos The ITK]

I feel like that would be mighty close to the date my boy Armo was drafted! Wow way to make you feel old.

Perhaps a fitting changing of the guard is duee...

JB2Viking here wee goooo

T12T2

 

[billings2paddy]

We need all the defenders we can get to keep the opposition below 65 points

Ball will be in our defence alot it makes sense

 

[marcus1232]

More importantly Geelong love Dodson and he is gonna fall in there lap

 

[aussierulesrules]

So difficult to get on board with what we've done here.

What happens if Marshall goes down? Heath? Keeler? Throw Hammer in the ruck?

They're our options now.

Could've taken the best ruck in the draft but nope, let's grab another defender.

He’s 18yo, he presumably won’t be ready to play for years.

Maybe we we really rate Heath.

 

[ULTIMATE_WARRIOR]

Versatility

 

[Tommy Wigs]

From what I've just been reading about him he sounds like he is a better pick than some people here are making it out to be.

Like all draft picks though only time will tell how good he is but he sounds like he could be a handy key defender/key forward.

I’m rapt with this one. Seems likely they see one of them as a forward, but we haven’t had high level interceptors for a while

 

[Joffaboy]

We don't have many tall forwards either. Hammer has yet to prove himself and King is injury prone.

Passing on Whitlock is just dumb.

Was hoping for Whitlock since the Champs, was there on the Board at 32 no less, we pass on him.
That killed me.

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[Hayes4PM]

Could've had Moraes...

 

[Saint12]

Ought to be hugely better next year if we get “good Phillipou” for a whole year in there, plus Macrae. Those two alone will be a monumental upgrade on who we had in there with Steele in the first half of the season in particular.

Then who knows, perhaps Clark will finally have a good run at it and have a breakout year, and Dow might as well have not even played this year, so he’s like a new recruit as well, if he’s fully fit.

Good Lord....finals here we come.

 

[Barrels]

So… after the draft so far…

2025

Key/Tall Forwards:
Max King

12

Max King

Age

24

Ht

202cm

Wt

100kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

7.3

2star

K

4.7

2star

HB

2.6

2star

M

2.7

3star

T

0.7

3star

G

1.4

5star

D

7.3

2star

K

4.7

2star

HB

2.6

2star

M

2.7

3star

T

0.7

1star

G

1.4

5star

D

8.0

2star

K

5.2

2star

HB

2.8

3star

M

2.8

3star

T

0.6

3star

G

1.4

5star

Cooper Sharman
Anthony Caminiti
Isaac Keeler
James Barratt*

General/Small Forwards:
Mitch Owens
Jack Higgins
Liam Henry*
Dan Butler
Lance Collard
Max Hall

Rucks:
Rowan Marshall

19

Rowan Marshall

Age

29

Ht

201cm

Wt

105kg

Pos.

Ruck

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.4

4star

K

8.8

3star

HB

6.6

4star

CL

3.4

5star

HO

20.2

5star

D

12.9

3star

K

9.3

4star

HB

3.6

2star

CL

2.8

4star

HO

17.8

5star

D

10.6

3star

K

5.8

3star

HB

4.8

4star

CL

1.0

3star

HO

7.8

5star

Max Heath

Midfielders:
Jack Steele

9

Jack Steele

Age

29

Ht

187cm

Wt

90kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

20.9

5star

K

8.7

3star

HB

12.2

5star

M

3.7

4star

T

6.8

5star

CL

3.6

5star

D

21.3

5star

K

10.0

4star

HB

11.3

5star

M

4.0

4star

T

5.8

5star

CL

4.6

5star

D

16.8

4star

K

5.0

2star

HB

11.8

5star

M

2.6

3star

T

6.4

5star

CL

3.6

5star

Jack Macrae
Mattaes Phillipou*
Mason Wood

32

Mason Wood

Age

31

Ht

192cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.2

3star

K

7.8

3star

HB

5.4

4star

M

4.0

4star

T

2.2

4star

CL

0.3

2star

D

8.3

2star

K

2.7

1star

HB

5.7

3star

M

1.7

2star

T

1.3

2star

CL

0.0

1star

D

15.8

4star

K

8.6

4star

HB

7.2

5star

M

4.6

5star

T

2.6

4star

CL

0.6

3star

*
Darcy Wilson
Brad Hill
Marcus Windhager
Hunter Clark

11

Hunter Clark

Age

25

Ht

186cm

Wt

83kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.5

4star

K

9.5

4star

HB

8.0

5star

M

3.6

4star

T

2.9

4star

CL

1.3

3star

D

16.0

4star

K

9.6

4star

HB

6.4

4star

M

3.1

3star

T

2.9

4star

CL

1.9

4star

D

13.2

4star

K

6.6

3star

HB

6.6

4star

M

2.2

3star

T

2.0

4star

CL

0.0

1star

Ryan Byrnes

13

Ryan Byrnes

Age

23

Ht

181cm

Wt

84kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

5.0

1star

K

2.0

1star

HB

3.0

3star

M

0.0

1star

T

2.0

4star

CL

0.0

1star

D

5.0

1star

K

2.0

1star

HB

3.0

2star

M

0.0

1star

T

2.0

3star

CL

0.0

1star

D

5.0

1star

K

2.0

1star

HB

3.0

3star

M

0.0

1star

T

2.0

4star

CL

0.0

1star

Hugo Garcia
Zak Jones

3

Zak Jones

Age

29

Ht

182cm

Wt

84kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.8

4star

K

10.0

4star

HB

7.8

5star

M

3.4

3star

T

3.0

5star

CL

1.7

4star

D

19.1

4star

K

10.6

4star

HB

8.6

4star

M

3.4

3star

T

3.1

4star

CL

4.9

5star

D

7.0

2star

K

2.8

1star

HB

4.2

4star

M

1.0

1star

T

1.6

4star

CL

1.0

3star

Paddy Dow

15

Paddy Dow

Age

25

Ht

184cm

Wt

83kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.1

4star

K

7.0

3star

HB

7.1

4star

M

2.1

2star

T

2.9

4star

CL

2.6

4star

D

7.0

1star

K

4.0

1star

HB

3.0

2star

M

3.0

3star

T

2.0

3star

CL

0.0

1star

D

12.4

4star

K

5.8

3star

HB

6.6

4star

M

1.6

2star

T

2.8

5star

CL

2.6

5star

Jack Carroll
Tobie Travaglia*
Hugh Boxshall

Key/Tall Defenders:
Callum Wilkie

44

Callum Wilkie

Age

28

Ht

191cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.2

4star

K

9.8

4star

HB

4.4

3star

M

4.5

4star

T

1.8

4star

MG

221.3

3star

D

12.6

3star

K

9.0

4star

HB

3.6

2star

M

2.6

3star

T

1.4

2star

MG

223.1

3star

D

14.0

4star

K

8.4

4star

HB

5.6

4star

M

4.6

5star

T

2.2

4star

MG

170.0

3star

Dougal Howard

20

Dougal Howard

Age

28

Ht

199cm

Wt

94kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

10.9

3star

K

7.8

3star

HB

3.1

3star

M

4.4

4star

T

1.4

3star

MG

176.2

3star

D

9.9

3star

K

8.4

3star

HB

1.4

1star

M

4.7

4star

T

0.6

1star

MG

171.9

3star

D

9.0

3star

K

5.4

2star

HB

3.6

3star

M

2.8

3star

T

2.8

5star

MG

133.8

3star

Zaine Cordy

21

Zaine Cordy

Age

28

Ht

195cm

Wt

92kg

Pos.

D/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

10.6

3star

K

6.6

3star

HB

4.0

3star

M

3.5

4star

T

2.1

4star

MG

180.4

3star

D

8.1

2star

K

6.4

3star

HB

1.7

1star

M

2.9

3star

T

1.9

3star

MG

180.4

3star

D

6.8

2star

K

3.8

2star

HB

3.0

3star

M

2.4

3star

T

1.8

4star

Alix Tauru*
Arie Schoenmaker

General/Small Defenders:
Jack Sinclair

35

Jack Sinclair

Age

29

Ht

181cm

Wt

82kg

Pos.

D/M

Career

Season

Last 5

D

16.5

4star

K

8.1

3star

HB

8.4

5star

M

3.1

3star

T

3.2

5star

MG

235.0

4star

D

15.0

4star

K

10.0

4star

HB

5.0

3star

M

4.0

4star

T

2.0

3star

MG

376.0

5star

D

12.0

3star

K

4.2

2star

HB

7.8

5star

M

1.6

2star

T

2.0

4star

MG

138.2

3star

*
Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera
Liam Stocker

14

Liam Stocker

Age

24

Ht

184cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.6

3star

K

8.4

3star

HB

5.2

4star

M

2.4

3star

T

1.8

4star

MG

180.0

3star

No current season stats available

D

13.6

4star

K

8.4

4star

HB

5.2

4star

M

2.4

3star

T

1.8

4star

MG

180.0

3star

Jimmy Webster

29

Jimmy Webster

Age

31

Ht

188cm

Wt

84kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

16.7

4star

K

10.0

4star

HB

6.8

4star

M

3.7

4star

T

2.0

4star

MG

288.1

4star

No current season stats available

D

9.2

3star

K

5.6

3star

HB

3.6

3star

M

3.0

3star

T

1.8

4star

Angus McLennan
Angus Hastie
Liam O’Connell

*multi-positional player

 

[DougalHoward]

Could we worse, Essendon just drafted another player called Kale.

Underrated vegetable

 

[hangdog]

Dodson still there. TRADE IN!!!

 

[Speck]

I feel like we have outsmarted ourselves with these selections... how do we not draft a mid.

Surely we have learnt to not bank on free agency for a gun mid... seeing as it has never worked for us.

 

[projectv]

Essendon drafting a key def with our original pick.

Recruitment team must be gutted.

 

[Diehard Saint]

everyone get around Damian. Gonna be a ripper

Oh, pleeeeeaaase no!
No one deserves that!

 

[The Jack]

Welcome Luke & Finn. 2-3 years and we are premiers.

And about effing time.

 

[saintbill]

yeah cos our defense was a shambles this year

some of these posts read like recruiting "experts" in the film Moneyball

"good jaw, clean cut, looks good"

We don't get scored against because of Lyons super flood. Doesn't mean we have great one on one defenders.

We have Wilkie and that is pretty much it. He is also much better we not in a lockdown role. Howard is serviceable for now, but we have no full back coming through.