Under Age U15s - 2027 AFL Draft General Discussion

[Jen2310]

What I have

WORLD TEAM						FLYING BOOMERANGS
NAME	SURNAME	STATE	CLUB	NGA		NAME	SURNAME	STATE	CLUB	NGA
Taitt	Abbott	WA	Attadale			Zaine	Atkinson-McGuinness	VIC	Shepparton United	RICH
Corey	Ah-Mu	VIC	Beaconsfield			Keithan	Barry	NT	Kalkarindji Eagles
Henry	Allsop	VIC	Warragul			Thomas	Bearman	TAS	Brighton
Gloire	Baraka	WA	South Perth			Zye	Bergles-brown	VIC	Officer	MELB
Toby	Bohbot	SA	Plympton			Robert	Bonney	WA	Coolbinia
Cooper	Brancatisano	VIC	Ashburton	COLL		Hensley	Bonney-Tucker	SA	Port District
Alex	Burnett	WA	Melville			Jai	Brown	WA	Halls Head
Adrian	Carles	WA	Vic Park			Percy	Burgoyne	SA	Henley	PA	HAW
Tom	Clements	WA	Scarborough			Owen	Campbell	NT	Palmerston Magpies
Makoto (Julian)	Cook	QLD	Wilston Grange			Talon	Chilcott	NSW	Tweed Coolangatta
Moustafa	Darwish	VIC	Craigieburn			Ricco	Chubb	NT	Darwin Buffaloes
Luke	de Valle	VIC	Ashburton			Kobe	Collins	SA	Broadview
Cross	Dean	TAS	Launceston			Charlie	Colwell	NSW	Manly Bombers
Coby	Douglas	WA	Armadale			Tjaegan	Egan	VIC	Kew Comets
Lucas	Dravitzki	WA	South Coogee			Sam	English	QLD	South Cairns Cutters
Koby	Eguchi	SA	Freeling			Zebedee	Farmer	QLD	Southport Sharks	FREM	MELB
Thomas	Fabila	NT	Southern District			Coen	Hardy	NSW	Cronulla	SYD
Sioeli	Fangaloka	VIC	South Mildura			Jerome	Holland	QLD	Cairns Eagles
Charlie	Fischer	VIC	Phillip Island			Xaiver	Little	WA	North Mandurah
Gabriel	Giltrow	WA	Scarborough			Dillon	Mallard	NT	Pioneer
Xavier	Gonthier	QLD	Southport Sharks			Levi	McClelland	VIC	South Mildura
Koby	Harnden	WA	South Perth			Jamual	Miller	WA	Mundijong Centrals
Jamal	Hawli	VIC	Newport Power			Kairyce	Monaei-Lowah	NT	St Mary’s
Erik	Hennequin	VIC	Caulfield Bears	STK		James	Money	WA	North Mandurah
Jackson	Honeyford	VIC	Officer			Gus	Mourish	WA	Hammond Park
Evan	Jiang	VIC	Hampton Rovers			Callum	Munns	NSW	Bathurst Giants
Shaun	Kongwa	TAS	Kingborough Tigers			Franklin	Murray-Wright	NSW	Corowa Rutherglen	GWS
Eli	Kravic	VIC	Kew Comets	COLL		Djayvian	Narrier	WA	Upper Swan
Kobe	Lam	WA	Ballajura			Loti	Neskovcin	TAS	Launceston
Jimmy	Langley	TAS	East Devonport			Mazlan	Patrick	NT	Darwin Buffaloes
Mali	Lual	VIC	South Warrnambool	WB		Isaac	Peris-Coe	SA	Broadview
Heath	Molloy	VIC	Macleod			Nye	Petterson	TAS	Burnie
Thomas	O'Brien	QLD	Southport Sharks			Jamarl	Rankine	SA	Flinders Park
Isaac	Owusu	ACT	Tuggeranong Valley			Lynkoln	Richardson	VIC	Echuca
Chevayo	Roe	NT	St Mary's			Enai	Ryder	NT	Palmerston Magpies
Artisan	Sairat	VIC	West Footscray	WB		Lynkon	Ryder	WA	Upper Swan
Ammar	Shahin	SA	Athelstone			Jarryn	Sambo	NT	Wanderers
Success	Shaka	SA	Houghton Districts			Nate	Smalpage	WA	Canning Vale
David	Shanahan	WA	Bassendean			Sonni	Te Moananui	VIC	East Point
Oliver	Sheridan	NSW	Northen Districts			Jordan	Toogood	NSW	Pennant Hills
Jesiah	Smith	NSW	South West Sydney			Pharrell	Trapman	NSW	Moore Park Tigers
Addison	Stolz	QLD	Sherwood	BRIS		Curtis	Walley	WA	Armadale
Mason	Tambe	SA	Athelstone			Cooper	Wanders	QLD	South Cairns Cutters
Joshua	Thomas	VIC	Canterbury			Nickolas	Watts	SA	Willaston
Kai	Winning	SA	South Gawler			Timothy	Wommatakimmi	NT	Tiwi Bombers

Tjaegan Egan is Chris Egan's son who used to play for the pies.
In pies NGA according to this

https://cdn.aflvic.com.au/raw/kickstart-v-all-nations-squads.pdf

Joshua Thomas, pies NGA too.

 

[hotpies2002]

What I have

WORLD TEAM						FLYING BOOMERANGS
NAME	SURNAME	STATE	CLUB	NGA		NAME	SURNAME	STATE	CLUB	NGA
Taitt	Abbott	WA	Attadale			Zaine	Atkinson-McGuinness	VIC	Shepparton United	RICH
Corey	Ah-Mu	VIC	Beaconsfield			Keithan	Barry	NT	Kalkarindji Eagles
Henry	Allsop	VIC	Warragul			Thomas	Bearman	TAS	Brighton
Gloire	Baraka	WA	South Perth			Zye	Bergles-brown	VIC	Officer	MELB
Toby	Bohbot	SA	Plympton			Robert	Bonney	WA	Coolbinia
Cooper	Brancatisano	VIC	Ashburton	COLL		Hensley	Bonney-Tucker	SA	Port District
Alex	Burnett	WA	Melville			Jai	Brown	WA	Halls Head
Adrian	Carles	WA	Vic Park			Percy	Burgoyne	SA	Henley	PA	HAW
Tom	Clements	WA	Scarborough			Owen	Campbell	NT	Palmerston Magpies
Makoto (Julian)	Cook	QLD	Wilston Grange			Talon	Chilcott	NSW	Tweed Coolangatta
Moustafa	Darwish	VIC	Craigieburn			Ricco	Chubb	NT	Darwin Buffaloes
Luke	de Valle	VIC	Ashburton			Kobe	Collins	SA	Broadview
Cross	Dean	TAS	Launceston			Charlie	Colwell	NSW	Manly Bombers
Coby	Douglas	WA	Armadale			Tjaegan	Egan	VIC	Kew Comets
Lucas	Dravitzki	WA	South Coogee			Sam	English	QLD	South Cairns Cutters
Koby	Eguchi	SA	Freeling			Zebedee	Farmer	QLD	Southport Sharks	FREM	MELB
Thomas	Fabila	NT	Southern District			Coen	Hardy	NSW	Cronulla	SYD
Sioeli	Fangaloka	VIC	South Mildura			Jerome	Holland	QLD	Cairns Eagles
Charlie	Fischer	VIC	Phillip Island			Xaiver	Little	WA	North Mandurah
Gabriel	Giltrow	WA	Scarborough			Dillon	Mallard	NT	Pioneer
Xavier	Gonthier	QLD	Southport Sharks			Levi	McClelland	VIC	South Mildura
Koby	Harnden	WA	South Perth			Jamual	Miller	WA	Mundijong Centrals
Jamal	Hawli	VIC	Newport Power			Kairyce	Monaei-Lowah	NT	St Mary’s
Erik	Hennequin	VIC	Caulfield Bears	STK		James	Money	WA	North Mandurah
Jackson	Honeyford	VIC	Officer			Gus	Mourish	WA	Hammond Park
Evan	Jiang	VIC	Hampton Rovers			Callum	Munns	NSW	Bathurst Giants
Shaun	Kongwa	TAS	Kingborough Tigers			Franklin	Murray-Wright	NSW	Corowa Rutherglen	GWS
Eli	Kravic	VIC	Kew Comets	COLL		Djayvian	Narrier	WA	Upper Swan
Kobe	Lam	WA	Ballajura			Loti	Neskovcin	TAS	Launceston
Jimmy	Langley	TAS	East Devonport			Mazlan	Patrick	NT	Darwin Buffaloes
Mali	Lual	VIC	South Warrnambool	WB		Isaac	Peris-Coe	SA	Broadview
Heath	Molloy	VIC	Macleod			Nye	Petterson	TAS	Burnie
Thomas	O'Brien	QLD	Southport Sharks			Jamarl	Rankine	SA	Flinders Park
Isaac	Owusu	ACT	Tuggeranong Valley			Lynkoln	Richardson	VIC	Echuca
Chevayo	Roe	NT	St Mary's			Enai	Ryder	NT	Palmerston Magpies
Artisan	Sairat	VIC	West Footscray	WB		Lynkon	Ryder	WA	Upper Swan
Ammar	Shahin	SA	Athelstone			Jarryn	Sambo	NT	Wanderers
Success	Shaka	SA	Houghton Districts			Nate	Smalpage	WA	Canning Vale
David	Shanahan	WA	Bassendean			Sonni	Te Moananui	VIC	East Point
Oliver	Sheridan	NSW	Northen Districts			Jordan	Toogood	NSW	Pennant Hills
Jesiah	Smith	NSW	South West Sydney			Pharrell	Trapman	NSW	Moore Park Tigers
Addison	Stolz	QLD	Sherwood	BRIS		Curtis	Walley	WA	Armadale
Mason	Tambe	SA	Athelstone			Cooper	Wanders	QLD	South Cairns Cutters
Joshua	Thomas	VIC	Canterbury			Nickolas	Watts	SA	Willaston
Kai	Winning	SA	South Gawler			Timothy	Wommatakimmi	NT	Tiwi Bombers

Gold Coast Suns Academy: Sam English, Zebedee Farmer, Cooper Wanders, Xavier Gonthier, Thomas O'Brien
Brisbane Lions Academy: Makoto Cook, Addison Stolz

 

[Jen2310]

Evan Jiang is also Pies NGA.

So this picture is from right to left.
Eli Kravic
Joshua Thomas?
Cooper Brancatisano (In the middle)
Evan Jiang
(the last one I'm not sure)

 

[Jen2310]

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[Josht237]

Evan Jiang is also Pies NGA.

So this picture is from right to left.
Eli Kravic
Luke deValle
Cooper Brancatisano (In the middle)
Evan Jiang
Joshua Thomas

 

[Jen2310]

Team sheets are here. Linked in the article.
Some kids are 14 (2010 born) and some are 15 (2009 born)

Young stars to feature in Flying Boomerangs and World Team programs

The most promising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and Multicultural boys Australian Rules footballers aged 15-and-under will take part in the Flying Boomerangs and World Team programs this week

www.afl.com.au

 

[GC2015]

Gold Coast Suns Academy: Zebedee Farmer

Jeff Farmer's son? Didn't know the Farmer family was living on the Gold Coast these days. So he would be F/S eligible for Melbourne, Freo and academy eligible for the Suns?

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Jeff Farmer's son? Didn't know the Farmer family was living on the Gold Coast these days. So he would be F/S eligible for Melbourne, Freo and academy eligible for the Suns?

The Wiz lives in or around Carrum nowadays.

 

[Jen2310]

Good games.

Eli Kravic was quite good with 3 goals, could have been 4. How is his kid only 15. He's big and strong. Moves well, pressure is good. Moves up the ground, and in the ruck. Also plays at FF. Good contested mark on him.
Brancatisano good runner, as we know he is an elite athlete. Kicked a good goal from 50.
Jiang looks like a good small mid, wearing the helmet too.
DeValle was playing on the wing I think, looked okay for a 14 year old.

 

[Half Back Pocket]

Good games.

Eli Kravic was quite good with 3 goals, could have been 4. How is his kid only 15. He's big and strong. Moves well, pressure is good. Moves up the ground, and in the ruck. Also plays at FF. Good contested mark on him.
Brancatisano good runner, as we know he is an elite athlete. Kicked a good goal from 50.
Jiang looks like a good small mid, wearing the helmet too.
DeValle was playing on the wing I think, looked okay for a 14 year old.

Nice summary Jen.

On a side note - Luke is a Jan baby - he's actually almost 16...one of the oldest in this year group.

 

[Jen2310]

Nice summary Jen.

On a side note - Luke is a Jan baby - he's actually almost 16...one of the oldest in this year group.

Luke moves well from what I see. You're right, he's definitely 15 not 14 and born in January. It's Jiang that's 14 (born in 2010) But looks to be a winger, but also played at centre bounce.
Jiang and Cooper also played midfield as well. I plan on putting together some footage of them sometime today. But I've gathered this for Eli, who really stands out with his size.



How's this kid 15?
Once he gets to CTL next year, he'll be a key forward for sure.

In regards to Cooper. That kid has pace, you wouldn't want to give him a yard of space out there. Can run 100m in 11 seconds going by his athletic awards.


Not connected to the pies, but I liked the look of Lual. Moves really well off half back with his athleticism.

Brancatisano, Jiang, De Valle

 

[EDFL follower]

Does anyone know if every kid who plays in this game belongs to an AFL clubs NGA?

 

[Jen2310]

Does anyone know if every kid who plays in this game belongs to an AFL clubs NGA?

In the Boomerangs v The World game?
Not everyone, there are a few split between the sides. But would be plenty not linked I think.
Pies did have 5 NGA in the World Team


But the Kickstart v All Nations game was definitely NGA prospects

 

[Kedron lions]

lucky for kids in this draft the pool goes out by 50 more picks usually

 

[GC2015]

So who are the standouts to look out for in this draft class? I found the All-Australian team from this year, but I have no idea which ones are considered the best prospects.

2024 SSA 15/U BOYS ALL-AUSTRALIAN TEAM:

ACT [1]: Rohan Imhoff (Belconnen High School)
NSW [4]: Franklin Murray-Wright (Corowa High School), Coen Hardy (Endeavour Sports High School), Sullivan O’Dwyer (John Therry Catholic College), Chase French (Albury High School)
QLD [4]: Taj Murray (Palm Beach Currumbin State High School), Noah Rafter (St Eugene College), Lachie Ellen (St Laurence’s College), Kodi Wallace (Palm Beach Currumbin State High School)
SA [2]: Mitchell Brook (Prince Alfred College), Joshua Jarrad (Henley High School)
S&L [1]: Max Boothey (Brisbane Boys College)
TAS [2]: Ben Russell (Mackillop Catholic College), Mason Whitney (Hobart City High School)
VIC [5]: Angus Brown (Caulfield Grammar School), Tevita Rodan (St Bernard’s College), Lewis Salopek (Berwick Grammar School), Griffin Barker (Maribyrnong Secondary College), Baxter Sruk (Rowville Secondary College)
WA [6]: Jacob Kee (Hale School), Taj Allan (Bunbury Catholic College), Mitch Baker (Leeming Senior High School), Hunter Bewick (Lake Joondalup Baptist College), Saxon Carr (Kolbe Catholic College), Axel Walsh (Trinity College)

 

[Haggas]

So who are the standouts to look out for in this draft class? I found the All-Australian team from this year, but I have no idea which ones are considered the best prospects.

BRIS - Noah Rafter, Maxwell Boothey & Lachlan Ellen
GC - Taj Murray & Kodi Wallace
GWS - Franklin Murray-Wright
SYD - Coen Hardy
SA - Zemes Holmes-Pilot, Joshua Jarrad, Taj Garrett, Kai Ivins, Laurence Andriani & Charlie Best
TAS - Samuel Husband & Mason Whitney
VC - Louis Salopek, Sachin Tyrrell & Lincoln Brand
VM - Tevita Rodan, Baxter Sruk, Griffin Barker, Angus Brown & Koby Bewick
WA - Angus Abbonizio, Axel Walsh, Saxon Carr, Jacob Kee, Mitchell Baker, Hunter Bewick & Taj Allan

 

[Futbolista]

BRIS - Noah Rafter, Maxwell Boothey & Lachlan Ellen
GC - Taj Murray & Kodi Wallace
GWS - Franklin Murray-Wright
SYD - Coen Hardy
SA - Zemes Holmes-Pilot, Joshua Jarrad, Taj Garrett, Kai Ivins, Laurence Andriani & Charlie Best
TAS - Samuel Husband & Mason Whitney
VC - Louis Salopek, Sachin Tyrrell & Lincoln Brand
VM - Tevita Rodan, Baxter Sruk, Griffin Barker, Angus Brown & Koby Bewick
WA - Angus Abbonizio, Axel Walsh, Saxon Carr, Jacob Kee, Mitchell Baker, Hunter Bewick & Taj Allan

Great that Abbonizio made it to the WA state 18's squad despite injury and not even playing in the 15's. Incredible!

 

[Half Back Pocket]

BRIS - Noah Rafter, Maxwell Boothey & Lachlan Ellen
GC - Taj Murray & Kodi Wallace
GWS - Franklin Murray-Wright
SYD - Coen Hardy
SA - Zemes Holmes-Pilot, Joshua Jarrad, Taj Garrett, Kai Ivins, Laurence Andriani & Charlie Best
TAS - Samuel Husband & Mason Whitney
VC - Louis Salopek, Sachin Tyrrell & Lincoln Brand
VM - Tevita Rodan, Baxter Sruk, Griffin Barker, Angus Brown & Koby Bewick
WA - Angus Abbonizio, Axel Walsh, Saxon Carr, Jacob Kee, Mitchell Baker, Hunter Bewick & Taj Allan

VM - Tevita Rodan, Baxter Sruk, Griffin Barker, Angus Brown & Koby Bewick, Jack Condello

 

[GC2015]

BRIS - Noah Rafter, Maxwell Boothey & Lachlan Ellen
GC - Taj Murray & Kodi Wallace
GWS - Franklin Murray-Wright
SYD - Coen Hardy
SA - Zemes Holmes-Pilot, Joshua Jarrad, Taj Garrett, Kai Ivins, Laurence Andriani & Charlie Best
TAS - Samuel Husband & Mason Whitney
VC - Louis Salopek, Sachin Tyrrell & Lincoln Brand
VM - Tevita Rodan, Baxter Sruk, Griffin Barker, Angus Brown & Koby Bewick
WA - Angus Abbonizio, Axel Walsh, Saxon Carr, Jacob Kee, Mitchell Baker, Hunter Bewick & Taj Allan

Both Taj Murray and Kodi Wallace have been named in the Suns' U16 & U18 squads for next season. That likely means they'll both get the opportunity to play in the Coates Talent League against some of the best 18yos in the country next year. Should fast track their development and better prepare them for what's to come.

Do we expect to see any other players from the 2027 draft class playing in the CTL next season? Surely Salopek and/or Rodan are potentially in line.

 

[Haggas]

Both Taj Murray and Kodi Wallace have been named in the Suns' U16 & U18 squads for next season. That likely means they'll both get the opportunity to play in the Coates Talent League against some of the best 18yos in the country next year. Should fast track their development and better prepare them for what's to come.

Do we expect to see any other players from the 2027 draft class playing in the CTL next season? Surely Salopek and/or Rodan are potentially in line.

Yeah would love for Salopek and Rodan to get a crack at it. Also would love for them to choose to come Port when their draft comes haha

 

[GC2015]

Yeah would love for Salopek and Rodan to get a crack at it. Also would love for them to choose to come Port when their draft comes haha

Is that in question? I know they've been tinkering with the F/S + Academy bidding rules lately, but David Rodan and Steven Salopek both played over 100 AFL games for Port and less/none for other clubs. So it's a pretty safe bet that they both end up at Alberton, no?

Both are highly rated at the moment so it'll probably be the same situation we saw with Brisbane in 2022 when they matched a bid on F/S pick Will Ashcroft at pick 2 and matched another bid on F/S pick Jaspa Fletcher at pick 12. Unlike the northern academies where they can only match one first round bid should the team make a prelim, there is currently no restriction on the amount of F/S bids you can match. So unless that changes, Salopek and Rodan should both head to Alberton in 2027.

 

[Haggas]

Is that in question? I know they've been tinkering with the F/S + Academy bidding rules lately, but David Rodan and Steven Salopek both played over 100 AFL games for Port and less/none for other clubs. So it's a pretty safe bet that they both end up at Alberton, no?

Both are highly rated at the moment so it'll probably be the same situation we saw with Brisbane in 2022 when they matched a bid on F/S pick Will Ashcroft at pick 2 and matched another bid on F/S pick Jaspa Fletcher at pick 12. Unlike the northern academies where they can only match one first round bid should the team make a prelim, there is currently no restriction on the amount of F/S bids you can match. So unless that changes, Salopek and Rodan should both head to Alberton in 2027.

Salopek is ours if he chooses to.
Rodan is an Essendon NGA aswell as F/S for us

 

[GC2015]

Salopek is ours if he chooses to.
Rodan is an Essendon NGA aswell as F/S for us

Why wouldn't Salopek choose Port? The only player I can think of that chose the open draft instead of his father-son/academy option was Marc Murphy and that was probably more to do with his father John being a Fitzroy player, not a Brisbane player. Virtually every player that is highly rated and has a father-son option ends up doing it.

If Rodan is NGA eligible for Essendon then that could be a problem. I know the Bombers convinced Chris Johnson's son to choose them over his F/S option with Brisbane. If they're not already, Port should be trying to strengthen ties to the Rodan family. Pretty sure David Rodan has several sons coming through so this isn't just about Tevita.

 

[tigs2010]

Why wouldn't Salopek choose Port? The only player I can think of that chose the open draft instead of his father-son/academy option was Marc Murphy and that was probably more to do with his father John being a Fitzroy player, not a Brisbane player. Virtually every player that is highly rated and has a father-son option ends up doing it.

If Rodan is NGA eligible for Essendon then that could be a problem. I know the Bombers convinced Chris Johnson's son to choose them over his F/S option with Brisbane. If they're not already, Port should be trying to strengthen ties to the Rodan family. Pretty sure David Rodan has several sons coming through so this isn't just about Tevita.

Dunkley nominated as FS but think he asked Swans not to match if Vic team bid.

Is Salopek based in Vic?

 

[GC2015]

Dunkley nominated as FS but think he asked Swans not to match if Vic team bid.

Are you sure? That's not how it was reported at the time...

"Andrew Dunkley played 217 games for the Swans and so Josh was eligible as a father-son selection for Sydney, but at the time they were not convinced of the need for the big-bodied midfielder given the others they had there. And they had doubts on his kicking."

For context, Sydney used most of their picks in that draft to match a pick 3 bid for Callum Mills. Dunkley was bid on with pick 25 and the Swans' next best pick after that was 51 after matching the bid on Mills. I think future pick trading also hadn't been introduced yet or was in its infancy and people weren't really aware of how to use it best to their advantage. So you had multiple factors playing against the Swans in that moment which probably deterred them from drafting Dunkley.

Is Salopek based in Vic?

Looks like it. He played for Vic in the national championships this year.