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- Oct 19, 2017
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A bit like this year with Lombard being the only guaranteed draftee from our academy. I know a lot was made of our academy quartet from last year, but I very much doubt we'll ever see anything close to that ever again and we'll probably be lucky to have just one standout a year from here onwards. Seems like this is the production line of academy standouts at the moment:
2024: Leo Lombard
2025: Zeke Uwland
2026: Archie Hill
No other players seem to be putting their hand up at the moment. We'll find out next week if there are any 2027 standouts coming through when the U15 National Championships take place. Taj Murray was named as an U15 AA last year as a bottom ager so it'll be interesting to see if he can back that up with AA selection this year as well.
Wasn’t 2025 the supposed super year again?
Under 16s AA last year was Murray, Patterson, Uwland, White and Addinsall. All but White have played VFL this year