Draft Expert Davo-27's 2024 Draft Thread

[Section 5]

I forgot about Kiddy, such a good player. And perhaps Eric. Not too worried about the rest. Although the extra development resources is important in the growth of talls like Payne, Chol and Ryan. The afl needs to find 200cm athletes wherever they can.

When you talk about academy's it really should be about who actually got to play in the AFL. Thats the kids dream.
This shows the pathway is working and really is only 10 years in the making in what was/is a dominant NRL state.
A lot of youngsters just can't cope being a fulltime footballer.
All the players below are from the Lions academy and got to playout their dream. Of course, others missed out.
Some are good, others just establishing themselves and a lot below 20 games.
A lot of names won't be known from people interstate and quite a few will have been forgotten by Lions supporters.
The Lions Acadamy first picks started in 2013

2013	Jordan Bourke, Isaac Conway, Jono Freeman

Harris Andrews (212 AFL games), Eric Hipwood (177), Jack Payne (68), Jasper Fletcher (41) all premiership players.
Keidean Coleman (65), Shadow Brain (9), Bruce Reville (12) all still on the Lions 2025 list.

Ben Keays (136), Mabior Chol (84), Elliott Himmelberg (50), Josh Wagner (42), Cory Wagner (40), Noah Cumberland (25). Tom Fullarton (19), Liam Dawson (18), Archie Smith (16), Jon Freeman (14), Matt Hammelmann (12), Jacob Allison (10), Wylie Buzza (9), Samson Ryan (8), Jordon Bourke (6), Rueben William (3), Connor Ballenden (3), Will Martin (3)

 

[Davo-27]

2024 Phantom Draft, not doing any trades, just picks and bids

Pick 1 - Richmond - Sam Lalor - GWV Rebels
Pick 2 - (bid) Brisbane - Levi Ashcroft - Sandringham
Pick 3 - North Melb - Alix Tauru - Gippsland
Pick 4 - Carlton - Finn O'Sullivan - Oakleigh via GWV zone
Pick 5 - Adelaide - Sid Draper - South Adel
Pick 6 - (bid) Gold Coast - Leonardo Lombard - Gold Coast Academy
Pick 7 - Melbourne - Jagga Smith - Oakleigh
Pick 8 - Richmond - Josh Smillie - Eastern
Pick 9 - St Kilda - Harvey Langford - Dandenong
Pick 10 - St Kilda - Harry Armstrong - Sandringham
Pick 11 - (bid) Essendon - Isaac Kako - Calder
Pick 12 - Melbourne - Joe Berry - Murray
Pick 13 - Richmond - Taj Hotton - Sandringham
Pick 14 - Richmond - Jack Whitlock - Murray
Pick 15 - WCE - Bo Allan - Peel
Pick 16 - Port Adel - Kayle Gerreyn - West Perth
Pick 17 - Fremantle - Tobie Travaglia - Bendigo
Pick 18 - (bid) Brisbane - Sam Marshall - Sandringham
Pick 19 - GWS - Xavier Lindsay - Gippsland
Pick 20 - GWS - Murphy Reid - Sandringham
Pick 21 - Western - Cooper Hynes - Dandenong
Pick 22 - Richmond - Jobe Shanahan - Bendigo
Pick 23 - Sydney - Luke Trainor - Sandringham
Pick 24 - Richmond - Jesse Dattoli - Northern
Pick 25 - GWS - Harrison Oliver - Sandringham
Pick 26 - (bid) Carlton - Ben Camporeale - Glenlg
Pick 27 - Sydney - Jonty Faull - GWV Rebels
Pick 28 - Richmond - Lachie Jaques - Geelong
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Pick 29 - Richmond - Alex Dodson - Sturt
Pick 30 - Western - Jack Ough - GWV Rebels
Pick 31 - WCE - Christian Moraes - Eastern
Pick 32 - Port Adel - Evan Bradley - North Adel
Pick 33 - Fremantle - Matthew Whitlock - Murray
Pick 34 - St Kilda - Lennox Hofmann(NGA) - Sandringham
Pick 35 - (bid) WCE - Malakai Champion - Subiaco
Pick 36 - Hawthorn - Hamish Davis - Claremont
Pick 37 - Western - Josh Murphy - Murray
Pick 38 - (bid) Carlton - Lucas Camporeale - Glenlg
Pick 39 - Port Adel - Luke Urquhart - East Frem
Pick 40 - GWS - Oliver Hannaford - GWV Rebels
Pick 41 - (bid) Adelaide - Tyler Welsh - WWT
Pick 42 - Essendon - James Barrat - Bendigo
Pick 43 - Sydney - Tom Sims - Northern
Pick 44 - Geelong - Gabriel Stumpf - Northern
Pick 45 - Essendon - Noah Mraz - Dandenong
Pick 46 - St Kilda - Adrian Cole(NGA) - Sandringham
Pick 47 - Western - Rhys Unwin - GWV Rebels
Pick 48 - Port Adel - Harry O'Farrell - Calder
Pick 49 - Collingwood - Tom Gross - Oakleigh
Pick 50 - Essendon - Xavier Ivisic - Geelong
Pick 51 - Essendon - Jasper Alger - Oakleigh via Gippsland zone
Pick 52 - Collingwood - Josh Dolan - Sandringham
Pick 53 - GWS - Logan Smith (A)- GWS Academy
Pick 54 - Geelong - Archer Day-Wicks - Bendigo
Pick 55 - Brisbane - Zane Cochrane - Oakleigh
Pick 56 - Sydney - Hugh Boxshall - Claremont
Pick 57 - Collingwood - Benny Barrett - South Adel (Port have no more picks and dont secure?)
Pick 58 - GCS - Charlie Nicholls - Central Dist
Pick 59 - North Melb - 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
Pick 60 - Essendon - Floyd Burmeister - GWV Rebels
Pick 61 - Collingwood - Angus Clarke - Glenlg
Pick 62 - Fremantle - Charlie Burke - Subiaco
Pick 63 - GCS - Oliver Depaoli-Kubank - Tasmania
Pick 64 - Hawthorn - Cody Anderson (NGA) - Eastern
Pick 65 - Essendon - Jayden Nguyen (NGA) - Calder
Pick 66 - Brisbane - Ty Gallop (A)- Bris Academy
Pick 67 - GCS - Zak Johnson - Northern
Pick 68 - Carlton - Lucas McInerney - Northern

(NGA)/(A) is securing the Academy Player, St Kilda may use pick 33 and not secure an NGA and hope other teams dont snipe 1?

Rookies:
Jordan Doherty
Cody Angove
Jaxon Artemis
Nathan Sulzberger
Lucca Grego
Phoenix Hargrave
Patrick Retschko
Lenny Douglas
ect

 

[bone2468]

We’re is fremantle pick 30 in this mock draft?

 

[Davo-27]

We’re is fremantle pick 30 in this mock draft?

thanks for spotting that, i made a few edits and added the pick in.

 

[sufficientintent]

2024 Phantom Draft, not doing any trades, just picks and bids

Pick 1 - Richmond - Sam Lalor - GWV Rebels
Pick 2 - (bid) Brisbane - Levi Ashcroft - Sandringham
Pick 3 - North Melb - Alix Tauru - Gippsland
Pick 4 - Carlton - Finn O'Sullivan - Oakleigh via GWV zone
Pick 5 - Adelaide - Sid Draper - South Adel
Pick 6 - (bid) Gold Coast - Leonardo Lombard - Gold Coast Academy
Pick 7 - Melbourne - Jagga Smith - Oakleigh
Pick 8 - Richmond - Josh Smillie - Eastern
Pick 9 - St Kilda - Harvey Langford - Dandenong
Pick 10 - St Kilda - Harry Armstrong - Sandringham
Pick 11 - (bid) Essendon - Isaac Kako - Calder
Pick 12 - Melbourne - Joe Berry - Murray
Pick 13 - Richmond - Taj Hotton - Sandringham
Pick 14 - Richmond - Jack Whitlock - Murray
Pick 15 - WCE - Bo Allan - Peel
Pick 16 - Port Adel - Kayle Gerreyn - West Perth
Pick 17 - Fremantle - Tobie Travaglia - Bendigo
Pick 18 - (bid) Brisbane - Sam Marshall - Sandringham
Pick 19 - GWS - Xavier Lindsay - Gippsland
Pick 20 - GWS - Murphy Reid - Sandringham
Pick 21 - Western - Cooper Hynes - Dandenong
Pick 22 - Richmond - Jobe Shanahan - Bendigo
Pick 23 - Sydney - Luke Trainor - Sandringham
Pick 24 - Richmond - Jesse Dattoli - Northern
Pick 25 - GWS - Harrison Oliver - Sandringham
Pick 26 - (bid) Carlton - Ben Camporeale - Glenlg
Pick 27 - Sydney - Jonty Faull - GWV Rebels
Pick 28 - Richmond - Lachie Jaques - Geelong
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Pick 29 - Richmond - Alex Dodson - Sturt
Pick 30 - Western - Jack Ough - GWV Rebels
Pick 31 - WCE - Christian Moraes - Eastern
Pick 32 - Port Adel - Evan Bradley - North Adel
Pick 33 - St Kilda - Lennox Hofmann(NGA) - Sandringham
Pick 34 - (bid) WCE - Malakai Champion - Subiaco
Pick 35 - Hawthorn - Hamish Davis - Claremont
Pick 36 - Western - Josh Murphy - Murray
Pick 37 - (bid) Carlton - Lucas Camporeale - Glenlg
Pick 38 - Port Adelaide - Luke Urquhart - East Frem
Pick 39 - GWS - Matthew Whitlock - Murray
Pick 40 - (bid) Adelaide - Tyler Welsh - WWT
Pick 41 - Essendon - James Barrat - Bendigo
Pick 42 - Sydney - Tom Sims - Northern
Pick 43 - Geelong - Gabriel Stumpf - Northern
Pick 44 - Essendon - Noah Mraz - Dandenong
Pick 45 - St Kilda - Adrian Cole(NGA) - Sandringham
Pick 46 - Western - Oliver Hannaford - GWV Rebels
Pick 47 - Port Adel - Harry O'Farrell - Calder
Pick 48 - Collingwood - Tom Gross - Oakleigh
Pick 49 - Essendon - Xavier Ivisic - Geelong
Pick 50 - Essendon - Jasper Alger - Oakleigh via Gippsland zone
Pick 51 - Collingwood - Rhys Unwin - GWV Rebels
Pick 52 - GWS - Logan Smith (A)- GWS Academy
Pick 53 - Geelong - Archer Day-Wicks - Bendigo
Pick 54 - Brisbane - Zane Cochrane - Oakleigh
Pick 55 - Sydney - Hugh Boxshall - Claremont
Pick 56 - Collingwood - Benny Barrett - South Adel (Port have no more picks and dont secure?)
Pick 57 - GCS - Charlie Nicholls - Central Dist
Pick 58 - North Melb - Will Hayes - Claremont
Pick 59 - Essendon - Floyd Burmeister - GWV Rebels
Pick 60 - Collingwood - Angus Clarke - Glenlg
Pick 61 - Fremantle - Charlie Burke - Subiaco
Pick 62 - GCS - Josh Dolan - Sandringham
Pick 63 - Hawthorn - Cody Anderson (NGA) - Eastern
Pick 64 - Essendon - Jayden Nguyen (NGA) - Calder
Pick 64 - Brisbane - Ty Gallop (A)- Bris Academy
Pick 65 - GCS - Zak Johnson - Northern
Pick 66 - Carlton - Lucas McInerney - Northern

(NGA)/(A) is securing the Academy Player, St Kilda may use pick 33 and not secure an NGA and hope other teams dont snipe 1?

Rookies:
Jordan Doherty
Cody Angove
Jaxon Artemis
Nathan Sulzberger
Lucca Grego
Phoenix Hargrave
Patrick Retschko
Oliver Depaoli-Kubank
Lenny Douglas
ect

Tough to argue with many of these selections - good stuff Davo. The Saints will definitely take a player with our second round pick, looking for a slider in that 20-30s range. If we did pick our NGA kids with our two later picks, it'll be Cole then Hoffman in that order just based on where bids are likely to come I reckon.

Only other things that stand out are:

• I don't think the Dees will bid on Kako - probably a handshake deal in the pick swap they did with Essendon that they wouldn't bid on him
• Not sure that Berry would be best available for the Dees either at pick 12 - maybe that would indicate they don't think Kozzie is sticking around?
• I don't see Travaglia getting through both of Richmonds picks at 13/14, and
• Can't see Hannaford getting to 46

 

[tigs2010]

We’re is fremantle pick 30 in this mock draft?

Who cares?

 

[bone2468]

Who cares?

Sad reacts only

 

[THE_GUN]

2024 Phantom Draft, not doing any trades, just picks and bids

Pick 1 - Richmond - Sam Lalor - GWV Rebels
Pick 2 - (bid) Brisbane - Levi Ashcroft - Sandringham
Pick 3 - North Melb - Alix Tauru - Gippsland
Pick 4 - Carlton - Finn O'Sullivan - Oakleigh via GWV zone
Pick 5 - Adelaide - Sid Draper - South Adel
Pick 6 - (bid) Gold Coast - Leonardo Lombard - Gold Coast Academy
Pick 7 - Melbourne - Jagga Smith - Oakleigh
Pick 8 - Richmond - Josh Smillie - Eastern
Pick 9 - St Kilda - Harvey Langford - Dandenong
Pick 10 - St Kilda - Harry Armstrong - Sandringham
Pick 11 - (bid) Essendon - Isaac Kako - Calder
Pick 12 - Melbourne - Joe Berry - Murray
Pick 13 - Richmond - Taj Hotton - Sandringham
Pick 14 - Richmond - Jack Whitlock - Murray
Pick 15 - WCE - Bo Allan - Peel
Pick 16 - Port Adel - Kayle Gerreyn - West Perth
Pick 17 - Fremantle - Tobie Travaglia - Bendigo
Pick 18 - (bid) Brisbane - Sam Marshall - Sandringham
Pick 19 - GWS - Xavier Lindsay - Gippsland
Pick 20 - GWS - Murphy Reid - Sandringham
Pick 21 - Western - Cooper Hynes - Dandenong
Pick 22 - Richmond - Jobe Shanahan - Bendigo
Pick 23 - Sydney - Luke Trainor - Sandringham
Pick 24 - Richmond - Jesse Dattoli - Northern
Pick 25 - GWS - Harrison Oliver - Sandringham
Pick 26 - (bid) Carlton - Ben Camporeale - Glenlg
Pick 27 - Sydney - Jonty Faull - GWV Rebels
Pick 28 - Richmond - Lachie Jaques - Geelong
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Pick 29 - Richmond - Alex Dodson - Sturt
Pick 30 - Western - Jack Ough - GWV Rebels
Pick 31 - WCE - Christian Moraes - Eastern
Pick 32 - Port Adel - Evan Bradley - North Adel
Pick 33 - Fremantle - Matthew Whitlock - Murray
Pick 34 - St Kilda - Lennox Hofmann(NGA) - Sandringham
Pick 35 - (bid) WCE - Malakai Champion - Subiaco
Pick 36 - Hawthorn - Hamish Davis - Claremont
Pick 37 - Western - Josh Murphy - Murray
Pick 38 - (bid) Carlton - Lucas Camporeale - Glenlg
Pick 39 - Port Adel - Luke Urquhart - East Frem
Pick 40 - GWS - Oliver Hannaford - GWV Rebels
Pick 41 - (bid) Adelaide - Tyler Welsh - WWT
Pick 42 - Essendon - James Barrat - Bendigo
Pick 43 - Sydney - Tom Sims - Northern
Pick 44 - Geelong - Gabriel Stumpf - Northern
Pick 45 - Essendon - Noah Mraz - Dandenong
Pick 46 - St Kilda - Adrian Cole(NGA) - Sandringham
Pick 47 - Western - Rhys Unwin - GWV Rebels
Pick 48 - Port Adel - Harry O'Farrell - Calder
Pick 49 - Collingwood - Tom Gross - Oakleigh
Pick 50 - Essendon - Xavier Ivisic - Geelong
Pick 51 - Essendon - Jasper Alger - Oakleigh via Gippsland zone
Pick 52 - Collingwood - Josh Dolan - Sandringham
Pick 53 - GWS - Logan Smith (A)- GWS Academy
Pick 54 - Geelong - Archer Day-Wicks - Bendigo
Pick 55 - Brisbane - Zane Cochrane - Oakleigh
Pick 56 - Sydney - Hugh Boxshall - Claremont
Pick 57 - Collingwood - Benny Barrett - South Adel (Port have no more picks and dont secure?)
Pick 58 - GCS - Charlie Nicholls - Central Dist
Pick 59 - North Melb - Will Hayes - Claremont
Pick 60 - Essendon - Floyd Burmeister - GWV Rebels
Pick 61 - Collingwood - Angus Clarke - Glenlg
Pick 62 - Fremantle - Charlie Burke - Subiaco
Pick 63 - GCS - Oliver Depaoli-Kubank - Tasmania
Pick 64 - Hawthorn - Cody Anderson (NGA) - Eastern
Pick 65 - Essendon - Jayden Nguyen (NGA) - Calder
Pick 66 - Brisbane - Ty Gallop (A)- Bris Academy
Pick 67 - GCS - Zak Johnson - Northern
Pick 68 - Carlton - Lucas McInerney - Northern

Pick 7 - Melbourne - Jagga Smith - Oakleigh
Pick 8 - Richmond - Josh Smillie - Eastern
Pick 9 - St Kilda - Harvey Langford - Dandenong


Looking at the above players available at pick #6 for Richmond
Its easy to understand why Blair Hartley would have no interest to trade upto pick #2 that would involve pick #6
I would be more than happy with any of Langford , Smillie , Smith at that pick

Would not be too unhappy if we ended up with the haul you gave Richmond in your mock

 

[THE_GUN]

We’re is fremantle pick 30 in this mock draft?

Probably traded it to Richmond to move #14 to #11 to get Berry
Would not surprise me at all if this happens

 

[bradfisher14]

Ben AND Lucas getting bids before pick 38 is wild. Nice work!

 

[blueiris]

Ben AND Lucas getting bids before pick 38 is wild. Nice work!

it's likely Ben gets bid before 38 it's a major reason the experts have Carlton bidding Lashcroft

 

[Davo-27]

Ben AND Lucas getting bids before pick 38 is wild. Nice work!

i just like them more than the other phantom drafters i guess?

 

[botts]

Ben AND Lucas getting bids before pick 38 is wild. Nice work!

Look like spuds, so don’t bet on it

 

[Giant Strides]

2024 Phantom Draft, not doing any trades, just picks and bids


Pick 19 - GWS - Xavier Lindsay - Gippsland
Pick 20 - GWS - Murphy Reid - Sandringham

Pick 25 - GWS - Harrison Oliver - Sandringham

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Pick 40 - GWS - Oliver Hannaford - GWV Rebels

Pick 53 - GWS - Logan Smith (A)- GWS Academy

Can you arrange the draft, please Davo? If those selections came out for GWS, it would be just perfect. Lindsay, Reid, Oliver, Hannaford & Smith. All of our deficiencies covered = dream outcome!

 

[PaythePerryman]

Can you arrange the draft, please Davo? If those selections came out for GWS, it would be just perfect. Lindsay, Reid, Oliver, Hannaford & Smith. All of our deficiencies covered = dream outcome!

Legit would be the dream