Player Watch Iliro Smit

[swoop42]

Smit: 18 months out with injury. Missed his entire 2023 draft year.

Hine: Hire this man!

Classic Hine smokey scenario.

If the physical and aggressive side of his game comes as naturally as claimed then he's in with a shot.

 

[Tadpole]

Brilliant - he's been a Pie for 45 minutes and we've already confused how tall he is

I don't care how tall he is, as long as he can carve it up in the ruck.

 

[KillerMagpies]

Like, I think his nickname should be Smity

“Larry”.

 

[riddick78]

Would have thought they’d go more ready made but they are backing themselves in on a long term prospect.

Correct call.
Weather the storm now and look forward to a favourable future.

Our injury concerns are only temporary, we just have to make it to the bye, then we start getting players back. The coaches prefer to play chess not checkers.

 

[gouki88]

I'm going to start a rumour that he's 7 foot tall

 

[Tadpole]

Our injury concerns are only temporary, we just have to make it to the bye, then we start getting players back. The coaches prefer to play chess not checkers.

Checkers has been dropped from the team already?

 

[nahnah]

Personally I like this pick, the highlights are impressive (as usual). He looks like possibly being our most promising ruck prospect and means we don't need to burn a national draft pick on one. The issue of a non developed tall for me sits more with our 2nd pick.

 

[TradeDraft]

 

[ksardog]

just watching his highlight reel, moves and reminds me a bit of Carlton’s De Koning
I’m ok with that

 

[Timmy from Thomastown]

Frampton moving disrupts our backline. Moore is better with Frampton down back.

Has Frampton show any ability to ruck? Maybe we will find out Kings Birthday lol

What sane person would actually rely and base their decision making on Kreugs being injury free?

Frampton was great in ruck last year. Absolutely hes shown ability.

Moore is not going anywhere.

Besides what I said isn’t really my opinion, I’d like frampton to stay back too. It’s more my reading into the clubs thinking of picking an 18 year old ruck rather than a ready made. And my conclusion ( and the only logical conclusion) is that frampton will be second ruck until cox returns and fingers will be crossed that cameron stays injury free. The next backup would be Kreuger.

 

[jmac70]

Saw him standing next to Murphy who is 202 and he was definitely taller, could be 205

Let’s round it up to 210

 

[nahnah]

18 month contract for Smit and 6 month for Long

 

[Timmy from Thomastown]

Our injury concerns are only temporary, we just have to make it to the bye, then we start getting players back. The coaches prefer to play chess not checkers.

Checkers always gets played. When fit,

 

[KillerMagpies]

Is it Albanian?

I’d wager Austrian, Slovenian or far North East Italian. Somewhere around there.
“Ilario” means “Larry” in Italian. Ilaro , I’m tipping, is “Larry”.

 

[Basil brush]

Frampton was great in ruck last year. Absolutely hes shown ability.

Moore is not going anywhere.

Besides what I said isn’t really my opinion, I’d like frampton to stay back too. It’s more my reading into the clubs thinking of picking an 18 year old ruck rather than a ready made. And my conclusion ( and the only logical conclusion) is that frampton will be second ruck until cox returns and fingers will be crossed that cameron stays injury free. The next backup would be Kreuger.

And, as I mentioned in the mid season draft thread, it obviously appears we did not rate Teakle at all. We had 2 chances to take him, had him train with us, are going through an injury crisis and we still take an 18 yr old over him. Not that subtle really by the pies.

 

[gouki88]

I’d wager Austrian, Slovenian or far North East Italian. Somewhere around there.
“Ilario” means “Larry” in Italian. Ilaro , I’m tipping, is “Larry”.

Much more likely than being named after Illyria

 

[stormskye]

18 month contract for Smit and 6 month for Long

Was about to ask for that, cheers. Seems logical given smit is 18

 

[KillerMagpies]

Much more likely than being named after Illyria

Tall, fair, “Smit”… I’m putting money on Austria/Slovenia/Friuli.

 

[manicpie]

I’d wager Austrian, Slovenian or far North East Italian. Somewhere around there.
“Ilario” means “Larry” in Italian. Ilaro , I’m tipping, is “Larry”.

He's half German and half Italian, a strange but beautiful mix

 

[KillerMagpies]

He's half German and half Italian, a strange but beautiful mix

Just like my kids
….dead set, is he really?

 

[Fat Jesus]

He's half German and half Italian, a strange but beautiful mix

You have a link bro?

 

[manicpie]

Just like my kids
….dead set, is he really?

I have no idea, just joshin. If anything, his mum might have gone across the border to Switzerland, Smit could be Swiss

 

[Fat Jesus]

I would bet anyone here he is from a Dutch background.
Holland

 

[manicpie]

You have a link bro?

Absolutely not

 

[manicpie]

I would bet anyone here he is from a Dutch background.
Holland

If he smokes joints with his cappuccino, he's Dutch