News Port Adelaide's Next Generation Academy

[Ford Fairlane]

 

[Grave Danger]

The talk with Benny is worth a listen - Zac Millbank always sounds like a 45 record played at 33 1/3, but Benny seems like a smart - and ambitious - young fella.

 

[Amarula]

How does Benny Barrett’s 20m sprint time of 2.87 compare to the best ever? Anything under 2.90 is sensational.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

How does Benny Barrett’s 20m sprint time of 2.87 compare to the best ever? Anything under 2.90 is sensational.

These are the best 20m sprint times at Draft Combine for the past few years (and best ever)



Danyle Pearce (2.79)
Nathan Krakouer (2.81)
Michael Pettigrew (2.85)

Were Port draftees who topped the camp/combine back in the day.

AFL Draft Combine Testing Results

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Zac Millbank always sounds like a 45 record played at 33 1/3,

Great way to describe his voice cadence.

 

[Power Raid]

Michael Pettigrew (2.85)

brings back nightmares

 

[Ford Fairlane]

brings back nightmares

 

[tribey]

brings back nightmares

So they actually only scored a behind directly from that infamous moment, but not long after that was the Surjan-Ablett non-HTB that ultimately led to Bartel’s goal in the shadows of quarter time.

The greatest advertisement for a basketball-style time out you’ll ever see.

 

[Holden Hillbilly]

From the Tiser 50 best young sports prospects:

ZEMES PILOT HOLMES Sport: Football, basketball Age: 15​

A multi-sport athlete, Zemes is a standout young footballer and basketballer. In football, he is an athletic key forward who booted 32 goals from 15 games in South Adelaide’s SANFL under-16s team in 2024. He had 13 disposals and kicked 1.3 in the Panthers’ under-16 grand final loss to Sturt at Adelaide Oval. Measuring a tall 191cm, Zemes made this year’s State under-16 football and basketball squads.

https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/50-under-15-sas-next-wave-of-athletes-aged-15andunder-to-watch/news-story/771c777bd094d62b35cce74ab8674803?amp

 

[Addy23]

From the Tiser 50 best young sports prospects:

ZEMES PILOT HOLMES Sport: Football, basketball Age: 15​

A multi-sport athlete, Zemes is a standout young footballer and basketballer. In football, he is an athletic key forward who booted 32 goals from 15 games in South Adelaide’s SANFL under-16s team in 2024. He had 13 disposals and kicked 1.3 in the Panthers’ under-16 grand final loss to Sturt at Adelaide Oval. Measuring a tall 191cm, Zemes made this year’s State under-16 football and basketball squads.

https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/50-under-15-sas-next-wave-of-athletes-aged-15andunder-to-watch/news-story/771c777bd094d62b35cce74ab8674803?amp

Hopefully chooses football. We don't get many top prospects coming our way in F/$ and NGA. Zemes could be the first one of that kind for us. Has had a very good year.

 

[Peninsula Boy]

From the Tiser 50 best young sports prospects:

ZEMES PILOT HOLMES Sport: Football, basketball Age: 15​

A multi-sport athlete, Zemes is a standout young footballer and basketballer. In football, he is an athletic key forward who booted 32 goals from 15 games in South Adelaide’s SANFL under-16s team in 2024. He had 13 disposals and kicked 1.3 in the Panthers’ under-16 grand final loss to Sturt at Adelaide Oval. Measuring a tall 191cm, Zemes made this year’s State under-16 football and basketball squads.

https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/50-under-15-sas-next-wave-of-athletes-aged-15andunder-to-watch/news-story/771c777bd094d62b35cce74ab8674803?amp

Yes please.

 

[Coobk001]

From the Tiser 50 best young sports prospects:

ZEMES PILOT HOLMES Sport: Football, basketball Age: 15​

A multi-sport athlete, Zemes is a standout young footballer and basketballer. In football, he is an athletic key forward who booted 32 goals from 15 games in South Adelaide’s SANFL under-16s team in 2024. He had 13 disposals and kicked 1.3 in the Panthers’ under-16 grand final loss to Sturt at Adelaide Oval. Measuring a tall 191cm, Zemes made this year’s State under-16 football and basketball squads.

https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/50-under-15-sas-next-wave-of-athletes-aged-15andunder-to-watch/news-story/771c777bd094d62b35cce74ab8674803?amp

Can't access the article. Anyone know what draft he'd qualify for? If he ends up a top pick and is landing the same time as the Tassie draft concessions, that'd be a big boost.

 

[Port2Power]

Anyone know what draft he'd qualify for? If he ends up a top pick and is landing the same time as the Tassie draft concessions, that'd be a big boost.

2026 draft as our NGA hopefully!