- May 15, 2012
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TBH the entire 2024 WA list has been thin from day 1. I was fairly down about it and perhaps too critical and I don't think it went down too well with some but that it how I felt and what I saw right from the 16's championships.
There wasn't at lot of competition for places. A handful of players come along later thank goodness. It really was an effort to find 50 players. A guy who was 13 in the 2024 group last year might not have been top 30 in the current 2025 list.
The 2025 list has been fun to compile because there are new players emerging each week. It's more a case of who do I leave out and not risk missing a player who gets named in the WA summer squad later in the year.
Because I update the positions and the votes each week, I don't really do many projections. Although I'd say Cody Curtin (until the weekend) was a little in that category. (Not much but a little based on colts form) Cooper Ramsay is for sure but 200cm newcomers to the sport who slot into state teams after a month of trying footy can't be ignored and his story about being discovered in a "new to the sport big man talent search day" (Along with Harvey Spawton-Guy) interests me.
Spawton-Guy will probably stick with cricket. He's likely a fast bowler with his height but he looked ok in the 16's.
So really it's just a current as of today kind of list. It should work itself out by draft time 2025.
I'm quietly confident that the 2025 list has so many contenders that if a few fall away others will step in but we'll see. And there's a bit of everything. Stacked with mids for a change. Could probably do with another ruck but the WA selectors may have to pick an overager for that role once again.
WA just isn't producing many 200cm+ players. I'm always astonished when I see the Vic teams and the height of their players. Where do they find them....lol....maybe that's just sheer population.
Hopefully there are more changes. It would be great to see bolters emerge.
There wasn't at lot of competition for places. A handful of players come along later thank goodness. It really was an effort to find 50 players. A guy who was 13 in the 2024 group last year might not have been top 30 in the current 2025 list.
The 2025 list has been fun to compile because there are new players emerging each week. It's more a case of who do I leave out and not risk missing a player who gets named in the WA summer squad later in the year.
Because I update the positions and the votes each week, I don't really do many projections. Although I'd say Cody Curtin (until the weekend) was a little in that category. (Not much but a little based on colts form) Cooper Ramsay is for sure but 200cm newcomers to the sport who slot into state teams after a month of trying footy can't be ignored and his story about being discovered in a "new to the sport big man talent search day" (Along with Harvey Spawton-Guy) interests me.
Spawton-Guy will probably stick with cricket. He's likely a fast bowler with his height but he looked ok in the 16's.
So really it's just a current as of today kind of list. It should work itself out by draft time 2025.
I'm quietly confident that the 2025 list has so many contenders that if a few fall away others will step in but we'll see. And there's a bit of everything. Stacked with mids for a change. Could probably do with another ruck but the WA selectors may have to pick an overager for that role once again.
WA just isn't producing many 200cm+ players. I'm always astonished when I see the Vic teams and the height of their players. Where do they find them....lol....maybe that's just sheer population.
Hopefully there are more changes. It would be great to see bolters emerge.
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