November Draft...down to business.

Filthy · Post by **Filthy** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 4:11 pm

All Australians:

NAB U18 award winners

DIVISION ONE - WINNER: Victoria Metropolitan
DIVISION TWO - WINNER: Queensland

LARKE MEDAL - DIVISION ONE Tom Hawkins (Victoria Metropolitan) (GAWN....FATHER/SON-GEELONG)
HARRISON MEDAL - DIVISION TWO: Ricky Petterd (Queensland)

ALL-AUSTRALIAN:
New South Wales/Australian Capital Territory: Craig Bird
Northern Territory: Nathan Djerrkura
Queensland: David Armitage, Daniel Dzufer, Ricky Petterd
South Australia: Bryce Gibbs, Tom Hurley
Tasmania: Tom Hislop, Mitchell Thorp
Victoria Country: Nathan Brown, Daniel Connors, Robert Eddy, Shaun Grigg, Lachlan Hansen
Victoria Metropolitan: Leigh Adams, Jarryd Allen, Tom Hawkins, Patrick Veszpremi
Western Australia: Scott Gumbleton, Leroy Jetta, Matthew Leuenberger, Garry Moss
Coach: David Dickson
Assistant coach: Craig McRae - Queensland

NAB MOST VALUABLE PLAYER AWARD:
Selected by their respective coaches
NSW/ACT: Craig Bird
Northern Territory: Nathan Djerrkura
Queensland: Ricky Petterd
South Australia: Bryce Gibbs
Tasmania: Mitchell Thorp
Victoria Country: Nathan Brown
Victoria Metropolitan: Leigh Adams
Western Australia: Shawn Colbung

When WA played Vic Metro Gumbleton was 2nd best against Vic who won playing at CHB and is a big unit.....197/93 and is only 18 (ready to play??)! I am assuming Gibbs goes to the Scum as he is apparently the best player so Gumbleton could be our 1st pick. Hansen is slightly smaller but is a Victorian so no chance of homesickness.

DRAFT CAMP RESULTS:

2006 NAB AFL Draft Camp results - Top 10 fitness results

Height
Matthew Leuenberger - 203.2cm
Sean Hampson - 200.8cm
Kurt Tippett - 200.6cm
Daniel Currie - 200.4cm
Brent Renouf - 200.3cm
Scott Gumbleton - 197.1cm
Lachlan Hansen - 196.7cm
Ben Reid - 196.4cm
Jesse White - 196.3cm
Eric McKenzie - 195.8cm

Mass (Weight)
Jesse White - 101.4kg
Justin Hardy - 97.3kg
Kurt Tippett - 95.9kg
Chris Dawes - 95.6kg
Sean Hampson - 93.1kg
Matthew Leuenberger - 92.9kg
Scott Gumbleton - 92.8kg
Brent Renouf - 92.5kg
Robert Tarrant - 91.9kg
Alex Lee - 91.8kg

Agility
David Armitage - 7.88 sec
Daniel Hayes - 8.04 sec
Andrejs Everitt - 8.06 sec
Tom Hislop - 8.10 sec
Simon Hogan - 8.14 sec
Kyle Reimers - 8.16 sec
Gavin Urquhart - 8.17 sec
Nathan Djerrkura - 8.18 sec
Colin Garland - 8.18 sec
Brock O'Brien - 8.19 sec

Repeat Sprints - 30 metres
Simon Hogan - 24.67 sec
Tim Houlihan - 24.72 sec
Clint Benjamin - 24.74 sec
Joe Anderson - 24.76 sec
Nathan Djerrkura - 25.00 sec
Nathan Brown - 25.07 sec
Nathan Krakouer - 25.08 sec
Mark Austin - 25.09 sec
Mitchell Brown - 25.34 sec
Jarryd Allen - 25.36 sec

Vertical jump - standing
Shane Edwards - 69cm
Daniel Hayes - 68cm
Clint Benjamin - 67cm
Eric McKenzie - 66cm
Jarryd Morton - 66cm
Clayton Collard - 66cm
Brent Renouf - 65cm
Joel Selwood - 65cm
James Sellar - 65cm
Nick Smith - 65cm

20-metre sprint
Nathan Krakouer - 2.83 sec
Nathan Djerrkura - 2.90 sec
Nathan Brown - 2.91 sec
Simon Hogan - 2.91 sec
Brock O'Brien - 2.92 sec
Shaun Grigg - 2.92 sec
Ben Reid - 2.93 sec
Ben Ross - 2.94 sec
Clint Benjamin - 2.95 sec
Travis Boak - 2.96 sec

Shuttle Run (Beep test)
Simon Hogan - level 15.04
Tim Houlihan - level 15.04
Shane Edwards - level 15.04
Bachar Houli - level 14.09
James Thomson - level 14.08
Joe Anderson - level 14.04
Nathan Djerrkura - level 14.04
Will Schofield - level 14.04
Lachlan Hansen - level 14.04
David Armitage - level 14.03

Handspan
Jesse White - 26.7cm
Kurt Tippett - 26.3cm
Brent Renouf - 25.4cm
Tom Collier - 25.2cm
Chris Schmidt - 25.2cm
Justin Hardy - 25.0cm
Sean Hampson - 25.0cm
Mark Austin - 24.9cm
Andrejs Everitt - 24.9cm
Daniel Currie - 24.6cm

Three-km time-trial
Tim Houlihan - 9:37 mins
Simon Hogan - 9:55 mins
Shane Edwards - 10:00 mins
James Thomson - 10:13 mins
Daniel Dzufer - 10:14 mins
Bachar Houli - 10:23 mins
Brent Renouf - 10:27 mins
Will Schofield - 10:34 mins
Haydyn Kiel - 10:35 mins
David Armitage/Jarryn Geary - 10:36 mins

Did Bryce Gibbs go? He doesn't feature at all!!!

Looks like there is plenty to chose from given we have 3 in the 1st 20!

jimmyc1985 · Post by **jimmyc1985** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 4:30 pm

That's the thing with Gibbs though Filthy. I think i said it after watching the U/18 carnival; he doesn't have any blinding attributes like a Judd turn of speed, a Buckley field kick or a Ramanauskas vertical leap, but he's just very good at everything.

Anyway, as for the draft, we've just got to get the best players available. Sounds obvious but i think people tend to overlook that and over-analyse the entire situation.

Ossie · Post by **Ossie** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 4:42 pm

Hansen/Gumbleton + Selwood would do very nicely thanks.

Selwood will go much earlier than 18 though I feel.

s'dreams · Post by **s'dreams** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 5:26 pm

I have big wraps for Jarryd Allen

Has played forward/back and 3rd ruck. Kicked a couple of bags of 8 goals for the Calder Cannons at CHF.

Would be worth looking at for a later pick.

Cheers - sti

sconsey · Post by **sconsey** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 5:26 pm

Hmm, how did i know that Tm Houlihan would feature in all the long distance tests? He is an awesome athlete!!! Travels the world running. Not sure about his football ability, though apparently is still improving quite a bit.

ZRS · Post by **ZRS** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 5:54 pm

sconsey wrote:Hmm, how did i know that Tm Houlihan would feature in all the long distance tests? He is an awesome athlete!!! Travels the world running. Not sure about his football ability, though apparently is still improving quite a bit.

maybe we should draft him if he is a good athlete, and just teach him football skills, sounds like a good way to go, i wonder if this has been tried before

Filthy · Post by **Filthy** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 5:59 pm

ZRS wrote:
sconsey wrote:Hmm, how did i know that Tm Houlihan would feature in all the long distance tests? He is an awesome athlete!!! Travels the world running. Not sure about his football ability, though apparently is still improving quite a bit.
maybe we should draft him if he is a good athlete, and just teach him football skills, sounds like a good way to go, i wonder if this has been tried before

Does the name Bolton reasonate?

fordmania · Post by **fordmania** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 8:20 pm

Filthy wrote:
ZRS wrote:
sconsey wrote:Hmm, how did i know that Tm Houlihan would feature in all the long distance tests? He is an awesome athlete!!! Travels the world running. Not sure about his football ability, though apparently is still improving quite a bit.
maybe we should draft him if he is a good athlete, and just teach him football skills, sounds like a good way to go, i wonder if this has been tried before
Does the name Bolton reasonate?

Also, Trent Croad i think is another one.
Definately, Bolts!!!

Post by **Jazz_84** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 10:30 pm

haha i beat them all in the beep test and would have come 4th in the 3k time trial haha i feel good now

i can't wait to see which way sheeds go's with selections, im keen to really make our game work around the back line and take the pressure off the forwards and let them do what they do best

sash · Post by **sash** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 11:21 am

I would love to get Hansen cuz he can play CHB but doesnt look like he'll bulk up a while and perhaps could always be under sized which we dont need apart from that looks good. And he got 14.04 on beep test

Mrs Mercuri · Post by **Mrs Mercuri** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 5:08 pm

I would love to get Selwood but then Hanson and Gumbleton would be nice as well. I doubt we would get 2 of the three as all players would have to be top 10 at least, even top 5.

Im leaning towards either Selwood or Gumbleton, maybe if we get one selwood it might entice the other brothers back to victoria!!

Sismis · Post by **Sismis** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 10:19 am

Anyone know anything about Nathan Djerrkura?

BERT · Post by **BERT** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 10:45 am

If Carlton don't go for Gibbs we have to pick him up. Would walk into the seniors first up and make a massive impact. If they do go for him then it sounds like Hansen or Gumbleton. They might go for Hansen as he is a Victorian boy.

antcl · Post by **antcl** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 2:04 pm

I'd say Hansen, as he was meant to have beaten Gumbleton in the championships. Also, more of a pure CHB than Gumbleton.

With picks #18 and #20, I'd like to see Nathan Brown and a midfielder (not sure which, think there will be a number of good optios - Collard, Armitage, Proud, Houli, etc).

With pick #36 I'd like to see us get Batsansis. Not fast, but seems to be a good mix of in&under and outside, with the precise foot skills we're crying out for in the midfield. Sounds like a reasonable chance to drop to this pick.

Get those guys, and we'd have two top KP players who can both play forward/back, and two good midfielders.

Personally, I really like the sound of Nathan Brown. Love KP defenders who are quick off the mark, and he was in the top 10 in the 20m sprint.

andrewb · Post by **andrewb** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 6:06 pm

If we can get hansen and nathan brown we'll have one of the best spines in the comp in two or three years - brown, hansen, watson, cj, lloyd. I'd be stoked if nathan brown was still around by pick 18.

Selwood could be the real steal though... I've heard that he captained the vic metro side last year that had Marc Murphy in it!

j-mac31 · Post by **j-mac31** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 2:58 pm

I like the sound of Brown and Hansen.

But we could still get Gibbs - Carlton are very seriously considering Leunberger (sp?), a ruckman.

We still have Lee and maybe get Brown.