Tag Archives: Australian Football League Draft

THE Sandringham Dragons have again proved to be the NAB League’s footy factory after a remarkable 10 players found AFL clubs over the past three days. The Dragons, who also produced young ruckmen Jacob Edwards (North Melbourne) and Max Heath (St Kilda) in the NAB Mid-Season Rookie Draft,

Border restrictions mean some Western Australia-based players selected in the national draft will remain home until January to avoid the prospect of spending 14 days in quarantine.

The AFL draft is done and dusted, with some decisions sticking to the script and other expectations going out the window. Cody Atkinson and Sean Lawson drill down into the trends at this year's event.

The AFL's most romantic – and somewhat controversial – rule is alive and well after another five father-son selections were made at the national draft.

It’s the age old draft dilemma for some clubs: do you take the best player available or the homegrown talent? And St Kilda has come out and defended its selection of South Australian prospect Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera over local star Josh Sinn following criticism from Brownlow medallist Gerard Healy.

The AFL has done well to keep the competition going but with a return to normal on the horizon, the time has arrived to deal with a few issues around player movement.

NAB AFL Draft, the Sydney Swans have welcomed new draftees Angus Sheldrick, Matthew Roberts, Corey Warner and Lachlan Rankin to the club.

Taj Woewodin, a quick midfielder from WA, arrives at the club his dad won a Brownlow medal at in 2000 before moving to Collingwood for the latter part of his career.

AFL draft hopeful Michael Randall is facing a Sport Integrity Australia investigation over an alleged positive test to banned stimulant phentermine.

Explosive midfielder Josh Goater has landed at his beloved North Melbourne after sliding from Wednesday night’s first round. The Calder Cannons product was rated by some as a top-15 talent and could have considered himself unlucky after going undrafted …