2012 AFL National Draft completed

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2012 AFL National Draft completed

Thursday, November 22 2012 @ 04:48 am ACDT
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A total of 94 players were tonight added to AFL club lists at the 2012 NAB AFL Draft, held at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre in Queensland.

Dandenong Stingrays' midfielder Lachie Whitfield was taken at selection number one by the GWS Giants, with the Giants adding Jonathan O'Rourke (Calder Cannons) and Lachie Plowman (Calder Cannons) at selections two and three respectively.

Jimmy Toumpas (Melbourne), Jake Stringer (Western Bulldogs), Jackson Macrae (Western Bulldogs), Oliver Wines (Port Adelaide), Sam Mayes (Brisbane Lions), Nick Vlastuin (Richmond) and Joe Daniher (Essendon) rounded out the top 10 selections, while three players with previous AFL experience were re-drafted onto club lists - former Port Adelaide player Ben Jacobs and former Gold Coast player Taylor Hine both selected by North Melbourne while Hawthorn re-drafted premiership player Michael Osborne.

Irish rookies Zach Tuohy and Niall McKeever were both ugraded to the senior list as were Sudanese born Majak Daw and South African born Jason Johannisen.

Full draft list below:

Round No	Pick No	Registration	Players Name	Club from	Club
Round 1	1	213189	Lachie Whitfield	Dandenong Stingrays / Mount Martha Junior FC	GWS Giants
Round 1	2	213767	Jonathan O'Rourke	Calder Cannons / Gisborne Rookies	GWS Giants
Round 1	3	213327	Lachlan Plowman	Calder Cannons / Macedon	GWS Giants
Round 1	4	213114	Jimmy Toumpas	Woodville West Torrens / Flinders Park	Melbourne
Round 1	5	213275	Jake Stringer	Bendigo Pioneers / Eaglehawk JFC	Western Bulldogs
Round 1	6	213647	Jack Macrae	Oakleigh Chargers / Kew Rovers Football	Western Bulldogs
Round 1	7	213650	Oliver Wines	Bendigo Pioneers / Echuca Junior	Port Adelaide
Round 1	8	213197	Sam Mayes	North Adelaide / Port JFC	Brisbane Lions
Round 1	9	213659	Nick Vlastuin	Northern Knights / Eltham	Richmond
Round 1	10	213870	Joe Daniher	Calder Cannons / Aberfeldie JFC	Essendon
Round 1	11	213653	Troy Menzel	Central District / Golden Grove FC	Carlton
Round 1	12	213786	Kristian Jaksch	Oakleigh Chargers / Kew Rovers Football	GWS Giants
Round 1	13	213550	Jesse Lonergan	Launceston / Launceston	Gold Coast Suns
Round 1	14	213655	Aidan Corr	Northern Knights / Macleod JFC	GWS Giants
Round 1	15	213250	Taylor Garner	Dandenong Stingrays / Rowville	North Melbourne
Round 1	16	213310	Jackson Thurlow	Launceston / Launceston Junior	Geelong Cats
Round 1	17	213706	Joshua Simpson	East Fremantle / Mullewa	Fremantle
Round 1	18	213661	Brodie Grundy	Sturt / Unley Jets	Collingwood
Round 1	19	213119	Ben Kennedy	Glenelg / Brighton District	Collingwood
Round 1	20	213209	Timothy Broomhead	Port Adelaide (SANFL) / Port District	Collingwood
Round 1	21	213337	Nathan Hrovat	Northern Knights / Mill Park FC	Western Bulldogs
Round 1	22	212335	Dean Towers	North Ballarat / Otway Districts	Sydney Swans
Compensation	23	213086	Marco Paparone	East Fremantle / Palmyra JFC	Brisbane Lions
Round 2	24	213217	Nathan Wright	Dandenong Stingrays / Berwick JFC	St Kilda
Round 2	25	213152	Spencer White	Western Jets / Spotswood	St Kilda
Round 2	26	213871	Jack Viney	Casey Scorpions / Ashburton JFC	Melbourne
Round 2	27	213388	James Stewart	Sandringham Dragons / Glen Iris JFC	GWS Giants
Round 2	28	213069	Tim O'Brien	Glenelg / West Gambier Junior FC	Hawthorn
Round 2	29	213664	Thomas Clurey	Murray Bushrangers / Katamatite Football	Port Adelaide
Round 2	30	213516	Mason Shaw	South Fremantle / Winnacott JFC	Port Adelaide
Round 2	31	213551	Kamdyn Mcintosh	Peel Thunder / Pinjarra JFC	Richmond
Round 2	32	213495	Michael Close	North Ballarat Rebels / Harrow Balmoral	Brisbane Lions
Round 2	33	213174	Liam McBean	Calder Cannons / Aberfeldie	Richmond
Round 2	34	213765	Jason Ashby	Oakleigh Chargers / Kew Rovers	Essendon
Round 2	35	213130	Tom Temay	Sandringham Dragons / Prahran JFC	Carlton
Round 2	36	213206	Tanner Smith	North Ballarat Rebels / Kalkee Football And Netball Club	Fremantle
Round 2	37	213779	Ben Jacobs	Port Adelaide / St Bedes / Mentone Tigers	North Melbourne
Round 2	38	213184	Jackson Ramsay	East Perth / Coolbinia Bombers JFC	Collingwood
Round 2	39	212829	Max Duffy	East Fremantle / Rossmoyne JFC	Fremantle
Round 2	40	213284	Brodie Murdoch	Glenelg / Port Macdonnell	St Kilda
Round 2	41	213660	Mason Wood	Geelong Falcons / Geelong Amateur	North Melbourne
Round 2	42	213404	Matthew McDonough	Woodville West Torrens / Flinders Park	Richmond
Round 2	43	213514	Josh Saunders	Geelong Falcons / Geelong Amateur	St Kilda
Round 2	44	213222	Harrison Marsh	East Fremantle / Augusta Margaret River	Sydney Swans
Round 3	45	213645	Brant Colledge	Perth / Attadale JFC	West Coast Eagles
Round 3	46	213164	Tim Membrey	Gippsland Power / Tedas Junior Football Club	Sydney Swans
Round 3	47	213253	Mitchell Wilkins	Norwood / Walkerville FC	North Melbourne
Round 3	48	213218	Dean Kent	Perth / Federals Football Club	Melbourne
Round 3	49	213872	Lachlan Hunter	Western Jets / Williamstown JFC	Western Bulldogs
Round 3	50	213418	Joshua Prudden	Murray Bushrangers / St Mary's Junior Football Club	Western Bulldogs
Round 3	51	213492	Dylan Van Unen	Frankston / North Ringwood	Essendon
Round 3	52	212010	Matt Jones	Box Hill Hawks / South Croydon	Melbourne
Round 3	53	213383	Martin Gleeson	North Ballarat Rebels / Koroit Football Netball	Essendon
Round 3	54	213172	Nicholas Graham	Gippsland Power / Tedas Junior Football Club	Carlton
Round 3	55	213569	Tim Sumner	Woodville West Torrens / Woodville South	Gold Coast Suns
Round 3	56	212874	Daniel Currie	North Adelaide	North Melbourne
Round 3	57	213878	Kyle Horsley	Gold Coast Suns	Gold Coast Suns
Round 3	58	213897	Clay Cameron	Mt Gravatt / Mt Gravatt JFC	Gold Coast Suns
Round 3	59	213757	Adam Carter	South Fremantle / Jandakot Jets JFC	West Coast Eagles
Round 3	60	211836	Mark Hutchings	West Perth	West Coast Eagles
Round 3	61	213778	Taylor Hine	Gold Coast Suns / Calder Cannons	North Melbourne
Round 3	62	213583	Sam Siggins	Tassie Mariners / Lauderdale	Adelaide Crows
Round 3	63	999999		Pass	GWS Giants
Round 3	64	213102	Matthew Dick	Calder Cannons / Macedon Junior	Sydney Swans
Round 3	65	999999		Pass	Sydney Swans
Round 4	66	213414	Kaiden Brand	West Adelaide / Berri	Hawthorn
Round 4	67	999999		Pass	GWS Giants
Round 4	68	212199	Dean Terlich	Norwood / Osborne	Melbourne
Round 4	69	999999		Pass	Carlton
Round 4	70	213689	Michael Osborne	Hawthorn / Labrador	Hawthorn
Round 4	71	213890	Daniel Nicholson	Melbourne	Melbourne
Round 4	72	213889	Michael Evans	Melbourne	Melbourne
Round 4	73	213293	Nicholas Kommer	East Perth / Scarborough	Essendon
Round 4	74	999999		Pass	Carlton
Round 4	75	213165	Lewis Pierce	Dandenong Stingrays / Mount Eliza JFC	St Kilda
Round 4	76	213874	Sam Gibson	North Melbourne	North Melbourne
Round 4	77	213588	Bradley Hartman	Sturt / Rambler Football Club	Geelong Cats
Round 4	78	213873	Clancee Pearce	Fremantle	Fremantle
Round 4	79	213891	Brad Dick	West Coast Eagles	West Coast Eagles
Round 4	80	999999		Pass	Collingwood
Round 4	81	213204	Rory Atkins	Calder Cannons / Maribyrnong Park	Adelaide Crows
Round 4	82	999999		Pass	Port Adelaide
Round 5	83	213886	Sam Frost	GWS Giants	GWS Giants
Round 5	84	999999		Pass	Western Bulldogs
Round 5	85	213896	Thomas Jonas	Port Adelaide	Port Adelaide
Round 5	86	213894	Jack Crisp	Brisbane Lions	Brisbane Lions
Round 5	87	999999		Pass	Richmond
Round 5	88	213105	Sean Gregory	Calder Cannons / Rupertswood AFC	Essendon
Round 5	89	213884	Levi Casboult	Carlton	Carlton
Round 5	90	213877	Sam Dunnell	St Kilda	St Kilda
Round 5	91	213875	Aaron Mullet	North Melbourne	North Melbourne
Round 5	92	213883	Jesse Stringer	Geelong Cats	Geelong Cats
Round 5	93	213881	Lee Spur	Fremantle	Fremantle
Round 5	94	213892	Marley Williams	Collingwood	Collingwood
Round 5	95	213880	Ian Callinan	Adelaide Crows	Adelaide Crows
Round 5	96	999999		Pass	Sydney Swans
Round 6	97	213887	Andrew Phillips	GWS Giants	GWS Giants
Round 6	98	213879	Tom Campbell	Western Bulldogs	Western Bulldogs
Round 6	99	213895	Niall McKeever	Brisbane Lions	Brisbane Lions
Round 6	100	999999		Pass	Richmond
Round 6	101	999999		Pass	Essendon
Round 6	102	213885	Zack Tuohy	Carlton	Carlton
Round 6	103	213876	Majak Daw	North Melbourne	North Melbourne
Round 6	104	999999		Pass	Sydney Swans
Round 7	105	213893	Jason Johannisen	Western Bulldogs	Western Bulldogs
Round 7	106	213882	Mark Baguley	Essendon	Essendon
Round 7	107	213888	Harry Cunningham	Sydney Swans	Sydney Swans

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2012 AFL National Draft completed

Authored by: Brett Northey
on Thursday, November 22 2012 @ 06:20 am ACDT

Things that took my eye were:

of the top 22 selected (i.e. first round selections), 13 were from Vic, 6 from SA, 2 from Tassie and 1 from WA (and even he spent time in SA) and none from Qld, NSW, NT, ACT. What's going on with the "national" game, and what's going on with WA footy? Or is it just a bias from clubs towards Vic players?
it's very hard to find a name that doesn't look of European origin - still very few African or Asian names
at least there's quite a few players with international background getting upgraded from the rookie list (most of the last group were actually rookie upgrades and the clubs could do it at the end as their rookies are "protected").

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Brett Northey - Co-founder and Chief Editor of WFN

2012 AFL National Draft completed

Authored by: Brett Northey
on Thursday, November 22 2012 @ 06:28 am ACDT

And no Immanuel Irra.

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Brett Northey - Co-founder and Chief Editor of WFN

2012 AFL National Draft completed

Authored by: Troy Thompson
on Thursday, November 22 2012 @ 06:36 am ACDT

I think Aidan Corr is another foreign born player. I think he was born in Ireland. His brother Cathal who plays with Collingwood reserves was born there. I thin Aidan may have come to Australia when he was about 3.

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Brett Northey - Co-founder and Chief Editor of WFN

2012 AFL National Draft completed

Authored by: Cam Homes
on Thursday, November 22 2012 @ 07:31 am ACDT

Only player drafted from non-traditional state-Clay Cameron (58) Mt Gravatt, Queensland to Gold Coast Suns.

Other Player from non-traditional state - Lee Spur (93) from Rookie list at Fremantle yet he was drafted from Central District last year, originally from Queensland. (that I know of).

Majak Daw also upgraded from Rookie list at North Melbourne. If he can get a few more games maybe we'll see a few more Africans playing footy.

Other interesting to note Collingwood took 3 South Aussies with their 18th, 19th and 20th picks Brodie Grundy-Sturt, Ben Kennedy-Glenelg and Timothy Broomhead-Port Adelaide Magpies. Other pick was from WA. When was the last time Collingwood didn't take a Vic? If ever?

Was Immanuel Irra actually nominated for the draft?

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Brett Northey - Co-founder and Chief Editor of WFN

2012 AFL National Draft completed

Authored by: Troy Thompson
on Thursday, November 22 2012 @ 03:42 pm ACDT

Another one with Kiwi connections upgraded to the senior list at Collingwood is Marley Williams.

The last few drafts are obviously a bit skewed on state breakdowns due to the priority zoning picks afforded to Brisbane, GC, GWS and Swans when it comes to NSW, ACT,QLD and NT. Add to this other players taken out by GWS and GC through their extra selections (and on-trading of players) and the remnants of the NSW scholarship scheme that has also seen NSW talent not make it through to the draft but through to clubs.

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Brett Northey - Co-founder and Chief Editor of WFN

2012 AFL National Draft completed

Authored by: Michael Christiansen
on Thursday, November 22 2012 @ 09:37 pm ACDT

re players from QLD, NSW and NT in particular - the zone selections processes around the Giants and Suns in particular has excluded or threatened to exclude a lot of the talent from the main draft. (my understanding of it is limited so a bit of a google has given me as below)

Guys like Jed Anderson and Jack Neade from NT are in the GWS NT 'zone', and 3 mentioned in particular from QLD were Jordan Burke, Andrew Boston and the one who was drafted in Clay Cameron were in the Suns zone. This is the last year of the Suns having QLD as a zone - and perhaps other clubs didn't focus too much on QLD talent.

I think the Suns were permitted 5 zone picks pre the draft for each of 2010,2011,2012. Last year they plucked out Alex Sexton and Jackson Allen and in their first season Zac Smith was one.

The AFL website reported back on Oct 4 :

As part of its list establishment rules, GWS has priority access to players from the Northern Territory until next year with Anderson and Neade, who have both received All Australian honours in the past two years, the pick of this crop.

"We feel as though they're quite capable to be on our list," Silvagni said of the pair.

"At this stage we're thinking that they are going to be on our list, but anything can happen."

You'd hope that QLD based clubs would lean to giving these guys a chance as rookies. However, the Suns in particular had to reduce their list from 46 to 42 for season 2013. Burke and Cameron in particular I gather did pre-season with the Suns and have played in the NEAFL side. Burke as a 'tall', may be retained in the NEAFL season and given a chance to develop.

However, a young fellow like Aliir Aliier from QLD was considered a possible late draft or rookie draft chance - and as a raw young ruckman the trend seems to have been to not draft such players.

THe problem though is this list trimming timeline (this article from May 2009 is a review of the Suns special draft rules):

2011 - 48 senior list, nine rookies with $1m TPP extra allowance;
2012 - 46 senior list, nine rookies with $800k TPP extra allowance;
2013 - 42 senior list, nine rookies with $600k TPP extra allowance;
2014 - 40 senior list, nine rookies with $400k TPP extra allowance;
2015 - 38 senior list, nine rookies in line with other AFL clubs.

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The Swans did upgrade rookie Harry Cunningham to the primary list - he's from Turvey Park (David 'fang' Murphy territory). Granted - not breaking new ground there.

There's also from NSW/Sydney the tail end flow on effect from the NSW Scholarship program that had locked away a lot of NSW talent - and the giant ruckman at Collingwood is one (Witts), and we've seen guys like Will Sierakowski (Haw to NM) and Tom Young (Coll to WBG) as other NSW scholarship 'graduates' who are still around the fringes of the system.

It will be interesting to see how the NSW-Sydney talent pathway progresses moving forward with the academy structure in place.

I reckon it'd be nice if clubs could have an additional supp list or extended rookie program and run reserves again!!!!! However - for NSW and QLD boys getting at least into the pathway - you really do need to cast an eye to the NEAFL where there are 4 AFL 'reserves' sides playing.

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Brett Northey - Co-founder and Chief Editor of WFN

2012 AFL National Draft completed

Authored by: Aaron Richard
on Friday, November 23 2012 @ 01:32 am ACDT

Aliir Aliir was getting talked up in the Herald Sun on Thursday morning - 194cm young Sudanese guy, born in Kenya, lives in Queensland and has been playing well with Aspley in the NEAFL. But didn't make it in at this point.

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Brett Northey - Co-founder and Chief Editor of WFN

2012 AFL National Draft completed

Authored by: Michael Christiansen
on Wednesday, November 28 2012 @ 06:06 pm ACDT

Noting in the AFL permission to train that at GWS Giants they have :

Joseph Redfern (East Coast Eagles), Dean Robertson (N Ballarat Rebels), Zach Williams (Narrandera).

So, two NSW lads, one city and one regional.

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Brett Northey - Co-founder and Chief Editor of WFN

2012 AFL National Draft completed

Authored by: Michael Christiansen
on Wednesday, November 28 2012 @ 06:08 pm ACDT

and the Sydney Swans :

Brandon Jack (Pennant Hills), Sam Naismith (North Shore), Dane Rampe (U NSW), Xavier Richards (Sandringham)

so they have 3 Sydney AFL players training with them.

No guarantees of course.

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Brett Northey - Co-founder and Chief Editor of WFN

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