2006 National Draft Thread

[robbieando]

Can also go forward. So not a bad pick up at the end.

So all in all, 1 midfielder, 1 ruckman and 2 talls. Pretty much what we all expected we would go (just not in the order we would pick them in)

[chammond]

Originally posted by robbieando
From Inside Football:

Jesse comes from a basketball background and he's what you'd call a big boy. For his size he's pretty agile and I would have thought he could develop into a key defender in the AFL. He might go down the back end of the draft or on a rookie list," said Qld under 18 coach Craig McRae.

Qld rep 2005, 2006.
From Southport

"Big boy" is an understatement. He was a quiet fancy for last year's draft, and, for a teenager, he had a very powerful build even then.

[robbieando]

1 Carlton Bryce Gibbs Glenelg 187.4 77.6
2 Essendon Scott Gumbleton Peel 197.1 92.8
3 Kangaroos Lachlan Hansen Gippsland 196.7 90.1
4 Brisbane Matthew Leuenberger East Perth 203.2 92.9
5 Port Adelaide Travis Boak Geelong Falcons 183.3 76.4
6 Hawthorn Mitchell Thorp Tassie Mariners 194.1 86.4
7 Geelong Joel Selwood Bendigo 182.4 80.2
8 Collingwood Ben Reid Murray 196.4 82.3
9 St Kilda David Armitage Morningside 183.5 80
10 Collingwood Nathan Brown Nth Ballarat 193.5 87.2
11 Western Bull. Andrejs Everitt Dandenong 193.4 77.4
12 Melbourne James Frawley Nth Ballarat 192.7 81.3
13 Richmond Jack Riewoldt Tassie Mariners 192.3 85.4
14 Adelaide James Sellar Glenelg 195 90.1
15 Sydney Daniel O'Keefe Geelong Falcons 183.7 74.1
16 West Coast Mitchell Brown Nth Ballarat 193.3 89.8
17 Carlton Sean Hampson Mt Gravatt 200.8 93.1
18 Essendon Leroy Jetta Sth Fremantle 177.2 75.5
19 Carlton Shaun Grigg Nth Ballarat 189.9 78.7
20 Essendon Tom Hislop Tassie Mariners 184.4 85.9
21 Kangaroos Gavin Urquhart Morningside 181.1 80.1
22 Brisbane Albert Proud Mt Gravatt 180 83
23 Port Adelaide Paul Stewart Woodville-West Torrens 189.8 82.35
24 Hawthorn Brent Renouf Southport 200.3 92.5
25 Geelong Nathan Djerrkura NT Thunder 176.3 77.1
26 Richmond Shane Edwards Nth Adelaide 179.6 68.6
27 St Kilda Brad Howard Redlands 180.5 71.75
28 Collingwood Chris Dawes Sandringham 193.7 95.6
29 West Coast Eric MacKenzie Claremont 195.8 91.4
30 Melbourne Ricky Petterd Broadbeach 185.3 76.7
31 Fremantle Clayton Collard Sth Fremantle 182.4 85.8
32 Adelaide Kurt Tippett Southport 200.6 95.9
33 Hawthorn Jarryd Morton Claremont 191 80.7
34 Brisbane Chris Schmidt West Adelaide 188 80.8
35 Carlton Mark Austin Glenelg 193.4 88.2
36 Essendon Alwyn Davey SOUTH ADELAIDE
37 Kangaroos Todd Goldstein Oakleigh 201 106.2
38 Brisbane James Hawksley Peel 186.4 73
39 Port Adelaide Nathan Krakouer Claremont 182.1 61
40 Hawthorn Josh P. Kennedy SANDRINGHAM DRAGONS
41 Geelong Tom Hawkins SANDRINGHAM DRAGONS
42 Essendon Bachar Houli Western 180.7 88.5
43 West Coast Tim Houlihan Nth Ballarat 189.4 73.5
44 Collingwood Brad @@@@ East Fremantle 181.8 68.6
45 Western Bull. Brennan Stack Perth 184.3 76.05
46 Melbourne Colin Garland Tassie Mariners 190.6 84.6
47 Essendon Kyle Reimers Peel 184 78.3
48 Adelaide David MacKay Oakleigh 181.4 69.2
49 Sydney Daniel Currie Northern Knights 200.4 90.6
50 West Coast Will Schofield Geelong Falcons 194.9 81.9
51 Carlton Clint Benjamin Claremont 189.2 80.5
52 Fremantle Brock O'Brien Peel 180.5 74.9
53 Kangaroos Lindsay Thomas Port Adelaide 180.4 76.4
54 Brisbane Matt Tyler Nth Ballarat 193.7 82.05
55 Port Adelaide Robert Gray Oakleigh 181.55 82.45
56 Hawthorn Garry Moss East Perth 179.5 69.9
57 Geelong Simon Hogan Geelong Falcons 181.4 67.8
58 Richmond Daniel Connors Bendigo 183.1 78.5
59 St Kilda Jarryd Allen Calder 193.2 87.7
60 Richmond Carl Peterson Claremont 182.7 69.55
61 Western Bull. Josh Hill Claremont 186 72.4
62 Melbourne Isack Weetra PORT ADELAIDE MAGPIES
63 Collingwood Tyson Goldsack Gippsland 191.3 82.35
64 Adelaide Nick Gill Nth Adelaide 192.1 90.25
65 Sydney Peter Faulks Calder 192.2 74
66 Western Bull. Malcom Lynch NSW/ACT Rams 178 64.75
67 Carlton Joe Anderson Darwin 187.6 81
68 Essendon PASS - - - -
69 Kangaroos Ben Warren Zillmere Eagles 185.9 77.9
70 Brisbane Sam Sheldon Oakleigh 183.2 78.85
71 Port Adelaide Justin Westhoff Central Districts 199.4 83.45
72 Hawthorn PASS - - - -
73 Richmond Andrew Collins Bendigo 184.4 70.95
74 St Kilda Matthew Ferguson ST KILDA
75 Collingwood PASS - - - -
76 Western Bull. Paul O'Shea REDLANDS/TOOWOOMBA
77 Fremantle Calib Mourish Towns 189.5 84.7
78 Adelaide Bryce Campbell NORWOOD
79 Sydney Jesse White Southport 196.3 101.4
80 West Coast James Thomson Claremont 194.1 81
81 Carlton PASS - - - -
82 Kangaroos Aaron Edwards Frankston 184 88
83 Port Adelaide Ryan Williams Geelong Falcons 187.6 89
84 Richmond PASS - - - -
85 St Kilda PASS - - - -
86 Port Adelaide David Rodan RICHMOND
87 St Kilda PASS - - - -
88 Port Adelaide PASS - - - -

[BeeEmmAre]

OUR NEW SYDNEY SWANS

According to afl.com.au

15 SYDNEY - Daniel O'Keefe - Geelong Falcons - 25/10/1988 - 183.7cm - 74.1kg
Prolific possession winner with very good evasive skills, strong overhead for his size and smart around goals. Uses ball well and good in traffic. Vic Country U18 representative this year. Played 16 games for the Falcons this year, averaging 22 disposals and kicking 32 goals. From Warrnambool Football Club.

49 SYDNEY - Daniel Currie - Northern Knights - 15/02/1989 - 200.4cm - 90.6kg
Mobile defender/ruckman who is strong overhead. Only 17 years of age. Had a very promising year, representing Vic Metro in the NAB AFL U18 Championships. From Eltham Football Club.

65 SYDNEY - Peter Faulks - Calder Cannons - 24/04/1988 - 192.2cm - 74kg
Key defender who is rarely beaten. Recorded the best standing vertical jump overall (NAB AFL Draft Camp/State Screening Session) with a leap of 74cm at the Victorian State Screening Session, as well as a sub 3sec 20m sprint (2.93sec).

79 SYDNEY - Jesse White - Southport Sharks - 9/01/1988 - 196.3 - 101.4
Strong and mobile big man who was a former State basketball representative. Showed he can play forward, back or in the ruck at representative level for Queensland over the past two years.

[BeeEmmAre]

Final word - I am extremely happy with our results, considering what was obviously gone before we got a look in.
Welcome aboard boys.

[Nico]

Faulks looks like the heir apparent to Barry at Full Back.

[Nico]

White - big, powerful and mobile - Barry Hall type perhaps to be moulded as a strong key forward?

[Damien]

Jesse looks like an interesting character! - here is his My Space of all things! - J.White's My Space

He has a little thing about wearing Nike...Welcome to Puma Jesse

[hammo]

Looks like we've done OK. There's no doubt some players were taken from us right before our picks.

Which of the 4 are likely to be ready to play straight away?

[Legs Akimbo]

Burgatron had Daniel O'Keefe tagged as a second round pick (37), we took him with our first pick. None of Currie, Faulks or White figure prominently in pre-draft discussions.

Yet again, Sydney drafts smokies and unknowns when more fancied names were on the table. Again we have drafted a small / midfielder type with our first choice (in a draft laden with tall talent, an area where we are deficient.

We'll find out in about 4-5 years whether this strategy was brilliance or stupidity.

[robbieando]

Originally posted by hammo
Which of the 4 are likely to be ready to play straight away?

White, you would think considering he has played carnival football for the past two years, is over the 100kg mark and is able to play either end of the ground as a KP and as we know if we hit injuries in that area we only had Vogels and Grundy as backup before today. That and can also play in the ruck.

Also don't rule out O'Keefe if he really hits it off early in the year. Currie is also a chance if injuries hit the rucks. But I doubt Faulkes will play until he really bulks up. 74kg for a KP defender isn't enough to play in year one.

[chammond]

Originally posted by hammo
Looks like we've done OK. There's no doubt some players were taken from us right before our picks.

Which of the 4 are likely to be ready to play straight away?

This is the Swans we're talking about!!

We won't see any of them this season, nor probably next season.

[satchmopugdog]

Jesse white from his My Sace reminds me of Ryan Fitzgerald.


CAN'T SPELL....arghhhhhhhh. Don't tell me he is a yobbo footballer with a huge ego. That's how he seemed to come across.

Settle Satch......give him a chance.

At least he is tall

[robbieando]

Originally posted by Legs Akimbo
Burgatron had Daniel O'Keefe tagged as a second round pick (37), we took him with our first pick.

But do take note that Burgatron did say in his profile that the Swans were looking at taking him at pick 15, so really it wasn't that much of a surprise.

From MATT BURGAN'S PHANTOM DRAFT:
The draft is varied. Opinions differ considerably on certain players and although the depth appears to be strong, there is very much a 'beauty in the eye of the beholder' scenario among many of these players. In many respects, O'Keefe fits this mould. Highly-rated by many AFL recruiters - some believe he could be a first-round draftee - he is also seen as a third-round selection. It would not surprise if Sydney (No.15), Hawthorn (No.24 or No.33) or Geelong (No.25) snapped him up, yet in this meeting, the top 40 stacks up strongly and not everyone can fill the same position. O'Keefe could genuinely slot in anywhere in the first three rounds and the Kangaroos will be delighted if they can jag him in this section of the draft, which is not out of the realms of possibility.

[satchmopugdog]

Daniel Currie...liked the sound of "a good contested mark" That is something that is hard to coach into someone....bonus