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Seems a really confident kid. By the way GWS have only just started their academy so where did they get all this talent? I am presuming that anyone who is in their zone who was with the Swans Academy will now be in the GWS Academy. That may account for the big losses.
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The Giants' Academy has been running at least a year, possibly a little longer. Cunningham spent last season as part of their Academy, coached by Paul Kelly.
No-one who entered into the Swans' Academy will have been re-zoned to the Giants' Academy (unless they moved their place of residence). The zones were created before the Swans Academy was established. If you are referring to scholarship players, I doubt these have been re-assigned to the Giants Academy unless the Swans terminated their scholarship. All other clubs retained their rights to scholarship players signed before the deadline (a couple of years ago) so I don't see why the Swans would have lost theirs.Comment
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wolftone57, your way off the mark with that comment. Check your list and I think you will find there is only two names who would have been in the Swans Zone. Can't say that would have changed the outcome. Whilst most don't want to admit it, there is a good depth in Western Sydney Junior AFL and if nurtured properly thru the TPP, which it appears it has, will lead to individual player confidence and Team wins.Comment
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NSW/ACT U18 RAMS named
http://bit.ly/MePeka
The following are Swans Academy players AFAIK, could have missed some that I'm unaware of
Brandon Jack
Bradley Plug
Daniel Robinson
Dylan Roos
Jordan Weir
Jordan West
Stephen Wray
Coached by Jason SaddingtonComment
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Can someone tell me why Andrew Moody is not in the state 18s this year...Comment
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Terry Wallace just did some analysis on drafting. Rated us last for recruitment over the past 8 years. Being largely a wipeout in 2004 - 2008. Less than 20% of players making it from that periodYou don't ban those who supported your opponent, you make them wallow in their loserdom by covering your victory! You sit them in the front row. You give them a hat! Toby ZieglerComment
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Looking at the 35 man 18's RAMS squad - 8 from Sydney North & South, 1 from North Coast (Swans Zone) - 3 from Western Sydney, 23 from ACT/Riverina (GWS Zone) - that says it all.
The GWS Academy it is definitely NOT a "Western Sydney" Academy ... I am aware of a number of kids that age from Western Sydney that have been part of the AFL's talent programs since they were in primary school, who have become totally disillusioned as a result, and some are not even playing now.
So whilst GWS have done virtually nothing in "Western Sydney", the rest of their zone, which is traditional AFL territory anyway, has been very well catered for with AFL talent program support for many years, and GWS then simply rode off the back of that from day one setting up structured academies in those areas.
No surprise that they are far more advanced in this age group than the Swans Academy, at this time. Things should even up as time passes, IF the Swans Academy is doing what it promises with the younger age groups coming through.Comment
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Shows what a dill Wallace is, thank goodness we didn't get him as coach in 2003. Any intelligent observer of the game rates our recruiting very highly.
Wallace probably doesn't want to remember the disastrous 2004-2005 drafts whilst he was at Wretchmond. A stack of high draft choices and hardly any of them made the grade. Famously failed to draft either Roughead or Franklin in 2004 when he had the chance. Yep, he's a dill.Comment
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Seems like a pretty big move forward just to get that many in the NSW team from Sydney. Interested to see how they all go. Good to see some big guys
Dylan Roos shouldn't worry he has already played in a premiership.
I am completely guessing that Brandon Jack is the most likely to get drafted?You don't ban those who supported your opponent, you make them wallow in their loserdom by covering your victory! You sit them in the front row. You give them a hat! Toby ZieglerComment
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Wallace was absolutely right....just from memory - Willoughby, O'Keefe, Brabazon, Laidlaw and the other one from that draft, Meredith, Simpkin, Phillips, Currie, Faulks, Eriksen, Davis, Vezpremi....and that's just the ones I can remember who were on the main list. 2009 was Rohan and Jetta then Lamb (??) Johnson, Reid and Parker. Did we change recruiting managers?"I'll acknowledge there are more talented teams in the competition but I won't acknowledge that there is a better team in the competition" Paul Roos March 2005Comment
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