The cream of the next two draft crops will be on display on Grand Final Eve and Grand Final Day in the NAB AFL All Stars matches.
This year top prospects will strut their stuff on the MCG as a curtain raiser to this year’s Toyota AFL Grand Final, which should have fans of Brisbane, Gold Coast, Carlton and North Melbourne in particular paying close attention.
AFL National and International Talent Manager Kevin Sheehan says that it is a great opportunity for clubs to get one last look at some of the best players in this year’s draft pool before they head to the draft combines.
“The Under-18s match at the MCG will be the final match preview of some of the most highly regarded draft prospects eligible for this year’s NAB AFL Draft,” Sheehan said.
“We are pleased to have the support of two champions of the game who retired at the end of last year in Corey Enright and Brent Harvey.
“The likes of Jaidyn Stephenson, Luke Davis-Uniacke, Ed Richards and Jarrod Brander will represent Team Harvey while Andrew Brayshaw, James Worpel, Nick Coffield and Oscar Allen will represent Team Enright.
The Enright team will be coached by the NAB AFL Academy assistant coach Brad Johnson, while the Harvey team will be coached by for West Coast star, and current Western Australia Under-18s team coach Peter Sumich.
The best Under-17 talent from around the country – including hot prospects Jack Lukosius, Max King, Isak Rankine and Sam Walsh – will feature in a match on Friday September 29 at Simonds Stadium in Geelong.
NAB AFL Under-18 All Stars
Saturday September 30, 10am, MCG
Team Enright 1 Dylan Moore – Eastern Ranges 2 Lachlan Fogarty – Western Jets 3 Patrick Naish – Northern Knights 4 Matthew Ling – Geelong Falcons 5 Matthew McGannon – Gippsland Power 6 Brayden Ainsworth – Subiaco 7 Andrew Brayshaw – Sandringham Dragons 8 Jack Petruccelle – Northern Knights 9 Gryan Miers – Geelong Falcons 10 Joel Garner – Eastern Ranges 21 Jordan Houlahan – Sturt 22 Hunter Clark – Dandenong Stingrays 23 Nicholas Shipley – St George 24 James Worpel – Geelong Falcons 25 Bailey Henderson – Bendigo Pioneers 26 Nicholas Coffield – Northern Knights 27 Oscar Allen – West Perth 28 Mitchell Podhajski – Calder Cannons 29 Jordan Butts – Murray Nushrangers 30 Noah Balta – Calder Cannons 31 Harrison Petty – Norwood 32 Sam Hayes – Eastern Ranges 33 Sam Taylor – Swan District 34 Lloyd Meek – GWV Rebels 35 Ned Reeves – Oakleigh Chargers
Team Harvey 1 Brent Daniels – Bendigo Pioneers 2 Jack Higgins – Oakleigh Chargers 3 Ben Paton – Murray Bushrangers 4 Alex Martini – Glenelg 5 Zac Bailey – Southern District 6 Ryley Stoddart – Eastern Ranges 7 David Handley – Geelong Falcons 8 Ed Richards – Oakleigh Chargers 9 Lochie O’Brien – Bendigo Pioneers 10 Luke Davis-Uniacke – Dandenong Stingrays 21 Matthew Day – Oakleigh Chargers 22 Brandon Starcevich – East Perth 23 Jaidyn Stephenson – Eastern Ranges 24 Jackson Ross – Eastern Ranges 25 Jack Payne – Noosa 26 Nathan Murphy – Sandringham Dragons 27 Aiden Bonar – Dandenong Stingrays 28 Oscar Clavarino – Sandenong Stingrays 29 Jarrod Brander – Bendigo Pioneers 30 Hayden McLean – Sandringham Dragons 31 Charlie Ballard – Sturt 32 Hugh Dixon – Kingsborough Tigers 33 Ben Miller – Subiaco 34 Brayden Crossley – Labrador Tigers 35 Connor Ballenden – Wests Juniors
NAB AFL Under-17 Future Stars
Friday September 29, 1.30pm, Simonds Stadium
Team Enright 1 Zac Butters – Western Jets 2 Tom Lewis – Sturt 3 Izak Rankine – West Adelaide 4 Will Hamill – Dandenong Stingrays 5 James Peatling – Pennant Hills 6 Isaac Quaynor – Oakleigh Chargers 7 Tom McKenzie – Northern Knights 8 Connor Rozee – North Adelaide 9 Bailey Smith – Sandringham Dragons 10 Luke Valente – Norwood 11 Sam Walsh – Geelong Falcons 21 Michael Mummery – Southern Districts 22 Lachlan Gadomski – Kingborough Tigers 23 Connor Idun – Geelong Falcons 24 Stefan Radovanovic – Western Jets 25 Jackson Hately – Cantral Districts 26 Riley Bowman – Dandenong Stingrays 27 Bailey Schmidt – Dandenong Stingrays 28 Mark Marriott – Murray Bushrangers 29 Ben King – Sandringham Dragons 30 Max King – Sandringham Dragons 31 Zane Barzen – Murray Bushrangers 32 Matthew Green – Sporties Spitfires 33 Caleb Graham – Cairns Saints 34 Hugo Munn – Sturt
Team Harvey 1 Ed McHenry – Geelong Falcons 2 Mitch Anderton – Lauderdale 3 Sydney Stack – Perth 4 Tom Matthews – Coorparoo 5 Jye Caldwell – Bendigo Pioneers 6 Jarrod Cameron – Swan Districts 7 Bailey Scott – Broadbeach 8 Xavier Duursma – Gippsland Power 9 Xavier O’Neill – Oakleigh Chargers 10 Curtis Taylor – Calder Cannons 11 Mitch Riordan – Dandenong Stingrays 21 Oscar Brownless – Geelong Falcons 22 Matt Walker – Murray Bushrangers 23 Jack Bytel – Calder Cannons 24 Buku Khamis – Western Jets 25 Tarryn Thomas – North Launceston 26 Mason Fletcher – Calder Cannons 27 Jack Lukosius – Woodville West-Torrens 28 Xavier Peacock – Subiaco 29 Ben Kelly – Murray Bushrangers 30 Bailey Williams – Dandenong Stingrays 31 Jacob Atley – Bendigo Pioneers 32 Hudson Garoni – Murray Bushrangers 33 Dillon O’Reilly – East Fremantle