SANFL State Talent Manager Brenton Phillips has named the South Australian prospect to look out for ahead of the 2024 AFL Draft.
That player is South Adelaide’s Sid Draper, a midfielder who could go at the real pointy end of the draft and brother of Arlo, who spent two years on Collingwood’s list before being delisted last season.
Phillips compared Draper to Port Adelaide captain Connor Rozee, who also starred for his state as a junior before being taken with pick No.5 in the 2018 Draft.
“There’s a kid called Sid Draper down at South Adelaide, look out for him,” Phillips said on SEN SA The Run Home.
“He’s a midfielder, he’s got a little bit of Connor Rozee about him.
“He's slight, but he’s got very quick feet, comes out of stoppages really nicely and he has good foot skills.
“He plays with some real intensity, a bit like Izak Rankine used to do also as a junior, play with that induced speed and exuberance.
“So, look out for Sid Draper I say.”
Another two prospects that have grabbed a lot of attention from South Australia are twin duo Ben and Lucas Camporeale, who are Carlton father-son eligible through their father, premiership player Scott.
The twins have been on the radar of Carlton fans for years now and Phillips thinks that they could be the second and third players drafted from South Australia after Draper.
“They are twins,” Phillips said.
“Ben’s probably got Lucas in height by a couple of centimetres.
“They're both midfielders, probably Lucas is more a genuine outside winger, but he does love to play on the inside.
“Ben plays a little bit more on the inside and across half back for us at times.
“They look pretty good, so I’m thinking that Draper's probably going to be our first one (drafted) out of South Australia and these two boys are probably close behind him.”
While Lucas was more highly rated than Ben in recent years, Phillips thinks that Ben has closed the gap and could even be taken ahead of his twin come November.
“They’re competitive (with each other),” Phillips said.
“Lucas was the one that during his junior years at 15, 16 or 17 years of age was probably in front, but I reckon Ben's closed the gap on him now.
“I reckon I’d be splitting hairs, but if I had my pick, Ben might shade Lucas by a whisker.”
Their father Scott Camporeale played 233 games for the Blues and 19 for the Bombers across his AFL career which lasted from 1995 to 2007. He was a premiership player in 1995, an All-Australian in 2000 and a best and fairest winner at Ikon Park.
