The pecking order for this year’s AFL draft is starting to emerge.
The Carlton ruckman is playing great football and is about to become a free agent. But the Blues need to keep his value in perspective.
The reaction to West Coast co-captain Oscar Allen’s in-season meeting with Hawthorn coach Sam Mitchell and his wife Lyndall in Perth has bordered on embarrassing.
These players are yet to sign on the dotted line,and they’ll be at the centre of trade talk in 2025. And with a club captain among their number,the chase is on.
Essendon are keen to offer an emerging star forward a long-term deal,while the in-form Hawks are facing a contract squeeze. Elsewhere,we look at some of the rising teens the Tasmania Devils will have access to.
Victorian clubs are already considering what they may need to give up in draft capital to secure Harley Reid if he attempts to leave the Eagles with one year left on his contract. There’s news around Kysaiah Pickett and Toby Bedford,too.
There is already evidence the 2024 class could be a super draft after the likes of Sam Lalor,Levi Ashcroft,Isaac Kako,Xavier Lindsay and Finn O’Sullivan put on a show in round one.
His cricket contemporaries are presently touring with the Australian Test team,while Sam Lalor is sweating through his first proper footy pre-season.
Nick Daicos is one of the AFL’s biggest stars,but Collingwood are still lacking when it comes to the quality of their youth. See every club’s under-23 players and where they rank.
The AFLW’s brave new world of a national draft where players could end up anywhere in the country had an immediate impact. See every pick.