2013 Under 18 AFL Football

I know Skippos takes a bit of interest in this, but it's very much my passion - watching elite junior football.

I tend to post a phantom and whatnot over at BigFooty but I thought I'd base myself here for now.

I'll be posting semi constant updates - long, in-depth player profiles, little observations, whatever, if it's under 18 related it'll be in here.

Feel free to join in, or ask questions - I'd love to not have to go to BigFooty everytime I want to discuss anything about TAC or the Champs.

10 Names you'll need to get to know:

Luke MacDonald
James Aish
Cam Conlon
Matt Scharenberg
Dom Sheed
Josh Kelly
James Tsitas
Matt Crouch
Luke Dunstan
Ben Lennon

 

You're a legend Tigs, looking forward to reading all about it all year

 

Will be at Craigieburn for the double header on Saturday, if that helps.

Saw him 4/5 times last year. Impressive little nut he is. Loves the contested ball, pace isn't a real issue, gets it and goes. Lays tackles that stick and hurt blokes. He's one of those blokes I love, but he's not short, he's a midget.

At that height he's got an undraftable build and it's not like he's that much of an x-factor athletic talent.

I assumed I put him in as my first name. Woops. Maybe I wanted him to sneak under the radar :ninja:

Didn't standout for me. I didn't have him in my top 150.

 

It's a bit hard to say at this stage, but there's three who you'd have to think are chances:

Isaiah Miller. He's with the AIS currently.
Jacob Chisari. Short little rover with elite agility and a-grade competitiveness, but I don't know if either his kicking or his speed is elite enough to go before the rookie draft.
Jordan Mangan. 194 cm basketball convert. Draft doesn't have many big kids, let alone big kids who can run 3 secondish 20 metres. Athleticism excellent. Still learning the game. Needs to play lots in key positions this year and settle into a position.

 

Saiah did have a good year, yeah. Nice height for a rebounding defender, can really affect a contest as third man up and is more than competent one on one. Nice skills and dash, but sometimes lacks poise.

Got compared to Grant Birchall and I don't think that's too far off, but Saiah would be looking to really impact when he gets a run in the guts this year, to avoid being labelled a one-trick-pony.

Nah - I'm based in Melbourne but travel down on weekends. Get a bit of feedback from Dave, but that's about it.