Supercoach Rd 22 : Rookie Scout Report
The season is almost over and it feels like itβs just flown by. Weβre up to Round 22, which means thereβs just two more weeks to go before our Supercoach seasons are over.
For some it will be a time of celebration, for others, itβll be a time of quiet reflection and contemplation. Others may just go around wanting to smash stuff like theyβre playing Grand Theft Auto. Itβs never too early to get ready for next year though, so weβre going to go digging in the Barron Bargain Bin again and see what players could be in our sides next year.
Nathan Freeman
It feels like every year we talk about Nathan Freeman, but the truth is that 2017 has probably been the first year where heβs been able to play a large portion of football without having his hamstrings go ping on him.
He was the #10 pick back in the 2013 AFL Draft and immediately missed all of 2014 with injuries, then played the first 4 games of 2015 before hurting his hamstrings again and missing the rest of the year, followed by two more hamstring injuries striking in 2016, which kept him limited to just 8 games. It looks like Freeman might finally be getting his body right.
The two games he missed in Rounds 15 and 16 were due to an ankle injury, and so far this year his hamstrings have been going strong, playing in 13 of a possible 16 games so far this year. He did start off slowly, but really started to pick up the pace as the season went along, notably between Round 7-11 where he averaged 30 disposals a game.
St Kilda have said it didnβt matter how well he played this year, it was all about getting him ready for 2018. Heβll be a dirt cheap selection, so letβs hope he gets a full pre-season in, because if he does I canβt see much keeping him out of the Saints best 22.
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Lukas Webb
Much like Ben Lennon last week, Webb is another guy who has only managed to play a handful of games over the past two seasons and has scored reasonably poorly, although high enough that itβll see him start the year in the mid $200K range. Webb was the #27 pick back in the 2014 AFL Draft, but has only managed to string together 19 games over that time, despite some strong VFL form.
The bigger bonus from Webbβs stats is heβs been able to impact the scoreboard in nearly every game, while usually racking up over 20 disposals as well, with some really strong games where heβs had 30+. Thereβs been growing rumours that he might seek his fortunes elsewhere next year, with the Gold Coast being listed as a potential destination. If that happens he could be a Jack Steele type selection for us next year.
Corey Lyons
Heβs only in his first year at the Lions, by Lyons has been one of the more encouraging players in the NEAFL squad so far this year. He was the 71st pick in the 2016 Draft and is the brother of current Gold Coast Sun Jarryd Lyons. Like his brother heβs an inside midfielder who is also capable of moving up forward and kicking a goal or two.
His form has been a bit patchy at times, but is averaging near 20 disposals a game and has also been made senior emergency as well. The Lions will have another crop of youngsters coming into the side in this yearβs draft, but with the potential (though probably unlikely) loss of Tom Rockliff in the centre, there could be opportunities for Lyons to find his way into the 22 next year. If he gains MID/FWD eligibility, his worth will be all the greater for us in 2018.
AROUND THE GROUNDS
VFL
Round 17 of the VFL season saw Footscray smash Sandringham 138-39, Geelong defeated Richmond 84-77, Casey beat the Northern Blues 102-65, Essendon won a close one against Box Hill 89-83 and Collingwood handled North Ballarat easily 128-41.
Northern Blues (Carlton)
Jesse Glass-McCasker β Had just 8 disposals and 3 marks.
Harrison Macreadie β Finished with 10 disposals, 4 marks and 5 tackles.
Ciaran Sheehan β Sheehan had 18 disposals, 4 marks and 5 rebound 50βs.
Andrew Gallucci β Kicked 1.3, but also had 13 disposals, 6 marks and 5 tackles.
Collingwood
Brayden Sier β Sier had 18 disposals (14 handballs) and 2 marks.
Tim Broomhead β Dominated the game with 41 disposals, as well as kicking 3.1.
Kayle Kirby β Kicked 1.1 from 14 disposals, 5 marks, 2 tackles and 4 inside 50βs. Kirby is currently in the lead in the Frosty Miller medal race with 39 goals, ahead of Jordan Lisle on 38, Dylan Conway on 35 and Ben Lennon on 34.
Essendon
Aaron Francis β Took the game saving mark in defence and had 13 disposals, 4 marks and 4 rebound 50βs.
Jordan Ridley β Ridley had 14 disposals, 6 marks, 2 tackles and 5 rebound 50βs.
Jake Long β Long had 20 disposals, 4 marks, 2 tackles and 5 inside 50βs.
Kobe Mutch β Mutch finished with 22 disposals, 5 marks, 4 tackles and 5 rebound 50βs.
Mason Redman β Redman had 19 disposals, 6 marks, 3 each of tackles, inside 50βs and rebound 50βs.
Geelong
Jordan Cunico β Cunico had 19 disposals, 4 marks, 4 tackles and 5 inside 50βs.
Wylie Buzza β Inaccurate in front of goals kicking 2.4, also had 13 disposals, 5 marks, 4 tackles and 13 hitouts.
Ryan Abbott β Had just 9 disposals with 3 tackles, 4 inside 50βs and 26 hitouts.
Aaron Black β Booted 3.1 with 12 disposals, 6 marks, 3 tackles and 3 inside 50βs.
Box Hill (Hawthorn)
Kurt Heatherley β Heatherley had 18 disposals, 5 marks, 2 tackles and 4 inside 50βs.
Dallas Willsmore β Kicked 2 goals with 19 disposals, 8 marks, 4 tackles and 6 inside 50βs.
Oliver Hanrahan β Kicked a goal with 15 disposals and 3 inside 50βs.
Marc Pittonet β Had 48 hitouts with 17 disposals, 2 marks and 4 tackles.
Casey (Melbourne)
Declan Keilty β Keilty had 22 disposals and 11 marks.
Mitchell King β Had 26 hitouts with 5 tackles but just 4 disposals.
Jay Kennedy-Harris β Had 27 disposals, 5 marks, 6 tackles and a goal.
Dion Johnstone β Finished with 11 disposals, 2 marks, 4 tackles and 2 inside 50βs.
Werribee (North Melbourne)
Werribee stats not provided.
Richmond
Ben Lennon β Kicked 3 goals with 15 disposals, 3 marks, 3 tackles and 2 inside 50βs.
Todd Elton β Booted 3 behinds with 13 disposals and 4 marks.
Tyson Stengle β Kicked a goal with 13 disposals and 5 tackles.
Sandringham (St Kilda)
Ben Long β Kicked 1.1 with 14 disposals, 3 tackles and 2 inside 50βs.
Nathan Freeman β Back in the side after his ankle injury, Freeman had 18 disposals, 4 marks and 2 inside 50βs.
Nick O’Kearney β Finished with 25 disposals, 7 marks, 4 tackles and 5 rebound 50βs.
Josh Battle β Kicked 1.1 with 10 disposals and 3 marks.
Footscray (Western Bulldogs)
Fletcher Roberts β Finished with 16 disposals, 9 marks and 3 rebound 50βs.
Kieran Collins β Collins had 11 disposals, 1 mark and 2 tackles.
Fergus Greene β Greene kicked a goal with 12 disposals and 6 marks.
SANFL
Round 16 of the SANFL season saw Adelaide defeat North Adelaide 115-76 and Port smashing West Adelaide 149-57
Adelaide
Tom Doedee β Had 14 disposals, 2 tackles, 3 inside 50βs and 2 rebound 50βs. Currently leads the SANFL in intercept possessions.
Jordan Galluci β Kicked 2.1 with 23 disposals, 5 marks, 5 tackles and 5 inside 50βs.
Harrison Wigg β Was the travelling emergency to Melbourne for the Bombers game.
Matthew Signorello β Kicked 2 goals with 22 disposals (16 handballs), 3 marks, 7 tackles and 4 inside 50βs.
Myles Poholke β Poholke had 21 disposals, 3 marks, 6 tackles and 8 inside 50βs.
Ben Jarman β Kicked a goal along with 16 disposals, 3 marks and 3 inside 50βs.
Troy Menzel β Booted 4.1 with 18 disposals and 8 marks.
Port Adelaide
Will Snelling β Snelling had 21 disposals, 4 marks and 9 tackles.
Matthew White β White had 24 disposals (21 kicks), 8 marks, 4 tackles and 4 inside 50βs.
Joe Atley β Atley finished with 26 disposals, 1 mark, 2 tackles and 7 inside 50βs.
Willem Drew β Drew had 20 disposals, 3 marks, 7 tackles and 5 inside 50βs.
Jesse Palmer β Palmer had 21 disposals, 9 marks, 4 tackles and 3 inside 50βs.
Todd Marshall β Booted 5.1 with 17 disposals, 10 marks, 3 tackle and 3 inside 50βs.
Brett Eddy β Kicked 3.1 with 17 disposals, 10 marks and 2 inside 50βs.
NEAFL
Round 20 of the NEAFL season ended with Sydney smashing Redland 173-46 and Gold Coast beating Brisbane 111-104 while the UWS Giants had the bye.
Brisbane
Matthew Hammelmann β Kicked 3.1 with 12 disposals and 11 marks.
Corey Lyons β Lyons had 25 disposals, 6 marks, 2 tackles, 2 inside 50βs and 3 rebound 50βs.
Blake Grewar β Grewar kicked a goal with 20 disposals, 5 marks, 3 tackles, 2 inside 50βs and 3 rebound 50βs.
Oscar McInerney βKicked 2.1 with 11 disposals, 4 marks and 18 hitouts.
Gold Coast
Mackenzie Willis β Had 18 disposals, 5 marks, 4 tackles and 2 rebound 50βs.
Will Brodie β Booted 1.2 with 16 disposals, 6 marks, 3 tackles and 2 inside 50βs.
Sydney
Alex Johnson β Johnson had 21 disposals, 9 marks and 3 rebound 50βs.
Shaun Edwards β Edwards kicked 1.2 with 20 disposals and 5 marks.
Brandon Jack β Jack had 30 disposals, 8 marks, 3 tackles, 5 inside 50βs and a goal.
Oliver Florent β Florent kicked 2 goals with 25 disposals, 4 marks, 4 tackles and 5 inside 50βs.
Jordan Dawson β Dawson booted 3.3 with 26 disposals, 6 marks, 4 tackles and 3 inside 50βs.
Ben Ronke β Ronke kicked a goal with 18 disposals, 6 marks, 2 tackles and 3 inside 50βs.
Samuel Fisher β Fished had 32 disposals, 7 marks, 6 tackles and 5 inside 50βs and kicked 4.1.
WAFL
Round 21 of the WAFL season saw East Perth win easy over Swan Districts 110-56 and Peel Thunder defeat Perth 76-55.
Peel Thunder (Fremantle)
Taylin Duman β Had 21 disposals, 6 marks, 2 tackles and 2 rebound 50βs.
Ryan Nyhuis β Finished with 18 disposals, 4 marks, 5 tackles and 4 inside 50βs.
Luke Strnadica β Had 51 hitouts, along with 13 disposals, 6 tackles and a goal.
East Perth (West Coast)
Fraser McInnes β Had 12 disposals, 4 marks, 10 hitouts and a goal.
Jordan Snadden β Snadden finished with 24 disposals, 2 marks, 3 tackles and 3 inside 50βs.
Tom Lamb β Kicked a goal with 24 disposals, 9 marks, 4 tackles and 5 rebound 50βs.
Jake Waterman β Kicked 2.2 with 15 disposals and 8 marks.
Willie Rioli β Played just his 2nd WAFL game for the year and had 12 disposals, 4 marks, 4 inside 50βs and 4 goals.
Thanks for your A grade work and humour this year Barron. Who needs the Phantom when you have the Barron.
You're very welcome Browncow.
Good work this year Barron, you've been an entertaining one stop rookie shop! freeman and Webb certainly both look promising…..gotta say though I'm looking forward to the underpriced premos next year, guys like rocky, treloar, hanners, prestia etc could be serious value
That will be the big talking point for next year, Swans. Go with the new kids on the block (Kelly, Zerrett, Zorko etc) or stick fat some of the guys who have struggled at times this year.
I like a bit of Meatball action. Limited preseason with his knee, finding his role in Tigers engine room now
Yeah it will be interesting, I'm expecting an overcorrection of sorts next year of people looking for the next big thing. I mean sure like everyone I'm going to want to look at the Zorko, Kelly, Merrett Oliver et al but they are going to be priced fully, and we know starting teams are all about value….
If Neale plays on I might be doing a Selwood-Prestia this week, otherwise it'll be a Neale to someone with that last trade ….
Definitely could be some value there, Swans.
Nice write up Barron, Willi Rioli played on limited mins kicked the 4 goals all in 1 qtr
Simpson stated Monday that he is unlikely to play in next 2 games so pen him in for a round 1 berth next year.
The word is the coach has big raps on this kid.
Thanks Stirlsy. That's pretty damn good for 1 quarter of footy!
Watched a fair bit of him down at Glenelg the last few years. Kid is super talented.
That game was on tv here but I didn't bother to watch it, but got a bit air time on news.
Eagle fans want him straight into team, (there a funny bunch over here in the west) no jack about footy, Kid hasn't even played a full game in WAFL yet.
Yes he looks good in what he has done and the weagles need a livewire small.
great report BVC the interesting one for me is Lucas Webb Had my eye on him all year His delivery is first class but doesn't seem to get much of a go with bullies. Looking at him as a midpricer particularly if he changes clubs next year.
I'm really interested in him too, NDD. Murmurings about the Crows wanting him included in any potential trade for Jake Lever should he decide to go to the Bullies, sounds like he'll have a few options available to him should he want to move.
How do you see Willem Drew and Francis Watson as 2018 rookies? Likely to play from the outset?
Tough to say SCDamien. Initial reaction would be that Drew doesn't make the Round 1 side for Port, but I imagine we'll see guys like Toumpas and Ah Chee drop off next year and they might start pumping more games into the likes of Atley and Drew.
Watson could be a big one, though it depends on just how much the Eagles cut in the off-season. If they decide to rebuild they might decide to wipe out a bunch of best 22 players and give games to the youngsters. Not sure if that will happen though.
Gday BVC, love your work mate and always read your Rookie Scout report. Find it very helpful to get a read on rookies playing in vfl/sanfl/etc… Has helped me with achieving an overall ranking of 64 this season. Hoping I can crack the top 50 with 3 trades in hand.
Question: any update on what Shai Bolton did on the weekend? I have him as a floating mid/fwd E loophole doughnut. Just making sure the bastard is not likely to play so i can keep the E loophole going.
Cheers
Mafia FC
Hey Mafia, good work on the great ranking! Glad if I've been able to help in any way.
Bolton kicked 2 goals, but only had 6 disposals and 3 tackles for the game. I'd assume he probably won't earn a recall this week unless someone gets hurt.
Cheers mate, you're a legend!
Thanks for the insight all year, I've got one question regarding my last trade this year, Neale to Merrett, Beams, Parker or Murphy. On the topic of next year which out of those 5 will you be starting in 2018 if any? Once again love your work!
I'd probably go Merrett for both choices Joshua.
Sad day for the SC community with the retirement of Zac Dawson today. RIP Funny, I thought he'd stopped playing years ago!!
I reckon he scored 150 once in coachkings
He might have got double digit disposals that night – lol
Great stuff BVC
A few to have a close at look at next year.
Menzel totally forgotten about him good to see him still getting a kick in the magoos
Cheers, Trigga.
I'm still a Menzel fan, could have a spot if Gov flies the coop at the end of the year.