SANFL Under-18 Talent Hub named for 2022 including top prospects Harry Lemmey, Adam D’Aloia, Isaac Keeler
Potential high draft picks and sons of guns are among the next group of talented SA footballers to watch in the SANFL Under-18 Talent Hub. See the full squad.
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Potential high draft picks and sons of guns are among the next generation of talented SA footballers to watch.
The 39-player squad for the 2022 SANFL Under-18 Talent Hub has been announced with the young guns to undertake a four-day camp this week.
Including 26 prospects eligible to be taken in next year’s AFL draft and 13 underage players, the group will be guided by SA under-18 coach Tony Bamford at Thebarton Oval.
South Adelaide’s six selections was the most of any SANFL club but the squad is evenly spread with Central District, Glenelg, North Adelaide, Norwood, West Adelaide and Woodville-West Torrens supplying five players while Sturt had three picked.
Bloods key forward Harry Lemmey and Eagles midfielder Adam D’Aloia headline the top talents in the squad.
Lemmey, who made his league debut for West this season, looms as one of the best tall players in the upcoming draft pool while D’Aloia impressed by taking out the best on ground medal in the SANFL under-18 grand final.
Adelaide Crows Next Generation prospects Isaac Keeler (North) and Max Michalanney (Norwood) are others to keep an eye on along with sons of SANFL guns Luca Slade (Sturt) and Mattaes Phillipou (Eagles).
Following this week’s camp, which features training along with individual and team building exercises, the squad will take part in another four-day event in January.
2022 SANFL Under-18 Talent Hub
CENTRAL: Austin McDonald, Brodie Tuck, Finn Reed, Jayden Matz, Trent Tattoli
GLENELG: Archie Lovelock, Benjamin Ridgway, Jake Walker, Jakob Ryan, Lachlan Scannell
NORTH: Billy Dowling, Isaac Keeler, Max Blacker, Kane McAuliffe, Kelsey Rypstra
NORWOOD: Max Michalanney, Riley Verrall, Taj Rahui, Will Rowlands, Tyson Walls
SOUTH: Jack Delean, Tom Wheaton, Will Verrall, Jaiden Magor, Kyle Marshall, Tom Schirmer
STURT: Alex Holt, Luca Slade, Nick Sadler
WEST: Harry Barnett, Kobe Ryan, Will Patton, Harry Lemmey, Thomas Scully
WOODVILLE-WEST TORRENS: Adam D’Aloia, Blake Hansen, Jedd Thomson, Patrick Weckert, Mattaes Phillipou
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