No room for Eagles ball-magnet in Kevin Sheehan’s top 40 draft prospects for 2019

“I am very bullish about the future potential of my Top 40”. AFL Talent Ambassador Kevin Sheehan names his top prospects ahead of the draft but there’s no room for one South Australian star

Lachlan Ash (Vic Country), Caleb Serong (Vic Country), Matt Rowell (Vic Metro), Noah Anderson (Vic Metro), Tom Green (Allies), Mitch O’Neill (Allies), Will Gould (SA) and Jackson Mead (SA) pose for a photo during the 2019 NAB AFL Under-18 Championships at Marvel Stadium. Picture: Dylan Burns/AFL Photos

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AFL Talent Ambassador Kevin Sheehan has named six South Australians in his top 40 draft prospects ahead of this month’s national draft.

Classy Norwood running machine Dylan Stephens, who is set to be the first player picked from the SANFL, leads SA’s contingent, which also includes Glenelg’s Will Gould, West Adelaide’s Will Day, Norwood Cam Taheny, Eagles excitement machine Kysaiah Pickett and Port Adelaide father-son prospect Jackson Mead.

“I am very bullish about the future potential of my Top 40 with a good spread of sizes and playing positions included,” Sheehan said.

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Pickett, the 171cm small forward and nephew of Port Adelaide premiership player Byron, looms as South Australia’s bolter after being invited, along with Stephens, to the first night of the draft in Melbourne.

“My list also includes five smalls reinforcing if you are good enough, you are big enough,” Sheehan noted.

Melbourne and the Bulldogs are the clubs understood to be considering Pickett with picks inside the top 15.

Harry Schoenberg breaks away from Vic Metro’s Finn Maginness at the national under-18 championships. Picture: Morgan Sette/AAP

Sheehan, however, had no room for Eagles ball-magnet Harry Schoenberg, who averaged 27 disposals and 122 Champion Data ranking points per game to win SA’s MVP award at the national carnival.

But Champion Data rate the 18-year-old, who possesses brilliant hands and vision in tight spaces as the 17th-best prospect in the pool, and he’s still a chance to be taken in the second-round after a prolific – and consistent – season at all levels in 2019.

KEVIN SHEEHAN’S TOP 40

In alphabetical order

Top draft prospects Matt Rowell, left, and Noah Anderson. Picture: Tony Gough

Noah Anderson, 18

Midfielder 191cm 87kg

Oakleigh Chargers/Vic Metro

Lachlan Ash, 18

Defender 187cm 83kg

Murray Bushrangers/Vic Country

Miles Bergman, 18

Midfielder/Forward 189cm 83kg

Sandringham Dragons/Vic Metro

Trent Bianco, 18

Midfielder 180cm 77kg

Oakleigh Chargers/Vic Metro

Charlie Comben, 18

Forward/ruckman 199, 84kg

Gippsland Power/Vic Country

West Adelaide’s Will Day pictured at Richmond Oval. Picture: Dean Martin

Will Day, 18

Defender, 189cm, 76kg

West Adelaide/SA

SEE DAY’S FULL DRAFT PROFILE HERE

Sam De Koning, 18

Defender, 201cm, 86kg

Dandenong Stingrays/Vic Country

Thomson Dow, 18

Midfielder, 184cm, 76kg

Bendigo Pioneers/Vic Country

Sam Flanders, 18

Midfielder/forward, 183cm, 82kg

Gippsland Power/Vic Country

Mitch Georgiades, 18

Forward, 192cm, 87kg

Subiaco/WA

Will Gould, 18

Defender, 192cm, 101kg

Glenelg/SA

SEE GOULD’S FULL DRAFT PROFILE HERE

Is GWS Academy gun Tom Green the next Patrick Cripps? Picture: Wayne Taylor.

Tom Green, 18

Midfielder, 190cm, 89kg

GWS Academy/Canberra/Allies

Liam Henry, 18

Forward, 180cm, 68kg

Claremont/WA

Luke Jackson, 18

Ruckman/forward, 199cm, 94kg

East Fremantle/WA

Star Western Australian ruckman Luke Jackson. Picture: Wayne Taylor

Emerson Jeka, 18

Tall utility, 198cm 90kg

Western Jets/Vic Metro

Harrison Jones, 18

Forward, 196cm, 78kg

Calder Cannons/Vic Metro

Brodie Kemp, 18

Utility, 192cm, 89kg

Bendigo Pioneers/Vic Country

Finn Maginness, 18

Midfielder, 189cm, 82kg

Sandringham Dragons/Vic Metro

Jack Mahony, 18

Forward/midfielder, 178cm, 75kg

Sandringham Dragons/Vic Metro

Fisher McAsey, 18

Defender, 197cm, 91kg

Sandringham Dragons/Vic Metro

South Australian draft hopefuls Jackson Mead and Cam Taheny. Picture: SIMON CROSS

Jackson Mead, 18

Midfielder, 183cm, 83kg

WWTFC/SA

SEE MEADS’S FULL DRAFT PROFILE HERE

Mitch O’Neill, 18

Midfielder, 176cm, 72kg

Tasmania Devils/Allies/Tasmania

Sam Philp, 18

Midfielder, 186cm, 79kg

Northern Knights/Vic Country

Kysaiah Pickett, 18

Forward, 171cm, 71kg

WWTFC/SA

SEE PICKETT’S FULL DRAFT PROFILE HERE

Hugo Ralphsmith, 18

Midfielder/forward, 188cm, 75kg

Sandringham Dragons/Vic Metro

Jay Rantall, 18

Midfielder, 185cm, 83kg

GWV Rebels/Vic Country

Trent Rivers, 18

Defender, 188cm, 83kg

East Fremantle/WA

Deven Robertson, 18

Midfielder, 184cm, 81kg

Perth/WA

Matt Rowell, 18

Midfielder, 180cm, 78kg

Oakleigh Chargers, Vic Metro

Caleb Serong, 18

Midfielder, 178cm, 88kg

Gippsland Power/Vic Country

Jeremy Sharp completed the 2km time trial at the national draft combine. Picture: Michael Klein.

Jeremy Sharp, 18

Midfielder, 189cm, 81kg

East Fremantle/WA

Brock Smith, 18

Midfielder, 188cm, 83kg

Geelong Falcons/Vic Country

Cooper Stephens, 18

Midfielder, 188cm, 83kg

Geelong Falcons/Vic Country

Dylan Stephens, 18

Midfielder, 183cm, 74kg

Norwood/SA

SEE STEPHENS’ FULL DRAFT PROFILE HERE

Cameron Taheny, 18

Forward, 185cm, 80kg

Norwood/SA

SEE TAHENY’S FULL DRAFT PROFILE HERE

Elijah Taylor, 18

Forward, 188cm, 77kg

Perth/WA

Cody Weightman, 18

Forward, 178cm, 75kg

Dandenong Stingrays/Vic Country

Dylan Williams, 18

Forward, 186cm, 81kg

Oakleigh Chargers/Vic Metro

Josh Worrell, 18

Defender, 195cm, 83kg

Sandringham Dragons/Vic Metro

Hayden Young, 18

Defender, 188cm, 83kg

Dandenong Stingrays/Vic Country

Hayden Young in action for the Dandenong Stingrays in the NAB League.