AFL draft helps mates make a tie-dy profit
Draftees Liam Henry and Isaiah Butters experienced a business boom after being snapped up by Fremantle as their indigenous art-inspired ties sold out within hours.
Draftees Liam Henry and Isaiah Butters experienced a business boom after being snapped up by Fremantle as their indigenous art-inspired ties sold out within hours.
From a remote town in the Eastern Kimblerley region of Western Australia to an Adelaide amateur football club, and now drafted to Gold Coast. The new Suns player has had an amazing journey.
Hugo Ralphsmith looks a bit like a star teammate from his under-18 side. So the midfielder hoped it wasn’t a case of mistaken identity when Richmond swooped on the son of a gun.
Port Adelaide this week revealed to The Advertiser its 2019 national draft strategy – before making its picks. It showed how months of planning helped the club get the quartet it wanted.
HE is the son of a South-East lobster fisherman and became an elite athlete by pounding the pavement on the outskirts of Millicent while his dad Joel followed him in his car with a stopwatch.
THE date rolls off Wayne Milera’s tongue. “August 29 — that’s when I had the extra electrical pathway zapped out of my heart,’’ he said. “But I’m all good now.’’
TITUS really meant to sit down and watch the draft hopefuls on YouTube before he did his phantom draft, but he got distracted by the new Star Wars trailer.
MOST AFL Drafts are firmly focused on youngsters from the TAC Cup. Every now and then, however, a club will take a punt on a mature age player from the VFL. Could Box Hill’s Sam Collins be the one?
WHO would’ve thought pick No. 30 would turn out to be the best player of the 2008 draft? We reselect the top 20 — and Jack Watts doesn’t make it.
FREMANTLE is considering a host of star VFL prospects after conducting a private screening session at Melbourne’s Sports and Aquatics Centre.
WHO are the hottest talents in this year’s draft? The AFL stats gurus have ranked their top 30 players, and answered your questions. RECAP LIVE CHAT
ARMED with two first-round picks for the first time in its 25-year history, Adelaide will take a best-player-available philosophy into Tuesday’s national draft where it hopes to land a pair of 200-game gems.
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