Coates Talent League Top 50: Exclusive ranking points from Round 2 as Essendon NGA gun Adam Sweid stars
If Essendon fans weren’t already excited, they should be after what happened in the Coates Talent League on the weekend. See exclusive stats – and who’s rising up draft boards.
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An Essendon-linked midfielder-forward has produced another monster game in the Coates Talent League as he quickly rises up draft rankings.
Calder Cannons product Adam Sweid was among the competition’s top-ranked players in round 2 over the weekend, playing a key role in his side’s 74-point triumph over the Tasmania Devils.
A member of Essendon’s Next Generation Academy, Sweid gathered 26 disposals (16 contested possessions), five clearances, seven tackles, six score involvements and one goal for a total of 171 ranking points.
The performance backed up a 25-disposal, five-clearance and two-goal game against the Oakleigh Chargers in round 1, which amounted to 178 ranking points.
As reported by the Herald Sun last week, the 175cm Sweid played his first official Coates Talent League match for the Cannons in round 1 after missing last year with an ACL injury.
He moves well, takes the game on, has clean hands and can hit the scoreboard or set up teammates when pushing forward.
Cannons teammate and fellow Bombers NGA member Hussien El Achkar backed up a four-goal haul in round 1 with another three goals against the Devils, while potential No. 1 draft pick Cooper Duff-Tytler was impressive again with 24 disposals, five marks, four clearances and 23 hit-outs.
Elsewhere, highly-rated Sandringham Dragons key forward Archie Ludowyke bounced back from a quiet round 1 game to slot five goals from 13 disposals against the Eastern Ranges – including the final major of the game with less than three minutes to play to hand his side a six-point win.
Big-bodied Eastern Ranges midfielder Oliver Greeves registered 31 disposals and six clearances in that match, while bottom-age Gippsland Power forward Cody Templeton kicked five goals from 27 disposals in a standout performance against the Dandenong Stingrays.
TOP RANKING POINTS FROM EACH ROUND 2 MATCH
CALDER CANNONS 16.9 (105) d TASMANIA DEVILS 4.7 (31)
171 points – Adam Sweid (Calder Cannons)
144 points – Oliver Dean (Tasmania Devils)
138 points – Cooper Duff-Tytler (Calder Cannons)
115 points – Carled El Khodr (Calder Cannons)
108 points – Felix Kneipp (Calder Cannons)
MURRAY BUSHRANGERS 13.6 (84) def. by BENDIGO PIONEERS 13.11 (89)
147 points – Hunter Wright (Bendigo Pioneers)
131 points – Ryder Corrigan (Murray Bushrangers)
122 points – Liam Hetherton (Murray Bushrangers)
122 points – Patrick Blake (Bendigo Pioneers)
111 points – Zac Harding (Murray Bushrangers)
GWV REBELS 8.13 (61) d GEELONG FALCONS 8.11 (59)
136 points – Oliver Johnston (Geelong Falcons)
132 points – Fred Lucas (Geelong Falcons)
129 points – Talor Byrne (GWV Rebels)
128 points – Floyd Burmeister (GWV Rebels)
115 points – Jesse Mellor (Geelong Falcons)
NORTHERN KNIGHTS 4.10 (34) def. by OAKLEIGH CHARGERS 16.15 (111)
173 points – Aaron Sharkie (Oakleigh Chargers)
148 points – Roman Moxon (Northern Knights)
134 points – Hugh White (Northern Knights)
125 points – Jai Saxena (Oakleigh Chargers)
115 points – Zac McCarthy (Oakleigh Chargers)
SANDRINGHAM DRAGONS 14.6 (90) d EASTERN RANGES 13.6 (84)
154 points – Archie Ludowyke (Sandringham Dragons)
135 points – Lachy Dovaston (Eastern Ranges)
123 points – Oliver Greeves (Eastern Ranges)
122 points – Mitchell Gillan (Eastern Ranges)
119 points – Rory Wright (Sandringham Dragons)
GIPPSLAND POWER 11.8 (74) d DANDENONG STINGRAYS 8.8 (56)
179 points – Cody Templeton (Gippsland Power)
138 points – Oliver Wilson (Gippsland Power)
129 points – Brodie Atkins (Gippsland Power)
127 points – Charlie Orchard (Dandenong Stingrays)
118 points – Jasper Russell (Dandenong Stingrays)
Originally published as Coates Talent League Top 50: Exclusive ranking points from Round 2 as Essendon NGA gun Adam Sweid stars
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