December 6th 2020
Β Will Phillips
Height, Weight: 180cm, 79kg
Profile: Phillips is the premier inside midfielder in this draft pool with his performances during the 2019 NAB League finals rivalling the top midfielders in last year's draft. He combines contested ball-winning with aggressive tackling, effective distribution by hand and explosive run to impact games.
Riley Thilthorpe
Height, Weight: 200cm, 99kg
Profile: Featuring in the 'bests' in five of nine matches in the SANFL, Thilthorpe has the performances on the board against senior SANFL opposition. Thilthorpe combines a strong overhead mark with ground level craft and incredible acceleration and athleticism for someone his height and size.
Braeden Campbell
Height, Weight: 181cm, 72kg
Profile: The best kick in the pool, Campbell combines run and carry with ball in hand, contested ball-winning capabilities and aggressive tackles. Campbell, who is one of the most advanced prospects in the pool, possesses the versatility to play midfield, back or forward and was awarded player of the match during the Under-17 All-Star match in 2019.
Logan McDonald
Height, Weight: 196cm, 85kg
Profile: Leading the goalkicking for much of the year in the WAFL, McDonald secured a position in the WAFL Team of the Year. Combine his performances on the board with his meteoric rate of improvement and McDonald has the scope to become one of the premier key forwards in the competition.
Tom Powell
Height, Weight: 180cm, 73kg
Profile: A prolific ball-winning midfielder, Powell won the McCallum Tomkins Medal as the best player in the SANFL Under-18s. Powell is one of this draft's most productive and elite stoppage players with his contested ball-winning and distribution by hand his standout features.
Nathan O'Driscoll
Height, Weight: 187cm, 76kg
Profile: Playing WAFL League football this year for Perth, O'Driscoll has shown the capacity to play inside, outside or on a back flank. O'Driscoll attacks the ball aggressively, tackles to hurt, demonstrates a high work rate, provides outside run and carry and has a penetrating kick.
Jamarra Ugle-Hagan
Height, Weight: 194cm, 84kg
Profile: Ugle-Hagan is unstoppable when launching at the football aerially, timing his jumps to perfection, leaping high and protecting the ball drop in the air so he can't be spoiled. Ugle-Hagan is the most unstoppable inside 50 threat that we've seen for his age and has the most diverse number of ways of taking advantage of opposition defenders.
Alex Davies
Height, Weight: 192cm, 85kg
Profile: Davies is a tall ball-winning midfielder who represented Queensland as a basketballer at Under 16 level and if not for Gold Coast's opportunity to add talent straight from their Academy as pre-draft selections, may have been a first round choice. With strong contested ball-winning capabilities, Davies is a strong tackler, possesses impressive evading capabilities and is effective with his distribution by hand.
Archie Perkins
Height, Weight: 186cm, 77kg
Profile: Damaging utility who plays a high-impact-per-possession game. Perkins generates meaningful drive with ball in hand, taking on the game with his run and carry. He lowers his eyes and hits inside 50 targets and provides a potent marking target inside 50.
Reef McInnes
Height, Weight: 192cm, 84kg
Profile: Despite playing predominantly in defence in 2019, McInnes is an intriguing prospect as a tall midfielder who can also impact games forward of centre. With a December birthday and limited midfield opportunity in 2019 for a loaded Oakleigh side, he possesses substantial scope to improve, possessing a desirable mix of speed, agility, ball-winning and overhead marking.
Elijah Hollands
Height, Weight: 188cm, 85kg
Profile: A talented forward and midfielder, Hollands is arguably the highest impact-per-possession player in the pool. His penetrating kick, aggressive run and carry, evasion and influence when used forward of centre as either a marking target or with his ground level craft, make him a weapon.
Brayden Cook
Height, Weight: 189cm, 80kg
Profile: A draft bolter who has broken out this year after growing 7cm over the past 12 months, Cook possesses the versatility to play forward, back or on a wing. Averaging two goals per game in the SANFL Under 18s, Cook is an effective finisher around goal and an athletic forward who is a strong overhead mark and does his best work aerially.
Finlay Macrae
Height, Weight: 184cm, 75kg
Profile: Younger brother of Western Bulldogs star Jack Macrae, Finlay plays stylistically a near identical game with the main difference being that he's not as tall. A classy midfielder, he displays rare evasion and composure with ball in hand while possessing the capacity to play either inside or outside.
Oliver Henry
Height, Weight: 188cm, 76kg
Profile: Younger brother of Geelong's Jack Henry, Oliver Henry is a medium marking type with the capabilities to play either forward or in defence. Oliver is impressive aerially and is effective both behind the ball as an intercept mark or up forward with his work on the lead.
Denver Grainger-Barras
Height, Weight: 195cm, 78kg
Profile: This year's top key defender, Grainger-Barras is athletic and impressive both as a stopper and intercept mark. His game in the WAFL against Perth key forward Logan McDonald solidified his standing as one of the best in this draft pool - when moved onto McDonald in the third quarter he either won each one-on-one contest, spoiled or took the intercept mark when they were matched up.
Connor Downie
Height, Weight: 185cm, 83kg
Profile: Doing his best work on the outside, Downie is one of the most damaging footballers in this draft. He is a damaging 55m kick and combines that with a desirable mix of agility, evasion and line-breaking speed.
Lachlan Jones
Height, Weight: 185cm, 88kg
Profile: Powerful, explosive, long-kicking defender who showed he can shut down opponents at SANFL league level. Jones is a Round 1-ready defender and in the future can develop into a midfielder with his power and contested ball-winning capabilities suggesting he could play through there and become among this draft's most influential.
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Tanner Bruhn
Height, Weight: 182cm, 73kg
Profile: Missing most of the 2019 season due to injury, Bruhn was the Under-16 Vic Country MVP in 2018 and has a strong history of junior performance. Bruhn is a smart midfielder who uses the ball effectively by hand and foot, hits the scoreboard and wins a high percentage of ball in contested situations.
Errol Gulden
Height, Weight: 171cm, 71kg
Profile: A small outside midfielder and forward, Gulden is one of the better performed in this pool. A precise kick by foot, especially going inside 50m, along with his one-touch pickups, speed, agility, crumbing and scoreboard impact.