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Swingman.Is it true he played mainly midfield? Or was he more a forward that had stints in the middle?
Apparently couldn't make the Falcons squad a few years back. Great recovery from that if true.
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Played 7 games for the Falcons.
As an overeager ???
Send like he missed 2020 with the covid year so his first real opportunity would be that year.I think so. It was in 2021, he turned 19 in September that year.
That bodes well I reckon, and that goes for a lot of players across the competition, not just ours.Send like he missed 2020 with the covid year so his first real opportunity would be that year.
Between him, Lawson, Henry, and Bruhn that's 4 we've brought in from that missed year
I'm 184cm and he's got a few centimetres on me easily.I heard somewhere he had grown to 190cm.... I have no idea. He doesn't look 190cm in the highlights, but probably taller than 180cm.
We’ve got another steeplechaser!
He did a sub-8s agility test at the combine in his draft year, which seems consistent with the descriptions of him in these articles.Its funny how shifter referred to 180cm ...he is usually all over the players. This article ..mentioned the growth ...to 190cm. Seems a nice height. Speed? Who knows. I want to see his numbers as if he was tested at a combine. He looks like he is a class above the Barwon heads comp. Lets see how he goes at VFL. To me its a Dempsey pick. Oozzing talent at a couple of levels down....
BFNL: Barwon Heads star Luke Davis says Oli Wiltshire should chase AFL dream
A star Seagull has been implored to chase a footy dream after reports surfaced about AFL clubs’ interest in the mature-aged prospect.
Les Ash Medalist Luke Davis believes one of his young teammates should chase the dream of playing professional football after being linked to an AFL club this season.
Seagull Oli Wiltshire was reported to be the target of Geelong for a rookie list spot after a stunning season in the BFNL, becoming one of the competition’s best goal-kicking midfielders.
Davis said he did not regret his move to a greater competition when he left Barwon Heads for South Barwon in the GFNL, but Wiltshire’s trajectory could be even greater.
“I obviously didn’t see him play much last year, but this year seriously he’s a star,” he said.
“I think if you put 5-10 kilos on him he’d be the best player going around anywhere, up forward he reads the ball well in the air, kicks goals, in the mids he gives us a different look, he’s good inside because he’s clean, but he’s good outside because he is really quick, so where do you like him?
Oliver Wiltshire kicks a goal against Modewarre. Picture: Mark Wilson
“I’d love to play footy with him but … last year when I signed on I said to him ‘if you want to go higher that’s probably the best thing for you’ and at the end of the day it’s up to him, but I think he can play a lot higher level footy and if he asks me about it I’d be telling him to go higher for sure.”
Wiltshire played at the Geelong Falcons in 2021 but was far from a star at the level, averaging just 9.7 disposals and 2.3 tackles in his seven games as a top-age prospect.
He ranked seventh in the preseason testing for agility across the potential draft class in 2020.
But the 20 year old, who is set to celebrate his 21st birthday on Friday, has put on substantial size after ending his draft year as a 180cm, 67kg prospect.
Wiltshire is an apparent target for AFL clubs like Geelong. Picture: Mark Wilson
Wiltshire is now just shy of 190cm and has added size to his frame while keeping his athletic traits, causing the young star to dominate across the BFNL season.
He finished seventh in the competition for goals kicked this season, slotting 51 across 18 games despite playing as a midfielder for the majority of the year.
Wiltshire booted 12 goals against Modewarre in round 4, as well as four other games with five majors each.
“He’s so clean with the ball, he’s so wiry, he kicked 12 goals against Modewarre, he kicks bags and he gets clean marks, he’s a good kick of the ball,” Davis said.
“He’s just a really smart, intuitive player, I think he’ll go a really long way, it’s really exciting.”
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Interesting that we just put him straight on the AFL list rather than getting him into the VFL program first.
Its odd but wells said if we did that we were worried other clubs would know of him and pick him up.
If this kid comes good remember Mackie took the ridicule from the masses fighting tooth and nail with Port over Ratugolea for the pick to get this kid.. And Humphries.
We clearly had some prospects we were keen to take a gamble on.
Yep. I'd love to know where Wiltshire and Humphries were on other team boards. I reckon we could've gone 200 picks without their names being called.We would have been able to pick them regardless wouldn't we? We just utilise picks further out in the draft.
Spot on. He also said if we VFL listed him he was a chance of dominating next year and costing us a lot more at the draft.
Kind of what happened with mannagh after we didnt pick him mid year. Maybe that influenced the call to take wiltshire now.