Resource 2025 AFL Draft prospects and discussion.

[ams4crows]

Reid absolutely been nailing it

Someone needs to compare some of the trades

I think Port paid way more to get access to Josh Sinn than we did to get Dawson , actually unbelievable

That’s why the back end of ports list is so poor , they’ve had to use a lot of late picks due to using up so many early and mid round picks

Still worth it for guys like JHF

but some of our picks for free or close to it are off the charts good eg Keays , Hinge , Keane and even Peatling which was the bargain of the trade period and not all that far off being free too

Also Neale Bullen for effectively Shane McAdam is also light years ahead

 

[Thunderstruck]

Is Cochrane good good?

Or South Australian get talked up big time as an under-ager then slide massively in his draft year good?

Good good

He's got more upside than anyone playing underage footy in the country atm. Hard to know where his best position will be. Tall, rangy, strong overhead, silky, but powerful. Can play as a tall forward, roaming half forward, inside mid, outside mid, intercepting defender. Sometimes that sort of versatility can be a headache trying to find a position he can truly nail. Personally, I like him as a centre clearance tall mid, a true modern prototype in the making. But has a lot of weight training to do.

 

[spenze]

I can see we’ve only got into late April before calls of next years draft being the super draft have landed.

As regular as clockwork, monthly’s and someone with a slightly right of centre political view getting booted from a politics thread.

 

[Crow till I die]

Good good

He's got more upside than anyone playing underage footy in the country atm. Hard to know where his best position will be. Tall, rangy, strong overhead, silky, but powerful. Can play as a tall forward, roaming half forward, inside mid, outside mid, intercepting defender. Sometimes that sort of versatility can be a headache trying to find a position he can truly nail. Personally, I like him as a centre clearance tall mid, a true modern prototype in the making. But has a lot of weight training to do.

Is he a bit of a Dan Curtin in that his ceiling looks seriously good but finding that right role is the key.

 

[Peter Doherty]

Yep, its negligence for them NOT to be trying to work a way to get access to him. I will be miffed if we just let them walk him to their academy since he is in ours - we need to be be brutal here to ensure Port have as hard a time as possible to get access to him.

What does it have to do with us?

We can't currently draft him under the academy rules, if the Power get him we won't be losing anything.

I don't see how this becomes an AFC issue. It's between the Power and the AFL.

Their list is going to need help soon, we know how this all works, AFL will pull some strings and the Power will get their guy.

 

[Abraham Nuscrack]

Sorry, what possibly justification is there for it?

He can't possibly be considered a member of the indigenous community. He isn't regional. And he's in the Crows zone.

It's just that you want him.

He isn’t in the crows zone - think that’s where the confusion is from you guys.

Putting aside the indigenous side of things as that’s a whole seperate item that I don’t personally agree with.

But back to the zone, he is actually zoned to Port areas and should be off zones playing for WWT. He plays at centrals due to being a father son there. I presume he is in the crows NGA there just because he plays for Centrals but he isn’t eligible to be linked to the crows off where he lives. Whole thing is a mess due to the father son situation and playing at centrals instead of WWT where he technically is zoned too. Come AFL draft time (if he was eligible for NGA - again not getting into that) - he would fall under Ports zone.

 

[Crow till I die]

What does it have to do with us?

We can't currently draft him under the academy rules, if the Power get him we won't be losing anything.

I don't see how this becomes an AFC issue. It's between the Power and the AFL.

Their list is going to need help soon, we know how this all works, AFL will pull some strings and the Power will get their guy.

I meant that we don't want them to get him so should be saying to the AFL NOT to amend the rules to help port get him. Have cochrane go into tge draft where he is accessible to all pending the pick they have

 

[Abraham Nuscrack]

He isn’t in the crows zone - think that’s where the confusion is from you guys.

Putting aside the indigenous side of things as that’s a whole seperate item that I don’t personally agree with.

But back to the zone, he is actually zoned to Port areas and should be off zones playing for WWT. He plays at centrals due to being a father son there. I presume he is in the crows NGA there just because he plays for Centrals but he isn’t eligible to be linked to the crows off where he lives. Whole thing is a mess due to the father son situation and playing at centrals instead of WWT where he technically is zoned too. Come AFL draft time (if he was eligible for NGA - again not getting into that) - he would fall under Ports zone.

Below is from the advertiser as someone posted on the Port board. Hopefully that clears it up - if you want to argue the Indigenous side of things, go for your life but I’m staying out of that. As I mentioned on the previous page - the whole system is a mess

"While Cochrane plays for Central District, a club tied to the Crows under the AFL’s NGA program because of the SANFL’s father-son rule, he actually lives in Port Adelaide’s NGA zone – which is how the league determines how those eligible are tied to each club."

 

[Abraham Nuscrack]

I meant that we don't want them to get him so should be saying to the AFL NOT to amend the rules to help port get him. Have cochrane go into tge draft where he is accessible to all pending the pick they have

If the AFL gave both clubs metro access which sounds more and more like it’s going to happen - it would help both clubs massively

 

[119others]

It's been in the works for years (All well and fine you hate Port and can't think straight on this), but it 100% has been in the works for a few years now.

FWIW - I am dead against academies & even father sons. I would much prefer an open draft but unfortunately we are in a compromised competition

What do you mean it’s been in the works for years?

Power pulling whatever strings available to manipulate the situation? Please tell me more.

 

[Abraham Nuscrack]

What do you mean it’s been in the works for years?

Power pulling whatever strings available to manipulate the situation? Please tell me more.

The metro zones being added in have been what’s in the works for years from both Port and the Crows. That’s the crucial element you guys are all skipping over. The metro NGA being added in is a huge plus for both Port and the Crows moving forward

 

[Peter Doherty]

I meant that we don't want them to get him so should be saying to the AFL NOT to amend the rules to help port get him. Have cochrane go into tge draft where he is accessible to all pending the pick they have

If they allowed metro indigenous kids to be NGA drafted by the Power, wouldn't the rules also be changed for us?

Then we could benefit from the change at some point too.

(I have no idea about all this)

 

[Abraham Nuscrack]

If they allowed metro indigenous kids to be NGA drafted by the Power, wouldn't the rules also be changed for us?

Then we could benefit from the change at some point too.

(I have no idea about all this)

Correct

 

[Abraham Nuscrack]

If they allowed metro indigenous kids to be NGA drafted by the Power, wouldn't the rules also be changed for us?

Then we could benefit from the change at some point too.

(I have no idea about all this)

Also to follow up on this, had the metro zones been in at the time - NWM would have been NGA eligible to the crows

 

[Scorpus]

If they changed the rules to allow metro NGA players they would revert the change the year before we would be set to benefit

Like when they changed the NGA rules so we couldn't get priority access to Isaac Keeler, when he was tracking as a top talent

 

[119others]

The metro zones being added in have been what’s in the works for years from both Port and the Crows. That’s the crucial element you guys are all skipping over. The metro NGA being added in is a huge plus for both Port and the Crows moving forward

Sounds like it’s a huge plus, the biggest possible plus imaginable, for Port next year

 

[Eddie Murphy]

The metro zones being added in have been what’s in the works for years from both Port and the Crows. That’s the crucial element you guys are all skipping over. The metro NGA being added in is a huge plus for both Port and the Crows moving forward

Is it that big of a celebration to have when
A. It just compromises the draft even further - can’t criticise the current system but cheer when it’s in your favour

B. We’ve seen before the AFL can and will take away benefits for clubs like ours as randomly as they like

 

[Mostyn]

He isn’t in the crows zone - think that’s where the confusion is from you guys.

Putting aside the indigenous side of things as that’s a whole seperate item that I don’t personally agree with.

But back to the zone, he is actually zoned to Port areas and should be off zones playing for WWT. He plays at centrals due to being a father son there. I presume he is in the crows NGA there just because he plays for Centrals but he isn’t eligible to be linked to the crows off where he lives. Whole thing is a mess due to the father son situation and playing at centrals instead of WWT where he technically is zoned too. Come AFL draft time (if he was eligible for NGA - again not getting into that) - he would fall under Ports zone.

He could have possibly be zoned to WWT - but he plays for Centrals.

Every single thing I've read says that the SANFL club you play for defines which AFL club you're aligned to. Is there listed contradictory info anywhere else?

It sounds like they may have made a big error letting him play for Centrals - though I feel that the Cochranes are more Central's royalty than Port. Richard Cochrane was a champ, and his son played in six flags.

 

[Mostyn]

Below is from the advertiser as someone posted on the Port board. Hopefully that clears it up - if you want to argue the Indigenous side of things, go for your life but I’m staying out of that. As I mentioned on the previous page - the whole system is a mess

"While Cochrane plays for Central District, a club tied to the Crows under the AFL’s NGA program because of the SANFL’s father-son rule, he actually lives in Port Adelaide’s NGA zone – which is how the league determines how those eligible are tied to each club."

So - the work experience kid posted it? Any actual evidence?

 

[Mostyn]

The metro zones being added in have been what’s in the works for years from both Port and the Crows. That’s the crucial element you guys are all skipping over. The metro NGA being added in is a huge plus for both Port and the Crows moving forward

Great. Happy to do that from 2027.

It shouldnt come in immediately just to contrive the comp and corrupt the drafting process in order to get the best player available.

There's already too many issues in the draft.

 

[Jeffcrowe]

Yeah I wasn’t paying him out, besides the odd miss and lucky in missing out on Petty, he’s definitely lifted his game after Gibbs.

Fair bit of luck involved too

We’d be fxxxxcked if we had petty and Oliver , be sackable

 

[Mutineer]

If the AFL gave both clubs metro access which sounds more and more like it’s going to happen - it would help both clubs massively

Yeah exactly when the Powa would have access to potentially the best talent in the land. Change the rules and give Powa an enormous leg up when they've done little in the lad's progress to this point.

Spin it anyway you want if Powa get sole access to Cochrane it reeks.

 

[ABAB]

Clubs do invest in their Academies program, if the AFL want to change the rule then the clubs can only draft the player having made the investment in the player so they benefit from the draft.

 

[Jeffcrowe]

I can see we’ve only got into late April before calls of next years draft being the super draft have landed.

As regular as clockwork, monthly’s and someone with a slightly right of centre political view getting booted from a politics thread.

Nah it’s not

Last years was though absolutely

And this years is not great given how badly the afl has stuffed up the rules surrounding the draft with academies and nga

 

[Jeffcrowe]

Yeah exactly when the Powa would have access to potentially the best talent in the land. Change the rules and give Powa an enormous leg up when they've done little in the lad's progress to this point.

Spin it anyway you want if Powa get sole access to Cochrane it reeks.

Yep my theory in it is if you haven’t had an active role in the players development then you don’t get to benefit , this should start at 15-16 yo at latest I reckon , so if you get in after that it’s too late

Father / son is different