These players are yet to sign on the dotted line,and they’ll be at the centre of trade talk in 2025. And with a club captain among their number,the chase is on.
Essendon are keen to offer an emerging star forward a long-term deal,while the in-form Hawks are facing a contract squeeze. Elsewhere,we look at some of the rising teens the Tasmania Devils will have access to.
Victorian clubs are already considering what they may need to give up in draft capital to secure Harley Reid if he attempts to leave the Eagles with one year left on his contract. There’s news around Kysaiah Pickett and Toby Bedford,too.
There is already evidence the 2024 class could be a super draft after the likes of Sam Lalor,Levi Ashcroft,Isaac Kako,Xavier Lindsay and Finn O’Sullivan put on a show in round one.
His cricket contemporaries are presently touring with the Australian Test team,while Sam Lalor is sweating through his first proper footy pre-season.
Nick Daicos is one of the AFL’s biggest stars,but Collingwood are still lacking when it comes to the quality of their youth. See every club’s under-23 players and where they rank.
The AFLW’s brave new world of a national draft where players could end up anywhere in the country had an immediate impact. See every pick.
Ash Centra will move from Sleepy Seaspray to the biggest football club in the land,with Collingwood poised to take her as the No.1 pick in the AFLW’s first unrestricted national draft on Monday night.
New Giant Ollie Hannaford was a top-20 pick in last week’s AFL draft,but he has grander goals than just the ones he kicks on the football field.
Noah Mraz did not have to wait long for his first lesson as a Hawthorn footballer after experiencing a roller-coaster of emotions during the draft.