Draft Talk

AFL Victoria / VFL Official site has posted up a list of changes to each squad.

Changes are as follows:

BOX HILL HAWKS

In: Damian Mascitti (Port Melbourne), Luke Meadows (West Perth), Nathan Mullenger-McHugh (Western Bulldogs)

Out: Will Hams (Old Xaverians), Chris Jones, Jordan Walker, Max Warren (South Croydon), Anthony Brolic (Rowville), Geordie Nagle (Port Melbourne)

CASEY DEMONS

In: Tom McCaffrey (Wodonga Raiders), Luke Tynan (Port Melbourne), Liam Buxton-Wales (Vermont), Matthew Gahan (Dandenong Stingrays), Nick Lowden (Gippsland Power), Jai Taylor (Dandenong Stingrays), Anthony Vella (Port Melbourne)

Out: Liam Hiscock (Frankston), Goy Lok (Frankston), Angus Scott (East Perth), Corey Wagner (Melbourne), Ali Zijai (Frankston)

COBURG

In: Matthew Harman (Northern Blues), Liam Whelan (North Melbourne VFL), Tom Meagher (Upper Ferntree Gully), Tyson Old (Northcote Park), Tom Simpson (Essendon VFL), Mitch Podhajski (Calder Cannons), Brodie Foster (Gold Coast NEAFL), Alex Federico (Northern Blues), Braedyn Gillard (Northern Knights), Steve Stroobants (North Melbourne VFL), Lucas Cavallaro (Calder Cannons), Xavier Fry (Eastern Ranges), Mark Baker (Northern Knights), Jack Evans (Calder Cannons), Harry Simington (Gold Coast NEAFL)

Out: Ben Allan (Pascoe Vale), Hisham Kerbatieh (Williamstown), Tom Wallis (Essendon Doutta Stars), Mark Orr (Melton), Nick Mellington (Williamstown), Nathan Blair (Romsey), Sean Gregory (Williamstown), Tom Condon (Sturt), Michael Ercolano (West Preston-Lakeside), Josh Iacobaccio (overseas), Mitch Conn (Sunbury), Nick Dodge (North Heidelberg), Brad Bernacki (Gisborne), Connor Byrne, Tom Goodwin (Port Melbourne), Damon Cramer (WA), Daman Aujla (Airport West), Lachie Mitchell (WA), Mark Kovacevic (West Preston-Lakeside), James Belo (East Ringwood)

COLLINGWOOD

In: Adam Oxley (Collingwood AFL), Campbell Hustwaite (Dandenong Stingrays)

Out: Kye Beveridge (St Bedes Mentone Tigers), Gus Borthwick, Marty Hore (Melbourne), Tom Jok (Essendon AFL), Stephen Tahana (Sandringham), Nick Sing (Williamstown)

ESSENDON

In: Kurt Aylett (Werribee), Josh Tynan (Port Melbourne), Jacob Atley (Bendigo Pioneers), Matthew Day (Oakleigh Chargers), Daniel Hanna (Calder Cannons), Ben Huggard (St Bernards), Liam McKenna (Perth Demons)

Out: Trent Crosbie (Port Melbourne), Nick Hind (St Kilda), Tom Simpson (Coburg), Joel Ottavi (Williamstown), Alex Boyse (Local Football)

FOOTSCRAY

In: Nick Jamieson (Old Scotch), Nathan Drummond (Richmond AFL), Ryan Gardner (Geelong AFL), Dillon Viojo-Rainbow (Port Melbourne), Anthony Scott (Old Trinity), Gerard Gleeson (St Kevin’s), Billy Kanakis (St Kevin’s), Sam Barnett, Lachlan Farrugia

Out: Will Hayes (Western Bulldogs), Jamison Shea (Southport)

FRANKSTON

In: Beau Bailey (Sandringham), Aaron Darling (Dandenong Stingrays), Nathan Freeman (St Kilda), Liam Hiscock (Casey Demons), Goy Lok (Casey Demons), Lachlan McDonnell (Dandenong Stingrays), Josh Newman, Angus Styles (Sydney), Shem Tatupu (St Kilda City), Ali Zijai (Casey Demons), Sean Fisher (Sandringham), James Rendell (Sandringham Dragons)

Out: Jake Batchelor, Todd Elton, Perry Lewis-Smith (Port Melbourne)

GEELONG

In: Kyle Reid (Gippsland Power)

Out: Tom Atkins (Geelong AFL), Aiden Domic (Werribee)

NORTHERN BLUES

In: Kieran Collins (Western Bulldogs), Alex Johnson (Sydney)

Out: Alex Federico (Coburg), Matthew Harman (Coburg)

NORTH MELBOURNE

In: Brendan Whitecross (Hawthorn)

Out: Michael Close, Liam Whelan (Coburg), Steve Stroobants (Coburg)

PORT MELBOURNE

In: Tom Goodwin (Coburg), Patrick Veszpremi (Pascoe Vale), Perry Lewis-Smith (Frankston), Trent Crosbie (Essendon VFL), Geordie Nagle (Box Hill Hawks), Ben Giobbi (Perth), Charlie Beasley (Oakleigh Chargers), Matt Gundry (Sandringham), Dion Johnstone (Melbourne), Matthew Signorello (Adelaide), Jarryd Blair (Collingwood AFL), Ben Jolley (Williamstown), Jake Gasper (Oakleigh Chargers)

Out: Robin Nahas, Dillon Viojo-Rainbow (Footscray), Lucas Cook, Luke Tynan (Casey Demons), Dylan Atkins (Sandringham), Alex Carr, Wade Donnan, Mitch Hayes, Tim Knowles, Anthony Vella (Casey Demons), Kyle Dove, Damian Mascitti (Box Hill Hawks), Kieran Strachan (Adelaide), Alex Spencer, Will Goss, Chris Carey, Josh Tynan

RICHMOND

In: Jonathon Marsh (East Fremantle)

Out: Jake Aarts (Richmond AFL), Joel Cusack (Noble Park)

SANDRINGHAM

In: Dylan Atkins (Port Melbourne), Sam Gilbert (St Kilda), Kai Owens (Sandringham Dragons), Stephen Tahana (Collingwood VFL), Nathan Wright (St Kilda)

Out: Beau Bailey (Frankston), Myke Cook (retired), Matt Gundry (Port Melbourne), Tom Lamb, Dylan Weickhardt (Cheltenham), Hayden McLean (South Adelaide), Sean Fisher (Frankston)

WERRIBEE

In: Michael Barlow (Gold Coast AFL), Scott Carlin (GWV Rebels), Aiden Domic (Geelong VFL), Jackson Edwards (Adelaide), Ryan Hebron (Sydney University), Timm House (Geelong AFL), Oscar Junker (North Melbourne AFL), Daniel Nielson (North Melbourne AFL), Max Spencer (Gold Coast AFL)

Out: Sam Collins (Gold Coast AFL), Josh Corbett (Gold Coast AFL), Andrew Hooper

WILLIAMSTOWN

In: Jhye Baddeley-Kelly (North Heidelberg), Sean Gregory (Coburg), Mitch Hibberd (North Melbourne AFL), Liam Hunt (North Heidelberg), Ben Kennedy (Montmorency), Hisham Kerbatieh (Coburg), Sam Martyn (Benalla), Sam McLarty (Collingwood AFL), Nick Mellington (Coburg), Stefan Radovanovic (Western Jets), Jesse Tardio (North Heidelberg), Nick Sing (Collingwood VFL), Joel Ottavi (Essendon VFL)

Out: Brett Bewley (Fremantle), Ben Cavarra (Western Bulldogs), Peter Faulks (retired), Ben Jolley (Port Melbourne), Lachlan Schultz (Fremantle)

BEN CAVARRA (Williamstown) Pick no.45 to Western Bulldogs

NICK HIND (Essendon VFL Pick no.54 to St Kilda

MARTY HORE (Collingwood VFL) Pick no.56 to Melbourne

LACHLAN SCHULTZ (Williamstown) Pick no.57 to Fremantle

BRETT BEWLEY (Williamstown) Pick no.59 to Fremantle

WILL HAYES (Footscray) Pick no.78 to Western Bulldogs

Really good to see Ben Cavarra staying locally and also Will Hayes being rewarded for his time at Footscray.  Might be a hit to the depth of Williamstown in 2019!

http://m.afl.com.au/news/features/retirements-and-delistings

AFL Rookie Draft results:

A lot of these come from Paul Amy's Twitter feed. If you haven't already, make sure you follow him on Twitter for the latest VFL signings.

Box Hill Hawks

Sandringham

Williamstown
Out - Ben Casley (Northern Blues)

Footscray Bulldogs

Essendon

Collingwood

Werribee Tigers

Casey Scorpions

North Ballarat

Port Melbourne
In - Jarrad Matheson (Balwyn)

Geelong Cats

Coburg

Richmond Tigers
In - Jon Daggian (Old Scotch)

Northern Blues
In - Ben Casley (Williamstown)

Frankston
Out - Shane Hockey (South Fremantle)

Post your confirmed signings here and I'll try and keep it up to date!

Both players now upgraded and a chance to make their proper AFL debut this season.

I watched Lambert in the opening NAB Cup game at Whitten Oval and thought he was one of the Tigers better players.

Off topic I watched the Essendon versus St Kilda game at Morwell and thought that Marigliani was BoG for the Dons. He looked at ease at that level.

Thought it might be interesting to keep tabs on the comings and goings of the AFL lists.

The Western Bulldogs have delisted:

* Brett Goodes
* Christian Howard
* Tom Young

The VFL are putting on a 'Young Guns' game again this season.

The sides have been picked and I have attached a copy of the team lists above.

Oakleigh Chargers are very well represented.

Link here:

http://www.footballnation.com.au/afl/the-afl-draft/2012-rookie-and-pre-…

Played prior to the Werribee v Geelong game on Sunday at 11:00am

Name Club DOB
Dean Putt Bendigo Gold 10/04/1989
Gene Pallazzo Bendigo Pioneers 3/06/1994
Nick Mee Bendigo Pioneers 8/09/1994
Harry O’Meara Bendigo Pioneers 28/12/1994
Sean Gregory Calder Cannons 20/01/1994
Michael Riseley Casey Scorpions 21/12/1988
Tim Smith Casey Scorpions 29/2/1991
Tom O'Sullivan Caulfield Grammarians FC 1/05/1991
Leigh Masters Coburg Tigers 22/06/1992
Willie Wheeler Coburg Tigers 21/06/1992
Nick Riddle Collingwood VFL 9/04/1992
Lachlan Wallace Collingwood VFL 24/01/1992
Patrick Flynn Collingwood VFL 3/04/1991
Brede Seccull Collingwood VFL 24/11/1993
Nathan Mill Eastern Ranges 11/06/1993
Matthew Farrelly Echuca FC 7/01/1993
Shaun Marusic Frankston FC 24/03/1992
Chamberlain Patrick Ndongo Frankston FC 22/03/1987
Riley Heddles Frankston FC 15/01/1991
Matt Sully Geelong Cats 15/10/1992
Scott Simpson Mt.Eliza FC 19/10/1989
Tim Knowles Mulgrave FC 7/04/1993
Kaiden Antonawicz Murray Bushrangers 24/07/1994
Matt Taberner Murray Bushrangers 17/06/1993
Joseph Cousins Murray Bushrangers 7/10/1994
Lucas Anderson North Ballarat Roosters 7/04/1992
Sam Conroy North Ballarat Roosters 19/10/1991
Cam Valentine North Ballarat Roosters 2/11/1993
Coleman Schache North Ballarat Roosters 11/10/1993
Tim Totevski Northern Blues 5/08/1993
Jarryd Coulson Northern Knights 31/12/1993
Keenan Posar Northern Knights 4/08/1994
Tom Grimes Northern Knights 1/12/1994
Anthony Bonaddio Northern Knights 6/01/1994
Damien Mascitti Port Melbourne 18/08/1992
Justin Van Unen Rye FC 4/03/1990
Jackson Coleman Sandringham Zebras 18/12/1991
Jack Beech Sandringham Zebras 23/05/1992
Michael Sikora Sandringham Zebras 26/01/1989
James Flack South Mildura FC 20/7/1993
Luke Williams St.Albans FC (GFL) 9/5/1993