RCRM's 2008 Rankings

Disclaimer:

Rankings are based on weighing up the player’s upside and likelihood of achieving it.

Rankings don’t equate to where I’d draft the player i.e. you don’t pay $1000 for something you can get for $500 – you don’t pay a 1st rounder for a player you can get in the 3rd round. Also no needs are taken into account, which would likely have a significant influence on the rankings.

It is likely there’ll be a bias towards WA players as I reside in Perth and will have seen more of the ‘smoky’ types that didn’t perform in the U18 championships – for most interstate players I am relying heavily on tapes of games (mainly U18 championships) – some I may have seen live if they have played game(s) in WA.

Following drafted players (non-ex AFL) I haven’t seen at all/enough of to include/judge fairly:

ND (12): Cordy, Davis, Mitch Brown, Post, Liam Jones, Shiels, Zac Clarke, Motlop, Rounds, Bucovaz, Lowden, Dawson


PSD/RD (21): Jurrah, McKenzie, Sibosado, Thompson, Carroll, Nahas, White, Henderson, Francis, Varcoe, German, Delaney, Picken, Weadon, Stewart, Bock, Breust, Tungatalum, McGrath, Sierakowski

2008 National Draft Rankings:

1 Nick Naitanui (2 WCE)
2 Jack Watts (1 MEL)
3 Chris Yarran (6 CAR)
4 Daniel Rich (7 BRL)
5 Hamish Hartlett (4 PTA)
6 Tom Swift (20 WCE)
7 Stephen Hill (3 FRE)
8 Michael Hurley (5 ESS)
9 Jack Ziebell (10 KAN)
10 Tyrone Vickery (8 RIC)

11 Luke Shuey (18 WCE)
12 Sam Blease (17 MEL)
13 Jarrad Blight (45 COL)
14 Mitch Robinson (40 CAR)
15 Nick Suban (24 FRE)
16 Ash Smith (36 WCE)
17 Dayne Beams (29 COL)
18 Steele Sidebottom (11 COL)
19 Shaun McKernan (28 ADE)
20 James Strauss (19 MEL)

21 Tom Lynch (13 STK)
22 Matt Broadbent (38 PTA)
23 Jarrad Redden (54 PTA)
24 Jackson Trengove (22 PTA)
25 Rhys O’Keeffe (65 CAR)
26 David Zaharakis (23 ESS)
27 Paul Cahill (74 STK)
28
Lewis Johnston (12 SYD)
29 Clancee Pearce (R48 FRE)
30 Matthew Martin (R49 PTA)

31 Adam Cockie (R18 WCE)
32
Dan Hanneberry (30 SYD)
33
Tom Rockliff (P5 BRL)
34 Neville Jetta (51 MEL)
35 Nick Heyne (48 STK)
36 Jordan Roughead (31 WBD)
37
Michael Walters (53 FRE)
38 Alistair Smith (62 STK)
39
Liam Anthony (43 KAN)
40
Hayden Ballantyne (21 FRE)

41 Ben Speight (R40 KAN)
42 Ryan Schoenmakers (16 HAW)
43 Matt DeBoer (R19 FRE)
44 Rhys Stanley (47 STK)
45 Jeff Garlett (R6 CAR)
46 Jack Redden (25 BRL)
47 Rory Sloane (44 ADE)
48 Taylor Hunt (49 GEE)
49 Tom Allwright (R48 GEE)
50 Chris Hall (77 FRE)

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