#19 - Kayle Gerreyn

[Fairtackle]

@Gibbs

Do we need another ruckman? We already have 4 on the list, now 5.

The ones we already have are barely AFL standard

[whereswalla]

He looks like insurance for when we let Draper go back to Adelaide…

[Captain_Jack]

Taps cleanly to advantage.
Kicks off either foot.
Is mobile, loves a bounce.
Accurate in front of goals.
Is not a beanstalk.

How did he slip so far? Glad that Rosa is from the west, probably had Gerreyn tracked from an early age.

[CJohns]

End of next year Bryan and Draper out of contract. Goldy will leave. So the move does make sense as insurance. Looks like
He can seriously play too

So far three very different players drafted. Better balance view

[Drapersmullet]

@whereswalla

He looks like insurance for when we let Draper go back to Adelaide…

We could have 5 first round picks to play with next year

[noobermensch]

Just FYI - he’s long been projected as a key forward at AFL level rather than a ruck. 199cm so a little undersized for ruck.

Moves brilliantly, elite kick off either foot, can clunk a big mark.

[Tbone]

When he rucks he reminds me of Briggs

[CJohns]

Thanks for that… was thinking at 199cm… are they thinking forward

[Drapersmullet]

@noobermensch

elite kick off either foot

all I needed to hear

[noobermensch]

He played a decent amount of forward at the Champs, he rested forward in the Colts. He was called up to play senior WAFL and played key forward, and we were all super keen to see how he would go but unfortunately both his WAFL games were heavily rain effected.

[Captain_Jack]

@CJohns

So far three very different players drafted. Better balance view

Addresses a couple of different needs, and from three different states. Spreading the balance, lots to like about this draft hand. Well played Matt Rosa.

[Ants]

Some info.

@noobermensch

Travaglia or Berry should land around our first pick. Gerreyn would be a reach as it stands but his form in the second half of the season has been as good as any kid in the country and he’s coming with a late rush.

@noobermensch

Well, I think Finn O’Sullivan is a fair way ahead of the rest in that regard. The ruck/forward I mentioned earlier Kayle Gerreyn has elite foot skills on either side.
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@HirdMentality

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Curious if anyone has seen Gerreyne as a forward? most of his vids are of him in the ruck but he is the other one that I think we should be looking at as that genuine 2nd ruckman

@noobermensch

@All-Star_Bomber_18

Armstrong and Jobe are the two best rated

Are they?

Armstrong has just played two stinkers in a row at Talent League level. Jack and Matt Whitlock have been turning in very strong performances. Kayle Gerreyn is coming off an absolutely dominant two months of footy in the WAFL colts.

Again, I’m just pushing back on the assumptions being made in this thread on limited knowledge, and what feels to me like the same group think we get every year.

@noobermensch

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Kayle Gerreyn is another. Looks a million bucks, 200cm kid with skills, smooth moves and build like a brick shithouse. But tested poorly in preseason, slow sprint and agility times. If he tests well at the combine he could be a big riser.

@noobermensch

Love Gerreyn. He’s the most skilled and coordinated of the tall contingent, can kick well on either foot. Has some of that Paddy Ryder type of smoothness to his game. Has shown an ability to take a big contested grab.

There are question marks over him. I would have liked to see him play more key forward than ruck as he’s “only” 199cm so unlikely to be a primary ruck at AFL level, but he ended up playing 70% ruck with rests in the forward line at Colts level so we didn’t get as much of a look at him as you’d like. Also, Colts is a super weak comp and he was able to just monster opponents. I’d have loved to see him play more senior WAFL, but he only got two WAFL games in and both were heavily rain effected. He also didn’t play for the AFL academy, and his performances for WA at the Champs were okay but not amazing.

@primmer1978

Shanahan looks a little slow, although i haven’t seen his numbers. I am on the Gerreyn bus, got the athleticism in spades.

@Clone_Hirdy

SEN’s 2024 AFL full Phantom Draft

By Nathan Sepe

The 2024 AFL National Draft is right around the corner, stacked with more talent than we have seen in years.
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Pick 60. (Hawthorn) – Kayle Gerreyn
West Perth/Western Australia – RUCK/FWD, 199cm

Gerreyn has had moments of dominance this year as a tall marking forward with the flexibility to play in the ruck with his mobility and strong bodywork to outmanoeuvre opponents and win his one-on-ones.

@primmer1978

Shanahan looks a little slow, although i haven’t seen his numbers. I am on the Gerreyn bus, got the athleticism in spades.

@noobermensch

There is a clear reason why he’s not high on a lot of draft boards.

He’s played almost entirely as a ruck, and probably isn’t tall enough to play as a primary ruck at AFL level.

He projects as a key forward, but has barely played there. We have seasons of games from the other top key forward prospects, but almost nothing on Gerreyn. Forwards need craft, and we don’t know a lot about Gerreyns forward craft. So he represents a massive risk.

He played key forward in two senior WAFL games and both were washed out. He played a larger % of game time in the forward line at the Champs and he was just okay.

Could be an amazing pick, could be a complete bust.

@nickers

Cal had him in his top 40:

https://www.afl.com.au/news/1248385/cal-twomeys-phantom-form-guide-october-extra-the-10-next-best

Kayle Gerreyn

Key forward/ruck
West Perth/Western Australia
199cm
10/5/06

“Gerreyn plays with presence as a tall forward who can also make an impact in the ruck. He kicked five goals from four games during Western Australia’s under-18 carnival run, before kicking 15 goals from his final eight games with West Perth this season. Through that period he also tallied up some dominant games in the ruck and around the ground, including a 23-disposal effort in the first final at colts level plus two appearances in the League side. Finished sixth in the agility test at the Combine (8.082 seconds) in an impressive effort.”

[nickers]

Legend thanks for this

[Kingbomber11]

GIGA GERREYN

[Eastie_Boi1]

Tommy Goodwin round arm at 06:00 as well.

[Clone_Hirdy]

Why doesn’t @noobermensch like him?

[FurryLog]

Gayle Kerreyn

[JimmyT]

Don’t blush baby

[jonovdp]

@CJohns

are they thinking forward

He has the strut of a key forward.

[Rom]

Gayle Kerreyn…

sorry.