Rory Wright is definitely gonna bolt into the top 10 of the draft imo.
Bamert and Hunter wright also have the styles that could see them push the top 10 as well.
Bamert is an interesting one as he’s a powerful and strong onballer who runs a sub 6 minute 2km.
Yep, Rory Wright had a really strong game first up, sort of from nowhere (at least to me anyway) as he didn’t play Talent League at all last season. Its an example of why I encourage people not to pay too much attention to opinions on the depth of the draft until we’re at least a month or so into the new season as kids you’d never heard of will pop up like Rory and others will get a chance to move into a major role for the first time and will flourish.
MORE STARS FOR BOMBERS TO WATCH … AS PIES CONUNDRUM EMERGES
Despite Essendon’s patchy start to the 2025 AFL season, fans have loved the glimpses they’ve seen of Nate Caddy and Isaac Kako – the Bombers’ two most recent first-round draftees – and frothed at the prospect of building a forward line around them.
But there’s another two exciting Bombers-tied prospects for Essendon fans to track in 2025 after their outstanding games for the Calder Cannons on the weekend: Hussien El Achkar and Adam Sweid.
Hussien El Achkar of the Bachar Houli Senior Academy in 2023. Picture: Morgan Hancock/AFL Photos via Getty ImagesSource: Getty Images
Both members of Essendon’s Next Generation Academy, El Achkar and Sweid – alongside Duft-Tytler – played crucial roles in the Cannons’ five-point win over Oakleigh.
El Achkar (171cm), who booted 19 goals from 15 games for Calder last season, was the most dangerous forward on the ground on Sunday, booting 4.2 from 15 disposals playing close to goal. Clubs spoken to by foxfooty.com.au all had El Achkar, at this stage, on the cusp of the draft’s first round.
Sweid was just as influential for Calder, booting 2.0 from 25 disposals in a midfield-forward role.
It was Sweid’s first Talent League outing after missing all his bottom-age year recovering from an ACL rupture – and he couldn’t have made a better first impression with his speed, dare, creativity and workrate.
“He looked like an AFL player,” one recruiter told foxfooty.com.au.
The Bombers in November will have first call on both El Achkar and Sweid under NGA rules. As aforementioned, they hold two first-rounders and two second-rounders.
Is el Akhar really only 171cm?
Munkara went from potential first round, to hoping he slid past pick 40, to barely even drafted. A lot can happen in a year.
Absolutely agree. But it’s nice that our academy boys have gotten off to a good start at the very least
Surely we draft Where’s Wally?
That last goal was a bit tasty!
He’s a West Coast NGA
Wishful scenario.
CDT takes the comp by storm and rated as a generational.
Melbourne fall further and bombers get pick 1.
We have a poor year and finish with pick 4.
Saints fall off a cliff and finish bottom 4 also.
Reid requests a trade to Melbourne.
WCE accept Pick 1 and 2026 second for Reid.
Brisbane or GC need points and give us next two firsts for two seconds.
We take Duursma and another first round before bids come and we wipe out later picks on NGA players.
We hold onto two firsts next year.
That fine line between wishful thinking and a wet dream.
I mean if that awesome scenario emerged where we had the #1 pick and that player was also generational, I would rather we take it as opposed to trading it. Gives us more scope to pick up additional talent. And I’m somewhat in favour of trading for Reid if it’s an option.
Cody Curtin has grown over the summer and is looking large and in charge against his Colts opponents. Peel tried to make his life as difficult as possible, dropping a spare man back at times to block his leading lane or double up on him in marking contests, but Cody still found ways to hit the scoreboard and ended with a bag of 5 to his name. His size, pace and power were especially evident in his ferocious pressure acts which at times led to him giving away free kicks but which suits the requirements of a modern key forward at AFL level.
If he gets any senior games and the national championships going to be big for him. Clear as day he’s a big fish in a small pond playing WAFL 18s.
Yeah looks great. Makes me wonder if he is good because he is more physically developed or is he just good? I agree he should play in the seniors
Thanks as always for your clips mate.
He reminds me of Jedd Walter in under 18s.
Generally speaking that’s the challenge of judging kids coming through the SANFL or WAFL pathways. Are they good because they’re playing in a lesser talent pool? Or are they actually genuinely good? Seeing them at senior level or national champs tends to give you a better indication, though you only get to see them in a handful of games.
Good example was Harry Lemmey a few years ago. Went into the season as a top 5 type prospect, played seniors for West Adelaide and was pretty average. Ended up going to Carlton at pick 47. If he didn’t get the senior exposure you could argue he would have been greatly over drafted.
Archie Ludowyke with five goals today for the Sandy Dragons including the match winner. Four of the goals from contested marks.
Chargers had a 77 point win over the knights, with the youngest Davey getting 2 and having 11
