A kid from Oakleigh kicked 3 goals and missed out on the bests 
would be interesting to hear from @THE_DON1 if he was there.
Not unusual. James Hird got 34 and 3 goals in that game against the eagles and didn’t get a vote.
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The thing about the NAB under 18’s, the clubs tend to put the players they think will get drafted in the best, even if they might not be. Just to push their names up further.
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You can see the stats in the NAB League app.
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Maybe he wasnt listed because he is a 19 year old (applied for draft last year)…there were at least 4 each side I heard.
makes it a bit harder for the under agers 17 year olds.
Sometimes maybe, but not always. Especially early in the season, kids often get in the bests for doing something noteworthy or courageous or for playing their role in the gameplan in a disciplined way, regardless of stats.
I saw a halfback whose name I’ve long forgotten get in the bests for a 6 touch game once. He did very little of note all game - but at one point he backed back into the hole in front of a leading Jon Patton (who probably had 15kg on him) and got absolutely smeared all over the turf. They had to bring out a spatula to scrape him off the ground and take him to the bench. But he played his role and did the team thing bravely and got in the bests for it.
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Wardlaw, Tsatas and Ashcroft are all good bets for top 5 selections come draft time, and there would have been another 10 prospects who are 1st round fancies; so it isn’t surprising there was plenty of scouts at the game.
But it looks like Oakleigh domination looks set to continue this year again.
It’s the opposite actually, you will find Daicos rarely got in the bests last year. He was their best player in every game but not named as such
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Of course, he’d publicly had a go at the umpires the week prior and had to publicly about apologise.
I think we all know that the umpires would never let something like that get in the way of making a dispassionate assessment.
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Collingwood fingerprints all over that…
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Clearly a metal guitarist, not a footballer
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Meh. He kicked 3.1 from 6 disposals.
Talk about Drury kicking 3.5 from 21 disposals.
what sort of player is Foley?
i’d highly doubt those stats are accurate
*edit apparently they are
Yeah 9 touches and a goal sounds right, made them all count though
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And was fined $20,000. Tough to make that up on a schoolkid’s pocket money.
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If he was at Essendon it would have been 1.3.
Clifford kicked 1.4 on the weekend… I forgive her as it is pretty damn rare that a CHF is the game’s top disposal-getter!
It helped that Frew kicked 4.1 and CBomb 4.0 
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