Exactly.
Leongatha will be lucky to get 1 game out of him during the season.
With the number of VFL byes, heāll make a few weekend trips with Heppell.
DRAFT THIS ā ā ā ā
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Hasnāt played a game since 2023.
Is currently still out injured.
I loved the bloke, but youāre probably reaching just a little
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We have enough on our injury list
Heās due to come good
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Big Boi Baldwin kicked 4 for Port Melbourne today to help them run over the top. Hird 21 touches and a goal, Hobbs 32 and a goal. They have found their level.
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Saw that Mynott had 40 and kicked 3 today too. He seems to have had a pretty solid VFL career
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Baldwin I think had the talent for AFL but not the body nor the mindset (he has spoken online about how nervous he would be during games about making mistakes etc)
Hobbs I honestly think could easily be playing in the league rn. There are many worse players than Ben Hobbs running around weekly for some teams. Just got unluckily drafted by the worst team of the last 25 years with the worst coach in the league.
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Would be so interesting to hear what former players with nothing to lose would say about Brad
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Didnāt Sean Gregory have a good VFL career? Was too skinny originally but got to a good level in the end, good story.
Baldwin easily had the talent to play down back for us if his body held up.
Strong, beautiful foot skills.
He was the preference over Laverde
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Made the VFL team of the year so must have gone alright.
I guess 17 other list managers disagreeā¦?
2026 AFL Mid-Season Rookie Draft nominees so far
Oskar Ainsworth - Southern Saints (VFL)
Emmanuel Ajang - South Adelaide
Rod Ali - Mitcham (Eastern Football Netball League)
Kye Annand - Geelong Cats (VFL)
Jaxon Artemis - Tasmania Devils (VFL)
Sam Azzi - Werribee (VFL)
Jack Baldwin - Box Hill Hawks (VFL)
Kaine Baldwin - Port Melbourne (VFL)
Jamieson Ballantyne - Geelong Cats (VFL)
Xavier Bamert - North Melbourne (VFL)
Thomas Barnett - Coburg (VFL)
Max Beattie - Eagles (SANFL)
Zac Becker - Sturt
Tom Bell - Adelaide Football Club
Jack Billings - Footscray Bulldogs (VFL)
Taj Bond - Redan Football Netball Club (Ballarat Football League)
Remi Brown - Glenelg (SANFL)
Joshua Browne - Collingwood (VFL)
Jordan Busuttil - Werribee (VFL)
Jack Bytel - Coburg (VFL)
Noah Cachard - Perth (WAFL)
Oscar Cail - Sandhurst Football Netball Club
Lochlain Carpenter - Western Australia (WAFL)
Jesse Clark - Werribee (VFL)
Charlie Clarke - Port Melbourne (VFL)
Aaron Clarke - Perth (WAFL)
Cooper Clarke-Dehring - South Fremantle (WAFL)
Jack Cleaver - East Fremantle (WAFL)
Ted Clohesy - Eagles (SANFL)
Zane Cochrane - Coburg (VFL)
Leo Connolly - Richmond (VFL)
Jack Cook - Eagles (SANFL)
Lukas Cooke - Eagles (SANFL)
Mace Cousins - Werribee (VFL)
Cooper Craig-Peters - Footscray Bulldogs (VFL)
Lachlan Cramp - Gold Coast Suns (VFL)
Billy Crofts - Footscray Bulldogs (VFL)
Ingo Dammersmith - Coburg (VFL)
Alwyn Davey - Carlton (VFL)
Jayden Davey - Southern Saints (VFL)
Noah Daw - Norwood (SANFL)
Kye Declase - Box Hill Hawks (VFL)
Joshua DāIntinosante - Williamstown (VFL)
Archer Dollman - Oakleigh Chargers (Coates Talent League)
Kieren Douglas - Subiaco (WAFL)
Blake Drury - Adelaide Football Club
Jared Eckersley - Essendon (VFL)
Jett Elek - Leopold
Caleb Ernst - Swan Districts (WAFL)
Tom Evans - Echuca Football Club
Joshua Fahey - Central District
Oskar Faulkhead - Collingwood (VFL)
Jack Ferraro - Sandringham (VFL)
Ashton Ferreira - South Fremantle (WAFL)
Kristian Ferronato - Essendon (VFL)
Matthew Foley - Coburg (VFL)
Liam George - Richmond (VFL)
Kobe Gibson - Glenelg (SANFL)
Maison Goodman - Coburg (VFL)
Sam Grant - Port Melbourne (VFL)
Tyson Gresham - Carlton (VFL)
Harry Grintell - Werribee (VFL)
Jed Hagan - Tasmania Devils (VFL)
Luke Hallett - Perth (WAFL)
Hugo Hall-Kahan - Williamstown (VFL)
Archer Hanegraaf - Werribee (VFL)
Kaden Harbour - Sydney Swans (VFL)
Harry Heathcote - Palm Beach Currumbin AFC
Kade Herbert - Eagles (SANFL)
Noah Hibbins-Hargreaves - Subiaco (WAFL)
Dyson Hilder - North Adelaide
Coby Hilton - South West Sydney Blues
Oscar Hine-Baston - Perth (WAFL)
Darcy Hogg - Carlton (VFL)
Damon Hollow - Williamstown (VFL)
Ben Hopkins - Sandringham (VFL)
Xavier Ivisic - Werribee (VFL)
Phoenix Janover - Sandringham (VFL)
Goy Jiath - Gippsland Power (Coates Talent League)
Brock Johnston-Smith - South Cairns Cutters
Rex Jones - Glenelg (SANFL)
Ethyn Kane - Swan Districts (WAFL)
Patrick Kelly - Geelong Cats (VFL)
Cooper Keogh - Coburg (VFL)
Marcus Krasnadamskis - Eastern Ranges (Coates Talent League)
Nathan Kreuger - Geelong Cats (VFL)
Sebit Kuek - East Perth (WAFL)
Ajang Kuol - Werribee (VFL)
Campbell Lake - Southport (VFL)
Josiah Landy - Collingwood (VFL)
Jai Leach - Oakleigh Chargers (Coates Talent League)
Tyler Lindberg - East Perth (WAFL)
Zaydyn Lockwood - Richmond (VFL)
Taj Logan - Carlton (VFL)
Daniel Lowther - Richmond (VFL)
Jordan Lukac - Eagles (SANFL)
Zac Mainwaring - Claremont (WAFL)
Isaiah Markovsky - North Melbourne (VFL)
Jayden Matz - Central District
Caleb May - West Adelaide (SANFL)
Tadhg McCarthy - Collingwood (VFL)
Jaxon McGowan - Subiaco (WAFL)
Thomas McGuane - Keilor (EDFL)
Brodie McLaughlin - Box Hill Hawks (VFL)
Noah McMenamin - Western Jets (Coates Talent League)
Xavier Milner - East Perth (WAFL)
Max Minear - Claremont (WAFL)
Alex Mirkov - Williamstown (VFL)
Caleb Mitchell - Tasmania Devils (VFL)
Diesel Moloney - Williamstown (VFL)
Cooper Moore - Perth (WAFL)
Daniel Morrison - East Fremantle (WAFL)
Luca Muratore - Footscray Bulldogs (VFL)
Sebastian Murphy - Coburg (VFL)
Caleb Nancarrow - Old Scotch
Olivier Northam - South Adelaide
William Patton - Glenelg (SANFL)
Jasper Peace - Claremont (WAFL)
Jye Peacock - Box Hill Hawks (VFL)
Flynn Penry - Port Melbourne (VFL)
Nathan Philactides - Sandringham (VFL)
Baxter Philip - Perth (WAFL)
Louis Pinnuck - Werribee (VFL)
Daniel Pinter - Sandringham (VFL)
Lincoln Pitt - West Adelaide (SANFL)
Dayne Posthuma - Central District
Zachary Provest - Swan Districts (WAFL)
Lachlan Rankin - Port Melbourne (VFL)
William (Jiah) Reidy - Swan Districts (WAFL)
Jack Riding - Werribee (VFL)
Flynn Riley - Carlton (VFL)
Taj Robinson - Keilor (EDFL)
Mitch Ryan - Sandringham (VFL)
Archer Ryan - Morningside AFC
Kyelan Sanders - Peel Thunder (WAFL)
Ged Saunders - Footscray Bulldogs (VFL)
Jack Saunders - Central District
Galen Savigni - Subiaco (WAFL)
Mitchell Schofield - East Perth (WAFL)
Jonti Schuback - West Adelaide (SANFL)
Elijah Scoble - Perth (WAFL)
Harry Scott - Richmond (VFL)
Thomas Scully - West Adelaide (SANFL)
Tyler Sellers - Essendon (VFL)
Sonny Siano - Subiaco (WAFL)
Blake Simondson - Box Hill Hawks (VFL)
Toby Sinnema - Casey Demons (VFL)
Luca Slade - Sturt
Joshua Smith - Central District
Callum Smith - Sandringham (VFL)
Jake Smith - Werribee (VFL)
Jake Soutar - East Perth (WAFL)
Josh Sparkman - Port Melbourne (VFL)
Ethan Stanley - Casey Demons (VFL)
Andreas Stefanakis - Sandringham (VFL)
Jaidyn Stephenson - Coburg (VFL)
Jacob Street-Glasson - Broadford Football Club
Frank Szekely - North Adelaide
Beau Thomas - Central District
Donovan Toohey - Coburg (VFL)
Scott Tuia - Peel Thunder (WAFL)
Noah Tullio - Werribee (VFL)
Samuel van Rooyen - Claremont (WAFL)
Jonah Walker - Gippsland Power (Coates Talent League)
Hudson Walker - Subiaco (WAFL)
Isaac Waller - Brisbane Lions (VFL)
Wesley Walley - Subiaco (WAFL)
Samuel Waltham - Sturt
Oliver Warburton - Carlton (VFL)
Bailey Warfe - Golden Square Football Netball Club (BFL)
Blake Watson - Sandringham (VFL)
Kayne Watt - Sandringham Dragons (Coates Talent League)
Patrick Weckert - Eagles (SANFL)
James White - Sturt
Will White - Geelong Cats (VFL)
Ethan Williams - Sandringham (VFL)
Harrison Wilson - Carlton (VFL)
Isiah Winder - South Fremantle (WAFL)
Oliver Withers - Port Melbourne (VFL)
Cruz Woodley - Subiaco (WAFL)
Brady Wright - Werribee (VFL)
Hunter Wright - Geelong Cats (VFL)
Mohammed Yassine - Richmond (VFL)
Noah Yze - Sandringham (VFL)
Jayden Hunter a conspicious absentee from that list.
Heās been playing well.
Baldwin kicked 5 this afternoon and drills another to put port melbourne in front late fourth quarter. Thanks to a quick kick from Hird. Port 104- Tas 98
29 mins. Borough wins by 4
Hobbs 28 disposals
Hird 19 disposals 2 goals
Baldwin 10 disposals 6 goals 1 behind.
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