The 2018 Benfti "in absentia" Hype thread

Stallion · September 19, 2018, 11:42am

Dreamtime After Party here we come

Nocturnal · September 20, 2018, 12:52am

Do we have any Tiwi island academy players who are good prospects yet?

Captain_Jack · September 20, 2018, 1:54am

All of them.

SCarey · September 20, 2018, 2:40am

Fair go, there is only one Norm Smith medal per five hundred male Tiwi Islanders.

Which isn’t far off the number per current AFL players (0.37% vs 0.2%) - if you don’t count Hodge (like Hawthorn didn’t), then there is only Martin, Johannisen and Pendlebury still playing.

Mr_Sunbury_1 · October 3, 2018, 10:52am

Is Robbie Campbell any chance for a rookie spot this year Ben? By all reports was going ok before the foot injury.

Alan_Noonan_10 · October 3, 2018, 11:18am

That ruck from Hawthorn who Mark Johnno tipped on his scone in the “line in the sand” game?

Mr_Sunbury_1 · October 3, 2018, 11:32am

Ha ha! No. A 17 year old kid from the Tiwi who’s been going very nicely until a foot injury mid year.

samwoods · October 3, 2018, 11:40am

You had me at Tiwi.

HirdMentality · October 3, 2018, 12:04pm

Are you sure he is from the Tiwi Islands?

There’s an article that talks of a Robbie Campbell from Katherine.

benfti · October 3, 2018, 1:40pm

Yeah, on at least 3 clubs radars I’m aware of

benfti · October 4, 2018, 1:43am

I will add, there are 2 lads who I think should be academy eligible who fit the bill.

Next year eligible though.

Brayden Rioli and Jeff Simon, hope they aren’t both in.

Also as a draft age kid next year, Malcolm Rosas Jnr is electric and his u18 testing was staggering for his age. In Darwin so he is open to any club.

HirdMentality · October 4, 2018, 2:28am

Haven’t heard of Simon before. What’s he like?

And is Darwin open to all clubs? Or just the ones with NT academies?

barnz · October 8, 2018, 8:16pm

We getting minitippy?

jonovdp · October 8, 2018, 8:18pm

Did I just read premiership?

Humble_NSW_Fan · October 8, 2018, 8:56pm

WANT.

Madden378 · October 8, 2018, 9:28pm

Apologise if this has been answered, but can academy players play in the VFL or are they put into the tac system?

Theclubsanga · October 8, 2018, 9:35pm

Sambono should have been taken last year.
What’s our chances?

Theclubsanga · October 8, 2018, 9:36pm

Needs more time.

frosty · October 8, 2018, 9:48pm

Want.

frosty · October 8, 2018, 9:50pm

Houli_Dooli:

The Benfti 2014 hype thread. Dudes Hawthorn will draft

Adam Tipungwuti

173cms 79kgs NT, FWD

BOOM!, that‘s right, you read right, Adam, Tipungbloodywutilishious. Unsurprisingly, I love this kid. You are all like, hang on, Ben just saw the surname and chucked him in the list to mess with heads. Not true. Here is what you need to know about Adam. He goes by the name Jabber, he won the NTFL rising star award last year, played 13 games and was 9 times in the best. Like Anthony, not afraid to travel to achieve his dream, but didn‘t come down to Victoria, opting for boarding school in Queensland. He actually played under 16‘s for the QLD state side. What is he like, he is an unapologetic small forward. See ball, get ball, kick goal. With speed, in all sorts of freaky ways. Like Anthony again, he gest played off half back in spurts for some reason but at AFL level he will be a small forward, and a ******* cracking one.

The 2016 Benfti hype list (blokes we might actally draft!)

Ezekiel Frank - 192cm 82kgs NT Thunder - Palmerston FC

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So if Ezzy was draft eligible last year he would have been a second round pick. But here is the snap, after a great champs as an underager, and a decent TAC cup season for North Ballarat he was forced to return home to Darwin for family reasons, meaning he fell off the radar of recruiters (and there was some loss in confidence that he could stick) and fell out of the elite pathway he was on. But I refuse to give up on Frank because he is seriously talented, a lot of what took him back to Darwin was beyond his control and he actually a really good kid. Taking the cultural stuff aside he is also a 192cm (still growing) speedster with great hands above his head and below his knees who can play any position. ANY. But as a prospect, Forward suits him best, he can play as your 3rd tall, but I like him as a CHF purely because he will beat most defenders in the air and if the ball hits the ground its game over, there is not a key position player in the AFL you would but on him for height that could beat him back to goal if your team gets over the press. If you try to run a quicker guy with him to do that all he will need to do is take that guy to the square and carve him up overhead. He will take a lot of work and is probably a 2-3 year prospect before you know what you really have. But totally worth it.

Draft Range : Rookie to Undrafted

Have you followed these guys since u nominated them in previous years?
Your write up for Frank sounds like he could be a handy developing forward. And well who wouldnt want another Tippa!!

Bump for relevance re Adam Tippa