What a draft bolter story this would be. Belloni was always in the draft frame after a strong bottom-age season, but more in the second half. She kept rising up draft boards to be a clear first round prospect and incredibly could go at third with her contested marking and versatility to play between attack and midfield key traits of the 175cm talent.
And the title changed after the number shifts? Is there not live trading as well?
There is bidding, so could change.
I’ll post RookieMeCentral’s phantom draft (and how our picks will change) in the AFLW General Discussion thread.
Trade up for Zippy Fish. Sounds fast.
Was originally meant to go at Pick 4 according to the RookieMeCentral phantom draft, and slid to us at Pick 9. Welcome Grace.
Plenty of good footage there. She looks tall and strong, hard to know if that is because she’s playing juniors and stands out physically.
Love her contested ball work - loose ball winning, contested marking, evasive skills all look awesome.
Her disposal looks a bit sketchy to me - not a lot of depth to her kicks and a lot of the time it is just kicking it 20m downfield to a pack. Didn’t really see any cases of picking out a player and nailing a pass.
If she can develop her kicking to match Maddy Gay then she will be a real weapon.
Welcome to Essendon Ms. Belloni may you always play with Grace on the field.