OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE WAFL ROUND 20 AUGUST 5, 2017 $3.00 PassingAFL Draft the tests Combine at » Team lists » Amateur Football DENNIS JEFF GLENN MERV RODNEY LILLEE • THOMSON • MCGRATH • HUGHES • HOGG INTERROGATED BY THE BOWLOLOGIST – DAMIEN FLEMING In all forms of cricket you must get 20 wickets to win a game. The fast bowlers are there to intimidate and dominate the batsmen, never let them settle. No one really likes facing QUICK bowling… NO ONE. These men have dominated the worlds batsmen since the Early 70s. They are the best, they are the feared, they are... “The Fast Bowlers Cartel” Wednesday 13th December 2017– Prior to the 3rd Test Australia v England Crown Ballroom Perth – 12:30pm to 3.30pm Tickets from Ticketmaster.com.au Table enquiries to: Mick 0419 920 943 email [email protected] CONTENTS 3 Every Week 6 Collectables 7 Tipping 18-20 WAFC 23 Club Notes 24 Stats 25 Scoreboards and ladders 26 Fixtures Features 4-5 Passing the tests at AFL Draft Combine Game time 8 Fremantle v Gold Coast DENNIS JEFF GLENN MERV RODNEY 8 St Kilda v West Coast C 9 Game previews LILLEE • THOMSON • M GRATH • HUGHES • HOGG 10-11 Perth v Claremont INTERROGATED BY THE BOWLOLOGIST – DAMIEN FLEMING 12-13 West Perth v East Perth 14-15 South Fremantle v East Fremantle 16-17 Subiaco v Swan Districts In all forms of cricket you must get 20 wickets to win a game. The fast bowlers are there to intimidate and dominate the batsmen, never let them settle. No one really likes facing QUICK bowling… NO ONE. These men have dominated the worlds batsmen since the Early 70s. They are the best, they are the feared, they are... “The Fast Bowlers Cartel” Wednesday 13th December 2017– Prior to the 3rd Test Australia v England Crown Ballroom Perth – 12:30pm to 3.30pm Tickets from Ticketmaster.com.au Table enquiries to: Mick 0419 920 943 email [email protected] CONTENTS 4 AFL exams beckon Publisher This publication is proudly produced for For nine WA youngsters it will be like the WA Football Commission by Media graduation exams for athletes. And for Tonic. Phone 9388 7844 another local product it will be the chance Fax 9388 7866 to remind AFL scouts of what they have been Sales: [email protected] missing. Editor Ross Lewis The invitations have been sent out for the AFL Email: [email protected] draft combine to be held in October and there is a strong contingent from the State. Photography The combine is a fancy name for draft camp, in Andrew Ritchie, Duncan Watkinson, which players are tested mentally and physically in Showcase photgraphix a number of areas before a truckload of observers Design/Typesetting Jacqueline Holland from the AFL clubs. Direction Design and Print It is the last hurdle aspiring players have to jump Printing before the national draft a month later. Data Documents Nine teenagers from the Deppro Under-18s www.datadocuments.com.au team that won three of four matches in the national Cover carnival, will make the trip east as will South Jake Patmore. Photo by AFL Media Fremantle midfielder Tim Kelly. The 23-year-old is aiming to continue a recent trend of AFL clubs The Football Budget is printed on Gloss 90gsm paper, which is sourced selecting mature-aged talent. from a sustainably managed forest and Under the combine procedures, players are uses manufacturing processes of the divided into eight groups according to their playing highest environmental standards. positions. There will be two groups of medium Bouncedown is printed by an Environmental Accredited printer. midfielders and, coming into this year’s program, The magazine is 100% recyclable. different sections for ruckmen and tall forwards. But what exactly are all 83 players from around WAFL admission prices $15 – Adult* the country at the draft combine trying to achieve $12 – Concession* over the four-day camp. Free – Children 15 and under The Football Budget has put the spotlight on the *Includes a copy of Football Budget program. Find us on WA Draft Combine Invitees Brayden Ainsworth (Subiaco) Oscar Allen (West Perth) Copyright © No part of this publication may be reproduced or stored in a retrieval system Callan England (Claremont) without the permission of the publisher. Kyron Hayden (Subiaco) Opinions expressed in the Football Budget are not necessarily those of the WAFC. Tim Kelly (South Fremantle) The WAFC or affiliated clubs believe that the material produced in this publication is Ben Miller (Subiaco) accurate, but gives no warranty in relation Aaron Naughton (Peel Thunder) thereto and disclaims all liability for claims against the WAFC or affiliated clubs, Media Jake Patmore (Claremont) Tonic, its employees, agents, or any other person, which may rise from any person Brandon Starcevich (East Perth) acting on the materials contained herein. Sam Taylor (Swan Districts) Registered by Australia Post - PP642521/00112 » Jake Patmore 5 AFL exams beckon for WA hopefuls By Ross Lewis STANDING VERTICAL JUMP 20-METRE SHUTTLE RUN (BEEP TEST) 3KM TIME TRIAL Players are required to take off from two Players are progressively eliminated and only This one’s simple: players get one shot at feet with no preliminary steps or shuffling. A the fittest reach upper levels. The test starts at 3km, usually run around a track (7.5 laps of a yardstick measuring device determines their Level 1, with the final speed known as Level 400-metre track is ideal). Testing is generally leap, with the height reached subtracted 21 (not yet attained by an AFL prospect). The limited to groups of 10-20. from the players’ standing reach height to idea is for the player to finish each 20-metre Best effort - Joshua Schoenfeld 9.15 (mins/ give the relative jump result. leg (running back and forth) before he hears secs) in 2015 Best effort - Jordan Gallucci (Adelaide rookie a beep; the test progresses the time between listed) - 89cm in 2016 beeps decreases. NATHAN BUCKLEY KICKING TEST Best effort - Billy Hartung (Hawthorn) 16.06 Conducted on an oval with players wearing RUNNING VERTICAL JUMP level in 2013 football boots. Each player takes six kicks form A player stands five metres to the side of various distances and angles. He receives the measuring apparatus (called a Vertec) the ball from a caller, who then randomly and takes a straight-line approach, jumping requests a specific kick (20 metres left or vertically off his outside leg and reaching right, 30 metres left or right and 40 metres as high as possible with the inside hand. He left or right) be made to a target judge. The takes three jumps from each side: when he player has 25 seconds to complete the six takes off using his left leg he uses his right kicks and is allocated between 1 (for a poor hand, and vice-versa. kick) and 5 (excellent) points for each kick. Best effort - Jared Brennan (Brisbane, Gold MATTHEW LLOYD CLEAN HANDS TEST Coast) – 102 in 2002 and Nic Naitanui (West Coast)– 102 in 2008. It requires six takes and six handballs and must be 20-METRE SPRINT completed in 35 seconds. Player The player starts in the ‘crouch’ or ready takes ball and receives random position and sprints as fast as possible, instruction from caller; he must making sure he doesn’t decelerate before handball (6 metres left or right, reaching the final gate. Each player is allowed 8 metres left or right and 10 three attempts and his best times for the 5, 10 metres left or right) to a target. and 20-metre sectors are recorded. The ball will be kicked to Best effort - Joel Wilkinson (Gold Coast) - him three times and rolled 2.75secs in 2010 at him three times. Player must jog back to the starting AGILITY TEST point after each handball. He Starting from an upright position in line with is allocated between 1 (poor) the start gate, the idea for players is to weave and 5 (excellent) points for each in and out of the poles – without touching or handball. knocking them over – and get to the end of the course as quickly as possible. A run will be BRAD JOHNSON GOALKICKING stopped and restarted if the player touches a TEST pole. Players run the course three times with Four ‘man on the mark’ apparatus and the best recorded. goalposts are required. The apparatus are Best effort - Stephen Hill (Fremantle) - set up at various distances from goal and on 7.77secs in 2008 specific angles. The player is required to take five kicks for goal: two set shots, a right-foot 6X30M REPEAT SPRINT snap, a left-foot snap and a kick on the run. This measures speed and endurance, two He must complete the test in 50 seconds. critical requirements for AFL players. It is Scoring is based on goals and behinds usually conducted on a polished wooden players kick; a goal is only awarded if the ball floor or on a synthetic indoor track. The goes between the two posts and above a players’ cumulative times for the six sprints 2.5-metre height marker. are recorded. Best effort - Joel Wilkinson (Gold Coast) 23.40 (secs) in 2010 » Sam Taylor & Aaron Naughton Photos by Michael Bain. 6 by Sean Cowan Collectables During 2017, the Football Budget will again feature a section on WAFL memorabilia and invites you to write or email if you want more information about the football collectables you have tucked away at home. It’s about time I wrote about Mobil cards. Yep, I’ve written about them before in this column, but they continue to be the item I’m most often asked to value.