Team AFL Draft Review: Brisbane Lions
Draft Table Talk:
Brisbane said Leuenberger was the best player available so they went with him, they also mentioned that for them he was ranked in the top two players for the draft.
They probably didn't expect to see Proud available at 22 so there won't have been much debating over who to pick there. Renouf and Tippett were not options for Brisbane here because they already had Leuenberger.
Might have been deciding between Schmidt and Hawksley at pick 34. It didn't matter though. Hawksley was there at pick 38.
The Lions might have wanted a key position player with pick 54, as they had a ruckman and three smaller players with their other picks. They took Tyler but Allen or White might have been other options they looked at.
The Lions must have been the team that convinced Sheldon to enter the draft, instead of waiting for 2007 to be drafted. If that was the Lions' plan it worked and Sheldon was still there at their last pick.
2006 Draft vs 2005 Draft:
Some definite similarities. A tall from WA in the first round of both drafts, then their second pick went on a local. Leuenberger and Proud in 2006, Clark and Mills in 2005. It will be a hard task for the Lions to find a spot for both Leuenberger and Clark in their team next season. You have to go back to the 2001 draft for the last time the Lions didn't go tall with their first pick.
Player: Pick 4 Matthew Leuenberger, 203cm 93kg (East Perth)
Comparison: Clark Keating
ETA: A few games in 2007.
Possible position: Ruckman, Tall Forward
Player: Pick 22 Albert Proud, 180cm 83kg (Mt Gravatt)
Comparison: Michael McLean
ETA: Early rounds of 2007
Possible position: Midfielder
Player: Pick 34 Chris Schmidt, 188cm 81kg (West Adelaide)
Comparison: Nigel Lappin
ETA: Middle rounds of 2007
Possible position: Medium Forward
Player: Pick 38 James Hawksley, 186cm 73kg (Peel)
Comparison: Nigel Palfreyman
ETA: 2008
Possible position: Medium Defender
Player: Pick 54 Matt Tyler, 194cm 82kg (North Ballarat)
Comparison: Rudi Frigo
ETA: 2009
Possible position: Centre Half Back
Player: Pick 70 Sam Sheldon, 183cm 79kg (Oakleigh)
Comparison: David Bain
ETA: 2008 or 2009
Possible position: Midfielder
Brisbane said Leuenberger was the best player available so they went with him, they also mentioned that for them he was ranked in the top two players for the draft.
They probably didn't expect to see Proud available at 22 so there won't have been much debating over who to pick there. Renouf and Tippett were not options for Brisbane here because they already had Leuenberger.
Might have been deciding between Schmidt and Hawksley at pick 34. It didn't matter though. Hawksley was there at pick 38.
The Lions might have wanted a key position player with pick 54, as they had a ruckman and three smaller players with their other picks. They took Tyler but Allen or White might have been other options they looked at.
2006 Draft vs 2005 Draft:
Some definite similarities. A tall from WA in the first round of both drafts, then their second pick went on a local. Leuenberger and Proud in 2006, Clark and Mills in 2005. It will be a hard task for the Lions to find a spot for both Leuenberger and Clark in their team next season. You have to go back to the 2001 draft for the last time the Lions didn't go tall with their first pick.
Player: Pick 4 Matthew Leuenberger, 203cm 93kg (East Perth)
Comparison: Clark Keating
ETA: A few games in 2007.
Possible position: Ruckman, Tall Forward
Player: Pick 22 Albert Proud, 180cm 83kg (Mt Gravatt)
Comparison: Michael McLean
ETA: Early rounds of 2007
Possible position: Midfielder
Player: Pick 34 Chris Schmidt, 188cm 81kg (West Adelaide)
ETA: Middle rounds of 2007
Possible position: Medium Forward
Player: Pick 38 James Hawksley, 186cm 73kg (Peel)
Comparison: Nigel Palfreyman
ETA: 2008
Possible position: Medium Defender
Player: Pick 54 Matt Tyler, 194cm 82kg (North Ballarat)
Comparison: Rudi Frigo
ETA: 2009
Possible position: Centre Half Back
Player: Pick 70 Sam Sheldon, 183cm 79kg (Oakleigh)
Comparison: David Bain
ETA: 2008 or 2009
Possible position: Midfielder
