<p style='background-color: #ffffff;]Finally, after a long and arduous pre season campaign the draft is finally here. Remember the rule folks:
<p style='background-color: #ffffff;]<strong style='font-size: 14px;]Coaches have 24 hours to make their pick. If they fail to do so they will be auto drafted the highest averaging player from 2014 still on the board.[/b]
<p style='background-color: #ffffff;][span style='font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;]I think that was it, wasn't it. They're weren't any other rules were there?
<p style='background-color: #ffffff;][span style='font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;]Of course, coaches are welcome to pick before then once this thread is up&amp;hellip;<strong style='font-size: 14px;]BUT[/b]
<p style='background-color: #ffffff;][span style='font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;]If I read anting <strong style='font-size: 14px;]BANG[/b][span style='font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;]ing or <strong style='font-size: 14px;]TUTT[/b][span style='font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;]ing or <strong style='font-size: 14px;]ANY OTHER SMARTARSE HURRY UP[/b][span style='font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;] from other coaches before the official start time of<strong style='font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;]Friday 27th February at 7pm AEDT [/b][span style='font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;]walesy has assured me that I'm fully within my rights to respond with a level of vitriol, smut andbothpersonal and professional denigration never before seen on the likes of this website.
<p style='background-color: #ffffff;][span style='font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;]After the start time of course, <strong style='font-size: 14px;]BANG[/b][span style='font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;]ing and <strong style='font-size: 14px;]TUTT[/b][span style='font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;]ing is fully acceptable. Remember though, we all have lives and families away from TS so everyone keep your pants on even if you managed to draft Petracca for a steal at P14 and want to startshirt cocking in celebration.
<p style='background-color: #ffffff;][span style='font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;]Speaking of which; talking points.
<p style='background-color: #ffffff;]<strong style='font-size: 14px;]Christian Petracca[/b][span style='font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;]. How far will the kid slide? Sure he's done his knee, but this is a keeper league and no coach drafts a rookie for what they'll achieve in their debut year - right? On the other side of the equation here are a few names - <strong style='font-size: 14px;]Menzel[/b][span style='font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;], <strong style='font-size: 14px;]Morabito[/b][span style='font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;], <strong style='font-size: 14px;]Patton[/b][span style='font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;]. Which is not to say that players (or even thoseexplicitly mentioned) don't, won't or can't come back from a serious knee injury(s) - look at <strong style='font-size: 14px;]Goddard[/b][span style='font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;] and <strong style='font-size: 14px;]Malceski[/b][span style='font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;] for two off the top of my head, just that it creates a measure of doubt in the minds of fantasy list managers.
<p style='background-color: #ffffff;]<strong style='font-size: 14px;]Stef Martin[/b][span style='font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;] is another. We've just seen in the ORFFL a 93ppg RUC traded for a 109ppg MID. On that basis what is a 111ppg RUC worth on the open market? A <strong style='font-size: 14px;]Nat Fyfe[/b][span style='font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;]? Yes, there are questions over whether or Martin will be Brisbane's first choice RUC this season, but there are similar doubts on Brisbane other choice in <strong style='font-size: 14px;]Leuenberger[/b][span style='font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;]. ORFFL-wise I don't see the big man last beyond Jimcumbilly with the opportunity to handcuff him to theafore mentioned Leuenberger (and thenperhaps make some serious bank on trading out <strong style='font-size: 14px;]Nichols[/b][span style='font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;]). The complication to this of course is that Coulta have the pick before them and a RUC combo of <strong style='font-size: 14px;]West[/b][span style='font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;] and <strong style='font-size: 14px;]Redden[/b][span style='font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;]. Hmmm. Let that sink in.
<p style='background-color: #ffffff;][span style='font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;]And while not a player as such, the topic of drafting defenders this year will be&amp;hellip;interesting. A sizeable majority of ORFFL teams this year have gone into this draft with less than 6 DEF's. And yet when you look at the draft pool for that position - before or after the delistments, it's as shallow as I've ever seen it. Well, actually not true. Their are plenty of names there, it's just that most of them have seen very little if any senior action and have the scores you'd imagine from that amount of game time. It's my prediction there'll be a <em style='font-size: 14px;]second round rush[span style='font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;] on this position and plenty of speculative late round <strong style='font-size: 14px;]Jackson Allen[/b][span style='font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;]-types being selected.
<p style='background-color: #ffffff;][span style='font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;]But enough from me, it's over to you guys. Who do you like in the draft? Why do you like them? Where are you thinking of picking them?
<p style='background-color: #ffffff;][span style='font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;]Answers below, please.
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<td style='height: 15pt; width: 106pt; border-right-width: 0.5pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: black; text-align: left;' class='xl79' colspan='2]Round 1
<td style='width: 107pt; text-align: left;]




<tr height='15' style='height: 15pt;]
<td style='height: 15pt; text-align: left;' class='xl76]1
<td style='text-align: left;' class='xl76]BUN
Jeremy McGovern


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<td style='height: 15pt; text-align: left;' class='xl76]2
<td style='text-align: left;' class='xl76]POP
Christian Petracca


<tr height='15' style='height: 15pt;]
<td style='height: 15pt; text-align: left;' class='xl76]3
<td style='text-align: left;' class='xl76]BDB
Jordan De Goey


<tr height='15' style='height: 15pt;]
<td style='height: 15pt; text-align: left;' class='xl76]4
<td style='text-align: left;' class='xl76]COU
Isaac Heeney


<tr height='15' style='height: 15pt;]
<td style='height: 15pt; text-align: left;' class='xl76]5
<td style='text-align: left;' class='xl76]JIM
Angus Brayshaw


<tr height='15' style='height: 15pt;]
<td style='height: 15pt; text-align: left;' class='xl76]6
<td style='text-align: left;' class='xl76]TLP
Jake Lever


<tr height='15' style='height: 15pt;]
<td style='height: 15pt; text-align: left;' class='xl76]7
<td style='text-align: left;' class='xl76]SBS
Nakia Cockatoo


<tr height='15' style='height: 15pt;]
<td style='height: 15pt; text-align: left;' class='xl76]8
<td style='text-align: left;' class='xl76]MIL
Stefan Martin


<tr height='15' style='height: 15pt;]
<td style='height: 15pt; text-align: left;' class='xl76]9
<td style='text-align: left;' class='xl76]PBR
Paul Ahern


<tr height='15' style='height: 15pt;]
<td style='height: 15pt; text-align: left;' class='xl76]10
<td style='text-align: left;' class='xl76]GLE
Jed Anderson


<tr height='15' style='height: 15pt;]
<td style='height: 15pt; text-align: left;' class='xl76]11
<td style='text-align: left;' class='xl76]WAR
Paddy McCartin


<tr height='15' style='height: 15pt;]
<td style='height: 15pt; text-align: left;' class='xl76]12
<td style='text-align: left;' class='xl76]HDH
Darcy Moore


<tr height='15' style='height: 15pt;]
<td style='height: 15pt; text-align: left;' class='xl76]13
<td style='text-align: left;' class='xl76]QUE
Peter Wright


<tr height='15' style='height: 15pt;]
<td style='height: 15pt; text-align: left;' class='xl76]14
<td style='text-align: left;' class='xl76]SAR
Jack Steele


<tr height='15' style='height: 15pt;]
<td style='height: 15pt; text-align: left;' class='xl76]15
<td style='text-align: left;' class='xl76]MAL
Hugh Goddard


<tr height='15' style='height: 15pt;]
<td style='height: 15pt; text-align: left;' class='xl76]16
<td style='text-align: left;' class='xl76]MBD
Liam Duggan


<tr height='15' style='height: 15pt;]
<td style='height: 15pt; text-align: left;' class='xl76]17
<td style='text-align: left;' class='xl76]POO
Sam Fisher


<tr height='15' style='height: 15pt;]
<td style='height: 15pt; text-align: left;' class='xl76]18
<td style='text-align: left;' class='xl76]SAR
Garrick Ibbotson


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<td style='height: 15pt; border-right-width: 0.5pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: black; text-align: left;' class='xl81' colspan='2]Round 2





<tr height='15' style='height: 15pt;]
<td style='height: 15pt; text-align: left;' class='xl76]19
<td style='text-align: left;' class='xl76]BUN
Jayden Laverde


<tr height='15' style='height: 15pt;]
<td style='height: 15pt; text-align: left;' class='xl76]20
<td style='text-align: left;' class='xl76]POP
Brayden Maynard


<tr height='15' style='height: 15pt;]
<td style='height: 15pt; text-align: left;' class='xl76]21
<td style='text-align: left;' class='xl76]WOY
Kayne Turner


<tr height='15' style='height: 15pt;]
<td style='height: 15pt; text-align: left;' class='xl76]22
<td style='text-align: left;' class='xl76]COU
Mitch Wallis


<tr height='15' style='height: 15pt;]
<td style='height: 15pt; text-align: left;' class='xl76]23
<td style='text-align: left;' class='xl76]JIM
Jonathan Ceglar


<tr height='15' style='height: 15pt;]
<td style='height: 15pt; text-align: left;' class='xl76]24
<td style='text-align: left;' class='xl76]TLP
Jarrod Pickett


<tr height='15' style='height: 15pt;]
<td style='height: 15pt; text-align: left;' class='xl76]25
<td style='text-align: left;' class='xl76]SBS
Lachlan Weller


<tr height='15' style='height: 15pt;]
<td style='height: 15pt; text-align: left;' class='xl76]26
<td style='text-align: left;' class='xl76]MIL
Matthew Taberner


<tr height='15' style='height: 15pt;]
<td style='height: 15pt; text-align: left;' class='xl76]27
<td style='text-align: left;' class='xl76]PBR
Travis Colyer


<tr height='15' style='height: 15pt;]
<td style='height: 15pt; text-align: left;' class='xl76]28
<td style='text-align: left;' class='xl76]GLE
Farren Ray


<tr height='15' style='height: 15pt;]
<td style='height: 15pt; text-align: left;' class='xl76]29
<td style='text-align: left;' class='xl76]WAR
Liam Picken


<tr height='15' style='height: 15pt;]
<td style='height: 15pt; text-align: left;' class='xl76]30
<td style='text-align: left;' class='xl76]HDH
Nick Smith


<tr height='15' style='height: 15pt;]
<td style='height: 15pt; text-align: left;' class='xl76]31
<td style='text-align: left;' class='xl76]POP
Taylor Duryea


<tr height='15' style='height: 15pt;]
<td style='height: 15pt; text-align: left;' class='xl76]32
<td style='text-align: left;' class='xl76]BDB
Jack Crisp


<tr height='15' style='height: 15pt;]
<td style='height: 15pt; text-align: left;' class='xl76]33
<td style='text-align: left;' class='xl76]MAL
Jarman Impey


<tr height='15' style='height: 15pt;]
<td style='height: 15pt; text-align: left;' class='xl76]34
<td style='text-align: left;' class='xl76]MBD
Xavier Ellis


<tr height='15' style='height: 15pt;]
<td style='height: 15pt; text-align: left;' class='xl76]35
<td style='text-align: left;' class='xl76]POO
Matt White


<tr height='15' style='height: 15pt;]
<td style='height: 15pt; text-align: left;' class='xl76]36
<td style='text-align: left;' class='xl76]POP
Caleb Daniel


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<td style='height: 15pt; border-right-width: 0.5pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: black; text-align: left;' class='xl83' colspan='2]Round 3





<tr height='15' style='height: 15pt;]
<td style='height: 15pt; text-align: left;' class='xl76]37
<td style='text-align: left;' class='xl76]BUN
Ryan Bastinac


<tr height='15' style='height: 15pt;]
<td style='height: 15pt; text-align: left;' class='xl76]38
<td style='text-align: left;' class='xl76]POP
Shane Biggs


<tr height='15' style='height: 15pt;]
<td style='height: 15pt; text-align: left;' class='xl76]39
<td style='text-align: left;' class='xl76]BDB
Caleb Marchbank


<tr height='15' style='height: 15pt;]
<td style='height: 15pt; text-align: left;' class='xl76]40
<td style='text-align: left;' class='xl76]COU
Corey Ellis


<tr height='15' style='height: 15pt;]
<td style='height: 15pt; text-align: left;' class='xl76]41
<td style='text-align: left;' class='xl76]JIM
Daniel McKenzie


<tr height='15' style='height: 15pt;]
<td style='height: 15pt; text-align: left;' class='xl76]42
<td style='text-align: left;' class='xl76]TLP
Darcy Gardiner


<tr height='15' style='height: 15pt;]
<td style='height: 15pt; text-align: left;' class='xl76]43
<td style='text-align: left;' class='xl76]POP
Connor Blakely


<tr height='15' style='height: 15pt;]
<td style='height: 15pt; text-align: left;' class='xl76]44
<td style='text-align: left;' class='xl76]MIL
Clancee Pearce


<tr height='15' style='height: 15pt;]
<td style='height: 15pt; text-align: left;' class='xl76]45
<td style='text-align: left;' class='xl76]PBR
Jake Melksham


<tr height='15' style='height: 15pt;]
<td style='height: 15pt; text-align: left;' class='xl76]46
<td style='text-align: left;' class='xl76]GLE
Clinton Young


<tr height='15' style='height: 15pt;]
<td style='height: 15pt; text-align: left;' class='xl76]47
<td style='text-align: left;' class='xl76]MBD
Mitch Clark


<tr height='15' style='height: 15pt;]
<td style='height: 15pt; text-align: left;' class='xl76]48
<td style='text-align: left;' class='xl76]HDH
Kyle Langford


<tr height='15' style='height: 15pt;]
<td style='height: 15pt; text-align: left;' class='xl76]49
<td style='text-align: left;' class='xl76]QUE
Rory Laird


<tr height='15' style='height: 15pt;]
<td style='height: 15pt; text-align: left;' class='xl76]50
<td style='text-align: left;' class='xl76]WAR
Aaron Black


<tr height='15' style='height: 15pt;]
<td style='height: 15pt; text-align: left;' class='xl76]51
<td style='text-align: left;' class='xl76]MAL
Dawson Simpson


<tr height='15' style='height: 15pt;]
<td style='height: 15pt; text-align: left;' class='xl76]52
<td style='text-align: left;' class='xl76]MBD
Rohan Bewick


<tr height='15' style='height: 15pt;]
<td style='height: 15pt; text-align: left;' class='xl76]53
<td style='text-align: left;' class='xl76]POO
James Stewart


<tr height='15' style='height: 15pt;]
<td style='height: 15pt; text-align: left;' class='xl76]54
<td style='text-align: left;' class='xl76]SBS
Shaun Hampson


<tr height='15' style='height: 15pt;]
<td style='height: 15pt; border-right-width: 0.5pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: black; text-align: left;' class='xl85' colspan='2]Round 4





<tr height='15' style='height: 15pt;]
<td style='height: 15pt; text-align: left;' class='xl76]55
<td style='text-align: left;' class='xl76]BUN
Touk Miller




<tr height='15' style='height: 15pt;]
<td style='height: 15pt; text-align: left;' class='xl76]56
<td style='text-align: left;' class='xl76]BUN
Ben Newton




<tr height='15' style='height: 15pt;]
<td style='height: 15pt; text-align: left;' class='xl76]57
<td style='text-align: left;' class='xl76]BDB
Blaine Boekhorst




<tr height='15' style='height: 15pt;]
<td style='height: 15pt; text-align: left;' class='xl76]58
<td style='text-align: left;' class='xl76]COU
Billy Stretch



<tr height='15' style='height: 15pt;]
<td style='height: 15pt; text-align: left;' class='xl76]59
<td style='text-align: left;' class='xl76]JIM
Joel Patfull



<tr height='15' style='height: 15pt;]
<td style='height: 15pt; text-align: left;' class='xl76]60
<td style='text-align: left;' class='xl76]TLP
Eli Templeton



<tr height='15' style='height: 15pt;]
<td style='height: 15pt; text-align: left;' class='xl76]61
<td style='text-align: left;' class='xl76]SBS
Lindsay Thomas



<tr height='15' style='height: 15pt;]
<td style='height: 15pt; text-align: left;' class='xl76]62
<td style='text-align: left;' class='xl76]MIL
Mark Whiley



<tr height='15' style='height: 15pt;]
<td style='height: 15pt; text-align: left;' class='xl76]63
<td style='text-align: left;' class='xl76]PBR
Nick Suban



<tr height='15' style='height: 15pt;]
<td style='height: 15pt; text-align: left;' class='xl76]64
<td style='text-align: left;' class='xl76]GLE
Ben Jacobs



<tr height='15' style='height: 15pt;]
<td style='height: 15pt; text-align: left;' class='xl76]65
<td style='text-align: left;' class='xl76]SAR
Ryan Lester



<tr height='15' style='height: 15pt;]
<td style='height: 15pt; text-align: left;' class='xl76]66
<td style='text-align: left;' class='xl76]HDH
Sam Wright



<tr height='15' style='height: 15pt;]
<td style='height: 15pt; text-align: left;' class='xl76]67
<td style='text-align: left;' class='xl76]QUE
Cameron Wood



<tr height='15' style='height: 15pt;]
<td style='height: 15pt; text-align: left;' class='xl76]68
<td style='text-align: left;' class='xl76]SAR
Darcy Lang



<tr height='15' style='height: 15pt;]
<td style='height: 15pt; text-align: left;' class='xl76]69
<td style='text-align: left;' class='xl76]MAL
Seb Ross



<tr height='15' style='height: 15pt;]
<td style='height: 15pt; text-align: left;' class='xl76]70
<td style='text-align: left;' class='xl76]MBD
Jarryd Lyons



<tr height='15' style='height: 15pt;]
<td style='height: 15pt; text-align: left;' class='xl76]71
<td style='text-align: left;' class='xl76]POO
Easton Wood



<tr height='15' style='height: 15pt;]
<td style='height: 15pt; text-align: left;' class='xl76]72
<td style='text-align: left;' class='xl76]WOY
Rhyce Shaw



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<td style='height: 15pt; border-right-width: 0.5pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: black; text-align: left;' class='xl87' colspan='2]Round 5





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<td style='height: 15pt; text-align: left;' class='xl76]73
<td style='text-align: left;' class='xl76]QUE
Adam Saad



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<td style='height: 15pt; text-align: left;' class='xl76]74
<td style='text-align: left;' class='xl76]WOY
Nathan Foley



<tr height='15' style='height: 15pt;]
<td style='height: 15pt; text-align: left;' class='xl76]75
<td style='text-align: left;' class='xl76]BDB
Andrew Carrazzo



<tr height='15' style='height: 15pt;]
<td style='height: 15pt; text-align: left;' class='xl76]76
<td style='text-align: left;' class='xl76]COU
Tom Jonas



<tr height='15' style='height: 15pt;]
<td style='height: 15pt; text-align: left;' class='xl76]77
<td style='text-align: left;' class='xl76]JIM
Angus Litherland



<tr height='15' style='height: 15pt;]
<td style='height: 15pt; text-align: left;' class='xl76]78
<td style='text-align: left;' class='xl76]TLP
Daniel McStay



<tr height='15' style='height: 15pt;]
<td style='height: 15pt; text-align: left;' class='xl76]79
<td style='text-align: left;' class='xl76]SBS
Zach Tuohy



<tr height='15' style='height: 15pt;]
<td style='height: 15pt; text-align: left;' class='xl76]80
<td style='text-align: left;' class='xl76]MIL
Kane Lambert



<tr height='15' style='height: 15pt;]
<td style='height: 15pt; text-align: left;' class='xl76]81
<td style='text-align: left;' class='xl76]PBR
Marco Paparone



<tr height='15' style='height: 15pt;]
<td style='height: 15pt; text-align: left;' class='xl76]82
<td style='text-align: left;' class='xl76]GLE
George Horlin-Smith



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