AFL Media reporter Cal Twomey provided a brief summary of all the 2022 mid-season project selections.
West Coast selected Dandenong Stingrays midfielder Jai Culley with No. 1 pick, while Carlton pitched AFL lifestyles to Sam Durdin and Will Hayes.
Speaking at SEN Breakfast, Twomey profiled all of the players selected in Wednesday night’s debut draft.
1. West Coast – Jai Culley (Dandenong Stingrays)
“190 cm midfield can move forward. He scored four goals and made 20 touchdowns in a Young Guns game in the middle of the year.
“He is a younger player. I think he will play a little towards the end of the season for the Eagles. ”
2. North Melbourne – Kallan Dawson (Williamstown VFL)
“Key VFL Defender. Ready to Go.”
3. Essendon – Massimo D’Ambrosio (Western Jets)
“Half-back. Very good kick.
“At the moment he is injured with a shoulder injury, but he will be right to leave in a month.”
4. Adelaide Crows – Brett Turner (Glenelg)
“He is a mature player.
“He’s a good user of the foot.”
5. GWS – Wade Derksen (Peel Thunder)
“A key back / key forward / ruckman.
“He has the kind of potential of Harry Himmelberg for them. A good shot on goal and a good mark on top.”
6. Hawthorn – Max Ramsden (Sandringham Dragons)
“He is a kind of English ruckman of Tim.
“He is athletic, a ball player on the ground, a long – term project, he will not play for the Hawks this year.
“In the long run, I think he’ll be a good player.”
7. Gold Coast – Oskar Faulkhead (Bendigo Pioneers)
“He is a Bendigo Pioneers runner and also played in the Geelong VFL.
“A little movement in the middle of the field. A kind of smart midfielder, someone who can catch the ball, advance and throw a goal.”
8. Port Adelaide – Brynn Teakle (East Fremantle)
“He’s 202 cm tall. He’s a ruckman ready to start.
“He’s a bigger, mature player outside of the WAFL ready to start.”
9. Collingwood – Josh Carmichael (West Adelaide)
“It simply came to our notice then.
“He is a 22 – year – old SANFL player with an average of about 25 touchdowns and also comes with the ability to play and move on the floor.
“One to watch.”
10. Richmond – Jacob Bauer (North Adelaide)
“For me, he is a Will Hayward type striker.
“An average striker who can jump in the air, catch and hit a goal.”
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11. Sydney – Hugo Hall-Kahan (Sandringham Dragons)
“The Saints were elected a couple later and I think they would have taken Hall-Kahan, as they tried to get him to his Next Generation Academy.
“He’s an average Sandringham Dragons striker.
“He is a top scorer. It also looks a bit like Hayward. Smart around the target, good at ground level, can do some tricks in the air. ”
12. Geelong – Zane Williams (Woodville-West Torrens)
“Geelong grabs another small striker.
“They’ve had some success stories in small strikers over the last 12 months at Tyson Stengle.
“A similar story with him in terms of what he can do around goals. One to keep an eye on.”
13. Carlton – Sam Durdin (Glenelg)
“Ready to play.
“Eight years ago, it was a first-round selection for North Melbourne. He played good football for Glenelg. 26 this year.
“He is ready to play and can intervene if necessary.”
14. St Kilda – Pass
15. Fremantle – Sebit Kuek (East Perth)
“He is a prospect. He is 21 years old and this year he has really exploded on stage.
“Of Sudanese origin. He shot three goals per game playing basically for East Perth and has caught the eye of the Dockers.
“It’s a long-term project, but certainly also a very exciting talent in the air.”
16. West Coast – Pass
17. North Melbourne – Pass
18. Essendon – Jye Menzie, South Adelaide
“They need a small striker and I think they should look for a small striker with one of their two options.
“He dominated the start of the SANFL season. I think we’ll see him this year.”
19. Adelaide Crows – Passar
20. Hawthorn – James Blanck (Box Hill Hawks)
“He is an adult player outside the Box Hill program on the VFL.
“He is ready to leave. I think we will see him a little better at different times this year during the second half of the season.
“He’s impressed a lot with the VFL. He’s a stopper.”
21. Collingwood – Pass
22. Carlton – Will Hayes (Carlton VFL)
“Good story. Back to the AFL. Obviously the old Bulldog.
“Carlton is clearly playing Durdin and Hayes for now and is coming through his VFL program.”
23. Fremantle – Passar