AFL and AFLW State Draft Combine wraps

BY TOM WYMAN

The athleticism of Sturt tall Jacob Molier may have caught the eye of recruiters at the Telstra AFL State Draft Combine on Saturday.

Molier excelled in the jumping tests, winning the vertical jump on the day with a height of 64cm and finishing equal-first in the left foot running vertical jump (84cm).

However, it was Molier’s speed in the 20m sprint which was particularly exciting for a player of his size, finishing second with a time of 2.920 seconds.

The only other player to run faster on the day was South Adelaide speedster Benny Barrett, who ran a blistering time of 2.913 seconds.

Woodville-West Torrens’ Tate Delmenico performed strongly across the testing combine, recording an 80cm left foot running vatical jump, a 3.040 second 20m sprint and led all-comers in the agility test in a time of 8.213 seconds.

Glenelg utility Thomas McKay also performed well recording an 81cm left foot running vertical jump, 8.309 second agility test and a six minutes and 43 second 2km time trial.

Rounding out the strong performances were Norwood’s Jay Polkinghorn who tied first with Molier in the left foot running vertical jump by recording 84cm, while at the SA Athletics Stadium, Glenelg’s Harrison Ramm and Woodville-West Torrens U18 captain Jett Hasting couldn’t be split in the 2km time trial, both crossing the line in six minutes and 29 seconds.

Kade Herbert, Louie Montgomery and Tom Cochrane were all unable to test due to injury.

Norwood’s Coby Morgan starred at the Telstra AFLW State Draft Combine, held at Nazareth College and SA Athletics Stadium on Saturday.

Morgan finished in the top three of all six physical tests, highlighting her all-round athleticism in-front of recruiting staff.

The Redleg recorded an impressive 60cm left foot running vertical jump, a 3.313 second time in the 20m sprint and a seven minutes and 57 second 2km time trial.

West Adelaide’s Ruby Ballard won the 20m sprint with an impressive time of 3.218 seconds, narrowly surpassing Morgan (3.313 seconds) and Bloods teammate Asha Dufour (3.377 seconds).

Dufour was the best performer in the agility test with a time of 8.876 seconds and tied first with Morgan in the right foot running vertical jump (58cm).

South Adelaide premiership player and mature-aged prospect Tiffany King recorded 50cm in the vertical jump to tie with Morgan.

Jemma Whitington-Charity did not test due to injury, while Laela Ebert and King were unable to do the 2km time trial.