Our Rookie Rankings have seen three players in our top eight swap places, while the chasing pack outside of our leading young guns has never been more congested.
A Lions forward responded to his axing in the VFL over the weekend and will hope for a Round 20 return, with the likes of Port Adelaide's Logan Evans, Crow Billy Dowling, Giant Darcy Jones and Geelong's Lawson Humphries all pressing their case in recent weeks.
Evans and Dowling each earned Round 19 honourable mentions alongside Nick Watson, Seth Campbell and Shaun Mannagh, with the latter another name to consider in the final five rounds.
Selection Criteria: For our Rookie Rankings, we are ONLY selecting players who have made their debut this season.
Other players who may still be eligible for a Rising Star nomination but have already made their debut before the 2024 season will not be considered. I.e. Rising Star eligible players such as George Wardlaw, Angus Sheldrick and Sam Darcy are ineligible, having already played an AFL match before Round 1, 2024.Â
Honourable Mentions:
Shaun Mannagh (Geelong)
Nick Watson (Hawthorn)
Logan Evans (Port Adelaide)
Billy Dowling (Adelaide)
Seth Campbell (Richmond)
2. Caleb Windsor (-)
A difficult afternoon for the Demons out west, with the travelling side struggling to get a look in the middle to be fighting an uphill battle early in the contest.
Windsor still managed to have some influence despite the disparity in the centre, with the Demons wingman getting on the scoreboard early with a major before ending the afternoon with 15 disposals and close to 250 metres gained.
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Marks
Disposals
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Melbourne returns to Victoria this week to host GWS at the MCG, with a win needed to remain right in the hunt for a finals spot before the final month of the season.
