AFL mid-season draft: Live coverage as West Coast Eagles set to add two players to 2025 squad
West Coast have added two players in the AFL’s mid-season draft, taking Tom McCarthy and Jacob Newton. Meanwhile, four players have been taken from the WAFL.
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1. Tom McCarthy (West Coast)
2. Zac Banch (North Melbourne)
3. Harrison Ramm (Port Adelaide)
4. Flynn Young (Carlton)
5. Michael Sellwood (Western Bulldogs)
6. Archer May (Essendon)
7. Oscar Adams (Gold Coast)
8. Roan Steele (Collingwood)
9. Jacob Newton (West Coast)
10. Cooper Trembath (North Melbourne)
11. Ewan Mackinlay (Port Adelaide)
12. Zac Walker (Western Bulldogs)
13. Lachlan Blakiston (Essendon)
14. Caleb Lewis (Gold Coast)
15. Noah Howes (Collingwood)
16. Mani Liddy (Port Adelaide)
17. Oskar Smartt (Essendon)
18. Liam McMahon (Essendon)
That’s all from us!
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Newest Eagle
Jacob Newton is keen to prove the recruiters who overlooked him in last year’s draft wrong as he prepares for life at West Coast.
Dogs sold on Sellwood
Michael Sellwood was the first West Australian taken in the mid-season draft.
And the Peel Thunder product says he has veteran Dockers to thank for making him an AFL defender.
A really hard secret to keep
Tom McCarthy has revealed he knew West Coast would take him with the first pick in the mid-season draft, admitting it was “a really hard secret to keep”.
Steele the one!
Roan Steele’s risk to move himself across Australia to better himself as a footballer has paid off after the mature-age wingman landed at Collingwood on Wednesday night.
The now-former West Perth gun says the move is now “justified”.
Blakiston ready to “conquer” AFL
Lachlan Blakiston was playing in the C4 division of the Perth Football League less than six years ago.
Yet Essendon’s new recruit sees no reason why he cannot ‘conquer’ the AFL.
AWESOME FOURSOME!
Four WAFL guns have been picked up in Wednesday night’s mid-season draft, including Peel Thunder defender Michael Sellwood and a ruckman who could make his debut for Essendon very soon.
How’s the mascot?!
It’s safe to say Tom McCarthy knew which club he was landing at.
The celebration from his family and friends featured a mascot of an Eagle after he was swooped on by West Coast.
PICK 18
Liam McMahon is the final selection in the AFL’s mid-season draft, taken by Essendon.
PICK 17
Essendon have selected Oskar Smartt with the second-last pick in the mid-season draft.
One pick to go...
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