ferret wrote:The Hound wrote:Bag & Sledge wrote:Last night’s AFL Draft goes to show how far the SANFL Under 16’s and Under 18’s competitions are falling behind.
Our SANFL teams would get embarrassed if we had to play against any Coates Talent League clubs (Under 18’s National League with Murray Bushrangers etc).
With a 50% reduction in players drafted this year compared to last year, the SANFL may want to take stock and take control of the junior competition and try and get the best kids playing against the best kids.
No disrespect to the college kids but the standard is getting weaker and weaker year on year, so it might be time to not let the private colleges control what happens in the SANFL junior pathway.
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What a great post. There should be more Henley High Schools let the kids develop at their SANFL clubs. Give elitism the boot.
One of the problems is that SA's population compared to the national population is getting smaller and smaller.
Even Tassie did better this year than SA in the national draft (talent wise) most probably just a one off.
I remember when SA had a greater population than WA. WA (2,855,600) has now raced past SA (1,844,600) and should be producing far more draftees than SA.
SA's population has fallen to 6.97% of national population.
2024's draft for SA should be a lot better than 2023.
Is the fall in SA's population the reason for the SANFL crowd attendances to also be on the slide?