Tassie Talent Tested at Camp
Every year 75 of the best young Australian football players in Australia are invited to Canberra to participate in the NAB AFL Draft Camp.
The players are put through a variety of tests, including:
- Fitness Assessment (Height/weight, skin folds, arm length, hand span)
- Psychomotor Tests (Reaction time, decision making, peripheral awareness)
- Sprint, agility, vertical jump testing
- Shuttle Run (the infamous beep test)
- 3km Time-trail
- General skills test
- one-on-one interview with clubs
The camp is a key event in the lead-up to November’s NAB AFL Draft and four young Tasmanian’s are being tested at the camp.
The Tasmanians are; Glenorchy midfielder Ryan Harwood, North Hobart half-back Marcus Davies, Launceston ruckman Joseph Groenewegen and North Launceston midfielder Jesse Crichton.
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- Ryan Harwood
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- Marcus Davies
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- Joseph Groenwegan
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- Jesse Crichton
The AFL grand final was an epic contest that had bookmakers praying to the gods that Geelong would lose the ultimate game of the season.
Bets were placed face to face and on a multitude of online betting agencies. One agency even offering to refund bets of over $200 dollars if the margin was a goal or less.
Bookmarkers were set to lose big due to football betting if Geelong won, which would mean they would have to pay out the huge amount of bets that was placed on Geelong to win and the Geelong/Gary Ablett Brownlow double. This would of been an even bigger disaster if the margin was a goal or less.
When the siren blew the Cats had won by 6 points but Max Rooke had taken a mark within range. The St Kilda players started to walk off in disappointment and Rooke dribbled the ball through to take the margin to twelve points. The bookmakers dodged a bullet here, which could of cost up to 3.2 Million from 16000 punters that took up the offer.
Bets were placed face to face and on a multitude of online betting agencies. One agency even offering to refund bets of over $200 dollars if the margin was a goal or less.
Bookmarkers were set to lose big due to football betting if Geelong won, which would mean they would have to pay out the huge amount of bets that was placed on Geelong to win and the Geelong/Gary Ablett Brownlow double. This would of been an even bigger disaster if the margin was a goal or less.
When the siren blew the Cats had won by 6 points but Max Rooke had taken a mark within range. The St Kilda players started to walk off in disappointment and Rooke dribbled the ball through to take the margin to twelve points. The bookmakers dodged a bullet here, which could of cost up to 3.2 Million from 16000 punters that took up the offer.
Ryan Harwood
