Recruited From: Woodville West-Torrens (SA)
Position: Medium Forward
Height: 191cm
Weight: 82kg
DOB: 11 August 1994
Career Highlights
Woodville West-Torrens U18 Premiership Player
Key Statistics
Kicked 74 goals in half a season with Sacred Heart Boarding School before going on to play 13 matches with Woodville West-Torrens U18s in the SANFL where he averaged 16.3 disposals, 6.5 marks, and 1.5 goals per game. He also kicked what turned out to be the match-winning goal in the Eagles’ U18 Grand Final victory.
Woodville-West Torrens Talent Manager Shane Grimm Says
"Nick went to the state screening after coming to us this year from our country zone. He is a Sacred Heart College boy who is a tall forward and is one of the best contested marks we’ve had at our club in the under 18s in four or five years. He just doesn’t drop anything and is extremely smart and clever."
Lions National Talent Manager Rob Kerr Says
"Nick is a very clever and courageous footballer who our South Australian scouts identified early in the year and showed great improvement when playing SANFL U18s."
"As a player, he’s a forward who should graduate into someone who can play through the midfield."
"We rated him so highly that we almost took him with our third round draft choice at the National Draft - so are delighted that we have managed to have our cake and eat it too."
PICK NO.21 - CALLUM BARTLETT
Recruited From: Geelong Falcons (VIC) / Brisbane Lions
Position: Midfielder / Small Forward
Height: 179cm
Weight: 75kg
DOB: 19 June 1991
Lions National Talent Manager Rob Kerr Says
"Callum’s obviously suffered a couple of knee injuries, and had an illness at the start of this pre-season."
"But the last few weeks suggests he’s beginning to put his run of bad luck behind him. The real important think for Cal is that he reaches a level of fitness that he is yet been unable to achieve due to injury. Only then will we get to see what his best looks like."
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PICK NO.63 - JORDON BOURKE
Recruited From: Morningside (QLD)
Position: Medium Forward
Height: 193cm
Weight: 83kg
DOB: 11 November 1994
Career Highlights
AFL U16 Championships Division Two MVP
AIS-AFL Academy 2012
Queensland U18 Representative 2012
Key Statistics
Recorded the fourth best overall agility score (8.30 sec), and seventh fastest 20m sprint time (2.92 sec) at the 2012 AFL Draft Combine. Averaged 12.4 disposals and 4.2 marks at the 2012 AFL U18 Championships.
AFL National and International Talent Manager Kevin Sheehan Says
“Tall forward who is exceptionally strong overhead and a reliable shot for goal. Quick on the lead and reads the ball well in the air. Son of former Geelong Cats ruckman Damien Bourke. Averaged 12.4 disposals and 4.2 marks for QLD in the NAB AFL Under-18 Championships showing his overall potential. AIS-AFL Academy graduate
Queensland Talent Manager Bob Batty Says
“Son of former Cat Damian, but Geelong has decided not to nominate him as a father son. He is a quick, athletic tall who takes a strong contested mark. He has a big upside and in an AFL system could be a big improver.”
Lions National Talent Manager Rob Kerr Says
"Jordon is a leading forward whose marking is his strength."
"He was highly rated at the conclusion of 2011, but probably didn’t quite have the year he would have liked this year."
"With his speed, agility and reach, we also think he has a lot of the attributes that could see him play as a defender if developed in that area of the ground."
"It’s not unusual that players from the non-traditional football States don’t quite develop at the rate of the traditional football States. So we’re hoping that by placing Jordon in the system full-time, he fulfils the undoubted potential he has."
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