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National Championships, earning the Alan McLean Medal as the best player in Division Two.
In other draft movements Ex-Southport Shark Kurt Tippett ended months of speculation over his playing future when he was picked up by the Sydney Swans with pick 11 of the Pre-season Draft.
Former Broadbeach player Ricky Petterd was picked up as a Rookie by Richmond at Pick 7. The talented forward underwent surgery after Round 18, and was subsequently delisted by Melbourne on the last day of the trade period.
Collingwood continued its recent love affair with Queenslanders at pick 47 and 49, selecting ex- Brisbane Lion Ben Hudson and Cairns product Peter Yagmoor respectively.
Veteran ruckman Hudson will be used to ease the load of Pies ruckman Darren Jolly and has also been signed as a club ruck coach for 2013.
Peter Yagmoor was first picked up by Collingwood in the 2012 Rookie draft, making his senior debut in Round 1 against Hawthorn. He was delisted in November as part of the club’s list management strategy.
And while the number of Queensland players was well down on 2011, AFL Queensland Academies Manager Mark Browning said the true story of this year’s crop will not be known for some time yet.
“In the end I think our best four or five (under-18s) will get to an AFL club one way or another,” Browning said.
“Sometimes it takes two years to get an outcome and not one.
“In 1999, and I know this is going back a bit, we won Division 2 (under-18 national championships) - and here’s a good comparison - we only had one boy drafted, Mitch Hahn.
“Two years later, 13 of those players had made their way on to AFL lists. Some of them were 17, going on 18, like Nick Riewoldt.
“I always think you’ve got to look at a particular year over the next two or three years. It ebbs and flows, but if you average it out, that’s the key.
“That averaging out process reflects well over the past three years, with 34 Queenslanders getting on to AFL lists – either senior or rookie – since 2009.”
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