South Aussie Select

There aren't many faster than South Adelaide's Benny Barrett in this year's AFL Draft pool.

Boasting exceptional pace, Barrett has clocked impressive times of 2.91 and 2.87 this year for the 20m sprint, making him an attractive prospect as an elusive small forward.

The talented left-footer will be strongly considered by Port Adelaide as a member of the club's Next Generation Academy, due to his parents being born in Papua New Guinea.

In the latest episode of South Aussie Select, Barrett tells of how he switched from rugby to Australian Football when arriving in Adelaide as a 12-year-old.

He has taken elements of rugby into his footy career while also soaking up the advice given to him by Power star Willie Rioli, who took him under his wing while training at Alberton this year.

If an AFL club wants to select a player with exceptional work ethic, it should look no further than Glenelg's Angus Clarke.

The latest guest on South Aussie Select, SANFL's podcast on the road to the AFL Draft, Clarke made countless commutes between Mount Gambier and Adelaide while lining up for the Bays and SA's U18 team at the National Championships.

Not only is Clarke well-versed on the nine-hour round trip to and from the capital of the state's south-east, he also works tirelessly on the family farm, crutching sheep and milking cows while many of his counterparts are still fast asleep.

It has set the 188cm backman up nicely as he displayed great poise playing across half-back for the Croweaters before shrugging off injury to post the third-fastest time in the 2km time trial at the AFL Draft Combine in Melbourne.

Likening himself to fellow Glenelg junior and current Essendon star Mason Redman, also from the south-east, Clarke has spoken to multiple clubs including Adelaide and Port Adelaide.

The 2024 return of South Aussie Select, SANFL's exclusive AFL Draft podcast, features the insight of SA U18 coach Tony Bamford.

Bamford, who also oversees SANFL's U18 Talent Academy, provides insight into the Croweaters in the mix to have their names called at the AFL National Draft and Rookie Draft from November 20-22.

Tune in for this year’s final episode of South Aussie Select with rapidly rising South Adelaide ruckman Taylor Goad and SANFL U18 Coach Tony Bamford, who provides in-depth insight to SA’s top prospects ahead of the 2023 AFL Draft.

Tune in to the latest episode of South Aussie Select to hear from Hawthorn father-son prospect Will McCabe, dashing Glenelg half-back Bodie Ryan and SANFL Physical Performance Manager Tom Debenedictis, who provides an insight into the AFL Combine performances.

Tune in to the first edition of South Aussie Select for 2023 as SANFL’s Zac Milbank chats with father-son duo Matt and Luca Slade while North Adelaide’s Kane McAuliffe tells of his journey from Port Augusta to the big smoke.

In the final episode of South Aussie Select before the 2022 NAB AFL Draft, hear from potential top SA pick Mattaes Phillipou about his journey to the draft, as well as SANFL's Physical Performance Manager Tom Debenidictis and The Advertiser's Andrew Capel about their insights into the draft.

Zac Milbank sits down with Isaac Keeler and Max Michalanney to discuss their future footy plans and the upcoming AFL Draft.

South Australia's U18 Academy Manager and Coach details the extraordinary crop of talls on offer from SA this year, with West's Harry Barnett leading the charge.

But he also reveals AFL clubs are doing their due diligence on South bigman Will Verrall, while Bloods key forward Harry Lemmey also looms as a potential bargain for a club at elite level.

Jakob Ryan and Rhett Montgomerie join Zac Milbank in the first episode in the lead up to the 2022 AFL Draft. Hear how they're preparing and their footy journey so far.