It is believed that former Melbourne midfielders James Magner and Mitch Clisby, former Cat Josh Walker, recently delisted Crow Jared Petrenko and ex-Saint Clint Jones have signed with the Bombers as top-up players for the NAB Challenge.
Former North Melbourne premiership player and now-Fox Footy commentator David King is being investigated by the police over successful bets placed on last year's Rising Star winner, Lewis Taylor.
FFRS1 JARROD PICKETT - Pick #4 GWS
FFRS2 CLEM SMITH - Pick #60 Carlton
FFRS3 LACHLAN WELLER - Pick #13 Fremantle
FFRS4 JADEN McGRATH - Pick #73 Brisbane
FFRS5 BRADLEY WALSH - Undrafted
FFRS6 LIAM DUGGAN - Pick #11 West Coast
FFRS7 ISAAC HEENEY - Pick #18 Sydney
FFRS8 BILLY STRETCH - Pick #42 Melbourne
FFRS9 LIAM GRIFFITHS - Undrafted
FFRS10 NAKIA COCKATOO - Pick #10 Geelong
FFRS11 JACKSON NELSON - Pick #51 West Coast
FFRS12 ANGUS BRAYSHAW - Pick #3 Melbourne
FFRS13 RYAN LIM - Undrafted
FFRS14 PATRICK MCCARTIN - Pick #1 St Kilda
FFRS15 LIAM DAWSON - Pick #44 Brisbane
FFRS16 DANIEL CAPRION - Undrafted
FFRS17 JERMAINE MILLER-LEWIS - Undrafted
FFRS18 JAKE LEVER - Pick #14 Adelaide
FFRS19 MARC BOWER - Undrafted
FFRS20 Tom Lamb - Pick #32 West Coast
FFRS21 NICHOLAS COUGHLAN - Undrafted
FFRS22 MATTHEW AH SIU - Undrafted
FFRS23 HUGH GODDARD - Pick #21 St Kilda
FFRS24 MATTHEW HAMMELMANN - Undrafted
FFRS25 JESSE WATCHMAN - Undrafted
FFRS26 SAM DURDIN - Pick #16 North Melbourne
FFRS27 CHRISTIAN PETRACCA - Pick #2 Melbourne
FFRS28 SAM DEVAN - Undrafted
FFRS29 PETER WRIGHT - Pick #8 Gold Coast
FFRS30 SEAN McCLAREN - Undrafted
FFRS31 DUOM DAWAM - Undrafted
13 of 31 went undrafted, or 42% of the checklist
Clubs that missed out: Collingwood, Essendon, Hawthorn, Port Adelaide, Richmond, Footscray
Club with the most: Melbourne & West Coast with 3 players each
Of the four boxes I busted, I lucked onto 1 PC hit with a Tom Lamb red sig. But of the other 3 sigs, only one was drafted (Brayshaw red) while two weren't (Hammelmann red, Coughlan red). Onto the Pre-season and Rookie drafts!
ACL sucks I'm shattered I won't get to see petracca for 12 months, geez I reakon the dogs might struggle now this year they have lost way too much from there midfield now
There is very little substance to the story. Beyond Sandilands manager also managing a bunch of WA kids at Gold Coast (Matera, O'Meara, Bennell, Swallow), there's no connection.
Besides, between Smith, Nicholls, Gorringe, and Dixon, Suns are rich with ruckman ready to hit their peak.
Sandilands will be 33, is constantly battling some ailment, and is no where near as dynamic as the Suns' crop.