{"id":279291,"date":"2025-11-12T06:30:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T06:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/279291\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T06:30:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T06:30:10","slug":"afl-draft-documentary-reveals-untold-stories-of-rising-stars-duff-tytler-uwland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/279291\/","title":{"rendered":"AFL Draft documentary reveals untold stories of rising stars Duff-Tytler, Uwland"},"content":{"rendered":"

At next week\u2019s AFL Draft<\/a>, more childhood dreams will be realised.<\/p>\n

But what exactly does it take to make it all the way to the elite level? <\/p>\n

CODE Sports has been following the draft <\/a>journey across three different states and three different families in 2025.<\/p>\n

Through the eyes of three kids \u2013 Cooper Duff-Tytler, Zeke Uwland and Matt LeRay \u2013 as they chase their dream. Their story, their struggles, their ambition.<\/p>\n

From childhood sport and teenage challenges to life-changing decisions and overwhelming emotion, Chasing The Dream brings you the real draft story for the first time.<\/p>\n

EPISODE 1<\/p>\n

OUT NOW\u2013 WATCH IN THE PLAYER ABOVE
Burleigh Heads to Woodend and Golden Grove, the AFL dream of three young kids started in different parts of the country. And, while they all have the same goal, the journey getting there has been very different. Find out where it all started in episode one.<\/p>\n

EPISODE 2<\/p>\n

RELEASE: Tuesday, November 18
Will Zeke\u2019s draft-year heartbreak end? Is Essendon about to go after the young gun who was almost theirs to begin with? Big questions are answered in episode two \u2013 off the field, on the field and behind the scenes at the national draft combine.<\/p>\n

EPISODE 3<\/p>\n

RELEASE: TBC post AFL National Draft (November 19-20)
It\u2019s going to all come down to a dramatic draft night finale. Will dreams finally come true? This will be the AFL Draft like you\u2019ve never seen it before.<\/p>\n

THE THREE DRAFT HOPEFULS CHASING THE DREAM<\/p>\n

ZEKE UWLAND<\/a><\/p>\n

Age: 18 | State: Queensland | Club: Gold Coast Academy\/Burleigh<\/p>\n

The younger brother of current Gold Coast Suns player Bodhi, Zeke Uwland is a skilful wingman or halfback who could be the next Errol Gulden and has future club captain written all over him.<\/p>\n

COOPER DUFF-TYTLER<\/a><\/p>\n

Age: 18 |State: Victoria | Club: Calder Cannons\/Woodend-Hesket<\/p>\n

The junior basketball star does things on the football field most other players his size simply can\u2019t do. The Calder Cannons product \u2013 who looks up to Fremantle\u2019s Luke Jackson \u2013 was named at half-forward in the under-18 All-Australian squad.<\/p>\n

MATT LERAY<\/a><\/p>\n

Age: 18 |State: South Australia | Club: Central District\/Golden Grove<\/p>\n

LeRay is another dual sport star, who gave up chasing a career in cricket to focus on footy. The gut-running wingman or onballer, who captained South Australia at the national under-19 cricket championships, provides repeat efforts and who AFL clubs will still think has plenty of upside to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At next week\u2019s AFL Draft, more childhood dreams will be realised. But what exactly does it take to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":279292,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,161822,85,161823,161824],"class_list":{"0":"post-279291","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-afl","8":"tag-afl","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-australian-football-league","12":"tag-australianfootballleague","13":"tag-ctd","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-td_colorschemedark","16":"tag-td_headerpositionstandardx"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=279291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279291\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/279292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}