{"id":296845,"date":"2025-11-20T10:42:06","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T10:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/296845\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T10:42:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T10:42:06","slug":"bombers-snare-kondogiannis-at-pick-no-36","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/296845\/","title":{"rendered":"Bombers snare Kondogiannis at pick No.36"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__summary\">\n                Dons take intercepting defender on night two.\n            <\/p>\n<p>Essendon has pounced on 190cm talent Max Kondogiannis with pick No.36 in the 2025 Telstra AFL Draft.<\/p>\n<p>A rangy aerialist equipping plenty of speed to go with his size, Kondogiannis has been earmarked by pundits and recruiters as a promising defender who can play on talls and smalls alike.<\/p>\n<p>His athletic traits were clear to see at the Combine, clocking an impressive 6:26 time for the two-kilometre time trial and 2.94 seconds for the 20-metre sprint.<\/p>\n<p>Precise kicking under pressure and courageous plays from dangerous areas of defence stood out during his top-age campaign, where he captained Carey Grammar and averaged nearly 19 touches per game for Vic Metro and the Oakleigh Chargers.<\/p>\n<p>Kondogiannis was moved forward to good effect on occasion at Carey, but the majority of his footy has been played as a roaming third defender who can impact with his intercept game and pace when kickstarting attack from half back.<\/p>\n<p>The 18-year-old joins fellow draftees Sullivan Robey, Jacob Farrow and Dyson Sharp in the Club\u2019s class of 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dons take intercepting defender on night two. Essendon has pounced on 190cm talent Max Kondogiannis with pick No.36&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":296846,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,83,41,39,42,40],"class_list":{"0":"post-296845","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-text","11":"tag-top-news","12":"tag-top-stories","13":"tag-topnews","14":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296845","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=296845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296845\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/296846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=296845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=296845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=296845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}