{"id":692919,"date":"2026-05-25T05:53:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T05:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/692919\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T05:53:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T05:53:09","slug":"afl-mid-season-draft-latest-who-your-club-is-set-to-pounce-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/692919\/","title":{"rendered":"AFL Mid-Season Draft latest: Who your club is set to pounce on"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">Essendon is likely to use Pick 1 at the Mid-Season Draft on Tuesday on Jaxon Artemis while Richmond is likely to use Pick 2 on Kye Annand, from Geelong&#8217;s VFL side.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Strong talk has linked North Melbourne to Annand in recent days, with the club in need of defensive depth, but the Tigers are set to swoop.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Annand missed the Cats&#8217; VFL game on the weekend, indicating a confidence from his camp that he will be selected.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Meanwhile, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohanger.com\/afl\/teams\/western-bulldogs\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Western Bulldogs<\/a> have narrowed their focus onto a pair of talls: former Port Adelaide player <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohanger.com\/afl\/players\/tom-scully\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tom Scully<\/a> and West Adelaide&#8217;s Caleb May. Both players have also received interest from West Coast, with May towards the front of the queue for clubs seeking rucks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Dogs have also shown strong interest in Herbert, but he is now viewed as exceedingly unlikely to reach their selection. Herbert will come under consideration for West Coast.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Jack Sinclair-like Herbert amassed 34 disposals in a scintillating performance on Saturday &#8211; unbelievably after appearing to roll his ankle early in the first quarter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Despite strong innuendo the Tigers would use two selections, it now appears certain the Tigers will take just one player.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Melbourne is likely to use its second selection on a tall, with Tasmania&#8217;s Max Mapley and Frankston&#8217;s Harrison Coe in the frame.\u00a0The club has also been linked with Flynn Riley who is viewed by several clubs as the state league ruck with the most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohanger.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AFL<\/a> traits.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Adelaide is understood to be keen on a South Australian small forward.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Port Adelaide has consistently been linked to ruck Alex Van Wyk in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Carlton was widely tipped to pass prior to the weekend, but is doing late work following Matt Carroll&#8217;s ACL injury on Saturday. The Blues are expected to take a front-half threat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohanger.com\/afl\/players\/sam-toner\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sam Toner<\/a> has been linked to the Blues and has received late interest following a career-best VFL game on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Collingwood is considering whether to take a third selection as a replacement for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohanger.com\/afl\/players\/jamie-elliott\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jamie Elliott<\/a>, having previously focused on plugging other areas of the ground. The club is certain to take a ruck, with Coe right in the mix.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\nThe Magpies will take a rebounder with t their second selection, with Noah McMenamin, Jackson Voss and Ethan Grace among those under consideration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Williamstown&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohanger.com\/afl\/players\/hugo-hall-kahan\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hugo Hall-Kahan<\/a> is also in the mix for multiple clubs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohanger.com\/tac-cup\/sandringham-dragons\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sandringham Dragons<\/a> medium forward Ollie Griffin is viewed as the leading prospect from the Talent League and has interest from several clubs. He has played for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohanger.com\/vfl\/sandringham-zebras\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sandringham Zebras<\/a> in recent weeks and showed a thirst for the contest to complement his aerial strength.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Athletic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohanger.com\/tac-cup\/calder-cannons\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Calder Cannons<\/a> defender Nick Staropoli is also in the mix.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Essendon is likely to use Pick 1 at the Mid-Season Draft on Tuesday on Jaxon Artemis while Richmond&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":688092,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-692919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692919","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=692919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692919\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/688092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=692919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=692919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=692919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}