{"id":934661,"date":"2026-10-20T07:10:39","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T07:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/934661\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T07:10:39","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T07:10:39","slug":"steeds-deeds-attracting-afl-draft-interest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/934661\/","title":{"rendered":"Steed\u2019s Deeds Attracting AFL Draft Interest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Swan Districts young gun Leo Steed would love nothing more than to play alongside one of his idols next year, Fremantle Dockers champion Caleb Serong.<\/p>\n<p>Steed grew up barracking for the Dockers and is one of WA\u2019s best Draft prospects, but like every teenager trying to get onto an AFL list he\u2019ll be content just to hear his name called out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m happy to go anywhere,\u201d he told 6pr\u2019s Sports Today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut growing up supporting the Dockers and having been a member for 15 years it would be cool to pull on that jumper.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Steed led the way for Western Australia\u2019s AFL draft hopefuls in the AFL National Draft Combine 2km time trial in Melbourne.<\/p>\n<p>State 18s Boys co-captain Steed, coming off a brilliant year which included AFL Under-18s All-Australian honours and a strong season for Swan Districts seniors, was the quickest of the WA contingent with a blistering time of 6:09.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-33203 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ME011026JC073212871-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>The prolific midfielder-forward\u2019s time ranked him fifth overall.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a kid you dream of going to the Combine,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am a competitor and to do that against the best in Australia was terrific.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cit\u2019s been a real goal of mine to go around six minutes for the 2km, so to produce a personal best was satisfying.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-33202 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/NCU18BVCWA030726CD06651-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Steed played 12 League games with Swans this year, averaging 14 disposals a game and kicking six goals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDefinitely a lot different playing against men and one thing I noticed is that they are a lot more disciplined on defence and your mistakes are more costly,\u201d Steed said.<\/p>\n<p>As he prepares for life in the AFL system, Steed revealed three leading players he admires.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDylan Moore from the Hawks plays that half forward role so well,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cZac Butters because of his competitive nature, and Caleb Serong with his clean hands and leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Steed is still waiting to find out if he\u2019ll be asked to attend Draft night in Melbourne next month, but failing a trip east, he knows where he will be.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I don\u2019t get invited to Melbourne, I\u2019ll be in my hometown of Bunbury with my family and mates.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Swan Districts young gun Leo Steed would love nothing more than to play alongside one of his idols&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":934662,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-934661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/934661","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=934661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/934661\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/934662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=934661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=934661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=934661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}