{"id":965423,"date":"2026-11-15T14:42:35","date_gmt":"2026-11-15T14:42:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/965423\/"},"modified":"2026-11-15T14:42:35","modified_gmt":"2026-11-15T14:42:35","slug":"which-afl-clubs-do-the-top-afl-draft-prospects-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/965423\/","title":{"rendered":"Which AFL clubs do the top AFL Draft prospects support?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Collingwood and Essendon are the two most supported AFL<\/a> sides among players in the 2026 AFL Draft<\/a> crop.<\/p>\n

Both are supported by six of the 40 players surveyed by\u00a0Craft of the Draft\u00a0in the lead-up to the 2026 AFL Draft<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Three of those who support Essendon are in the frame for the open-pool Pick 1 selection – Arki Butler<\/a>, Ethan Drever<\/a> and Gus Teixeira<\/a> – while Clancy Snell<\/a> is a chance to be selected by the Dons later on night one.<\/p>\n

Perhaps disappointingly, though, Essendon Next Generation Academy prospect Blake Justice<\/a> has grown up a mad Carlton fan.<\/p>\n

Players not supporting the clubs they have links to is something of a trend this year, with Khaled El Souki<\/a> and Ethan Matthews<\/a> tied to Western Bulldogs<\/a> and GWS respectively, both growing up Collingwood fans, while Adelaide Academy prospect Anthony Long is a Richmond fan.<\/p>\n

\"ScreenshotMarcus Prasad of the Dandenong Stingrays during the 2026 Talent League season (Image: DraftFocusAU, Instagram)<\/p>\n

Adelaide: Mitch Harris<\/a>, Ethan Herbert<\/a>, Jake Eime<\/a>, Gus White<\/p>\n

Brisbane: Gus Kennedy<\/a><\/p>\n

Carlton: Cody Walker<\/a>, Marcus Prasad<\/a>, Blake Justice<\/a><\/p>\n

Collingwood: Khaled El Souki<\/a>, Ethan Matthews<\/a>, Gabe Patterson<\/a>, Sam Gayfer<\/a>, Zac Antonellos, Kai Parker<\/p>\n

Essendon: Lochie Burrows<\/a>, Clancy Snell<\/a>, Arki Butler<\/a>, Ethan Drever<\/a>, Gus Teixeira<\/a>, Lachie Hicks<\/a><\/p>\n

Fremantle: Heath Mellody<\/a>, Benji Van Rooyen<\/p>\n

Geelong: Noah Williams<\/a>, Harry Van Hattum<\/a><\/p>\n

Hawthorn: Caylen Murray<\/a>, Xavier Ladbrook<\/a>, Jordan Knapp<\/a><\/p>\n

Melbourne: Blake Newton, Billy Wigmore<\/a><\/p>\n

North Melbourne: Archie Elliott<\/a><\/p>\n

Port Adelaide: Jack Slattery<\/a>, Dougie Cochrane<\/a><\/p>\n

Richmond: Wil Antrobus<\/a>, Harvie Cooke<\/a>, Anthony Long<\/p>\n

St Kilda: Harvey Spawton-Guy<\/a>, Marlon Neocleous<\/a>, Jack Pickett, Keenan Boi<\/a><\/p>\n

Western Bulldogs: Tyson Bradley<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Collingwood and Essendon are the two most supported AFL sides among players in the 2026 AFL Draft crop.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":965424,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":["post-965423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/965423","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=965423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/965423\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/965424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=965423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=965423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=965423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}