Each week, ESPN.com.au AFL draft expert Chris Doerre casts his eye over the country's best junior footballers to give readers an early insight into the next generation of AFL stars.
As well as attending live games, Doerre pores through match vision, analyses the stats and talks to industry sources to ensure he can offer the most insightful draft analysis.
Aside from the weekly wraps, Doerre will also unveil his power rankings at the end of each month and as we get closer to November's national draft, Doerre will also predict who goes where with his annual phantom draft.
Player Focus
Formerly part of the Australian Institute of Sport's Under-18 basketball team, Jay Rantall who this year has made football his focus, has been a consistent performer through Greater Western Victoria's midfield. He will be looking to make a similar transition from up-and-coming basketball talent to star footballer as Scott Pendlebury made at the same age and stage.
Playing a pivotal role in Greater Western Victoria's come-from-behind win at the weekend, Rantall is a prolific first possession-winner at stoppages who distributes reliably by hand, demonstrates a high work rate and covers a lot of ground.
While Rantall is a high production midfielder, there were several moments where he showed star qualities. More than once Rantall used his speed and agility to take on the man on the mark. His best moment followed a free kick and included a step one way to get the man on the mark off balance before bursting the other way past him.
A positive sign not seen often in the junior ranks was the direction Rantall demonstrated on the field. He played the equivalent role to a point guard in basketball, distributing by hand and directing teammates to where they should be running and pointing out open targets.
Possessing a similar style of game to Bulldogs star Jack Macrae, Rantall is expected to feature somewhere mid-draft.
Gathering 21 disposals, 13 contested possessions, 12 tackles, eight clearances and two goals, the ball winning midfielder needs to work on developing his consistency by foot and to become a more damaging ball user.
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With Carey defeating Caulfield on Saturday, a three-way tie took place with Carey, Caulfield and Haileybury sharing premiership honours.
From Carey, midfielders Matthew Rowell and Noah Anderson were the standouts and may feature with picks No. 1 and 2 respectively.
Key defender Fischer McAsey is Caulfield's top prospect this year and is a first-round contender.
In next year's draft, Elijah Hollands is a pick No. 1 contender while midfielder Will Phillips is a further 2020 draft fancy.
Haileybury's top prospects include Cody Weightman, Josh Worrell and Hugo Ralphsmith, all of whom have been invited to this year's AFL Draft combine and are viewed as firmly in the draft mix.
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Winning first possession at stoppages and tackling aggressively, Cooper Craig-Peters was among the most influential around the ball for Greater Western Victoria. The ball-winning midfielder secured 22 disposals, 15 contested possessions, 11 tackles and eight clearances.
Two years out from being draft eligible, Joshua Rentsch for Greater Western Victoria was dominant one-on-one, taking three contested marks. Already 196cm and with the scope to develop into a scary key forward, Rentsch posted 13 disposals, six marks (three contested) and two goals.
Drawing high tackles, clean at ground level and showing football smarts, Bendigo underager Jack Ginnivan showed plenty of signs to suggest he will be a player to watch in 2020. The dangerous forward posted 19 disposals, four goals and two score assists.
Bendigo underager Joshua Treacy proved a strong marking option both on the lead and one-on-one. His most impressive play was when he received on the move in the centre square and kicked a penetrating 65m goal. The promising tall managed 18 disposals, 11 contested possessions, six tackles, five inside 50s and two goals.
Possessing speed, agility, evasion and the dare to take on the game, Bendigo underager Sam Conforti made something happen every time he got his hands on the ball. He was clean gathering the ball off the bounce, shrugged tackles and hit targets by hand and foot. The talented midfielder produced 14 disposals, five marks (one contested) and five inside 50s.
Oakleigh underage midfielder Lochlan Jenkins put on a dominant display through the midfield. The ball-winning midfielder amassed 35 disposals, 21 contested possessions, nine clearances, 10 inside 50s, one goal and two score assists in Oakleigh's win against Western.
Fellow Oakleigh underager and Collingwod Next-Generation Academy prospect Reef McInness was similarly influential. The 191cm midfielder managed 28 disposals, 12 contested possessions, seven marks (one contested), nine tackles, six clearances, seven inside 50s and two score assists.
SANFL
League
Providing Glenelg with a presence in defence in their draw against North Adelaide, Will Gould secured 15 disposals, six marks and seven rebound 50s.
Under-18s
Kicking six goals for the second successive week, Daniel Sladojevic was the focal point for South Adelaide up forward in their convincing win against Central Districts. The powerful marking key forward managed 19 disposals, nine marks, five tackles and six goals.
Strong-marking key defender, Dyson Hilder performed strongly in defence for North Adelaide in their loss to Glenelg with 24 disposals, 10 marks and eight tackles.
WAFL
Colts
Carrying out a leading role through East Fremantle's midfield in their win against West Perth, Trent Rivers collected 28 disposals, five marks, five tackles and two goals.
Winning the ruck battle convincingly both winning the hitout battle and following up and winning his own ball, Luke Jackson was East Fremantle's most influential with 25 disposals and 36 hitouts.
Speedy midfielder Regan Clarke was one of Perth's best in their loss to Subiaco with 26 disposals, six tackles and eight inside 50s.
NEAFL
Among GWS' best in their entertaining win against Sydney, Liam Delahunty, a GWS Academy member, produced 20 disposals, five marks, nine hitouts and four inside 50s in a relieving ruck role. GWS overage defender Nicholas Murray joined Delahunty in their GWS' bests with 17 disposals and six marks.
Sydney forward Jackson Barling after missing out on selection for the Allies during the Under-18 Championships and missing out on receiving a draft combine invite was among Sydney's best. The Sydney Academy member collected 13 disposals and four goals.
Sydney key forward Hamish Ellem, arguably Sydney's most likely academy prospect secured eight disposals and three goals. The Sydney Academy duo combined for seven of Sydney's eight goals.