As a colts watcher I was very impressed with Perth for the first time in a few years.
They have some genuinely good, even exciting players coming through - most in the below age (2005) age group so another year of colts for many. Nevertheless, it's a good sign that 16/17 year olds can compete against 18/19 year olds.
Some to watch out for.
Coen Livingstone (2005) Key fwd/ruck - Already mobile, agile and great skills. I doubt Perth will see much of him post 2023 draft but another feather in the cap for the PFC.
Connor McDonald (2004) Mid - smaller version of older brother Logan. Great smarts and hunger for the ball.
Quayden Roe (2005) Fwd - highly skilled, mercurial indigenous medium sized forward who knows where the goals are and will cause headaches for opponents.
Mitchell Keene (2005) Mid - Not much of him but great skills, slick left foot - eye catching and quite elusive.
Baxter Phillip (2004) - Seems to have something in the mids...nice skills
Joseph Harp (2005) - an exciting, extremely quick indigenous rebounding defender. Needs to get more of the ball but has the natural talent.
Damian Sinclair (2003) - Solid, dour and get's the job done in defence.
Aiden O'Driscoll (2005) - Shorter than his older brother but clean and reliable in a back pocket. Doesn't make too many mistakes.
Ben McFarlane (2005) - Early days but a 191cm fwd who kicks three on debut - including an incredible checkside from the boundary from 30 - is exciting.
Ryan Lee (2004) - An interesting player up forward. Has something different.
Noah Cachard (2005) - Another really promising below age mid. Will be interesting to follow his progress.
Nice work LH. One more to add who's been super impressive this season is Elijah Scoble. Nice size and emerging as a fine key defender. Won the game for the colts a few weeks back against SF with a telling mark with seconds to go. Good hands, makes good decisions. Needs to chow down on a few steaks but really promising.
Big fan of Quayden Roe as well, brother of Zareth.
