NAB League Boys players recorded the top results among all participants in each physical test at this week’s NAB AFL Draft Combine in Melbourne.
Sam Philp (Northern Knights), Miles Bergman (Sandringham Dragons), Jay Rantall (GWV Rebels), Cooper Stephens (Geelong Falcons), Brady Rowles (Bendigo Pioneers) and Hayden Young (Dandenong Stingrays) - pictured left to right with trophies - all finished on top of the standings across a range of physical assessments in front of AFL club recruiters on Thursday.
Then in the final test of the event on Friday morning, Rantall set a new Combine record in the 2km time trial with a time of 5min 50sec, while Finn Maginness (Sandringham Dragons) came in second with a time of 5min 51sec – also well under the previous record of 6min 4sec set last year.
What a finale to the 2km time trial ... Rantall @GWVRebels 5m50 followed by Maginness @Sandy_Dragons 5m51! @AFLDraft @NAB pic.twitter.com/isxxMTJIBc
— #NABLeagueBoys / #NABLeagueGirls (@NABLeague) October 4, 2019
See the top results in 2019 AFL Draft Combine tests below.
STANDING VERTICAL JUMP
Miles Bergman (Sandringham Dragons): 77cm
Brady Rowles (Bendigo Pioneers): 73
Ben Johnson: 70
Daniel Mott (Calder Cannons): 70
Cody Weightman (Dandenong Stingrays): 69
Sam Flanders (Gippsland Power): 69
Lachlan Williams (Dandenong Stingrays): 69
Sam Philp (Northern Knights): 69
Nick Bryan (Oakleigh Chargers): 69
Combine record (89cm): Jordan Gallucci (ex-Eastern Ranges) in 2016 and Aiden Bonar (ex-Dandenong Stingrays) in 2017
RUNNING VERTICAL JUMP
Brady Rowles (Bendigo Pioneers): 98cm
Miles Bergman (Sandringham Dragons): 90
Sam Flanders (Gippsland Power): 88
Cian McBride: 87
Lachlan Williams (Dandenong Stingrays): 86
Hugo Ralphsmith (Sandringham Dragons): 86
Jaxon Prior: 85
Nick Bryan (Oakleigh Chargers): 85
Oscar Lewis (Sandringham Dragons): 83
Kysaiah Pickett: 83
Cody Weightman (Dandenong Stingrays): 83
Will Day: 83
Brady Rowles (Bendigo Pioneers): 83
Cooper Stephens (Geelong Falcons): 83
Harrison Jones (Calder Cannons): 83
Combine record (103cm): Kyron Hayden in 2017
20-METRE SPRINT
Sam Philp (Northern Knights): 2.867 seconds
Ben Johnson: 2.885
Malcolm Rosas: 2.924
Mitch Georgiades: 2.925
Noah Cumberland: 2.931
Finn Maginness (Sandringham Dragons): 2.957
Harrison Jones (Calder Cannons): 2.963
Jeremy Sharp: 2.966
Brady Rowles (Bendigo Pioneers): 2.968
Dylan Stephens: 2.972
Combine record (2.75 seconds): Joel Wilkinson in 2010
AGILITY TEST
Hayden Young (Dandenong Stingrays): 7.940 seconds
Elijah Taylor: 8.005
Thomson Dow (Bendigo Pioneers): 8.061
Trent Rivers: 8.100
Oisin Gallen: 8.197
Chad Warner: 8.203
Sam Flanders (Gippsland Power): 8.206
Noah Cumberland: 8.208
Connor Budarick: 8.242
Dylan Stephens: 8.245
Combine record (7.77 seconds): Stephen Hill in 2008
YO-YO TEST
Jay Rantall (GWV Rebels): level 21.8
Cooper Stephens (Geelong Falcons): 21.8
Connor Budarick: 21.6
Chad Warner: 21.6
Oscar Lewis (Sandringham Dragons): 21.5
Sam Philp (Northern Knights): 21.5
Lachlan Ash (Murray Bushrangers): 21.4
Harrison Jones (Calder Cannons): 21.4
Finn Maginness (Sandringham Dragons): 21.4
Trey Ruscoe: 21.4
Riley Baldi (Gippsland Power): 21.3
Sam Flanders (Gippsland Power): 21.3
Matthew Rowell (Oakleigh Chargers): 21.3
Jeremy Sharp: 21.3
Combine record (level 22.4): Andrew Brayshaw (ex-Sandringham Dragons) in 2017
TWO-KILOMETRE TIME TRIAL (NAB League players)
Jay Rantall (GWV Rebels): 5min 50sec
Finn Maginness (Sandringham Dragons): 5min 51sec
Louis Butler (Sandringham Dragons): 6min 9sec
Hugo Ralphsmith (Sandringham Dragons): 6min 12sec
Noah Anderson (Oakleigh Chargers): 6min 17sec
Ned Cahill (Dandenong Stingrays): 6min 17sec
Matthew Rowell (Oakleigh Chargers): 6min 17sec
Cooper Stephens (Geelong Falcons): 6min 17sec
Jack Mahony (Sandringham Dragons): 6min 24sec
Caleb Serong (Gippsland Power): 6min 24sec
Previous Combine record (6min 4sec): Jacob Kennerley in 2018