Its an interesting year. There doesn't seem to be a standout swans academy player in this years lot , albeit Thorne , Parks and Ellem are I think the only ones who have played all Allies games in the series.
You would think that any Swans pick this year will possibly come from those three on that basis but not sure if one or two others may have been affected by injury or if in fact the allies team may suffer from the same bias as many other teams that are thrown together like this in that the selection panel tend to share spots around to cater for all of the represented academies/ states that make up the allies team.
Not sure if the Swans and Giants have some unwritten rule about drafting each others academy boys but I find it interesting that they rarely (if ever) seem to do so.
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