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SPORT AFL NATIONAL DRAFT

BOUND BY BLUE: Carlton coach Brendan Bolton with NEW GIANT: Small forward Brent Daniels became the DOUBLE BONUS: Not only was Angus Schumacher
Lochie O'Brien, who was selected with pick 10. Picture: first Bendigo Pioneer player to be drafted by the GWS drafted, but he was selected by the club he barracks for -
FAIRFAX MEDIA Giants with selection 27. Carlton - with pick No.70.

Pioneers’ big draft night

BY LUKE WEST
CARLTON has tapped back
into its former recruiting
zone, adding a trio of Bendi-
go Pioneers to its list at Friday
night’s AFL National Draft.
The Blues used their first
two selections on Pioneers’
midfield duo Paddy Dow
(No.3) and Lochie O’Brien
(No.10), before later picking
Angus Schumacher (No.70).
Dow, O’Brien and Strath-
fieldsaye’s Schumacher
– who is also a Carlton sup-
porter – were among six Ben-
digo Pioneers drafted.
Also drafted from the Pio-
neers were versatile key po-
sition player Jarrod Brander
(West Coast, No.13), Brent
Daniels (GWS Giants, No.27)
and Kane Farrell (Port Ade-
laide, No.51).
Only 1997’s haul of seven
has bettered the Pioneers’
2017 tally of six players
picked at the National Draft.
Dow, O’Brien, Brander
and Daniels are all students
at Geelong Grammar, which
has restricted their games for
the Pioneers over the past
two years, but all have been
on the club’s list since they
were 16-year-olds.
“It’s unreal… I can’t wait
to start and earn the respect
of all the boys. It’s really
overwhelming at the mo-
ment,” Dow said during Fox
Footy’s coverage.
The big wraps on Dow,
from Swan Hill, are high-
lighted by AFL talent man-
ager Kevin Sheehan likening
the 18-year-old to Geelong
star Patrick Dangerfield.
Dow was selected behind
top two picks Cameron
Rayner (Brisbane) and An-
drew Brayshaw (Fremantle).
“Paddy is explosive out
of stoppages, so we’re really
excited by what he can bring
to our midfield,” Carlton gen-
eral manager of list manage-
ment Stephen Silvagni said.
“He was a consistent per-
former throughout the year,
and he has also got a great
character, so he’ll fit in well
at Carlton.”
Pacy left-footer O’Brien,
from Mildura, has already
had a connection with the
Blues, having previously
spent his AFL Academy club
week at Carlton.
“He’s an excellent athlete
who has a good combination
of speed and endurance, and
importantly he knows how
to use this to his advantage,”
Silvagni said.
Silvagni described Schu-
macher as “one of those
players who always seems to
have time with the ball.”
West Coast says Brander
is a “good overhead mark
who has the ability to have
a commanding influence on
a game.”
Lively small forward Dan-
iels from Nyah Nyah West
United is the first Bendigo Pi-
oneer drafted by the Giants.
“We believe he’s the best
small forward in the draft.
He’s footy smart and has
the skills and speed to be a
damaging forward of cen-
tre player,” Giants’ national
recruiting manager Adrian
Caruso said.
Farrell, from Castlemaine,
joins fellow Pioneer draftees
Ollie Wines, Aidyn Johnson
and Joe Atley on Port Ade- POWER PLAY: Kane Farrell from Castlemaine is the latest Bendigo Pioneer to join Port Adelaide. The Power took the
laide’s list. 18-year-old with selection 51. Farrell is one of four Pioneer draftees now on the Power's list.

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