THE inaugural NAB AFL Women’s Draft Combine has been completed, with a strong contingent of players taking part in the testing at Etihad Stadium.
While possible number one pick Chloe Molloy sat out the testing due to injury, fellow TAC Cup best and fairest winner Bridie Kennedy shone on the big stage. She topped the new yo-yo test (which replaced the beep test), recording a score of 17.3, while also being the first home in the 2km time trial in a time of seven minutes and 29 seconds.
In the other events, Pippa Smyth was the clear fastest in the 20m sprint, completing it in 3.24 seconds, while Calista Boyd and Renee Cowan were six hundredths of a second behind. Jessica Allan produced a massive running vertical jump of 76cm, 11cm clear of Smyth who finished second just ahead of Jasmyn Hewett. In the agility test, Ruby Blair finished in 8.495 seconds just ahead of Daria Bannister and former ice hockey player Sophie Abbatangelo, whose performances for Diamond Creek this year have not gone unnoticed.
The inaugural AFLW draft will take place on October 18, with Molloy, injured star Isabella Huntington, Calder Cannons pocket rocket Monique Conti and Gippsland Power defender Darcy Guttridge among a number of players touted to fill out the higher Victorian picks, dominated by the Western Bulldogs.
Top 10 AFLW Combine results
20-metre sprint
Pippa Smyth 3.24 seconds
Calista Boyd 3.30
Renee Cowan 3.30
Maddy Guerin 3.32
Loveth Ochayi 3.33
Jessica Allan 3.34
Emma Pittman 3.35
Sophie Abbatangelo 3.35
Ruby Blair 3.36
Jasmyn Hewett 3.39
Running vertical jump
Jessica Allan 76cm
Pippa Smyth 65cm
Jasmyn Hewett 60cm
Rachel Ashley 57cm
Tiahna Cochrane 56cm
Darcy Guttridge 56cm
Calista Boyd 55cm
Kate Bartlett 55cm
Renee Cowan 54cm
Daria Bannister 54cm
Agility
Ruby Blair 8.495 seconds
Daria Bannister 8.574
Sophie Abbatangelo 8.681
Darcy Guttridge 8.723
Renee Cowan 8.726
Reni Hicks 8.730
Tahni Nestor 8.777
Jasmyn Hewett 8.799
Loveth Ochayi 8.803
Eden Zanker 8.810
Yo-Yo
Bridie Kennedy 17.3
Jasmyn Hewett 17.1
Loveth Ochayi 16.8
Ashleigh Riddell 16.6
Sophie Abbatangelo 16.5
Pippa Smyth 16.4
Haneen Zreika 16.3
Courtney Webb 16.3
Ruth Wallace 16.2
Renee Cowan 16.1
Maddy Guerin 16.1
Vertical jump
Jessica Allan 61cm
Jasmyn Hewett 60cm
Renee Cowan 58cm
Pippa Smyth 57cm
Tiahna Cochrane 54cm
Ashleigh Riddell 53cm
Reni Hicks 51cm
Loveth Ochayi 51cm
Tayla McAuliffe 50cm
Maddy Guerin 50cm
2km time trial
Bridie Kennedy 7min 29sec
Jasmyn Hewett 7min 40sec
Haneen Zreika 7min 51sec
Ashleigh Riddell 7min 54sec
Loveth Ochayi 8min 02sec
Courtney Webb 8min 3sec
Jessica Henning 8min 4sec
Pippa Smyth 8min 5sec
Tiahna Cochrane 8min 9sec
Tahni Nestor 8min 10sec
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