OVER the last week, Draft Central launched its brand new series of pocket podcasts, a collection of short-form discussions which narrow in on a range of topics heading into the 2020 AFL Draft. In the next edition, Chief Editor Peter Williams again sat down with AFL Draft Editor Michael Alvaro to compare arguably the two best key forward prospects in this year’s AFL Draft pool.
The players in question may well also be the best two overall prospects out of the class of 2020. They are of course Oakleigh Chargers’ Jamarra Ugle-Hagan and Perth’s Logan McDonald. Despite being robbed of a top-age season, Ugle-Hagan remains the consensus number one prospect this year, while McDonald catapulted himself into top five calculations with an incredible WAFL League campaign in which he led the goalkicking charts early on. Though they predominantly play similar roles, they do so in such different styles which makes a comparison between the two all the more interesting.
To listen to the discussion in full, click here.
The discussion was led by pitting the pair head-to-head across a range of categories, which are listed below. A name in green denotes the player being deemed superior in that category, while orange denotes the opposite. That is not to say that either player is lacking in any of these areas, but is rather a method of conveying which one of these prospects is specifically better than the other in each department.
Jamarra Ugle-Hagan
Oakleigh Chargers/Vic Country
Height: 195cm
Weight: 90kg
DOB: April 4, 2002
Player Profiles
(For full draft profiles on either player, click on their names highlighted in red)
Logan McDonald
Perth/Western Australia
Height: 196cm
Weight: 86kg
DOB: April 4, 2002
Ugle-Hagan
Vertical Leap
McDonald
Ugle-Hagan
Speed
McDonald
Ugle-Hagan
Agility
McDonald
Ugle-Hagan
Endurance
McDonald
Ugle-Hagan
Contested Marking
McDonald
Ugle-Hagan
Field Kicking
McDonald
Ugle-Hagan
Set Shots
McDonald
Ugle-Hagan
Ground-Level Work
McDonald
Ugle-Hagan
Defensive Pressure
McDonald
Ugle-Hagan
Consistency
McDonald
Ugle-Hagan
Upside
McDonald