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Combine lists revealed

Four Calder Cannons and five Western Jets players are among the invite list to the AFL national and state combines in October.

The invite list includes representatives from every state and territory, along with all 23 members of the under-18 boys All Australian team which was recently released.

The three-day national draft combine will be held in Melbourne from Friday, October 3 to Sunday, October 5.

Club interviews will be held at the MCG on Friday and Saturday, ahead of physical testing at the State Netball and Hockey Centre on Sunday.

Selection to attend the 2025 Telstra AFL Draft Combine was based on nominations supplied by AFL clubs.

In addition, a preliminary list of 32 players have been invited to attend one of the three AFL state draft combines that will be held throughout October.

The Victorian state combine will be held on October 5 with further players to be added in the coming months.

Calder Cannons trio Cooper Duff-Tytler, Hussien El Achkar and Adam Sweid have all been named in the invites for the national combine.

Duff-Tytler, who is from Woodend-Hesket, and Sweid, who is from Pascoe Vale, were named in the under-18 All-Australian team.

Felix Kneipp, who has been injured, is the one Cannon that has so far been invited to the state combine.

Duff-Tytler is part of the AFL academy, while Sweid and El Achkar are possible Essendon next generation academy picks.

Western Jets’ Oskar Ainsworth, Thomas Burton and Finn Davis have been invited to the national combine.

Ainsworth and Davis are from Williamstown CYMS, while Burton is from Point Cook.

Collingwood father-son prospect Tom McGuane and Yarraville Seddon’s Jacob Marron have been invited to the state combine.

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