Some of the brightest footballers from Melbourne’s north-west will have the opportunity to test in front of AFL selectors at the state combine.
Two players from each of the Northern Knights, Western Jets and Calder Cannons have been selected for the AFL state combine.
A total of 66 players have been invited to test across three different state combines.
The state combine lists are selected via club interest levels, with players requiring a nomination from at least two AFL clubs to be invited.
Northern Knights’ Cooper Harvey is one name that is on the list. The Yarrambat junior is the son of VFL/AFL games record holder and former North Melbourne champion Brent Harvey.
Cooper Harvey has played five games for the Knights this season, named in the best twice.
Harvey’s Knights teammate Darcy Edmends has also been selected for the state combine. Edmonds has played just three games for the Knights this year.
Calder Cannons duo Paul Pascu and Rye Penny have been selected to attend. Pascu is from Oak Park, while Penny is the latest young gun to come out of Gisborne. He has played six games for the Cannons this year.
Jovan Petric, who hails from Keilor, and Spotswood’s Matthew Payne, are the two Western Jets invited.
Petric played three games at the under-18 national championships earlier this year.
The Melbourne combine will be held on October 9.
There was no representative from the three clubs selected to attend the AFL national combine.
Club interviews and medical screenings will be conducted at Marvel Stadium across the first two days of the Combine, with physical testing to be held at Melbourne Park on October 9.
Among the tests that will be conducted are the vertical jump, running vertical jump, 20-metre sprint, agility test and 2km time trial.
Darley’s Aaron Cadman, who plays for the Greater Western Victoria Rebels, is invited to the national combine.
