An extended list of 62 players who have been invited to the AFL state draft combine has been announced with three more locals added to the list.
An initial list of 25 players was announced along with the 65 players selected to attend the national draft combine event.
The extended list of players invited to attend a state combine was selected following additional consultations with AFL clubs.
Players can still be added over the next two months with state combines to be held in Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth.
The Melbourne event will be held on Sunday, October 6 following the national combine.
Physical testing will again feature vertical and running jumps, the 20-metre sprint, agility test and the two kilometre time trial.
Sunbury Lions Patrick Said is the fourth Calder Cannons to be selected for the state combine with captain Damon Hollow and teammates Nash King and Jayden Nguyen already selected.
Western Jets Keighton Matofi-Forbes has also been selected. He joins his Jets and Keilor teammate Lucca Grego and Jets ruck Lucas Impey at the state combine.
Werribee’s Riley Bice is one of two Victorian Football League players invited to the state combine. Werribee has a history of players being picked up in the drafts with two selected last year.
Bice has been a standout for the Tigers, who sit atop the VFL ladder.
Northern Knights’ Jesse Dattoli, Thomas Sims, Gabriel Stumpf and the Cannons’ Isaac Kako and Harry O’Farrell have all been invited to the national combine along with Bacchus Marsh’s Sam Lalor.
