AFL scouts head to America to find tall talent

Updated May 11 2015 - 4:18pm, first published 3:27pm
American college basketball players receive instruction in AFL techniques. Photo: Eve Edelheit/New York Times
American college basketball players receive instruction in AFL techniques. Photo: Eve Edelheit/New York Times
American college basketball players work on their AFL skills during a scouting combine in Florida. Photo: Eve Edelheit/New York Times
American college basketball players work on their AFL skills during a scouting combine in Florida. Photo: Eve Edelheit/New York Times

The footy season may just be heating up, with draft prospects a whisper in the backs of the minds of one or two struggling clubs, but for the AFL talent spotters who travelled to the US for a three-day scouting combine for tall talent recently there is no time to lose.

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