Jackson Hall – Gippsland Power
187cm, 76kg (sizes taken from TAC Cup Record)

Junior position: Utility
Projected AFL position: Wing/HBF

Strengths
Athleticism
Agility

Weaknesses
Consistency
One sided

Question marks
At this stage his elite athleticism far outweighs his skills. He already has the running capacity to make it but just needs a few things to follow. Can he bring his skills up to match his athleticism? Can he bulk up too?

Comments
Jackson Hall is very much the prototype of a modern AFL footballer. He is tall, athletic and likes to run the ball. While he is somewhat outside he has a reasonable understanding of when it’s his turn to go and win his own ball or lay a tackle. His 62 tackles this TAC Cup season isn’t a bad number for a guy who largely plays in a receiving role and shows that he has a willingness to go for a contest.

Early in the season his disposal by foot ranged from inconsistent to woeful, but he appears to have worked on that dramatically because late in the season he had cleaned it up a fair bit. He is still prone to the odd poor kick but they are much less frequent now, which is significant because early in the season disposal by foot was a major weakness, but it is not a huge issue, except that he’s very one sided.

His consistency being mentioned as a weakness more relates to his output within games. He does still make some bad skill errors and can drift in and out of games. At the moment he’s just a bit streaky.

He has the athleticism that AFL clubs are looking for and came fifth in the agility run at Draft Camp. He is also quick off the mark so with his height he would be well suited to playing on a wing or a sweeping role in the back line at AFL level, but he will need to bulk up a bit because he’s still quite lean.

Late second round/third round.

Stats
2007 TAC Cup season
17 games played
7.7
301 kicks (214 of them effective)
104 handballs (88 effective)
18 contested marks
93 uncontested marks
62 tackles
126 handball receives