Daniel Curtin might be the most talked-about AFL prospect this side of Harley Reid in the talented 2023 crop – and he admits it is nigh on impossible to ignore the hype.
Daniel Curtin is WA’s top draft prospect and his future rests on West Coast’s No.1 pick call.Curtin was an under-18 All-Australian and can play at both ends and through the midfield.Western Australia’s undisputed best draft prospect – a 197-centimetre defender with intriguing upside as a big-bodied midfielder – wanted to focus on Claremont’s under-19 finals series, after spending the season barely out of the headlines.If No.
Curtin gathered a game-high 23 disposals, as well as five marks, four tackles and three inside 50s in Claremont’s Colts premiership, capping an excellent season that included All-Australian honours. He also sneaked in some senior WAFL appearances. “I got a little reef cut on my foot in late December, which literally took a chunk out of my foot, so I wasn’t able to run, or do anything, for like a month or two,” he said.“Then, when I came back, Perth had a bit of a COVID outbreak, so in my first week back training, I got COVID. I had a few weeks of training after that, then the week of the start of school footy and first state training session, I did my finger.
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