Ahead of the draft, some of the local talent vying to get picked up join me in the studio to discuss their year and look ahead to the draft.

Rough nut midfielder Kade Dittmar has put himself into draft contention after struggling with back issues, Kade impressed across all 3 grades with East Perth, making him one of the few mids in the draft with experience against the top grade of senior footballers. A tackling machine, averaging nearly 6 tackles a game in the Colts competition for the Royals, Kade has been likened to a Jack Steele type.

If you want to see more of Kade or any of this years draft class, check us out on YouTube under The Footy Yarn where you can watch our Road To The Draft series, where I go head to head with all of WA's top draft prospects out on the footy field.