Blayne Wilson and WA teammate Jamie Cripps (pictured) are among the backmen bound for next month's NAB AFL Draft Combines.

Wilson (Peel Thunder) and Cripps (East Fremantle) have been invited to the National NAB AFL Draft Combine in Canberra, while another three WA players will attend the State screening session in WA.

THE small forwards named for the 2010 NAB AFL Draft Combine include two WA players invited to the National NAB AFL Draft Combine in Canberra and another five selected to attend the State screening session in WA.

Reece Conca (pictured) from Perth and West Perth's Hayden Yarran will both travel to the Australian Institute of Sport draft camp to be held from September 28 to October 1, 2010.

FIVE of Western Australia’s elite developing talents will have the opportunity to further enhance their football skills after being offered scholarships at the Australian Institute of Sport’s AFL Academy this week.

The selections were made following the recent completion of the NAB AFL National 18s and 16s Championships and include players between the ages of 16 and 17 years.

The group of five from WA represents a core nucleus of the AIS Football Academy with Chris Yarran (Kevin Sheehan Medallist/ NAB 16’s Championships MVP), Jaeger O’Meara (1st Choice Athlete), Shannon Taylor (exciting indigenous talent), Stephen Coniglio (State 18s player) and Nathan Wilson (Top WAFL Midfielder) all being selected.

The AFL has released the names of the medium midfielders who will attend the 2010 NAB AFL Draft Combines to be held at national and state level beginning September 28.

The list includes 16 players from Western Australia, as well as 21 players from Victoria, four players from South Australia, two from NSW/ACT and one player from the Northern Territory.

AFL National Talent Manager, Kevin Sheehan said he was sure the selection of medium midfielders would be a dominant feature of the 2010 NAB AFL Draft when it takes place on the Gold Coast on November 18.

THE AFL today announced that it would increase the number of players it will scrutinise as part of the search for talent for this year’s 25^th NAB AFL Draft, to be held on the Gold Coast on November 18, 2010.

This week, 100 players from all states and territories will receive an invitation to attend the 2010 NAB AFL Draft National Combine, formerly the draft camp; to be held from September 28 to October 1, 2010 at the Australian Institute of Sport.

AFL National Talent Manager, Kevin Sheehan, said the increase in numbers was designed to give added opportunities to aspiring players to impress AFL club recruiting staff.