Best Young Player from the Weekend (08.06.2026)

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**Mark Duffield** (1:05)
Music means it is time for the next Vintage, thanks to Forrester Estate, family owned, premium Margaret River Wine. And myself and producer Paul Heath will be talking about the next crop of young players coming through and which young players caught our eye at the weekend. Heata, you can start off. I'm a bit angry with myself that I forgot about this guy.

**Paul Heath** (1:31)
Yeah, you've been pushing him the last couple of weeks.

**Mark Duffield** (1:33)
Right at the start of the round, so far away.

**Paul Heath** (1:37)
I've got Daniel Curtin, who was very good in Adelaide's win earlier in the round. 26 disposals, five marks, three tackles, five clearances, 527 meters gained. He had a goal assist, seven intercepts and four score involvements. So he's having an absolute stunner now that he's back into the team. And he's just on the up and up, I think.

**Mark Duffield** (1:56)
So apparently he was the standout trainer at Adelaide in the preseason. And then some of these silly games that they play, and they had man-on-man wrestling. And he was wrestling Jordan Dawson, who I think is a contender as the standout captain in the AFL at the moment. And Jordan put a move on him and his knee got at a funny angle, dislocated the knee cap and he missed a chunk of the season while he was getting that right.

**Paul Heath** (2:23)
Fortunately.

**Mark Duffield** (2:25)
So I've gone with one from the game last night. This guy really caught my eye.
I thought he was absolutely fantastic for St Kilda when they nearly beat Sydney at the SCG. And it's Hugo Garcia, famous for a run in with Ross Lyon in his last year. But he's a, Ross came out of that and said, Hugo didn't want to be treated like a victim. And he certainly hasn't become a victim. 29 disposals, four marks, six tackles, nine clearances, including three center clearances, 586 meters gained, a goal assist, seven inside 50s. He's big, he runs well, and he turns left.

**Paul Heath** (3:03)
Yep. Just tick, tick, tick.

**Mark Duffield** (3:05)
Turning left helps.
It just helps. Well, for that matter, Daniel Curtin turns left as well.

**Paul Heath** (3:10)
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**Mark Duffield** (3:24)
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