Seventeen year old Lewis Hender made a very impressive debut for Glenelg against Sturt at the Adelaide Oval on Friday night.
He came to Adelaide from Keith last year and played Under Eighteen's for the Tigers.
He says that his coach Kris Massie was a huge influence in his development and he loved the atmosphere at the Adelaide Oval.
He highlighted the step up in speed going up to the seniors and said that he needed to get fitter.
Hender is part of a young group including Ben Kennedy, Darcy Armfield and Alex Grima that are putting a spark in Glenelg.
They face third placed Woodville-West Torrens at the Bay on Saturday.
Lewis's fifteen year old brother made his senior debut for Keith last Saturday, so look out for another Hender coming to the City soon.
Regarding his AFL Aspirations Lewis Hender is taking it one week at a time.
For the Eagles, one of their rising stars is eighteen year old Nathan Batley.
He was delighted to part of his teams thrilling five point victory over West Adelaide on Saturday.
Scott Lewis kicked a goal with three seconds to go to record their fifth win of the season.
Batley started with the Under Eights at the Henley Sharks, School Football with St. Michaels College and the Eagles Youth Development Squad, crediting Paul Lindsay for a lot of his development.
He was disappointed on missing out on last year's AFL Draft but is now focused on improving his kicking, endurance and putting on around ten kilos of weight.
He has power and speed with a quick step likened to David Campese.
This has developed through being a professional runner having competed at the Bay Sheffield and the Stawell Gift.
He's really enjoying playing seniors for Woodville-West Torrens and has benefited from the Leadership of Captain Mark McKenzie and Luke Jarrad.
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