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Lizard-like Artemis looms as top AFL mid-season pick

Teenaged teaching assistant Jaxon Artemis is tipped to be first pick in the AFL mid-season draft. (Linda Higginson/AAP PHOTOS)

South Fremantle product Jaxon Artemis moved to Tasmania with dreams of reaching the AFL and they are about to be realised through the mid-season draft.

Now likened to Sydney star Nick Blakey and GWS playmaker Lachie Whitfield, Artemis was Western Australia's MVP at the 2024 Under-18s championships.

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