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Rookie news - Grose stays on
2:55 PM Thu 4 October, 2007 | Back
By Daniel Bryant
for portadelaidefc.com.au
News
Port Adelaide has confirmed it will keep young key defender Gavin Grose on its Rookie List next year but has let its other rookie-listed players go.
Grose, 19, made excellent progress in his first year at the club, breaking into North Adelaide’s league side during the year and playing consistent football at full-back both at the top level and in the Roosters’ reserves side.
He has a huge kick and has worked hard on creating play up the ground.
In Round 14, he was judged the Power’s best player in the SANFL by Development Coach Darren Trevena, who at the time has this to say about him...
“Gavin is growing in confidence. He’s played on different opponents and in different positions, he’s bringing new things to his game and his style,” Trevena said.
“I suppose when you come from (Mt Gravatt in Queensland's) QAFL where you can probably kick the ball out and spectate for a little while and then watch it come back in, he is now starting to adapt to the pace of the SANFL and he’s just getting better and better, so it’s been a huge improvement by him.
“In the last quarter a big, heavy, wet ball came in and he out marked his opponent which is one of Gavin’s attributes. The main area for Gavin is that he has a fantastic kick, a powerful left leg that he utilises very well. His marking is good and his spoiling is very good and he doesn’t seem to back down.”
Grose has been offered a second season on the club’s rookie list.
Fellow first-year rookies Alex Lee, Nathan Batsanis and Peter Hardy were not offered new contracts.
The Power has consistently rotated players through the rookie list and often come up trumps.
Last year it upgraded Tom Logan and Greg Bentley from the rookie list after one season, and let Tim Looby and Tom Rischbieth go.
The club has confirmed it will not make any decisions on its primary list until after next week’s exchange period.
Josh Mahoney and Darryl Wakelin have retired, meaning the club would be required to delist at least one more player to participate in the NAB AFL Draft in November, where its first pick is at No. 16.
Rookie news - Grose stays on
2:55 PM Thu 4 October, 2007 | Back
By Daniel Bryant
for portadelaidefc.com.au
News
Port Adelaide has confirmed it will keep young key defender Gavin Grose on its Rookie List next year but has let its other rookie-listed players go.
Grose, 19, made excellent progress in his first year at the club, breaking into North Adelaide’s league side during the year and playing consistent football at full-back both at the top level and in the Roosters’ reserves side.
He has a huge kick and has worked hard on creating play up the ground.
In Round 14, he was judged the Power’s best player in the SANFL by Development Coach Darren Trevena, who at the time has this to say about him...
“Gavin is growing in confidence. He’s played on different opponents and in different positions, he’s bringing new things to his game and his style,” Trevena said.
“I suppose when you come from (Mt Gravatt in Queensland's) QAFL where you can probably kick the ball out and spectate for a little while and then watch it come back in, he is now starting to adapt to the pace of the SANFL and he’s just getting better and better, so it’s been a huge improvement by him.
“In the last quarter a big, heavy, wet ball came in and he out marked his opponent which is one of Gavin’s attributes. The main area for Gavin is that he has a fantastic kick, a powerful left leg that he utilises very well. His marking is good and his spoiling is very good and he doesn’t seem to back down.”
Grose has been offered a second season on the club’s rookie list.
Fellow first-year rookies Alex Lee, Nathan Batsanis and Peter Hardy were not offered new contracts.
The Power has consistently rotated players through the rookie list and often come up trumps.
Last year it upgraded Tom Logan and Greg Bentley from the rookie list after one season, and let Tim Looby and Tom Rischbieth go.
The club has confirmed it will not make any decisions on its primary list until after next week’s exchange period.
Josh Mahoney and Darryl Wakelin have retired, meaning the club would be required to delist at least one more player to participate in the NAB AFL Draft in November, where its first pick is at No. 16.
