Player Watch Hawthorn NGA 2021 and beyond

[Philhawk]

Any update on Anderson? Given the new changes, I suspect we’ll match on him but I wonder where he’ll be bid on and how that’ll impact our draft pick accumulation strategy.

 

[TylerDurden]

The beast from the East is coming home.

 

[Howe Amazing]

The beast from the East is coming home.

Have heard that

 

[rei154]

The beast from the East is coming home.

Can't help but feel he's a player we've legitimately tried to hide this season.

 

[ahhhhhh]

The beast from the East is coming home.

Great news. Is there anyone else in our academy?

 

[Dewnior]

Great news. Is there anyone else in our academy?

Yes, but I think we either don't have exclusive access to them or they aren't rated by the club.

 

[caseman2]

To get Cody Anderson as a Category B rookie, does that mean we have to promote Bennetts to a Category A rookie seeing as how we have already signed Jamie Uhr-Henry as a Cat B rookie as well?

 

[FB19]

To get Anderson as a Category B rookie, does that mean we have to promote Bennetts to a Category A rookie seeing as how we have already signed Janie Uhr-Henry as a Cat B rookie as well?

Anderson is Cat A not B if he doesn’t get bid on otherwise if we match a bid he’s on the primary list.

 

[Blackhawk42]

Anderson is Cat A not B if he doesn’t get bid on otherwise if we match a bid he’s on the primary list.

Does anybody know if we could take 3 national draft selections AND Anderson as a rookie (so 4 players total) with the available list spots?

Or is it more likely to be 2 players in the draft followed by a matched bid for Anderson or a pass with our third, allowing us to automatically rookie list him if he falls through?

 

[ahhhhhh]

Why is there transparency around our NGA? It would be great if we could follow kids in our academy through their later junior years and into the draft.

It seems odd that the whole thing is veiled in secrecy and someone had to direct message Tirau to find out of he's in our academy or not.

Does anyone understand the reason for it? Honestly, it's pretty poor from the club.

 

[PenAndPaper]

Why is there transparency around our NGA? It would be great if we could follow kids in our academy through their later junior years and into the draft.

It seems odd that the whole thing is veiled in secrecy and someone had to direct message Tirau to find out of he's in our academy or not.

Does anyone understand the reason for it? Honestly, it's pretty poor from the club.

It's really no different from any other non-northern club tbh

 

[caseman2]

Anderson is Cat A not B if he doesn’t get bid on otherwise if we match a bid he’s on the primary list.

Why wouldn't he be a category B if not taken in the National Dust following the path of both CJ and Bennetts?

 

[wahawk]

Why wouldn't he be a category B if not taken in the National Dust following the path of both CJ and Bennetts?

To be Cat B

• International players, who are neither Australian citizens nor residents
• Players from the New South Wales scholarship program
• Players from the International scholarship program
• Zone selections by Sydney and Greater Western Sydney from New South Wales or the ACT
• Zone selections by Brisbane Lions and Gold Coast from Queensland
• Players from other sports, who have not been registered with an Australian rules football club for three years
• Indigenous and multicultural players through their Next Generation Academy zones

Anderson does fit any of the Cat B criteria

 

[ahhhhhh]

It's really no different from any other non-northern club tbh

Great, but that doesn't make it any better.

 

[The Jet From Poowong]

Great, but that doesn't make it any better.

Probably because all VIC clubs are trying to outwit each other trying to hide and get a cheapie draft pick

who really knows.

 

[Snoref]

Probably because all VIC clubs are trying to outwit each other trying to hide and get a cheapie draft pick

who really knows.

I don't have a problem with this but there should be a resource on the AFL sites that list who is available for NGA etc it's so hard to find anything on whether they are linked or not!