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North mulling mid-season options after injuries​


Daniel Cherny



A week out from the mid-season selection meeting, North Melbourne could theoretically have the second pick in the draft. The only issue? They don’t have a list vacancy, writes DANIEL CHERNY.

North Melbourne is considering its mid-season draft options after shoulder injuries to forward Jack Mahony and ruckman Hamish Free.

The Kangaroos are second-bottom of the ladder just a week out from the mid-season selection meeting and could theoretically have the second pick in the draft, but do not currently have a list vacancy.

Mahony, 21, could be added to the inactive list after North ruled him out for the season following a shoulder injury in the round nine loss to Port Adelaide. It’s understood the club is yet to make a formal call on the out-of-contract 21-year-old small, who has played 44 AFL games.

Meanwhile Free, who joined from the WAFL as a mature-ager late last year, is set for a stint on the sidelines after a shoulder injury in the VFL loss to Casey on the weekend. The Kangaroos have thus far opted against sending Free in for season-ending surgery however that remains an option. Free has been an AFL emergency already and is averaging 23 hit-outs and almost 13 disposals in the VFL this year, but is yet to make his AFL debut.

West Coast, who sits on the bottom of the ladder, has committed to taking at least one pick in the draft next Wednesday night following a season-ending knee injury to Jai Culley, who coincidentally was taken at pick No. 1 in last year’s draft.

Third-from-bottom Hawthorn entered the season with a list vacancy, as did Essendon, Fremantle, Geelong and the Western Bulldogs.

However season-ending injuries or retirements have opened the door for other clubs including the Eagles, fourth-from-bottom Greater Western Sydney (Darcy Jones and Adam Kennedy), Sydney (Sam Reid), Richmond (Jason Castagna) and Port Adelaide (Mitch Georgiades), while the Hawks could pick twice in light of Max Lynch’s concussion issues that have ruled him out for the year.

Clubs have until next week to open list spots.
 
I like the idea of going for Buller if he's not the Eagles choice. He's put six months on himself, just wants a rookie contract. I think he'll work hard for an immediate impact. Genuinely don't like the 18 month option for these guys, this draft was aways intended to be coverage for teams suffering through injury in season.
 
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We should be following the Collingwood scouts around state leagues this week.

There msd record is incredible

We just need to try not be fancy with our selections.

The only pick we've made in the MSD that's been fine is Jacob Edwards. He hasn't come on as we'd hoped but all other 18 teams would have made the same selection had they held #1.

Hosie, Ham, Dawson all made no sense, and I was particularly vocal about the last 2 making little sense.
 
I like the idea of going for Buller if he's not the Eagles choice. He's put six months on himself, just wants a rookie contract. I think he'll work hard for an immediate impact. Genuinely don't like the 18 month option for these guys, this draft was aways intended to be coverage for teams suffering through injury in season.
I hear ya, but when you're rebuilding I think its more an opportunity to look at long term prospects rather than replace injured players.
 

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