The unlucky ones?

[Ants]

Would this be the last hurrah for Callinan & Podsialdilly (sp?)?

Are they any chance to be ever picked up now? Personally, if Collingwood grabbed Campo, I'd like to give one of those boys a chance at Essendon.

 

[Bueller]

Anyone know anything of Greg Bentley and Adam Kirkwood?

 

[Hunt_Express]

Dzufer, Grima, rischbieth, james wall, luke mcentee, angus graham, jace bode, ed lower, tom redden all unlucky but someone has to miss out!

 

[Flying Joey]

delta goodrems bro.... very unlucky, see him out at swanies training though

mcentee, rishbieth, graham, elliott, looby all extremely unlucky... i think most will get a rookie contract.. maybe graham needs another good year to be picked up, ddnt do a whole heap last year but come on in leaps and bounds this year.. was always going to be a massive punt to take him on one year.. can play though

 

[Killer_Lions]

The number of big kids from Qld this year makes me suspect the water supply up there.

Here is as good a place to ask as anywhere-- I know you have to be 18 to be rookie drafted. The question, though, is: 18 as of when? If the answer is 'at the date of the rookie draft' then Julian Kannis misses out by a whole 2 days. Geez, you'd be feeling stiff. I would love Sydney to rookie a guy of his description as well.

Cut off is 31st December 2005. You have to be 18 or over by 31st December 2005. I'm not sure how far back it goes. I think until 1983 birthdates. Yeah Kannis is also orignally from Sydney

 

[footyfanatic007]

This was one person I was surprised to see miss. I would have thought Richmond would have looked at him as Richos replacement.

Grima is nothing like Richardson, for one he is alot shorter, and doesnt play body on body, he is a leading forward like nathan brown was. Angus Graham is alot more like the style of Richardson, Extremely Tall, Well built, athletic and a big leap

 

[Tigerbob]

Grima is nothing like Richardson, for one he is alot shorter, and doesnt play body on body, he is a leading forward like nathan brown was. Angus Graham is alot more like the style of Richardson, Extremely Tall, Well built, athletic and a big leap

Have a feeling he's ours in the PSD....

 

[SimonH]

Cut off is 31st December 2005. You have to be 18 or over by 31st December 2005. I'm not sure how far back it goes. I think until 1983 birthdates. Yeah Kannis is also orignally from Sydney

Then if the footydraft.com birthdate (15 December 1987) is correct, he's eligible.

Presumably for 'local rookie' purposes it's where you were living at age 16, or something like that, that counts; I think he is a Blions eligible rookie, not a Sydney one. (Although Sydney could certainly draft him with its regular rookie picks if Brisbane doesn't put dibs on.)

It certainly isn't 'who you currently play for', b/c Adam Prior and Sam Rowe play/played for the Murray Bushrangers in Vic, but (on my understanding) are both eligible as NSW rookies, as they hail from the non-Mexican side of the Murray.

In answer to Ants' question, I'm pretty sure the rules are:
1. Both Blions and Sydney may pick 3 local rookies each year in addition to their usual rookie draft entitlement.
2. Nominated before the rookie draft (so no-one else can draft 'em), a la father-son, but actually picked with allocated picks at the tail end of the draft.
3. Not counted in maximum 44 player (inc veterans and rookies) calculation, i.e. these 2 clubs can have a maximum of 47 players on their books. (In reality, this has the effect that the local rookies have just 1 year to prove themselves, b/c if they're not moved to the senior list or the 'non-local rookie' list in that time, then the club can't take its 3 picks the next year.)
4. Usual rookie rules apply re ability to actually get picked to play a game while on rookie list etcetera.

No idea whether their payments are counted in the salary cap.

 

[Killer_Lions]

Then if the footydraft.com birthdate (15 December 1987) is correct, he's eligible.

Presumably for 'local rookie' purposes it's where you were living at age 16, or something like that, that counts; I think he is a Blions eligible rookie, not a Sydney one. (Although Sydney could certainly draft him with its regular rookie picks if Brisbane doesn't put dibs on.)

It certainly isn't 'who you currently play for', b/c Adam Prior and Sam Rowe play/played for the Murray Bushrangers in Vic, but (on my understanding) are both eligible as NSW rookies, as they hail from the non-Mexican side of the Murray.

In answer to Ants' question, I'm pretty sure the rules are:
1. Both Blions and Sydney may pick 3 local rookies each year in addition to their usual rookie draft entitlement.
2. Nominated before the rookie draft (so no-one else can draft 'em), a la father-son, but actually picked with allocated picks at the tail end of the draft.
3. Not counted in maximum 44 player (inc veterans and rookies) calculation, i.e. these 2 clubs can have a maximum of 47 players on their books. (In reality, this has the effect that the local rookies have just 1 year to prove themselves, b/c if they're not moved to the senior list or the 'non-local rookie' list in that time, then the club can't take its 3 picks the next year.)
4. Usual rookie rules apply re ability to actually get picked to play a game while on rookie list etcetera.

No idea whether their payments are counted in the salary cap.

Hey yeah thanks mate! heaps of good information! I think Kannis was a local Southport Sharks player at age 16 because I saw his name in the Qld squad for that year.

 

[Mikes4]

It doesn't matter who you were playing for, it matters where you live. There were a couple of Southport guys who were in danger of going to Sydney as priority rookies had they not been picked up in the draft. Gilbert and Mills I am pretty sure.

 

[Ants]

Thanks SimonH

 

[The Flying Belgian]

It doesn't matter who you were playing for, it matters where you live. There were a couple of Southport guys who were in danger of going to Sydney as priority rookies had they not been picked up in the draft. Gilbert and Mills I am pretty sure.

Not that it matters now, but I wonder is there a time frame on how long you have to live somewhere to qulaify as living there. Mills was living in Brisbane this year. Not sure about Gilbert, whether he'd moved north of the border when playing with Southport.

I saw where SimonH wrote about where they were living at age 16 - Bit stiff on someone like Gilbert or anyone else who'd be classed as over-aged.

Anyone got a link where these sorts of rules and regs are spelt out?

 

[Mikes4]

Not that it matters now, but I wonder is there a time frame on how long you have to live somewhere to qulaify as living there. Mills was living in Brisbane this year. Not sure about Gilbert, whether he'd moved north of the border when playing with Southport.

I saw where SimonH wrote about where they were living at age 16 - Bit stiff on someone like Gilbert or anyone else who'd be classed as over-aged.

Anyone got a link where these sorts of rules and regs are spelt out?

They're spelt out in the NAB Draft booklet, but not sure about on the net. IIRC it is something like 2 or 3 years living in QLD or NSW/ACT to qualify as a local rookie.

 

[Lingsface]

matt seal would be one of the unluckiest blokes goin around was close to making ais in 16s was very close to all australian this year and played 10+ league games (most of anyone in age group) and still wasnt picked up.

 

[Gets!]

Todd Grima - welcome to the AFC.

Has spent 2 weeks training with the Crows.

 

[General Havelock]

Todd Grima - welcome to the AFC.

Has spent 2 weeks training with the Crows.

getsy! you know why im here dont you.

oh i love you all the same. (in a bigfooty friendly way)