- Dec 3, 2009
- 18,270
- 18,174
- AFL Club
- Western Bulldogs
- Other Teams
- Footscray Bulldogs, Williamstown
So what is the difference between primary and development list? Is there a selection requirement of some sort?
A development list player has to be 19yo or under and teams have to play one under 19 and one under 23yo player.
- List structures for 2021 will be as follows:
- Non-AFL clubs can list up to 46 players, including 40 x primary listed players and 6 development list players.
- AFL aligned clubs can list up to 36 players, including 30 x primary listed players and 6 x development list players.
- AFL clubs can list up to 30 players, including 24 x primary list players and 6 x development list players.
- An additional rookie list of two players is available to all VFL teams which will include NGA players and players who meet the AFL category B Rookie criteria.
- A father/son rule will be introduced in 2020 which allows a club to list a player whose father played 100 games or more for the club (including AFL and AFL aligned clubs). These players will be listed on a club’s development list.
I'd say that most of the development list that we've nominated are probably technically on the primary list
edit: Granted these are 2020 rules so I don't know if they were changed or not.