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There's talk he will play with either Geelong Falcons and or Geelong VFL he was a potential top 30 pick however chose cricket instead.

Would we be able to secure sneakily as we gap have done Bathie as an x basketballer & Blicavs as an athlete.

I'm sure there as rule whereby you can draft people from another non AFL sport as a special rookie

http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/article/2011/11/16/291351_local_sports.html
 
Hoffy95 said:
Pretty sure they can grant exemptions for certain applicants that are over age.
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Really??

I'm heading down to the club first thing in the morning.;)
 

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THE CAT WRANGLER said:
There's talk he will play with either Geelong Falcons and or Geelong VFL he was a potential top 30 pick however chose cricket instead.

Would we be able to secure sneakily as we gap have done Bathie as an x basketballer & Blicavs as an athlete.

I'm sure there as rule whereby you can draft people from another non AFL sport as a special rookie

http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/article/2011/11/16/291351_local_sports.html
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The rules applies to people who haven't played in a registered footy competition in a certain amount of time (five years?). So pretty sure he wouldn't be eligible anyway and wouldn't be if he played footy this season.
 
MEMORANDUM
To: AFL Club CEOs; AFL Club Football Managers
Cc: AFLPA
From: Adrian Anderson Date: 14 August 2012
Re: Rookie Rule Amendments
>>>>>
...
In addition to these eight (six) rookie listed players, under Player Rule 21.1.2 each Club may include up to three
additional players on its Rookie List provided the player either:

has not been registered or played in an Australian Football competition for three years immediately
before inclusion on the Rookie List
is an International Player, meaning he is not an Australian citizen and has not lived in Australia for a
substantial period of time (note: Irish players are excepted)
is a former NSW Scholarship player with that Club
is a former International Scholarship player with that Club

So if he played Falcons in 2011, we would not be able to take him till the end of 2014 under "non-reg." rule

What's his story anyway? Size type of player..........
 
Seems not so much that he has gone cold on Cricket , its more Cricket going cold on him.

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/afl/young-gun-ups-stumps-for-footy/story-e6freck3-1226636361514

However, after losing his Cricket Victoria rookie contract last week following a tough season, the Australian under-19 batsman has done another backflip, this time to football.

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/afl/young-gun-ups-stumps-for-footy/story-e6freck3-1226636361514

CS said we could play him as 23rd man. Looks more like an running mid than an in and under.

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Heres a write up by Quigley for his 2011Mock , had him going at P46

Meyrick Buchanan
DOB 16/3/93 Ht 176 Wt 71

Buchanan is not getting much comment on here but I think he will be drafted and probably before many think. He is one of the best cricketers in his age group in Australia and up until now has probably focused more on cricket than football. Notwithstanding this he declined the recent Australian U19 tour to India to test at the Combine. In addition to his cricket commitments he has also had a full suite of school commitments given that is on a full scholarship to Geelong Grammar and so did not play all that many games for Geelong in the TAC nor was he selected to play at the Champs.

Buchanan is the brother of Amon who is currently playing in Brisbane after making a name for himself at Sydney. Amon, Liam and Meyrick all played under Michael Turner at the Falcons and Turner rates Meyrick as a better prospects than his brothers. Meyrick is a midfielder who played some time up forward as a junior. I think he will be looked at though as a midfield prospect as he does lack a little as a forward. He is short, was one of the worst tested at Combine in the jumps and his testing was only average for speed. These combine to make pretty big hurdles to get over for a small forward. He has pretty good goal sense and is not a bad finisher but he does lack a few of the tricks of top shelf small forwards. He does work hard to pressure and that will win him a few friends on teams looking to improve their forward pressure.

Despite all of the above it’s entirely possible that he could start in the forward line and move to the midfield like Christensen has done for Geelong. Christensen is a pretty good comparison for Buchanan. He might develop like Amon but at the moment he is nowhere near his girth being a pretty thin guy. At Combine his testing was pretty reasonable across the board apart from his jumps which were poor. He went a smidge over 3 in the 20m, was around the top 25% in the agility and was in the top third in the beep (14.4) and the 3km. That testing might well be actually better than it looks as his other commitments may not have allowed him to prepare for the testing like others could.

On the park he has a very high football IQ especially about where and when to run to get the ball. He gets around the park very well and racks up the possessions. He played 10 games for the Falcons this year and averaged 26.2 disposals a game. Again this is all the more impressive because he did suffer a bit from a lack of experience from playing and training with his teammates because of school and cricket commitments. Take it as a given that this kid would be one of the better accumulators of the football in this draft. His skills are very good and certainly much better than Amon’s are. He is also a good decision maker and reads play very well. He has pretty quick hands and is clean below the knees. He reads the taps of his ruckman or the ball off hands up forward in crumbing situations very well.

Overall I think Buchanan has been hidden a bit this year and could be a sneaky good pick for the third round on.
 
I'd be taking Flanagan as a rookie before I took Buchanan as a rookie.

But hey, it's a long season, let's see how he goes.
 
Pure_Ownage said:
I'd be taking Flanagan as a rookie before I took Buchanan as a rookie.

But hey, it's a long season, let's see how he goes.
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Maybe the wrong thread but have you seen him live yet PO? I was really happy we gave him a slot in the VFL team and he seems to have leapfrogged a lot of the established guys in the pecking order. Could be a handy addition as a rookie.
 
thejester said:
Maybe the wrong thread but have you seen him live yet PO? I was really happy we gave him a slot in the VFL team and he seems to have leapfrogged a lot of the established guys in the pecking order. Could be a handy addition as a rookie.
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I saw him on TV v Box Hill, but not much because he didn't do much. He was named in our best 6 after the game with 7 disposals, which indicates that he is highly regarded by someone.
 
FredLeDeux said:
I saw him on TV v Box Hill, but not much because he didn't do much. He was named in our best 6 after the game with 7 disposals, which indicates that he is highly regarded by someone.
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Those bests were totally terrible though weren't they?
 

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thejester said:
Those bests were totally terrible though weren't they?
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It was such a pathetic scrabble that it was hard to pick "bests" after Hunt and Schroder; it was almost a case of picking "least bads". Personally I wouldn't have had Flanagan in the top 12. But that's the only game I've seen him, so I don't know how good he is, or could be.
 
thejester said:
Maybe the wrong thread but have you seen him live yet PO? I was really happy we gave him a slot in the VFL team and he seems to have leapfrogged a lot of the established guys in the pecking order. Could be a handy addition as a rookie.
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I haven't seen him live recently but I watched the TV game with note a few weeks ago and he was a very good performer that day.

I was a big fan of him previously and know he's had a bad run with injuries up at GC, so I think the ability is still there.

Very skilled player, so could be a good addition to the rookie list.
 
Pure_Ownage said:
I haven't seen him live recently but I watched the TV game with note a few weeks ago and he was a very good performer that day.

I was a big fan of him previously and know he's had a bad run with injuries up at GC, so I think the ability is still there.

Very skilled player, so could be a good addition to the rookie list.
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Re- Flanagan , impressed with the neatness of his short kicks. Very sweet. But I had the feeling he need to add more to his game. Id like to see him run to recieve , Id like to see if hican kick it as sweetly when kicking long ahla Tape. The shape he kick's one would think he would have a long penetrating kick.
Till he adds more to his game I doubt he will be much more than a VFL player.

I look at the way Eardley is now running and attacking. Needs to show some of that. Perhaps if he is around the club for a while that will come to be.
 
Extremely talented kid. SHOULD be still playing cricket.
If he puts his heart into it, he could be anything... Not sold on it though.
 
Well if he comes from GGS, he must be ok :D

I think GGS last won the APS Premiership in 1913 from memory. (Great side in 72 tho!)
 

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