Possible 2018 NGA Drafties.

[Cleric]

There's no bidding in the rookie draft. So we can sign them up as Category B rookies. I think we have to wait until after the pre-season draft, but that's highly unlikely to happen. So in practice, after the national draft. Like we did with Emmanuel Irra two years ago.

Are you sure they can be Cat B rookies?

 

[briztoon]

Academy or Father Son kids who get over looked in the National draft can go straight on to the Cat B rookie list, provided the club has the spots for them.

 

[Peel67skin]

There's no bidding in the rookie draft. So we can sign them up as Category B rookies. I think we have to wait until after the pre-season draft, but that's highly unlikely to happen. So in practice, after the national draft. Like we did with Emmanuel Irra two years ago.

Not sure about that .

https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/ha...d/news-story/716b6c26ae605be8ad50169f0d14d37e
The Hawks have nominated Jiath as a Category B rookie. Rival clubs will now have a chance to bid on Jiath, who is of African descent, during the upcoming national and rookie drafts. This will follow the same process as seen for father-son and Northern Academy players.

 

[briztoon]

Just go directly to the AFL Website.
http://www.afl.com.au/afl-hq/the-afl-explained/rookie-players

ACADEMY PLAYERS – ROOKIE PRE-SELECTION

Like father-son players, under the previous AFL rules, Academy players were subject to a bidding system before the National Draft if they were nominated by an eligible club but could not be pre-selected by that club before the Rookie Draft.

Clubs with Academy programs – the Brisbane Lions, Gold Coast Suns, Sydney Swans and GWS Giants – should have the chance to pre-select local talent from the pool of players in their Academy between the Pre-Season and Rookie Drafts if those players nominated for but were not selected at the most recent National or Pre-Season Drafts.

The amendment is designed to create incentives for Academy clubs to develop talent by providing opportunities for them to rookie list players for further development.

Only draft-eligible club Academy players who were nominated by their club at the designated time and played in the National Championships are eligible to be pre-selected as a Category B rookie.

 

[GUMBLETRON]

NGA rookies can be cat B, northern academy and F/S rookies cannot.

 

[briztoon]

NGA rookies can be cat B, northern academy and F/S rookies cannot.

The link above, from the AFL website says they can, if they meet the specified criteria.

 

[briztoon]

NGA rookies can be cat B, northern academy and F/S rookies cannot.

And while we don’t have any on our rookie list currently, we certainly have had Academy kids as Cat B rookies in the past.

 

[Zurgblade]

Does anyone know how the NGA academies structure will reform next year? I was told that in line with the AFL academy re-structure, the annual NGA tournament was also going to be reformed so that states no longer came together once a year to play one another and another model where played just developed within their state was being considered.