Rookies

[occy437]

Just wondering how the order works for rookies and who gets to pick first. How many players do you think the swans should rookie list and who, would absolutly love to see Ed Clarke come, been compared to Moore but is alot bigger

 

[Jeffers]

Alot bigger thats for sure, and Moore is pretty well built!

I am sure that we can nominate 3 rookies from NSW then add 5 from the rookie draft??

therefore im sure roos will nominate Troy Bartlett, Ed Clarke and Earl Shaw as our NSW nominated rookies

 

[occy437]

so do we automatically get the 3 nsw rookies, thats a bit weird because how do the vics get to nominate there automatic rookies, so we are in front position to get Ed Clarke cause ive seen him and he is a superstaar

 

[liz]

thats a bit weird because how do the vics get to nominate there automatic rookies

They don't - this is the one remaining draft concession for Sydney and Brisbane and is designed to give local boys more chance of a route onto an AFL list.

 

[Benevolent Ert]

Alot bigger thats for sure, and Moore is pretty well built!

I am sure that we can nominate 3 rookies from NSW then add 5 from the rookie draft??

therefore im sure roos will nominate Troy Bartlett, Ed Clarke and Earl Shaw as our NSW nominated rookies

Is it 2 or 3 we can pre-nominate? I think it's 3

Anyway - assuming it's 3, those three (most likely Clarke, Shaw and Bartlett) are nominated as our choices prior to the draft, then we use our last 3 picks on them.
We can take a total of 6 rookies, so we have 3 'live' picks in the draft as well.

 

[robbieando]

Is it 2 or 3 we can pre-nominate? I think it's 3

Anyway - assuming it's 3, those three (most likely Clarke, Shaw and Bartlett) are nominated as our choices prior to the draft, then we use our last 3 picks on them.
We can take a total of 6 rookies, so we have 3 'live' picks in the draft as well.

So basically we'll have Nick Potter who was left over from last year, Shaw, Bartlett and Clarke as our NSW picks and three others which should include Josh Thewlis and two others.

 

[Benevolent Ert]

oh yeah - I forgot Potter - means we only have 2 live picks in the rookie draft then

<edit>Whoops - I stuffed up again! Now that Matthew Nicks is on the veterans list outside the primary list, that's one less rookie we can take - So it will be Potter, the 3 NSW boys, and one other</edit>

 

[liz]

oh yeah - I forgot Potter - means we only have 2 live picks in the rookie draft then

<edit>Whoops - I stuffed up again! Now that Matthew Nicks is on the veterans list outside the primary list, that's one less rookie we can take - So it will be Potter, the 3 NSW boys, and one other</edit>

I believe that our 3 NSW boys are allowed in addition to the normal 6 rookie quota (adjusted for vets), though the Swans have never taken advantage of this.

I wonder whether Clarke is a monty for the Swans rookie list. On the face of it he seems worthy of a spot but with both Moore and Schmidt as bigger bodied centremen already on the list, you have to wonder whether they might look to take an extra tall or two.

 

[Benevolent Ert]

You could be right - I'm not 100% sure how many we can take

I think it's likely we will go for Bartlett, Clarke and Shaw - but the recruiters have proved everyone wrong before

 

[Teagueeee15]

Is Adam Prior eligable under that rule. Because he played for NSW/ACT at the carnival but the Murray Bushrangers in TAC cup.

 

[grub29]

Is Adam Prior eligable under that rule. Because he played for NSW/ACT at the carnival but the Murray Bushrangers in TAC cup.

Too young back in the TAC cup in 2005.