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Determinant said:
25 B Myers
45 S Driscoll
Don't know anything about them, but that's the jumper numbers listed on the NEAFL site, looking above Myers certainly saw a lot of it
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Myers was very good - more impressive than our listed players. I thought Driscoll showed a bit of dash. I only saw the second half...
 
Raymann said:
Myers was very good - more impressive than our listed players. I thought Driscoll showed a bit of dash. I only saw the second half...
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Where would we get these guys from? Do we scout the local clubs and elevate them from there considering we are so down on troops at the moment?
 
Snookers said:
Where would we get these guys from? Do we scout the local clubs and elevate them from there considering we are so down on troops at the moment?
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The majority of the top-up players come from the GWS academy teams - mainly the U18, but a couple from the lower ages. The problem for Brad Miller (the NEAFL coach) is that he has different players each week, and I wouldn't think they train with the team as many of them come from Wagga, Riverina etc. The top two scoring top-ups against Brisbane, Tom Highmore (from Canberra) & Brendan Myers (Wagga) are U18 academy kids who have made the Allies U18 training squad. Along with Nick Shipley (Western Sydney) & Nathan Richards (Griffiths), they are 4 of the 5 GWS kids who made the Allies squad eligible for GWS 2017 draft academy selection (the other is Jack Powell from Canberra, and I expect they should all make the final Allies squad). Rhys Pollock, Riley Budd, Shaun Driscoll, Tyh Evans, Matt Walker, James Peatling, Keiran Briggs, Ben McGinness & Riley Corbett are all GWS academy kids who didn't make the Allies training squad. You can find the various age squads here - http://www.gwsgiants.com.au/news/2017-02-27/2017-academy-program.

Dylan Addison is the ex-AFL player who's the club's welfare officer, and I don't know who Tanner is, doesn't seem to be in the GWS Academy but appears to be a Riverina lad.
 
Giant Strides said:
The majority of the top-up players come from the GWS academy teams - mainly the U18, but a couple from the lower ages. The problem for Brad Miller (the NEAFL coach) is that he has different players each week, and I wouldn't think they train with the team as many of them come from Wagga, Riverina etc. The top two scoring top-ups against Brisbane, Tom Highmore (from Canberra) & Brendan Myers (Wagga) are U18 academy kids who have made the Allies U18 training squad. Along with Nick Shipley (Western Sydney) & Nathan Richards (Griffiths), they are 4 of the 5 GWS kids who made the Allies squad eligible for GWS 2017 draft academy selection (the other is Jack Powell from Canberra, and I expect they should all make the final Allies squad). Rhys Pollock, Riley Budd, Shaun Driscoll, Tyh Evans, Matt Walker, James Peatling, Keiran Briggs, Ben McGinness & Riley Corbett are all GWS academy kids who didn't make the Allies training squad. You can find the various age squads here - http://www.gwsgiants.com.au/news/2017-02-27/2017-academy-program.

Dylan Addison is the ex-AFL player who's the club's welfare officer, and I don't know who Tanner is, doesn't seem to be in the GWS Academy but appears to be a Riverina lad.
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If our injuries keep up, we will see M. Lambert on the team sheet for the magoos ...
 

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Giant Strides said:
The majority of the top-up players come from the GWS academy teams - mainly the U18, but a couple from the lower ages. The problem for Brad Miller (the NEAFL coach) is that he has different players each week, and I wouldn't think they train with the team as many of them come from Wagga, Riverina etc. The top two scoring top-ups against Brisbane, Tom Highmore (from Canberra) & Brendan Myers (Wagga) are U18 academy kids who have made the Allies U18 training squad. Along with Nick Shipley (Western Sydney) & Nathan Richards (Griffiths), they are 4 of the 5 GWS kids who made the Allies squad eligible for GWS 2017 draft academy selection (the other is Jack Powell from Canberra, and I expect they should all make the final Allies squad). Rhys Pollock, Riley Budd, Shaun Driscoll, Tyh Evans, Matt Walker, James Peatling, Keiran Briggs, Ben McGinness & Riley Corbett are all GWS academy kids who didn't make the Allies training squad. You can find the various age squads here - http://www.gwsgiants.com.au/news/2017-02-27/2017-academy-program.

Dylan Addison is the ex-AFL player who's the club's welfare officer, and I don't know who Tanner is, doesn't seem to be in the GWS Academy but appears to be a Riverina lad.
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Addison was one of the names that I did recognise. I thought he had retired? Obviously he has a token contract to play in the 2's in case of emergency (where we seem to be right about now)
 
Snookers said:
Addison was one of the names that I did recognise. I thought he had retired? Obviously he has a token contract to play in the 2's in case of emergency (where we seem to be right about now)
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The clubs can fill in whoever against other AFL clubs. The Lions ran out Leigh Harding for a game or two due to injuries - he was their reserves coach and retired from the AFL in 2010.
 
dlanod said:
The clubs can fill in whoever against other AFL clubs. The Lions ran out Leigh Harding for a game or two due to injuries - he was their reserves coach and retired from the AFL in 2010.
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But we can't against the non-AFL clubs? How would that work if we keep losing players to injury? Would we ever see us not field a full 22?
 
Snookers said:
But we can't against the non-AFL clubs? How would that work if we keep losing players to injury? Would we ever see us not field a full 22?
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Against non-AFL clubs there are other rules. I think we're basically restricted to the academy/U18 kids as mentioned before. We'll always be able to field 22.
 
dlanod said:
Against non-AFL clubs there are other rules. I think we're basically restricted to the academy/U18 kids as mentioned before. We'll always be able to field 22.
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Well giving games against bigger bodies to our academy kids can only be a good thing long-term you would think?
 
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