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Pretty good having 3 draft prospects from TC. Farrell-Nelson this year and Holt-Fitz/Green next year.
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Hawks have snagged one...
Hawthorn are poised to become the first beneficiary of what could one day be known colloquially as the "Tony Olango rule".
The Hawks have reached an in-principle agreement for emerging teenage ruckman Olango - born in a Kenyan refugee camp - to join the club as an academy player, taking advantage of a recent AFL rule tweak.
The league last month advised clubs of a change to the status of multicultural players living in Darwin under Next Generation academy rules.
Darwin had not originally been allocated to a club under the Next Generation rule because of the city's history of developing AFL players, however the five clubs with Next Generation zones in the Northern Territory - Geelong, Essendon, Collingwood, Melbourne and the Hawks - are now able to nominate multicultural players living in Darwin for their respective academies.
http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-ne...-player-through-new-rule-20170213-gubrru.html
Hawthorn are poised to become the first beneficiary of what could one day be known colloquially as the "Tony Olango rule".
The Hawks have reached an in-principle agreement for emerging teenage ruckman Olango - born in a Kenyan refugee camp - to join the club as an academy player, taking advantage of a recent AFL rule tweak.
The league last month advised clubs of a change to the status of multicultural players living in Darwin under Next Generation academy rules.
Darwin had not originally been allocated to a club under the Next Generation rule because of the city's history of developing AFL players, however the five clubs with Next Generation zones in the Northern Territory - Geelong, Essendon, Collingwood, Melbourne and the Hawks - are now able to nominate multicultural players living in Darwin for their respective academies.
http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-ne...-player-through-new-rule-20170213-gubrru.html
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He was available to all clubs in the National and Rookie Drafts and nobody wanted him. I know he was considered by some to be unlucky not to have been selected, and he may well go on to be a decent player, but I think calling it a "Massive Steal" is a bit of an exaggeration! It will be interesting to see how he goes from here.Massive Steal by the Hawks
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Didn't he go undrafted last year? Hardly a massive steal when nobody wanted him when he was available...Massive Steal by the Hawks
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Hawthorn aren't necessarily getting Olango for free, if you have a good look at the story. If he really impresses between now and draft time chances are that another club will bid for him and the Hawks will have to pay an appropriate price to put him on their list. They certainly can have first crack at him but it's not guaranteed that they will get him cheaply.
http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-ne...-player-through-new-rule-20170213-gubrru.html
Darwin had not originally been allocated to a club under the Next Generation rule because of the city's history of developing AFL players, however the five clubs with Next Generation zones in the Northern Territory - Geelong, Essendon, Collingwood, Melbourne and the Hawks - are now able to nominate multicultural players living in Darwin for their respective academies. The players are then eligible to be drafted by the clubs at a 20 per cent discount, using the same bidding system in place for the NSW and Queensland clubs' academies and father-son selections.
Olango attracted interest from several clubs - one of whom is understood to be the Cats - but the Hawks confirmed to Fairfax Media on Monday that the athletic 201-centimetre prospect had agreed verbally to join the club, with a signature expected this week.
Yeah that's not exactly a steal when any club could have drafted him in November and clubs still have a chance to bid on him if they change their minds this year.
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He's not for free
Yes, when you "read the fine print" you can see they haven't exactly pulled off an extraordinary coup in getting him! If he plays brilliantly in the NEAFL this season and is suddenly seen as a hot prospect then someone is bound to bid for him. If he doesn't impress they might end up taking him as a rookie.
We were obviously looking for a young developing ruckman last year and opted for Lynch when Olango was available, and I don't think too many people were overly excited at that selection, yet we still rated him above this lad.
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Well then they get a Discount on him
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Meh, big deal. They can get a discount on a player who nobody wanted.
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People said the samething about Kurt Tippet in his Draft Year and no one took him
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Olango is not Kurt Tippett.
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How can you be 100% Sure?
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Because Kurt Tippett is Kurt Tippett and Tony Olango is Tony Olango.
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Their season runs at a different time that AFL doesn't it?
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Same Time as the NEAFL is where the Northern Team Seconds Play In
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I think that's the NTFL. NEAFL runs during the season and includes Sydney, GWS, Brisbane and GC reserves.
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I do. How many players who are overlooked in their draft year go on to be stars Dave? I can think of Kurt Tippett and Matthew Pavlich from the last 20 years. That's hundreds, probably thousands of kids who never made it. The chances of Olango going on to be a star, let alone even drafted, are minuscule.You know what I mean
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Not Many but you never know
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You do wonder though if he might have scored a Cat B rookie spot if the rule tweak occurred pre-draft last year as opposed to post draft, rather than compete in the ND or RD.
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Why don't we worry and lament over every single player that we didn't select then, after all, you never know. I'm gutted that the Hawks got Mitchell Lewis with their last pick, because you never know, he might be a gun...
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