List Mgmt. What Happens To Our Young Players If We Are Not in the SANFL in 2020

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G3TWOTYAD3S3RV

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AFL 12's. AFL 15's here we come. From the article.

Club officials will need to lodge their game request with the AFL at least one week before the scheduled hitout, and they can only face teams based in the same state.

Gold Coast, Brisbane and the quarantine hub sides – West Coast, Fremantle, Adelaide and Port Adelaide – have already discussed staging scratch matches against one another in Queensland.

The length of quarters and number of players on each team can be mutually agreed upon between the two parties on a weekly basis.

This is important, given the likelihood of uneven playing numbers from club to club, because of injuries and other factors. In extreme scenarios, clubs could even pool players together with rivals to stage a match in the case of mass injuries or a desire to play a game closer to normal circumstances.

oh and this little gem
AFL.com.au understands League football operations manager Steve Hocking informed the 18 clubs on Wednesday of the conditions for interclub match practice between rounds two and five.

Why don't they say, Steve Hocking told us .... Why do they have to try and make it look they are independent??
 

JUSTWORK

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No info on arrangements after this week...




Saturday’s trial game will not be broadcast or open to spectators.
Hopefully they at least put it up on YouTube afterwards.
 
This thread might be the one to put scratch match info in.




PORT ADELAIDE assistant coach Matthew Lokan has praised the efforts of the players not selected to feature in Saturday night’s Showdown 48, after they banded together in trying conditions to secure an 18-point win in a trial game against the Crows. The Power set the tone for the result in the AFL Showdown on Saturday afternoon with Wylie Buzza booting two goals in the low scoring affair.

In wet and windy conditions, the Power won 5.8 (38) to 2.8 (20).

“It was really pleasing to get the win but it was also really pleasing to see some of the guys get some match practise,” said Lokan, who coached the side. “Some of these players haven’t had the opportunity to play a competitive match since February so it was important for their preparation and development that they got some minutes into their legs. “The conditions weren’t easy but the boys toughed it out and it was good to come away with the result.”

It was a different feel to the game with 16-per-side and the quarters limited to 20 minutes with no time on. Scores were level at the first change with both sides booting two goals apiece.

From there, the Crows were held goalless, adding just five points to their final total as the Power ground out a hard-fought win.

Ollie Wines, playing his first game since dislocating his shoulder in January, showed he was ready to return to AFL football after serving a suspension for a COVID breach, while Sam Mayes found plenty of the ball through the midfield, Pete Ladhams was impressive in the ruck and Jarrod Lienert was also among the best.

“I was really happy to see Jack Watts do some handy things and get through unscathed after such a lengthy injury layoff,” Lokan added. “And it was a good reward for some of our young boys who have worked so hard in the pre-season and over the isolation period and to their credit returned in fantastic nick. “It will give us plenty to think about with selection going forward.”

The game was played behind closed doors with no crowd and no photography, video or media allowed as per AFL regulations.

SCOREBOARD

PORT ADELAIDE 2.3 3.5 5.6 5.8 (38)

ADELAIDE 2.3 2.5 2.6 2.8 (20)

Best

Wines, Lienert, Ladhams, Mayes, Bergman, Buzza

Emergencies on Thursday night were Ladhams, Lienert, Mayes and Farrell. Farell may not have played been 23rd man.
 

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Stuart Dew on the Sunday Footy Show said they lent a few players to West Coast so they could have a reserves trial with meaningful numbers on each side.
 
So if it was 16 vs 16 I'm guessing no SANFL listed players get a game?
No state league players are allowed to contaminate AFL players, all over Oz.

That's why the AFL has said sides can organise the amount of players on the field and number of interchange players and why that number on the bench might not be equal, and the AFL have allowed sides to lend players to their opponents for the scratch match to make up the numbers and all available players can get a run.

If Ollie can't talk to Dropkickopolous because he might get contaminated and pass it on, then state league players wont be allowed to potentially contaminate AFL players who have to live in a bubble type situation.
 

Chizza12

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So disappointing to not be able to watch our young players develop in the SANFL this year. I don't understand the logic of only taking a squad to the Gold Coast. Wouldn't every fit player not selected for the senior team, benefit from having a scratchie against the Gold Coast and Brisbane ressies?
 
We will be fielding a combined side with Fremantle against Gold Coast this week.

Wonder if we'll just wear bibs like a training session or perhaps wear a certain jumper based on Wharf Pylons and share it with Dockers players?
 

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