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  • CJK
    Human
    • Apr 2006
    • 2170
    #1

    Martin Mattner - Tele - 6/2/8

    Fate calls for Swans rookie | The Daily Telegraph

    Looks like the Tele is up to it's old trick of accuracy.

    Headline online is Fate calls for Swans rookie. Article is about Martin Mattner, who's no rookie. Unless i've missed something.

    At least in the hard copy it's 'Fate Comes Calling'. Inside page as well, football must be getting closer.

    Pity it's a puff piece, but that's not unsurprising.
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    Tags: martin, mattner, Swans, sydney, tele
    • Robbo
      On the Rookie List
      • May 2007
      • 2946
      #2
      He's never played for the Swans before, and 2008 will be his first year with us.

      Sounds like a Swans rookie to me.

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        • CJK
          Human
          • Apr 2006
          • 2170
          #3
          Originally posted by Robbo
          He's never played for the Swans before, and 2008 will be his first year with us.

          Sounds like a Swans rookie to me.
          Is that how that works? So 'Spida' was, last year, a rookie for us?

          /is stunned but can accept being wrong
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            • Thunder Shaker
              Aut vincere aut mori
              • Apr 2004
              • 4448
              #4
              Originally posted by CJK
              Headline online is Fate calls for Swans rookie. Article is about Martin Mattner, who's no rookie.
              "Rookie" is a slang term for "recruit". So technically it is correct according to general usage. However, each club in the AFL has a rookie list which is not the same as a list of recruits. The rookie list can have players not recruited that year, and some players recruited each year are not found on the rookie list. So in AFL usage, "recruit" and "rookie" are different.

              I think it would have been more precise for the Terrorgraph to say "recruit" rather than "rookie" here.
              "Unbelievable!" -- Nick Davis leaves his mark on the 2005 semi final

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                • reigning premier
                  Suspended by the MRP
                  • Sep 2006
                  • 4335
                  #5
                  Originally posted by Thunder Shaker
                  "Rookie" is a slang term for "recruit". So technically it is correct according to general usage. However, each club in the AFL has a rookie list which is not the same as a list of recruits. The rookie list can have players not recruited that year, and some players recruited each year are not found on the rookie list. So in AFL usage, "recruit" and "rookie" are different.

                  I think it would have been more precise for the Terrorgraph to say "recruit" rather than "rookie" here.
                  Hence the term "Mature age Rookie"

                  It's a bit of seppo venacular but legitimate use of the word nonetheless....

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