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[johnno]

Don't forget Kieren!!!

24(?) and 94 games under his belt!

...and dont forget Goodes!!!!!

32 and 304 games under HIS belt!


Did I just miss the point of this thread??

[Peace]

Probably has another 15years left in him too!

[johnno]

Hehe.

[Bleed Red Blood]

What you call a bottom age 19 year old. Even more remarkable.

nah. bottom age is a birthday in the first quarter of the year: jan, feb and march

"To be eligible, players must be 18 on or before April 30 the year following a National Draft."

http://www.afl.com.au/about/tabid/13514/default.aspx

so gossipcom was right when they said parker is the opposite, another example would be chris judd who earned his brownlow in 04 as a 20 year old, but was awarded it after having turned 21.

[Auntie.Gerald]

16 of the 19 guys below are 25yrs of age or below and I suspect all of the them will be Senior Players even though many are already !

Smithy: 23 (55 games)
AJ : 20 (25 games)
Parker : 19 (18 games!!!)
Hannebery: 21 (57 games)
Jetta: 22 (45 games)
JPK: 23 (66 games)
Reid: 20 (29 games)
Mummy : 25 (63 games)
Bird: 23 (67 games)
ROHAN 20
Keiran 24
Mitchell 18
Harry 18
Armstrong 22
Lamb 19
Lockyear 19
Grundy 25
McVeigh 26
McGlynn 26

[liz]

nah. bottom age is a birthday in the first quarter of the year: jan, feb and march

"To be eligible, players must be 18 on or before April 30 the year following a National Draft."

http://www.afl.com.au/about/tabid/13514/default.aspx

so gossipcom was right when they said parker is the opposite, another example would be chris judd who earned his brownlow in 04 as a 20 year old, but was awarded it after having turned 21.

That is about 3 years out of date. They changed the draft age limit so that you now have to turn 18 by 31 December of the year in which you are drafted. The year we drafted Hanners, Heath and LJ, who all turned 18 between 1 January and 30 April the year after they were drafted, was the final year of the old rules. Hence when we drafted Reid, he was the ultimate "bottom ager", turning 18 at the end of December, just a few days before the cut-off date.

[Primmy]

Have a sneaking suspicion that players from other clubs who have been Smooched do NOT underrate him.

[Nico]

nah. bottom age is a birthday in the first quarter of the year: jan, feb and march

"To be eligible, players must be 18 on or before April 30 the year following a National Draft."

http://www.afl.com.au/about/tabid/13514/default.aspx

so gossipcom was right when they said parker is the opposite, another example would be chris judd who earned his brownlow in 04 as a 20 year old, but was awarded it after having turned 21.

So someone who turns 18 on 1 May is top age and someone who turns 18 on 29 April the next year is bottom age. They are terms used to explain the maturity of junior footballers and is important when assessing players and their development. In my 10 years experience with junior footy I learned that there is a big gap between clearly top and bottom age players in maturity and ability except for the very best. A lot of comps have a 1 January cut off to keep things simple and I have in my memory bank that at some stage that was the cut off with the AFL a while ago.

A couple of sides at the club I was involved with were always middle of the road and finished just outside the 4 for 2 seasons, and always closed the gap somewhat between the them and the top teams by seasons end. When they went to second division for a season they won the flag.

[gossipcom]

Man I've managed to confuse myself with the ages *sigh* Point is Parker was younger when we drafted him like Sam just passed the 18 year old barrier (think that's what I was trying to get across).

[Nico]

That is about 3 years out of date. They changed the draft age limit so that you now have to turn 18 by 31 December of the year in which you are drafted. The year we drafted Hanners, Heath and LJ, who all turned 18 between 1 January and 30 April the year after they were drafted, was the final year of the old rules. Hence when we drafted Reid, he was the ultimate "bottom ager", turning 18 at the end of December, just a few days before the cut-off date.

I think Liz they did this to bring it into line with all comps. I recall there was confusion with kids that had gone through their junior footy using 1 January as the date then when it came to draft time some were eligible and some were not. That makes Parker a bottom age player with an October birthday. I am sure clubs look at dates of birth as part of the total picture of a draftee.