Rookie Seelection details

[BillyRayCypress]

Emma Glamazone Photo has provided details for next season

Historic drop in rookie draft numbers as clubs lose faith

[ugg]

We currently have 2 known rookies, Shane Biggs in Category A and Alex Starling will be drafted into Category B. This leaves a minimum of 3 more Cat A and a maximum of 2 more Cat B rookies.

[ugg]

Daniel Robinson will be added to Cat B

http://www.sydneyswans.com.au/tabid/7106/default.aspx?newsid=150670

[SPC]

Daniel Robinson will be added to Cat B

http://www.sydneyswans.com.au/tabid/...?newsid=150670

What do you know about Daniel Robinson?

[liz]

If they were going to rookie list one of our scholarship players, I am not surprised it is Robinson. He did get good raps for his U18 championship performances and was also quite impressive in the limited number of NEAFL games he played. He's a bit of a Hannebery type - hard running (though I have no idea if his natural endurance is at the level Hanners' was when he first joined the club), solidly built, not overly quick but hard working. He mostly played at NEAFL level as a mostly 'outside' link up player rather than an extractor from contests but, like Hanners, he will put his head over the ball when he needs to. We'll need to see more of him to find out if he might become a true "inside" player in time.

By reporting that Robinson has been added to the list, this presumably means that, at this stage, Stephen Weir hasn't. He was the other one who I thought might be in with a shot, and maybe he is still some chance.

[ugg]

Do you mean Stephen Wray or Jordan Weir?

[liz]

Sorry, meant Stephen Wray

[ShockOfHair]

What's the reason for the contraction in rookie spots from next year? I'd have thought that clubs were making successful use out of rookie-ing a la Callinan and JPod.

[Nico]

What's the reason for the contraction in rookie spots from next year? I'd have thought that clubs were making successful use out of rookie-ing a la Callinan and JPod.

Maybe free agency was a factor. I reckon the current rash of picking up used players will taper off and youth will again be the go in a couple of years.

[liz]

What's the reason for the contraction in rookie spots from next year? I'd have thought that clubs were making successful use out of rookie-ing a la Callinan and JPod.

The contraction in rookie spots is nothing like what is being reported by several journalists. I am not surprised some are getting it wrong, but I am surprised at someone like Emma Quayle reporting it so poorly. There is a reduction in the three extra spots that were made available while the two new teams were set up. But this was only ever a temporary concession. It means that the standard number of normal rookies is now six. Things have been complicated by the simultaneous expansion of senior lists to a maxiumum of 40 - which really just eliminates the 'outside' veteran ' nominated rookie allowances. All clubs can now have 38-40 senior players and 4-6 "non-special" rookies, to a maximum of 44. Which is really not the drastic change that some journos are suggesting.

[Ludwig]

The contraction in rookie spots is nothing like what is being reported by several journalists. I am not surprised some are getting it wrong, but I am surprised at someone like Emma Quayle reporting it so poorly. There is a reduction in the three extra spots that were made available while the two new teams were set up. But this was only ever a temporary concession. It means that the standard number of normal rookies is now six. Things have been complicated by the simultaneous expansion of senior lists to a maxiumum of 40 - which really just eliminates the 'outside' veteran ' nominated rookie allowances. All clubs can now have 38-40 senior players and 4-6 "non-special" rookies, to a maximum of 44. Which is really not the drastic change that some journos are suggesting.

Thanks Liz. I've been searching the net for days and simply could not find this simple explanation of how the new system works.

[liz]

My information is based on what Ugg reported a few days ago, rather than any original research.