Richmond to have 6 rookies

[torch]

we should Rookie - Polak and keep Collard ... leaving 4 Rookie spots for what i believe should be for 17/18 year olds who do not get drafted.

Polak's Rookie position then leaves another spot on our Senior list ...

not sure about Cartledge ...

[mightytiges]

we should Rookie - Polak and keep Collard ... leaving 4 Rookie spots for what i believe should be for 17/18 year olds who do not get drafted.

Polak's Rookie position then leaves another spot on our Senior list ...

not sure about Cartledge ...

One of the rookie spots will be for an Irish kid as well.

I would have Polak on the rookie list as well but it looks like the club is concerned about our finances and minimizing our TPP so he'll remain on the senior list because we'll be rightly paying him as a senior listed player while he recovers after the accident.

Cartledge is now too old to be rookied in 2009 so he will be either delisted or promoted.

Rookie spots:
1. Collard
2. Irish kid
3.
4.
5.
6.

4 spots open for 17/18 year olds who slip through the draft. Hopefully 1 ruckman, 1 key forward, 1 key defender and 1 mid.

[one-eyed]

Reward for club rookies
Jon Ralph | October 27, 2008

AFL rookies will have greater opportunity to shine next year, with clubs able to automatically elevate a rookie halfway through the season.

As part of the compensation for clubs giving away valuable draft picks to the Gold Coast, all 16 clubs will be allowed two extra rookies in the 2009-10 seasons.

In the past, clubs have had to put a senior-listed player on the long-term injury list for eight weeks to elevate a rookie.

That has seen the unfortunate situation where a well-performed rookie has had to return to the rookie list, and VFL footy, despite showing strong form in the AFL.

Starting next season, if a player has impressed enough a club can decide to elevate him irrespective of the club's injury list.

Clubs without two listed veterans can already nominate a rookie to play during the year, with Carlton rookie Michael Jamieson competing in 16 games last season.

The new ruling will give some clubs as many as two extra players on their list in the second half of the year.

It is another win for rookie-listed players, with some of the stars of the competition coming from the rookie list over the past decade.

Players such as Dean Cox, Brett Kirk, Brad Sewell, Dean Brogan, Tarkyn Lockyer, Ben Rutten and Nathan Foley have all been promoted rookies.

AFL football operations manager Adrian Anderson said yesterday the rule would help clubs maximise the extra rookies on their lists.

"There will be an opportunity to upgrade a rookie at the halfway mark of the season without having to put someone on the injured list," Anderson said.

"I was just talking to Mick Malthouse at the (International Rules) jumper presentation and of the players here in Perth, 10 have made their way off rookie lists.

"There are a lot of great players among them and it goes to show it is a vital pathway for players that missed out on being drafted."

The Gold Coast club will get access to 16 uncontracted players plus selections 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, and 15 in the 2011 national draft.

Existing clubs will be compensated with a future draft pick for losing an uncontracted star, with a complicated formula to determine the number of the draft selection

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sport/afl/story/0,26576,24554863-19742,00.html

[Ball!]

Well I guess that means we will be able to elevate at least two rookie listed players next year. One for Polak at the beggining of the season, and one midseason

[mightytiges]

A rule change from the AFL that is actually a sensible one for a change. If a rookie is starring at Coburg then he deserves a chance to be called up without having to wait for a long-term injury.

[one-eyed]

After yesterday we have 5 rookie spots to fill but at least one of those will be for an Irish kid.

Rookie spots:
1. Silvester
2. Irish kid
3.
4.
5.
6.

[one-eyed]

Allfooty.info has done a phantom rookie draft:

For Richmond:

8. Will Young (192cm, 83kg, tall forward/defender)
24. Mitch Frail (198cm, 74kg, ruckman/tall forward)
39. Hamish Paynter (179cm, 77kg, midfielder)
53. Tim Bongetti (191cm, 87kg, tall forward/defender)
65. Fortunato Caruso (172cm, 70kg, small forward/midfielder)

Click the link below for the full mock rookie draft:

http://www.allfooty.info/2008/11/2008-afl-draft-ultimate-mock-draft.html

They have Gourdis going to Freo and Meyer to Port. So take it for what it's worth.

[camboon]

Hope they grab as many bottom aged players as possible in the rookie draft - kids that are just a little young and need another year to mature = example Palmer

[blaisee]

Hope they grab as many bottom aged players as possible in the rookie draft - kids that are just a little young and need another year to mature = example Palmer

unfortunately that is not possible, bottom aged players are ineligible for the rookie draft

[mightytiges]

Yep rookies have to be at least 18 years old and under 23 except for a mature rookie (Silvester).

[Ramps]

imho we should look at grabbing the bottom age players with our last 2 national draft picks which are really late picks, kA key forward that may go earlier in the draft next year should be considered imho.

[one-eyed]

Foley was on SEN talking about starting off as a rookie and through hard work has now become vice-captain. He thought his height or lack of it was why he was overlooked in the National draft. Clubs were more interested in 6' 2" athletic types. He trained with Melbourne before talking to Richmond and the rest as they say is history.

Mark Doran mentioned that 17 rookies have gone on to become premiership players including the reigning premiership captain.

[one-eyed]

Just confirming Richmond has picks 8, 24, 39, 53 and 64 in the rookie draft.

The full rookie draft order is here:
http://www.allfooty.info/2008/12/rookie-draft-order.html