RFC should chase the 17yo GWS picks as 1st priority [merged]

[tony_montana]

a lot can change in that 12 months flags. Players touted as top picks drop off and others come from the blue.
Nearly as much of a lottery at that age as buying yearlings

True a lot can change. Darling was rated a top 3 pick at 17, slipped due to off field issues to late 20's but he still performs on field now to that of a pick 1-3. I think these days the clubs would have a good idea at who would be right up there in a years time.

Darling dropping so much was pure idiocy of most/all recruiters. Was always going to be a gun

[tiger4life]

This is where our compensation pick comes into play, this is the advantage we have over most clubs and the GCS were trying there best to get a hold of as many compensation picks as they could in last years trade period.

Could definitely see a trade like Compensation pick + Morton/Tuck as mature bodies being traded out.

[one-eyed]

This article from January compares O'Meara to Reece Conca in talent.

O'Meara 'destined' for career at the top
Taylor Courtland,
Geraldton Newspapers
 January 28, 2011


Future star: Jaeger O Meara has been touted as one of the nation s best 16-year-old footballers and that claim has been backed up by Perth Football Club senior Coach Damien McMahon.. SNAPACTION.COM.AU © Enlarge photo


From the first time Jaeger O’Meara donned a Perth Football Club colts jumper, Damien McMahon knew he was a future AFL star.

“I have never seen a player look so comfortable in their first game at colts level,” McMahon said.

McMahon, 2010 Perth colts coach, compared the Dongara talent to former Demon Reece Conca who was selected at number six in last year’s draft.

“If you look at it statistically Jaeger is probably in front of Reece,” McMahon said.

O’Meara was under McMahon’s microscope for one game last year.

McMahon said O’Meara’s talent showed from the first time he touched the ball.

“He is so mature for his age, he has speed and endurance to go along with a great skill set,” he said.

“I watched him last Friday when he trained with Fremantle and he did not look out of place at all.

“It is going to be great to have him play some more games with us at Perth but he has a tiring year ahead.”

O’Meara has AIS commitments in 2011 and is touted to be on the State U18s team for the national carnival.

Rules regarding the U18s team restrict the 16-year-old from playing league football before the end of the carnival.

He will have to wait to the completion of the six-week competition to make his league debut.

McMahon has no doubts that he will crack the league team late in the year and said the AFL is not too far away.

“I absolutely believe he will be on an AFL list next year,” McMahon said.

“It will be great for Jaeger to play for Fremantle being a home grown WA boy but Greater Western Sydney will be keen to keep him on their books.”

The Giants are in the driver’s seat for the young gun’s services under concession guidelines similar to those that the Gold Coast received last year.

Fremantle are able to trade a player to the Giants in exchange for the right to select a 17-year-old born between January 1 and April 30 1994.

http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/regional/gascoyne/a/-/sport/8733503/omeara-destined-for-career-at-the-top/

[Penelope]

Ummm, isnt the kid in that photo wearing a victorian jumper?

[taztiger4]

Ummm, isnt the kid in that photo wearing a victorian jumper?

Nope, that is Railways Footy Club jumper in GNFL (Geraldton WA)

[Penelope]

cheers Taz

[Dubstep Dookie]

If he's the equivalent of what Conca is expected to be, I'd consider trading our first rounder and maybe foley.

Add to that our start of second round pick we banked for a decent ruckman, (Mitchell Clark, Zack Clarke) and it would be a good draft outcome.

[10 FLAGS]

If he's the equivalent of what Conca is expected to be, I'd consider trading our first rounder and maybe foley.

Add to that our start of second round pick we banked for a decent ruckman, (Mitchell Clark, Zack Clarke) and it would be a good draft outcome.

WAY WAY OVER THE ODDS Dubs, especially for a 17yo kid that hasnt played senior footy.

[Infamy]

Way way WAY over!

[JVT]

Untried kid, you would give the compensation pick for him, nothing more.

[Dubstep Dookie]

LMAO 

[one-eyed]

Jaeger O'Meara
February 23, 1994, 182cm, 75kg (Perth)
He's an AIS- AFL Academy player, he's a half-forward/on-baller and can also play half-back. He's got great skills and really good balance.

http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/114923/default.aspx

O'Meara is playing tonight in the U18 Champs for WA against NT.

[10 FLAGS]

I believe that getting a 17yo kid that is highly regarded would be a pretty important show of intent from the Richmond football department. We need more potential A grade players and this is a pretty good place to start IMHO.

[one-eyed]

Some more info on the new GWS trading 17 y.o. rule...

Trade incentives
By Jason Phelan
Fri 24 Jun, 2011

THERE will be some added intrigue around this year's AFL player exchange period with a special mini-draft to be held after all the final trade paperwork has been lodged.

AFL recruiting teams will converge on Melbourne on Monday, October 17, for the final day of the AFL's official trade period where they may finalise their bids for one of four concessionary selections Greater Western Sydney will have to offer.

The selections are designed to provide an incentive to other clubs to trade with GWS as part of the concessions granted to the Giants to help them build their inaugural playing list.

A player needs to have been born in 1993 or earlier to be eligible for this year's national draft, but this scheme allows for players whose birthdays fall between January 1 and April 30, 1994, to be claimed by a club with one of the four picks the Giants have to trade away.

Clubs that have successfully traded for one of the four selections will have the opportunity to choose a player from a pool of 17-year-olds (see below list of eligible players at this year's NAB AFL Under-18 Championships) at the mini-draft.

Highly-rated youngsters Jaeger O'Meara and Dayle Garlett from Western Australia, Vic Country's Brad Crouch and South Australians Ben Kennedy and Matthew McDonough fall into the eligible age bracket and are impressing at the under-18 championships underway around the country.

The Giants must trade the picks and cannot, for example, decide to use one to select O'Meara for themselves. They will allocate these four selections over the next two years to other AFL clubs in exchange for experienced players and/or draft picks.

"It's an additional trading incentive to try and help GWS build their list," AFL national talent manager Kevin Sheehan explains.

"They have these four 'hands' to play over the next two years.

"They'll have the opportunity to engage with other clubs to seek experienced players, draft picks or a package of both to improve their list and it's up to them to negotiate the best deal they can for each of these picks.

"It's important to note that the 17 other clubs won't be negotiating for a particular player. They will be negotiating for the first of those four choices, then the second and down the line until the fourth."

The most likely scenario will see GWS auction off two picks to the highest bidders this year and then repeat the process next year in order to maximise their return.

However, if interest in this year's crop of players born in the eligibility window creates a bidding war, then the Giants can conceivably move on all four picks, which the successful clubs can then use on the player of their choice if he's still available.

Although public interest in the youngsters selected will be intense given the high price that will likely be paid by the successful clubs, supporters will have to wait until 2013 to see their prized recruit in action due to age restrictions that require a player to turn 19 in his first year of AFL footy.

If the Giants do have any of the four concessionary picks left to trade next year then players eligible to be claimed in this manner will need to have been born between January 1 and April 30, 1995.

Although it will be a fascinating sidebar to the normal trade week intrigue, Sheehan's first task will be to inform those eligible players of the finer details of the opportunity that lies in front of them.

"That's the first part of this so the clubs know who is available and then they can move on to deciding behind closed doors what they're willing to give up," he says.

"It'll be debated for months.

"They are young, they're not fully developed, so clubs will have to go through that whole debate over how much they would be willing to give up for one of these players."

All clubs other than GWS will nominate a maximum of 10 players of interest to them under this rule by July 1. All players nominated by a club will then be advised in writing of this opportunity so they can nominate to be considered under this rule before the August 1 deadline.

The top-ranked players will then be invited to the NAB AFL Draft Combine to be held at Etihad Stadium in Melbourne from October 4 - 7.

The AFL will fully brief players on the process and they can choose to opt out and go into next year's draft pool.

NAB AFL Under-18 Championships players eligible to nominate for possible selection in the 17-year-old mini draft:

Player    DOB    Height    Weight    Club

South Australia
Ben Kennedy              3/03/94    174    73    Glenelg/Brighton
Josh Simpson              9/02/94    181    67    North Adelaide/Rostrevor
Todd McKay               25/01/94    176    74    South Adelaide/Port Noarlunga
Emmanuel Irra           25/03/94    179    73    South Adelaide/Port Noarlunga
Jimmy Toumpas           2/01/94    183    74    Woodville West Torrens/Flinders Park
Aaron Luccon             21/04/94    195    86    Norwood/Athelstone
Matthew McDonough   26/01/94    180    82    Woodville West Torrens/Flinders Park
Brodie Grundy            15/04/94    200    92    Sturt/Unley

Vic Country
Brad Crouch              12/01/94    184    83    North Ballarat Rebels/Beaufort FC
Jason Pongracic         21/04/94    181    82    Dandenong Stingrays/Koo Wee Rup FC

Vic Metro
Matthew Haynes        19/03/94    190    76    Northern Knights/Carey Baptist
Nick Vlastuin             19/04/94    186    83    Northern Knights/Eltham

Western Australia
Shannon Taylor           5/02/94    177    72    Claremont Football Club
Jaeger O'Meara          23/02/94    182    75    Perth Football Club
Christopher Yarran     27/04/94    183    80    Perth Football Club
Adam Carter              17/04/94    179    70    South Fremantle Football Club
Sean Lynch                30/01/94    184    76    South Fremantle Football Club
Dayle Garlett               9/01/94    181    68    Swan Districts Football Club
Laine Wilkins             30/03/94    189    73    Peel Thunder Football Club
Riley Hutchinson        12/01/94    187    78    East Perth Football Club
Mason Shaw              15/01/94    197    82    South Fremantle Football Club
Kamdyn McIntosh        3/04/94    192    82    Peel Thunder Football Club
Chase Strange             5/03/94    176    67    Peel Thunder Football Club

Tasmania
Jackson Thurlow        28/03/94    188    72    Launceston
Sam Siggins              20/03/94    192    81    Lauderdale
Josh Grant                  1/03/94    195    83    Glenorchy
Andrew Boston          23/03/94    179    73    Broadbeach
Brody Haberfield        13/01/94    180    81    Surfers Paradise

http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/117004/default.aspx

[10 FLAGS]

I would offer up Foley as the basis of getting one of the 17 yo picks. Foley and another player maybe Nahas. Sheedy has always rated Foley and any deal involving Foley would be a chance I reckon.