AFL Draft & Trade Period Important Dates 2012

Here are the important dates for AFL Draft & Trade period 2012

October 1 - Commencement of Restricted Free Agency Offer and Unrestricted Free Agency period.

October 5, 2pm - Nomination of Father-Son Eligible Players and Academy Bidding Players.

October 8, 10am - Father Son Eligible Players and Academy Players Bid Meeting.

October 8 - Commencement of Trade Period.

October 19, 2pm - Deadline for GWS Giants to pre-list balance of any uncontracted players under List Establishment rules.

October 19, 5pm - Close to Restricted Free Agency Offer and Unrestricted Free Agency Period.

October 23, 5pm - Trade Incentive Rule (17 year-olds). Deadline for trading.

October 26, 2pm - End of Trade Period.

October 26, 2.10pm - Trade Incentive (17 year-olds) Selection.

October 31, 2pm - List Lodgement One.

November 1 - Commencement to Delisted Player Free Agency Period.

November 13, 2pm - End to Delisted Player Free Agency Period.

November 13, 2pm - Out of Contract Listed Player Draft Nomination deadline, New Player Draft Nomination deadline.

November 13, 2pm - Deadline for Nomination of any use of 2012 GWS Giants Compensation Selections.

November 15, 2pm - List Lodgement Two.

November 16, 2pm - Delisted Player Draft Nomination deadline, Non-Retained Rookies Draft Nomination deadline, Nominated of Queensland Zone Priority Selections and Nomination of NSW/ACT Zone Priority Selections.

November 22 - NAB AFL Draft, Gold Coast Convention Centre.

November 23 - Second Delisted Player Free Agency Period commences.

November 28, 2pm - Out of Contract Listed Players Nomination deadline, International Players Nomination deadline, Players Not Registered / Played Three Years deadline, NSW Scholarship and International Scholarship Players deadline.

November 28, 5pm - Second Delisted Player Free Agency Period ends.

November 29, 2pm - List Lodgement Three.

December 4, 2pm - Delisted Player Nomination deadline.

December 4 - Deadline for GWS Giants to pre-list balance of any previously listed or previously nominated for draft players under List Establishment rules.

December 11, 11am - NAB AFL Pre-Season Draft.

December 11, 11.05am - Brisbane Lions, Gold Coast Suns, GWS Giants and Sydney Swans Eligible Pre-Selected Rookies.

December 11, 11.10am - NAB AFL Rookie Draft.

Great post. will insert on work calendar!!

probably want to pin this

When will we know if GWS or GC are going to bid on Viney?

Apparantly we have a deal in place for pick 3 for Jessie Hogan from GWS mini draft

Apparantly we have a deal in place for pick 3 for Jessie Hogan from GWS mini draft

No, no we dont...

Apparantly we have a deal in place for pick 3 for Jessie Hogan from GWS mini draft

i hope not

Yep thanks Jack - the real MFC season runs from 1 October to 11 December.

i hope not

Why ?

Why ?

because gws will prob take toumpas at 3

because gws will prob take toumpas at 3

I'd love to get Toumpas, but I hold the view that a player like Hogan and the structural benefits he'd bring to the side means that he becomes a more valuable proposition. Obviously I'm assuming that Hogan becomes a dominant CHF. Melb. won't try and trade for him unless they also see a dominant CHF.

Toumpas may become a better player than O'Rourke, but you'd expect that it wouldn't be by much. And if you can get Hogan and O'Rourke that makes the pain of missing out on Toumpas far easier to bare.

Look at players like Redden, Rockliff, Sidebottom, Beams, Sloane, Fyfe, Shuey, Rioli ... who were all taken outside the top 10. Or Dangerfield, Bartel, Rich, Selwood, Boak ... who were taken outside the top 5. Pendlebury was pick 5.

If we have to give up pick 3 for Hogan I'm all for it, as I know that there will be terrific players taken well after Toumpas. Just get the frigging picks right.

I'll try to expand on this over time as the order becomes more clear.

With possible FA compo picks to muddy the waters

I'll try to expand on this over time as the order becomes more clear.

Thanks for doing this.

With possible FA compo picks to muddy the waters

yep...going to be interesting but I cant see the AFL handing out very many 1st rounders. More likely the 2nd round will get rather crowded with compo picks...thats my guess

yep...going to be interesting but I cant see the AFL handing out very many 1st rounders. More likely the 2nd round will get rather crowded with compo picks...thats my guess

Cloke, Goddard head updated list of AFL free agents

Cloke, Goddard, maybe Chaplin.

Cloke, Goddard head updated list of AFL free agents

Cloke, Goddard, maybe Chaplin

Emphasis on 'many' old !!! lol

I still think most will be across the 2nd and 3rd rounds. Im still not even sure how many each club gets . Im sure we'll find out soon enough.

Yep thanks Jack - the real MFC season runs from 1 October to 11 December.

for the last time ( crossed fingers and toes )

Just get the frigging picks right.

Amen, brother..

Just get the frigging picks right.

given our track record Id settle for , most of them prett yright and at least one spot on ( other than Viney..a given )

we have to do a lot lot better than weve done, but it would be a tall ask to get it perfect.....still....

^{Are we clear where Jack Viney sits in our draft picks yet??}

^{Are we clear where Jack Viney sits in our draft picks yet??}

October 8, 10am - Father Son Eligible Players and Academy Players Bid Meeting.

October 8, 10am - Father Son Eligible Players and Academy Players Bid Meeting.

be a nice birthday pressie we get viney for a second round pick ......

^{Are we clear where Jack Viney sits in our draft picks yet??}

Yes, pick 3.

I've put most of these dates on the homepage for quick reference.

ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT WE CONCENTRATE ON A PLAYER LIKE FITZPATRICK TO FILL THE VOID IN THE FORWARD HALF GO AFTER CADDY WE HAVE THE BEST DRAFT SELECTIONS TO ATTRACT A DEAL AND WITH VINEY CADDY & JONES OUR MIDFIELD WILL BECOME A LOT MORE COMPETATIVE> WE THEN NEED ANOTHER TOUGH DEFENDER TO HELP FRAWLEY THEN SOME MID RANGE PLAYERS NOT SUPER STARS BUT CONSISTENT TALENT WHO CAN KICK A BALL THAT CAN LIFTY OUR PERFORMANCE