I’d be surprised if White got through to the rookie draft, based on the small amount I’ve seen. He showed enough in a third of that VFL game alone to be worth a pick, particularly in a shallow draft. He’s 200cm with proper athleticism and coordination. There are plenty of paths to success for young players with those attributes.

15 minutes ago, rpfc said:

So if he gets nominated after our ND37 - does that mean we go into points deficit or relinquish White?

This is an old article - from 2015 - but I don't recall anything announced that changes it:

"the AFL decide[d] that clubs matching late bids for academy or father-son picks would not risk pushing back their first selection the next year if they owed points.  
Instead, they will be able to pay back the remaining points in the same round that the bid came" from AFL closes draft bidding system loophole

Not sure what happens if White is nominated in the 2nd round as we don't currently have a R2 in 2026.

25 minutes ago, rpfc said:

So if he gets nominated after our ND37 - does that mean we go into points deficit or relinquish White?

I believe we have 5 live picks rpfc.

1 hour ago, DeeZone said:

I believe we have 5 live picks rpfc.

With Woey gone we have 33 on our senior list, 4 on our Rookie A and 2 on our Rookie B.

We usually go with 36 Senior , 6 A rookie and 2B rookie to make up the 44. (Apparently helps with salary cap)

If we keep to that we can only use 7, 8 and 37 slections. We'll probably use the 2 Rookie spots for Academy Picks/Father son.

On 16/10/2025 at 08:21, Red and Blue realist said:

  On 15/10/2025 at 11:13, Demon Jack said:

I wish Kalani well and hope he ends up playing 200 games for us, but I can't help but feel a little concerned that he's not considered to fall within the top 50 of what's considered the weakest draft in years.

On 16/10/2025 at 08:21, Red and Blue realist said:

  On 15/10/2025 at 11:13, Demon Jack said:

I wish Kalani well and hope he ends up playing 200 games for us, but I can't help but feel a little concerned that he's not considered to fall within the top 50 of what's considered the weakest draft in years.

Our pick 66 will come in massively, with Gold Coast for instance, their 3 Acadamy picks will take up at least their 7 first picks, Brissy, Essendon and Carlton will also lose picks, so 66 might end up being 52 or 53, which should be enough points, if White gets an earlier bid.

Correct Weight, should end up being 52 as you say.

1 hour ago, DeeZone said:

I believe we have 5 live picks rpfc.

ND37 is the last with any value associated to it so if White is nominated with ND38 we will have no pick value in 2025 to throw to that.

I assume we immediately trade in a pick and absorb that way but was just wondering about the deficit possibility.

3 hours ago, rpfc said:

So if he gets nominated after our ND37 - does that mean we go into points deficit or relinquish White?

If it's in the 3rd round we will have to match a bid which means we'll either need to trade in or up to a pick that has the points required, or hope our pick 60 gets brought into <54 and starts gaining points value. That might happen with all the picks that will be consumed from GC, Blues and Lions.

We can also go into points deficit next year which we'll try and avoid I'd imagine.

If someone bids for him after pick 54, i.e no points value I believe we can match him regardless with our next pick.

Personally I wouldn't be concerned about any bid coming for him in the national draft.

Edited October 17Oct 17 by Random Task

12 minutes ago, Random Task said:

If it's in the 3rd round we will have to match a bid which means we'll either need to trade in or up to a pick that has the points required, or hope our pick 60 gets brought into <54 and starts gaining points value. That might happen with all the picks that will be consumed from GC, Blues and Lions.

We can also go into points deficit next year which we'll try and avoid I'd imagine.

If someone bids for him after pick 54, i.e no points value I believe we can match him regardless with our next pick.

Personally I wouldn't be concerned about any bid coming for him in the national draft.

Ta. Ideally, he would be a rookie pick up as from what I have read and can see - he is not going to be ready until the turn of the decade.

Looking at him I'd say he's 2 full years of building his body and game, Mac Andrew is hardly a heavy weight!

I'm hopeful about all 3 of Jeff's son's playing together at the club.