Category B Rookies

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Is the club looking at any Category B rookies?

We currently have Austin Bradtke in the Category B role but can take two more if needed.

The rules (in addition to up to 6 Category A rookies) -

Each club can include up to three players (now referred to as Category B rookies) on its Rookie List provided the player either:

• has not registered in an Australian Football competition for three years immediately before inclusion on the Rookie List;
• is an international player, meaning he is not an Australian citizen and has not lived in Australia for a substantial period;
• is a former NSW Scholarship player with that club;
• is a former International Scholarship player with that club;
• is a rookie Zone Selection for clubs based in NSW or Queensland.

IRISH ROOKIE PRE-SELECTION

Irish players can be signed directly to a club’s Rookie List under the International Player Rule and do not have to go through the draft.

Clubs can now list one Irish player as a Category B rookie but for each additional Irish player rookie listed, that player will be deemed to be a Category A rookie and the club will forfeit its last selection in the Rookie Draft for each additional player listed.

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There was some talk a little while ago that we were interested in a 173cm Irishman, Peadar Mogan but nothing seems to have come of it.