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Injury Plagued Nietschke Earns Rookie Spot

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After his second Knee  reco Melbourne promised him a spot on the list and they kept their word. I love the fact that the club has heart and is willing to give a young lad like Aaron that chance to pursue his dream l will be watching his progress with a lot of interest. Wishing him all the very best.  

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    Can anybody who understands the AFL's rules tell me if this means that Neita is out of contract and another club can draft him onto their main list before we get the chance to rookie him?

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    12 minutes ago, demonstone said:

    Can anybody who understands the AFL's rules tell me if this means that Neita is out of contract and another club can draft him onto their main list before we get the chance to rookie him?

    Technically, someone else could draft him but why would they in these circumstances? Melbourne has looked after him for two years as he’s been recovering from two ACL’s and he hasn’t played since 2018. Why take a risk with a player who is earmarked as a rookie and will spend a reasonable part of the season just recovering? It wouldn’t be a good look for the club that took him.

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    4 hours ago, Whispering_Jack said:

    Technically, someone else could draft him but why would they in these circumstances? Melbourne has looked after him for two years as he’s been recovering from two ACL’s and he hasn’t played since 2018. Why take a risk with a player who is earmarked as a rookie and will spend a reasonable part of the season just recovering? It wouldn’t be a good look for the club that took him.

    Frankly this is a non issue. Nietshke has been placed on the Rookie list at MFC and any discussion outside of that fact is superfluous surely. He always was promised a place on our list in some form and I dare say that if there were rumours that he could be taken up by another Club then Melb would have acted fast and list him.

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