GWS "mini draft".

[Axel.]

Team GWS draft rules explained.

7. Incentive to other clubs trading with Team GWS in the 2011 and 2012 post-season:
Team GWS to be given access to four 17-year-olds born in the January to April 1994 window, with all players to be traded to other clubs. Selections will be allocated to Team GWS so the club can trade for established players, but the club will not have access to these 17-year-olds. If the four trades are not completed in the 2011 post-season, the balance of up to four trades may be used in the 2012 trading period.

[Axel.]

QUICK FIX OR MIRAGE?

Want a quick fix for success?

Just trade for one of the GWS 17-year-olds, and you are sure to win a flag in a matter of years.

That is the message being pushed in recent weeks as the speculation about the youngsters reaches fever pitch.

For those who aren't aware, GWS is forced to trade off up to four of the players born in the first four months of the year to rival sides.

The names being bandied around are Perth onballer Jaeger O'Meara, North Ballarat's Brad Crouch, WA teens Shannon Taylor, Dayle Garlett and Chris Yarran and Bendigo's Jake Stringer.

Yet a word of caution.

If they will all be excellent players, they won't turn your club around by themselves.

Consider for a moment Gold Coast's 17-year-old picks, who were all in the same age bracket.

Piers Flanagan, Taylor Hine, Jack Hutchins, Hayden Jolly, Brandon Matera, Trent McKenzie, Tom Nicholls, Luke Russell, Matt Shaw, Josh Toy, and Maverick Weller.

McKenzie and Matera are the pick of them so far, with Toy likely to be a star when he develops a tank.

But if clubs would be prepared to swap first-round picks or veterans for them, they aren't comparable to No. 1 pick Tom Scully, Nick Riewoldt or Brendon Goddard.

Clubs will give up solid picks for the 17-year-olds and GWS will reap the reward because they can get mature-aged players into their club.

But if they are a handy little golden nugget for the Giants, they won't necessarily be the difference between boom or bust.

Link.

[Axel.]

Monday August 1 (2pm) - Nomination deadline for 17-year-old players eligible under GWS Giants Zone Incentive Trading Rules.
Monday October 10 - Monday October 17 (2pm) - AFL Exchange Period, including GWS Giants Zone Incentive Trading Rules.
Monday October 17 (2.10pm) - GWS Giants Zone Incentive Selections.

Link.

[Axel.]

Trade incentives

[Griff]

Hopefully we're clever here...

[Deebz]

It'd be nice if we could do something to get one of those SA midfielders.

[Axel.]

Giants hold the key for young bloods.

At 17 he's not old enough to be drafted and can't play his first AFL game until 2013, but he's at the centre of some curious mind games between Greater Western Sydney, the AFL and the many clubs that want him. He's just made a decision on which many of them have been sweating.

Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-new...#ixzz1SQt9erJY

Notorious_29 this should explain things for you.

[Gysberts]

O'meara has nominated for the mini draft with a preference to stay in WA

http://www.sportsnewsfirst.com.au/ar...oty-tug-a-war/

[Notorious_29]

Cheers Axel, good to have some clarification.

[Axel.]

Reports say O'meara, Kennedy, Garlett, Grundy and Stringer have nominated.

[Crow-mo]

interesting that its more than 4 who have nominated. i.e. more than picks available.

some promises being bandied about you suspect

[Gysberts]

The players who nominated by yesterday's 2pm deadline were: Chase Bower (Norwood, SA), Adam Carter (South Fremantle, WA), Brad Crouch (North Ballarat Rebels, Vic), Dayle Garlett (Swan Districts, WA), Brodie Grundy (Sturt, SA), Matthew Haynes (Northern Knights, Vic), Riley Hutchinson (East Perth, WA), Emmanuel Irra (South Adelaide, SA), Ben Kennedy (Glenelg, SA), Aaron Loccon (Norwood, SA), Sean Lynch (South Fremantle, WA), Todd McKay (South Adelaide, SA), Jaeger O'Meara (Dongara/ Railways, WA), Jonathan O'Rourke (Calder Cannons, Vic), Jason Pongracic (Dandenong Stingrays, Vic), Mason Shaw (South Fremantle, WA), Josh Simpson (North Adelaide, SA), Jake Stringer (Bendigo Pioneers, Vic), Shannon Taylor (Claremont, WA), Jimmy Toumpas (Woodville West Torrens, SA), Nick Vlastuin (Northern Knights, Vic), Matt Wallis (Norwood, SA), Laine Wilkins (Peel Thunder, WA), Daniel Williamson (Norwood, SA), Christopher Yarran (Perth, WA).

Of the 25 nominees, between eight and 10 will be invited to work out at the NAB AFL Draft Combine, to be held at Etihad Stadium in Melbourne from October 4, so they can push their cases for selection at the mini-draft.

Players that have nominated for the mini-draft, but do not get selected, will go into the talent pool for the 2012 NAB AFL Draft.

25 nominate for GWS mini-draft - AFL.com.au

[TSYW]

I'm still a little confused. So basically, GWS have first dibs on all those players, but only 4 are allowed to be drafted? And the GWS is expected to take offers from other clubs for one of the picks?

[Crow-mo]

Ben Kennedy to the crows, with GWS to receive the compo pick adelaide receives for GWS picking up Davis?

that way GWS actually get paid for poaching davis. genius vlad, genius.

[Crosby2Malkin]

Ben Kennedy to the crows, with GWS to receive the compo pick adelaide receives for GWS picking up Davis?

that way GWS actually get paid for poaching davis. genius vlad, genius.

If it worked out that way, it'd be more satisfying than just getting the pick IMO. Kennedy is legit.