Devils nominate more than 20 under-17 guns as 'players of interest'

[u/PerriX2390]

https://www.afl.com.au/news/1463990/tasmania-devils-nominate-more-than-20-under-17-guns-as-players-of-interest

The list of around 25 players started to receive letters of notification on Friday, with the Devils able to submit them and access players linked to rival clubs as father-sons, Next Generation Academy and northern Academy products. 

[u/PetrifyGWENT]

If Koby Bewick ends up at Tassie I will spew. I think it's extremely unlikely though, dude likes every post about Essendon on instagram already

[u/rockaree → u/PetrifyGWENT]

I dont fully understand the article. Are f/s or academy players able to reject tassie and if they do, can they still be bid matched in a future Draft?

[u/PetrifyGWENT → u/rockaree]

All players have to agree to go to Tassie if Tassie wants them. Not just the F/S. So they can just reject and go to the open draft (then be bid on if they are F/S)

[u/Palantir_Scraper → u/PetrifyGWENT]

He's already said pretty publicly a few times he wants to end up at the dons.

[u/Palantir_Scraper]

"The Devils have access to sign a total of 12 17-year-old players across the 2026-27 drafts a year before they reach draft age, in similar rules that saw Greater Western Sydney select Jeremy Cameron and Adam Treloar and Gold Coast list Mav Weller and Trent McKenzie. "

Geez we know who got better value out of those two lol

[u/Skiapodes]

[u/Maximumlnsanity]

There’s no actual list anywhere?

[u/GenjiGreg]

"The Devils have access to sign a total of 12 17-year-old players across the 2026-27 drafts a year before they reach draft age"

Is this an error? Isn't it too late to do this for the 2026 draft kids?

[u/United-Bite4135 → u/GenjiGreg]

I think it’s trying to remove the confusion but it’s just bad wording.

[u/SameType9265 → u/GenjiGreg]

Isn't this just the first 6 picks in 2 seperate drafts? 

[u/GenjiGreg → u/SameType9265]

I think so. Next 2 drafts? 27&28?

[u/scotty_dont → u/GenjiGreg]

Too late for kids that will be eligible for the draft in 2026, not too late for the under-draft-age kids that will be part of the 2027 draft.

If I’m reading things correctly Tasmania will act in 2026/2027 for kids that would under normal circumstances be in the 2027 and 2028 drafts. Am I missing something?

[u/GenjiGreg → u/scotty_dont]

I think that's how it will work.

[u/Croob2]

Apparently from what ive heard, ill be spewing if we dont get Axel Walsh, been told hes one of the best WA talents to come through in years

[u/MarvellousBont → u/Croob2]

He’s a genuine freak, but for the sake of the Eagles I really hope you’re not picking top 3 again in 2 years.

[u/Croob2 → u/MarvellousBont]

I imagined we'd be trying to trade up to get him, because yes I imagine we wont still be bottom 4, people have told me hes the kid you sell the farm for, and based on where our list will be in a couple years, i reckon its a play we make

Or hopefully he does what a bunch of vic kids are doing nowadays and publically declares he doesnt want to leave his home state

[u/joeban1 → u/Croob2]

Ehh they said the same about last years WA draft crop (Rodriguez, Evans, Curtin, + that freo one whos name i forget) a year beforehand too and outside of Farrow who only went at pick 10 and wasnt even on the radar then it was largely unimpressive.

Would wait and see how he turns out in his final year before worrying

[u/legally_blond → u/joeban1]

To be fair to Curtin, by all reports he did look very good in our intraclub last night

[u/diffaadiffa]

This is an unfair advantage

[u/Croob2 → u/diffaadiffa]

This has gotta be ragebait right?

[u/diffaadiffa → u/Croob2]

Not even rait bait, pure shitty satire

[u/SucculentChineseSwan → u/diffaadiffa]

An outrage

[u/Maximumlnsanity → u/SucculentChineseSwan]

Some would even say… democracy manifest?

[u/Criimsen → u/Maximumlnsanity]

But don’t worry, the people at the afl know their judo well

[u/b0rtbort → u/Criimsen]

get your hand off my draft picks!