AFL Club Academies Granted Green Light

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AFL Club Academies Granted Green Light

Authored by: Troy Thompson
on Friday, February 05 2016 @ 08:13 am ACDT

One of the lures for clubs with international players for development remains the first in best dressed scenario.

This also means a lack of focus of effort. We have seen that the previous focus from Hawthorn in NZ unearthed Heatherley and Tatupu (among others) and St Kilda's more recent focus bringing on current listed Baker-Thomas and Barclay-Miller.

Perhaps all the areas with significant junior development should have areas in those countries listed as part of their academy scheme (particularly South Africa, NZ, PNG, Nauru, Fiji)?

AFL Club Academies Granted Green Light

Authored by: Brett Northey
on Friday, February 12 2016 @ 10:55 pm ACDT

I've long (long) hoped the AFL would allocate countries to AFL clubs, giving them first choice of any talent, and surely then some clubs would do some serious development. Maybe this "Back to the Future" move within Australia will pave the way for a similar initiative internationally.
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Brett Northey - Co-founder and Chief Editor of WFN

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