Pick 26 for Adam Schneider and Sean Dempster
... St Kilda may not have got the ruckman it desired but added run to its side by trading pick 26 to Sydney for premiership players Adam Schneider and Sean Dempster. With the pick returning the Swans to the second-round of the draft, they then struck a deal for Geelong forward Henry Playfair for a third-round selection, pick 44.
The Article Stephen Rielly/RealFooty/12Oct07

Adam Schneider DOB: 12-05-1984 177cm 78kg Year Team Gm Kick Mk HB Dis Gls Tk 2003 Sydney 24 187 94 75 262 30 38 2004 Sydney 12 71 28 30 101 9 24 2005 Sydney 16 118 42 56 174 11 32 2006 Sydney 25 244 78 116 360 22 74 2007 Sydney 21 211 98 114 325 27 63 Sean Dempster DOB: 20-01-1984 191cm 87kg Year Team Gm Kick Mk HB Dis Gls Tk 2005 Sydney 22 91 42 57 148 - 56 2006 Sydney 18 82 41 39 121 5 47 2007 Sydney 14 91 52 60  151 3 28 Max Hudghton versus Sean Dempster 204 Career Games 54 31 years 1/12 Age 23 years 8/12 191 Height (cm) 192 91 Weight (kg) 87 10 2007 Games 14 3.8 Kicks PG 6.5 4.3 HB PG 4.3 8.1 Disp PG 10.8 3.5 Marks PG 3.7 0 Goals PG 0.2 1.3 Tackles PG 2.0 PG = Per Game Source: 'sRs' post SaintsHeaven back-up forum

Saints excited to snap up former Osborne star
St Kilda coach Ross Lyon has hinted Sydney Swans signing Adam Schneider will spend more time in the midfield after being snapped up by the Saints in yesterday's AFL trade. After securing Schneider and Swans premiership teammate Sean Dempster in exchange for selection No.26, Lyon said the former Osborne junior would be rotated through the centre with Luke Ball, Lenny Hayes, Nick Dal Santo and Robert Harvey. Lyon had a high opinion of Schneider during his time as Paul Roos' assistant-coach and believes the dashing left-footer has the opportunity to build on his impressive career at Moorabbin. "We see (Adam Schneider and Sean Dempster) to have the potential to be 150-plus game players for St Kilda," Lyon said. "We have secured four quality players, with three of them under the age of 25, and their best football in front of them." Schneider, 23, played 98 matches and kicked 99 goals in the harbour city as well as starring in the 2005 premiership team after being picked in the 2001 draft with selection No.60.
More Brett Kohlhagen/TheBorderMail/13Oct07

King plays down rift rumour
St Kilda recruit Steven King has moved to play down talk of a rift with Geelong. King said on Friday that a trade to St Kilda was "the least (Geelong) could do for me", but he said yesterday that his words had been misconstrued. "There wasn't any arrogance, not at all," he said. "I am rapt with what Geelong Football Club has given me over 13 years. "I also think I have been a great servant to the club as well through some pretty tough times and I just thought it was the right thing to do for both parties. "Now we can move forward and get on with it."
More John Ralph/HeraldSun/14Oct07

Cats give up King and Gardiner to St Kilda for pick 90
Geelong offloaded four players, including premiership ruckman Steven King, as the AFL trading period ended today. A total of 20 players changed clubs, with the deals involving 14 of them finalised today. King, who played in the Cats' Grand Final win over Port Adelaide last month, went to St Kilda along with fringe forward Charlie Gardiner in exchange for draft pick 90 from the Saints. King's departure solves the Cats' problem of trying to fit three ruckmen into their senior side and also helps ease any salary cap issues the club had after winning the premiership ... It also strengthens the Saints' ruck stocks, after the retirement of Matthew Clarke and the uncertainty over the fitness of Michael Gardiner, who is yet to play a game for the club after joining them from West Coast in last year's trade period
More AAP/HeraldSun/12Oct07
Cats pleased to find players new homes Jennifer Witham/AFL/saints.com.au/12Oct07

Adam Schneider and Sean Dempster both Saints
The Swans last night completed their trade week dealing by securing Geelong forward Henry Playfair and finalising the deal that will send premiership forward Adam Schneider and half-back Sean Dempster from Sydney to St Kilda ... Despite initial reluctance, the popular Schneider yesterday agreed to be traded to St Kilda with Dempster for the Saints' second draft pick (No.26). Dempster was more eager to join former Swans assistant coach Ross Lyon at Moorabbin, believing he will get more game time. "It's a difficult decision and Schneids wanted to think it over, but he's handled it well and the important thing is that, as premiership players, both of them feel like they can come back to the club at some stage," Roos said. Many observers believe this year's draft is more shallow than in recent years, with most of the best talent contained in the top 25.
More Richard Hinds/RealFooty/12Oct07

FINAL CONFIRMED TRADES
1. Adel exch Martin Mattner to Syd for Rd two (no 2).
2. Eagles exch Chris Judd and Rd three select (No 46) to Carl for Josh Kennedy,
its Rd one select (No three) and its Rd two select (No 20).
3. Adelaide exch John Meesen to Melbourne for its Rd three select (No 37).
4. The Lions exch Cameron Wood to Coll for its Rd one select (No 14).
5. Melbourne exch Travis Johnstone to the Lions for its Rd one on-traded select (No 14).
6. The Kangaroos exch Brad Moran to Adelaide for its Rd three on-traded select (No 37).
7. Port exch Brad Symes to Adelaide for its Rd two on-traded select (No 28).
8. Bulldogs exch Jordan McMahon to Richmond for its Rd two select (No 19).
9. Geelong exch Henry Playfair to Sydney for its Rd three select (No 44).
10. Sydney exch Adam Schneider and Sean Dempster to St Kilda for its Rd two select (No 26).
11. Eagles exch Mitch Morton to Richmond for its Rd three select (No 35).
12. Geelong exch Steven King and Charlie Gardiner to St Kilda for its Rd six select (No 90).
13. Eagles exch its Rd two select (No 30), Rd three on-traded select (No 35) and Rd four select (No 62) to Bulldogs
for its Rd two select (No 22) and Rd four select (No 54).
14. Adelaide exch Ben Hudson and its Rd three select (No 43) to Bulldogs
for its Rd two on-traded select (No 30) and its Rd three select (No 38).
15. Geelong exch Tim Callan and its Rd four select (No 66) to the Bulldogs for its Rd four on-traded select (No 62).
16. Coll exch Ben Davies to the Kangaroos for its Rd six select (No 96).
17. Bulldogs exch Sam Power to the Kangaroos for its Rd three select (No 48).
18. Lions exch Richard Hadley to Carl for its Rd four select (No 52).

AFL clubs List lodgements
Teams were required to nominate a maximum of 35 players, including rookie promotions. Second-year rookies, scholarship players and international rookie retentions had to be nominated separately. Clubs' second list lodgement is on November 16, two days after NAB AFL National Draft nominations close. Third list lodgement is on November 30.

King for a day - but now a Saint
Geelong has discarded four players - including grand final ruckman Steven King - from its premiership squad but the Cats are still under salary cap pressure. King and Charlie Gardiner (to St Kilda), Henry Playfair (Sydney) and Tim Callan (Western Bulldogs) were traded away from Kardinia Park for four draft picks - some the Cats will never use - in the AFL exchange period ... ST KILDA, which this year fell out of the final eight, appears to have emerged the winner of trade week by opting for short-term answers to its needs. Beyond signing King and Gardiner from Geelong, the Saints also raided Sydney for 2005 premiership pair Adam Schneider and Sean Dempster. St Kilda gave up just two draft picks - No. 26 to Sydney and No. 90 to Geelong - for the quartet. St Kilda coach Ross Lyon said King "still has two-three years of good football ahead of him" and Dempster and Schneider should play more than 150 games for the Saints. "We have secured four quality players with three of them aged under 25 and with their best football in front of them," Lyon said
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Dethroned King finds new realm Scitt Gullan/HeraldSun/13Oct07

Playfair, King on the move
Henry Playfair to Sydney and Steven King being linked to St Kilda. That's the state of play at Geelong coming into today's trade deadline, with King looking increasingly likely to be playing elsewhere or be forced into retirement. King, 28, met St Kilda coach Ross Lyon at Moorabbin yesterday. Earlier in the week the Saints had offered Geelong youngster Mark Blake, who King replaced for the Grand Final, a massive three-year offer. But when Blake knocked that back on Tuesday in favour of a new deal with the Cats, they turned their focus to King. The writing was on the wall for King at Skilled Stadium when Blake and the Cats fourth ruckman Trent West, who impressed in the VFL this season, both signed new two-year contracts. The salary cap at Skilled Stadium has tightened after the Cats were forced to increase their offer to Blake, who played 22 games as back-up to Brad Ottens this season, after the St Kilda approach. King said last week he wanted to stay a Cat ... Richmond has also expressed some interest in King, who played six games this season, but only as an outside possibility in the pre-season draft.
More Scott Gullan/HeraldSun/12Oct07
Geelong tells King to retire Michael Auciello/GeelonAdvertiser/12Oct07
King looks forward to being a Saint Brad Green/GeelongAdvertiser/12Oct07

Steven King may be Saint
Steven King's time at Geelong is up, just 13 days after he played a major role in the premiership victory. He met St Kilda yesterday and is a chance to go there via the pre-season draft. The Cats have changed their tune on the former skipper after signing Mark Blake, who was chased by the Saints.
More Mark Stevens and Scott Gullan/HeraldSun/12Oct07
Schneider trade a tough call
Paul Roos has admitted trading Swans premiership player Adam Schneider to St Kilda last night was one of the most difficult decisions in his coaching career. But in the end Roos believes it was the right move for both the club and the exciting 23-year-old goalsneak Sydney fans dubbed Schneiderman. Roos also says the deal that saw Schneider, along with premiership defender Sean Dempster, 23, go to St Kilda for their second-round draft pick (No. 26 overall) signalled the start of a restructure at the club. The Schneider trade will reunite him with former Swans assistant coach Ross Lyon, who took over the Saints' senior coaching job this year. "It's a difficult week for everyone; I don't like doing it but it is part of your job as coach and you have to take the emotion out of it," Roos said. "You love all your players and it is very difficult, but I think at the end of the day it might be good for Schneids. That's what I spoke to him about on Wednesday. Probably with us he stagnated a little bit and that was the reason why, in the end, I was prepared to do the deal. We think him going to St Kilda might stimulate his career, so I though it was better for him to go. Rossy has been hounding me for a while to get Schneids."
The Article Tim Morrissey/TheDailyTelegragh/12Oct07
Levi Greenwood - Michael Wilson 'clone'
The similarities are more than striking. In fact, if you ask Port Magpies football manager Bob Clayton, Levi Greenwood has virtually been genetically modified to match gutsy Power backman Michael Wilson. "Levi is exactly the same as Michael Wilson," Clayton said. "Whatever you say about Michael Wilson, that's Levi Greenwood. That's how I see it." At Alberton when Wilson progressed through the SANFL club in the mid 1990s, Clayton was stunned when he first saw Greenwood hit the training track. Not only is Greenwood (181cm, 91kg) built like Wilson (182cm 89kg), he is also a long-kicking left-footer. "He plays just like Michael Wilson and he's got the same sort of attitude as Michael Wilson when he was a kid," Clayton said. "Michael came through our junior system when he first started and Levi is exactly the same - he always wants to be at the front on any of the running exercises. They tackle hard, they run hard and they're the ideal footballer really."
Todd Grima to train with Power
The AFL career of ex-Geelong rookie Todd Grima isn't over yet with the youngster set to train with Port Adelaide over the pre-season. Grima, 20, flew to Adelaide yesterday after receiving a call from Power coach Mark Williams. The 192cm forward said he would nominate for the preseason draft and hoped his time with Power would open up another door. Grima was delisted by the Cats last month despite an impressive year with Geelong's VFL side. He was the leading goalkicker with 51 goals for the season and part of the Cats' VFL premiership side. Grima, from Tasmania, said he was looking forward to moving to Adelaide. His brother Nathan plays for SANFL club Central District and will also train with Port Adelaide over the pre-season.
Slow journey sinks Willits
He promised plenty and delivered little. And yesterday Port Adelaide decided it had waited long enough for key forward Ryan Willits to make good on his early promise. Port delisted him just eight days before the AFL national draft. Selected at pick 19 at the 2004 national draft, 20-year-old giant Willits was dumped after playing only three games and kicking just one goal in three seasons at Alberton. He did not play a senior match this year after controversially switching SANFL clubs from Glenelg to West Adelaide.
Clubs show players door
AFL clubs continued to swing the axe yesterday as they made room on their lists in preparation for the November 24 national draft. All clubs had to submit amended lists with just 35 players including rookie elevations to the AFL by yesterday's 2pm deadline. Lists must be further finalised by November 16.
In delistings confirmed yesterday; West Coast Daniel Chick and Ashley Sampi; Richmond Cameron Howat; Collingwood Guy Richards and rookie Daniel Nicholls; Fremantle forward Justin Longmuir; Sydney Stephen Doyle

Guy Richards looking for a club
Fashion might be fickle, but Guy Richards is hoping that when it comes to draft day, ruckmen are still in vogue. After the frenzy that was AFL trade week, where big men were courted, swapped and demanded, the former Collingwood ruckman is hoping the trend will continue later this month when the 16 clubs meet for the national draft. After seven years with the Magpies, the 24-year-old was delisted last Wednesday as Collingwood set about finalising its list. Richards had played in the final six games of the year, including the Magpies' three finals covering for an injured Josh Fraser, but was effectively on the outer once Collingwood gave the Brisbane Lions its first-round draft pick for 204-centimetre tall ruckman Cam Wood. The rush for tall men gives Richards hope that he will find a new home come November 24.
Challenges in tapping the draft
... The national draft of 2001 that is revered for delivering Luke Hodge, Luke Ball and Judd has, in fact, not lived up to its impeccable reputation. Ashley Sampi (pick 6), Richard Cole (11) and Barry Brooks (15) were among yesterday's departed, as were others of the class of 2001 before them in Luke Molan (9), Ashley Watson (14) and Shane Harvey (18). Moreover, Sam Power (10) was traded last month as Jason Gram (19) was in 2003. The 2003 draft is another that has since seen a good number of its elite selections disappear. Kepler Bradley (6), David Trotter (9), Ryley Dunn (10) and Fergus Watts (14) were all formally dispensed with yesterday, as Billy Morrison (17) and Llane Spaanderman (18) were earlier.
Following in giant footsteps
When NAB AFL National Draft hopefuls Cyril Rioli Jr, Marlon Motlop and Charlie McAdam settle down to await their fate on November 24, they will do so knowing that indigenous players have a better chance to make it in the AFL than ever before. Maurice Rioli, Daniel Motlop and Gilbert McAdam helped pave a way for their nephews, cousins and sons to reach the AFL and now a road once less travelled is jammed with talent and greater opportunities to play at the highest level. Last year a record 15 indigenous players were drafted, including Essendon duo Leroy Jetta and Alwyn Davey, Richmond's Shane Edwards and Port Adelaide speedster Nathan Krakouer. Port Adelaide has recruited more indigenous players (13) in the past 11 years than any other club and four, Gavin Wanganeen, Byron Pickett, Peter Burgoyne and Shaun Burgoyne, have achieved the ultimate in winning a premiership.
Chambo on way up
Take into account the 2007 Ken Farmer Medallist has all the qualities needed to excel at elite level. Explosive pace off the mark. Is extremely difficult to spoil on the lead. Is a strong aerial target inside attacking 50m. Is an exceedingly accurate set shot for goal. He kicked 112.35 in 2007. At 27 - Chambers turns 28 in January - the popular Sturt spearhead knows time is against him. But he's adamant he won't be a one-year wonder ... Should Chambers' AFL wish be granted, elevating himself to the same heights he reached in the SANFL won't be easy. But the easy-going character is confident he can rise with the lift in intensity.
Rolfe awaits draft day
When Australia's top AFL team comes knocking for your signature, few would be capable of containing their excitement. But Central Australia's top draft prospect Peter Rolfe is not about to get jumpy about Geelong going on the prowl for his services come AFL draft day on November 24. "When the letters start coming from the competition heavyweights you start thinking that it's a bit all right," he said. "I've got letters from clubs and spoken to others." Rolfe shot to prominence with Central Australian Football League club Federal in 2006. While the Demons finished with the wooden spoon, Rolfe went on to pick up the league's top individual honour - the Minahan Medal.
Wood in draft mix
Former Camperdown footballer Easton Wood is attracting AFL attention despite bypassing the traditional development system. Wood, who attends Geelong Grammar on a cricket scholarship, chose not to play TAC Cup football last season with the Geelong Falcons. He represented Geelong Grammar in the Associated Public Schools competition and still attracted attention from AFL club scouts with his ability and athleticism. Geelong Falcons regional manager Michael Turner yesterday confirmed there had been "some interest" in Wood from AFL clubs. But Turner stressed the national draft was tight this year. "If Easton gets rookie drafted, good luck to him," he said. "If it doesn't work out and he wants to play TAC Cup (as a 19-year-old) or get into the VFL system I'd be prepared to help him." TAC Cup teams can use two "restricted" 19-year-olds on their playing rosters. Turner said Falcons coach Garry Hocking, who is football director at Geelong Grammar, invited Wood to pre-season training this year but he decided not to accept.
St Kilda Scholarship listing Khan Haretuku
DOB: 19th October 1989 Height: 198cm, Weight: 96kg
Khan Haretuku from the University of NSW/Eastern Suburbs Club in Sydney signed with the St Kilda Football Club in May 2006 under the AFL (NSW/ACT) Scholarship Program. Khan was born in Sydney and has New Zealand parents (Tau and Jenny) and is completing his HSC this year. He is a convert from Rugby League and has only played Aussie Rules for the last four years. St Kilda's Sydney representative Danny Ryan and Recruiting Manager John Beveridge had been following Khan's development previous to his scholarship signing and watched him play in the 2006 NSW Talent Camp held at Riverview College in Sydney ... As a recipient of the AFL scholarship, it is believed that he has been travelling to Melbourne during school holidays to train with the senior squad, as well as attending matches. Khan, along with other scholarship players has been eligable for up to $20,000 a year in grants as part of an AFL initiative.
Info source: saints.com.au 20May06, Daily telegraph 13Jun06

Levi Greenwood hopes for AFL draft
Whyalla's Levi Greenwood returns from the 2007 AFL National Draft with every hope of being drafted to an AFL club for 2008. Of the 82 youths that attended the camp, Greenwood was amongst only five players from South Australia to make it in, while Victoria accounted for 46. The camp is an intensive testing session on the nations best young talent, with scouts and coaches from every AFL club in attendance to observe the tests and results of a wide range of exercises testing components of the players' fitness. Greenwood put his own name out there with two top 10 finishes, a seventh placing in the repeat 30metre sprints and a fifth placing in the vertical leap, recording a solid 71cm jump. After a stellar debut year in the Port Adelaide Magpies senior side, Greenwood picked up the best first year player award and most courageous award at the club's best and fairest annual dinner.

Brad's hard road to top
Brad Ebert remembers the abuse. At times it was so bad he dreaded running anywhere near the boundary line. "There are some vicious parents out there," the SA under-18 football captain said. "I copped a bit over the years and as a young kid it was pretty tough to deal with. Now, if anything I suppose, it's just made me tougher." So tough that Ebert - who carries one of SA's most recognisable surnames - is the state's top-rated prospect at next month's AFL national draft. Widely tipped to be a top-10 selection, the son of former Port Magpie Craig Ebert and nephew of legendary four-times Magarey Medallist Russell Ebert has an outstanding pedigree but his journey from under-age football to the AFL has been anything but easy. Put bluntly, his has been no silver spoon ride. He has had to learn the hard way. "I copped a lot of flak when I was younger," Ebert, a cousin to Power sharpshooter Brett Ebert, said. "It wasn't so much from other players as it was from the parents - they were the worst. I used to hear things all the time, mostly from adults yelling that I wasn't any good and was only getting a game because of my name. It was stuff I didn't need to be hearing, particularly when I was so young."


Race on to sign Cape crusaders
Rex Liddy is a crack indigenous footballer from Hopevale on Cape York, and he aims to emulate his cousin Matt Bowen and become famous as a football star. But unlike his celebrated cousin, who plays for the North Queensland Cowboys in the National Rugby League, the 14-year-old's game of choice is Australian football, and this week at Bamaga on Cape York, the cream of the region's youthful footballing talent was displayed during the Chris Johnson Cup. The carnival is a battle for the allegiances of sporting youth on the cape. In both rugby league and Australian football, the search is on for lithe athletes who can be trained to an elite level, and the outdoors life that young people on the cape live is conducive to producing the sort of athletes needed in professional football. Mark Browning, a former Sydney Swans captain who played 251 games and was present at the carnival, said the region would produce top-level players. "We've already got one kid, Rex Liddy, who is looking like a strong chance to get drafted," Mr Browning said.
More Padraic Murphy/The Australian/20Oct07

Swan find hole in clause to sign young skyscaper
The AFL has a new fairytale - Jake the bean stalk. After six months of secret training sessions, Sydney has activated a little-known and rarely used clause to sign a skyscraping Brisbane teenager who has never played for a registered Aussie rules club. Jake Orreal, 18, who stands 205cm, has landed a two-year rookie list contract with the Swans, despite playing just three games of Aussie rules ... Yesterday Orreal received official confirmation he would leave for Sydney on November 3. He will share a Bondi residence with Swans Lewis Roberts-Thomson -- a rugby union convert -- and Paul Bevan, the grand nephew of former rugby league legend Brian Bevan. The Swans have given Orreal a crash course in Aussie rules, phoning him every week and sending him DVDs of performances of their ruckmen, the position they want him to eventually fill
More Robert Craddock/HeraldSun/23Oct07

West Coast Eagles catch schoolboy Ryan Davis
Sydney schoolboy Ryan Davis is about to leave home with his parents' blessings to join the drug-mired West Coast Eagles. For The King's School Year 12 student who lists Ben Cousins as one of his favourite players, it's a dream come true. And while many other parents of aspiring AFL players would be concerned about putting their trust in Australia's most controversial football club to nurture and develop their son, Davis's parents say they are comfortable with his move to the west. In the wake of the Ben Cousins drug disgrace and substance-related death of former senior player Chris Mainwaring, questions have been asked about the Eagles' culture and club environment. But Ryan's father Barry Davis said: "We don't feel like that at all - we don't have any fears for our son. For the club to actually take the step of sacking one of the greatest footballers of the modern era really does show that they are very serious about what they are doing."
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First Ruck - Michael Gardiner or Steven King?
Let's assume both Gardiner and King are 100% fit for round one next season. Who starts the year as our number one ruckman? I'd have to go with King simply for the fact that Gardiner has only played 15 games in the last 4 seasons - none in 2007, 3 in 2006, 9 in 2005 and 3 in 2004. Worse still, those 9 games in 2005 were played as a permanent key forward. Gardiner has only played 6 AFL games in the ruck in the last 4 years and hasn't been a legitimate AFL ruckman since 2003! I just can't see how Gardiner can come back and be competitive at AFL level without any exposed form. Even if he's 100% fit and gets a full pre-season under his belt, he's still going to need considerable time in the VFL just to learn how to play again in match conditions. However if Gardiner does recover from his foot injury, get a full pre-season and eventually regain his form he'll be in a real asset. Back in 2003, the last time he played a prolonged period as an AFL ruckman, he averaged 26 hitouts, 6 marks and 13 disposals. Wouldn't we all love a ruckman that can produce numbers like that? A ruck division of Gardiner and King at full strength lets us unleash Kosi at full forward to become the match winner we know he can be. - 'Statsman'
... People forget that in 2006, Gardiner played 15 games in the WAFL with Claremont. If you add on a few games with the Eagles, he was able to play basically every match for the year. So his body can still physically stand football. - 'Oh When the Saints'
The Thread 'Statsman' et al saintsational.com

Falcons wait on AFL draft
As next month's AFL draft draws near three south-west footballers begin the anxious wait. With trade week now over clubs turn their focus to recruiting. The Geelong Falcons trio of Terang Mortlake's Justin Baxter, South Warrnambool's Jeremy Mugavin and Colac's Andrew Scott attended the state draft screening session at the start of the month after receiving interest from at least one AFL club. No player from the south-west region was invited to the five-day AFL draft camp, but Falcons regional development officer Michael Turner said five Falcons teammates went to the screening. It is not likely the trio will be drafted on November 24 but Turner said they still had a chance of making it to an AFL club.
More Monique Crapper/Warramobool Standard/saints.com.au/18Oct07

Cotchin happy pressure is on Kreuzer
If Matthew Kreuzer is king of the talls then Trent Cotchin is master of the midfielders. The great mates, teammates and top prospects, are expected to be called first and second in Saturday's NAB national draft. While they are competitive and playfully sledge each other - Kreuzer cops it most - there will be no one happier than Cotchin to see "Kreuze" take the spoils. "I actually hope he goes No. 1 because it would be a bit of a let down if he didn't after the pressure that's been on him," Cotchin said. "He is as good as everyone says. He's helped me by tapping it down. I played about six games with him (at Northern Knights) this year because of school footy, but I haven't been stressed."
AFL clubs eye Devils
Two Tasmanians have been given permission to train with AFL clubs in the lead-up to the November 24 national draft. Nathan Grima has already been training with Port Adelaide and he will be joined by his brother Todd -- a Geelong rookie for the past two years -- while Brodie Moles spent Monday with the Kangaroos. Having recovered from knee surgery that ended his VFL season, Moles is fully fit and burning up the track. The talented small forward-cum-midfielder has been working hard in the past few weeks and posted the quickest time in the 20m sprint on Tuesday night at the Devils' TIS testing session. The 22-year-old received the Kangaroos invitation last Friday, but is not getting ahead of himself with the draft just around the corner ... While playing down his own chances, the move only confirmed what Devils coach Daryn Cresswell has been saying all year -- that Moles is a solid chance to get picked up in the draft. Sydney and Hawthorn are also rumoured to have shown interest in Moles, though he said he hadn't spoken to either club.
Seven more unlisted players permitted to train - James Wall at Collingwood
... On Monday, seven new players were added to the list. These new additions have been underlined. They include: Collingwwod - Ryan Colbert (Old Xavierians); Michael Griffiths (East Fremantle); James Wall (St Kilda rookie), Hawthorn: Adam Iacobucci (Northern Bullants); Lukas Markovic (Box Hill Hawks), Kangaroos: - Jarrod Bannister (Northern Bullants); James Wilsen (St George). There has been no more unlisted players added to the Saints pre-season training squad.
St Kilda unlisted players: - Rohan Bell (Mt Gravatt); Michael Barlow (Shepparton United); Ben Woods (Riverview)
Sixty-one unlisted players to train with AFL clubs
The AFL has announced the line-up of unlisted players who have been given permission to train with AFL clubs.
The St Kilda list - Rohan Bail (Mt Gravatt); Michael Barlow (Shepparton United); Ben Woods (Riverview)