2009 Post-Season List and Player Movements

Selections Process for the Pre-Season Draft Explained
by 'ace' - www.saintsational.com 28th November, 2009

The 4 clubs passed at the National Draft
(Pre-Season Draft List as at 28th November, 2009)

1. Melbourne = Joel MacDonald
2. Richmond = Unknown
3. Fremantle = Adam McPhee
4. Sydney = Daniel Bradshaw

Other clubs can create vacancies to enter the Pre-Season Draft at List lodgement No3 due at 2PM. Wednesday 2nd December, 2009.

Delistings would be the normal action to create a vacancy but St Kilda could move Steve Baker to veteran outside the list of 38.

That would create a senior vacancy at the expense of a rookie vacancy and remove the option of a Nominated Rookie available for senior selection.

The other impediment to having a pick at the Pre Season Draft is that clubs must also submit an estimate of Total Player Payments this Wednesday.

If there is insufficient room under the salary cap clubs get excluded.

The advantage to creating a Pre Season Draft vacancy is that the clubs get to pick a player ahead of the rookie draft. For instance if St Kilda were to create a vacancy by moving Baker outside the list of 38, St Kilda may get pick No 5 in the Pre Season Draft.

The player picked would get payed AFL minimum pay - $49,400.

That would count against the salary cap whereas a rookie $34,300 would not.

But St Kilda would get to review the entire list of players available and after Richmond and pick the best available.

There is always a guy or two that got overlooked in the National Draft.

The alternative is that the club gets to exercise rookie pick No 68 instead. (Rookie pick 52 if they pre-select David Moran).

It comes down to:

1. Financial cost - $49,400 versus $34,300 for a rookie
2. Salary cap $49,400 versus $0 for a rookie
3. Lost of option to make a rookie into a Nominated Rookie eligible for senior selection (50% of the Nominated Rookie's pay then counts against the salary cap).

2009 Player Movements

*contract terminated in February 2010 - The club stated that he engaged in a series of acts and omissions in breach of his employment contract.

St Kilda - 2010 Senior Playing List

Andrew Lovett had his contract terminated by the St Kilda FC
Saints terminate Lovett contract

*The difference between inside and outside the veterans list
Explained by: 'ace' saintsational.com

A club must have a minimum and maximum list of 38 players.

In addition a club may have up to an extra 2 veterans as well as the 38.

If a club does not have a total of 40, list of 38 plus extra veterans, then a club may have extra rookies instead and nominated rookies to increase the number of players eligible for senior selection up to 40.

Veteran payments count less against the salary cap.

For the first 2 veterans only half their payments count.

It is therefore desireable to have 2 veterans.

St Kilda has two veterans, only half their payments count against the salary cap.

St Kilda has chosen the option to leave one veteran place open for a nominated rookie.

That meant 37 senior players plus Baker making up the 38.

Baker is inside the list of 38.

Hayes makes 39.

Hayes is outside = extra to the list of 38.

The club has an extra rookie instead of player 40.

Any one rookie could become a nominated rookie during the year without a long term injured player.

Rookie List

NSW Scholarships

2009 NAB AFL Draft Dates

These lists are unofficial - See: St Kilda Website for official playing lists and club information