AFL List Sizes 2022

[Wayne42]

CLUBS are set to retain the same list sizes for 2022 while rookies in their third season will be allowed to spend a fourth 'replacement year' on the list after the AFL passed a rule change ahead of the off-season.

Under AFL rules players had not been allowed to spend more than three straight years on the rookie list. However, clubs had been lobbying the League to give extra time to rookies who had been disrupted in their development by the past two AFL seasons by COVID-19.

It saw the AFL confirm to clubs on Wednesday that any player in their third season as a Category A or B rookie will be eligible to spend another season as a rookie in 2022 as a 'replacement' year.

The players will not be required to be delisted and go through the draft process to be re-selected, with the move giving extra time to players brought from international regions or other sports who have had less time to develop at lower levels due to the impact of the pandemic.

The free agency period will run from October 1-8, with the trade period starting on Monday, October 4 to Wednesday, October 13. The draft will again be staged over two nights, with the League planning for the first round to be conducted on Wednesday, November 24 and the rest of the national draft on Thursday, November 25.

The rookie and pre-season drafts are being slated for Friday, November 26.

https://www.afl.com.au/news/659265/afl- ... or-rookies

[Ghost Like]

So 42 spots - let's make them count, please do not fill them for the sake of it. I'd rather 40 than 42 which includes McKernan & Hunter.

[The_Dud]

But flog ex-posters on here like Secret Kiel were bombarding this place with conspiracy theories that lists would be cut to 35 and no players cared about footy anymore???

Unsurprisingly they clearly have NFI