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The rookie list can’t become football’s waiting room – The Age

AFL rule changes that give Eddie Betts the chance to become the first player to graduate directly from a rookie list to the Australian Football Hall of Fame should…

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In 2021 four-time premiership Lion Grant Birchall, Gold Coast games record holder Jarrod Harbrow and Sydney premiership player turned Giant Shane Mumford will triumph too, with their persistence paying off with a spot on their club’s rookie list.
These ridiculous anomalies came about on Wednesday because the AFL decided at the last minute to allow clubs to transfer two players previously on their primary list to their rookie list. As a result, clubs sent players south to the rookie list like migratory…

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