AFL Draft To Go Deeper
State Wide League
A recent article on afl.com.au about how many players Melbourne will delist at the end of the year has Dean Bailey stating that due to the inclusion of the Gold Coast, clubs will need to be scouring the second tier competitions for new talent.
“Recruiting is going to be an area that we’re going to have to get really good at over the next three or four years, because of the early draft picks going.
“Those players playing in the second tier competitions – the SANFL, WAFL, VFL, AFLQ and the different leagues down in Tasmania now – most clubs are going to be scrutinising them to try and find more players to pick from.” Bailey said.
The Gold Coast team will enter the competition with numerous draft concessions and will pilfer all the quality young stock in the country. See all the concessions here.
Maybe we might see a player or two picked from the Statewide League?
