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The Roosters have announced former Eagles junior and Richmondfd player Matt McDonough as a recruit, along with Mitch Harvey (North junior Rookie listed by Power, played with Magpies), Sam Gordon (played a couple of games with Port Magpies as contracted player) and former Tiger Lewis Hender also signed...

Some good pick ups there for the Roosters...

http://www.sanfl.com.au/news/sanfl_news/3260/

Matt McDonough
Age: 21
Height: 180cm
Weight: 82kg
AFL Games: 10
AFL Goals: 1
Former clubs: Richmond/Woodville-West Torrens


Mitch Harvey
Age: 20
Height: 196cm
Weight: 100kg
SANFL League matches: 28
SANFL League goals: 45
Former club: Port Adelaide


Sam Gordon
Age: 22
Height: 191cm
Weight: 90
SANFL League matches: 3
SANFL League goals: 1
Former club: Port Adelaide/Camperdown


Lewis Hender
Age: 22
Height: 187cm
Weight: 90kg
SANFL League matches: 30
SANFL League goals: 29
Former club: Glenelg

Good to hear. Hopefully some more to follow as the AFL draft nonsense sorts itself out in the near future.

urprised by Matt McDonough to North. Thought the Eagles would have locked him in. He might think he is more likely to get a game there.

oops spelling.

How do North fans feel about Harvey back after he decided not to play finals a couple of years ago?

Brodlach wrote:How do North fans feel about Harvey back after he decided not to play finals a couple of years ago?

Pretty sure they would be happy for any player at their club to be in a position to have to make that sort of decision again

goddy11 wrote:urprised by Matt McDonough to North. Thought the Eagles would have locked him in. He might think he is more likely to get a game there.

All about the $$$$$$$$

arcadefire wrote:

goddy11 wrote:urprised by Matt McDonough to North. Thought the Eagles would have locked him in. He might think he is more likely to get a game there.

All about the $$$$$$$$

Yep, none left in the salary cap at the eagles.

daysofourlives wrote:

Brodlach wrote:How do North fans feel about Harvey back after he decided not to play finals a couple of years ago?

Pretty sure they would be happy for any player at their club to be in a position to have to make that sort of decision again

Ha ha, Gold!

rocketeer wrote:

arcadefire wrote:

goddy11 wrote:urprised by Matt McDonough to North. Thought the Eagles would have locked him in. He might think he is more likely to get a game there.

All about the $$$$$$$$

Yep, none left in the salary cap at the eagles.

Hard to gauge what sort of player he will be in the SANFL. He was drafted as a half forward rather than a midfielder and doesn't have any particular weapon but is rather an all-rounder. I have no idea what kind of $$ he was offered by North or whether that was the reason he decided to go there. But with what little salary cap the eagles have left I am glad they didn't spend it on him as they need to be a bit more strategic based on need rather than just signing players just because they were former juniors. We badly need to recruit someone for the midfield now Rowntree is out and I don't think McDonough would have been the answer. Still, it will be interesting to see how he goes.

With Rowntree out for the year and Thurlow and Martyn gone there is definitely money left in the salary cap

Which side is going to recruit the delisted 'the recruit' from port magpies?

arcadefire wrote:With Rowntree out for the year and Thurlow and Martyn gone there is definitely money left in the salary cap

Picking up Giles takes a bit of coin from the cap

another grub wrote:Which side is going to recruit the delisted 'the recruit' from port magpies?

Heard he might go back home to Port Lincoln...

Not sure if its been mentioned on here, cant be bothered going over the last few pages and checking, but I heard Matty Wright has agreed to return to North's if he isn't picked up by another AFL club.

Norwood have added a few more players to their list


Luke Mitchell
Age: 23
Height: 198cm
Weight: 98kg
SANFL Games: 11
SANFL Goals: 20
Former clubs: North Adelaide/Carlton

Jake Sutcliffe
Age: 21
Height: 191cm
Weight: 85kg
SANFL Games: 6
SANFL Goals: 0
Former clubs: Sturt/Adelaide SANFL

Lyndon Hupfeld
Age: 17
Height: 193cm
Weight: 85kg
Former clubs: Greater Western Sydney Academy

arcadefire wrote:With Rowntree out for the year and Thurlow and Martyn gone there is definitely money left in the salary cap

Where was it announced that Thurlow and Martyn have left?

Disappointing if true. After investing lots of time and patience into Martyn he finally became a regular this year and played some excellent games.

As for Thurlow.....well he was just plain disappointing. The biggest guy in competition, built like a gorilla yet constantly got thrown around like a rag doll instead of dominating at the centre bounce. Still, I assume we are banking on Redden signing with us which would have meant we had a surplus of ruckman.

Mr Fuller wrote:

arcadefire wrote:With Rowntree out for the year and Thurlow and Martyn gone there is definitely money left in the salary cap

Where was it announced that Thurlow and Martyn have left?

Disappointing if true. After investing lots of time and patience into Martyn he finally became a regular this year and played some excellent games.

As for Thurlow.....well he was just plain disappointing. The biggest guy in competition, built like a gorilla yet constantly got thrown around like a rag doll instead of dominating at the centre bounce. Still, I assume we are banking on Redden signing with us which would have meant we had a surplus of ruckman.

It was announced to the players earlier this week. Thurlow off to Queensland

Norwood will remember Luke Mitchell well from the ANZAC Day clash a couple of years ago at Adelaide Oval where he kicked a bag, took a heap of grabs and, for what would have been a very rare occasion, made then Legs skipper Kieran McGuinness look average after being way too good for Alex Forster...

Apart from that, the former Carlton big man spent a lot of time injured or struggling in the Roosters twos. Will be interesting to see how he goes on the small deck at The Parade...

Big Phil wrote:Norwood will remember Luke Mitchell well from the ANZAC Day clash a couple of years ago at Adelaide Oval where he kicked a bag, took a heap of grabs and, for what would have been a very rare occasion, made then Legs skipper Kieran McGuinness look average after being way too good for Alex Forster...

Apart from that, the former Carlton big man spent a lot of time injured or struggling in the Roosters twos. Will be interesting to see how he goes on the small deck at The Parade...

That game was Mitchell's only good game for North, and even then he was very poor in the first half that day. He kicked three magnificent goals from outside 50 in the last quarter to finish with 4 for the day. He was helped markedly that day by Todd Miles going up forward giving North two big targets plus young Ryan Burton in his second league game chipping in for a couple of goals. He seemed to be always injured at North.

I personally wouldn't have let Mitchell go if I were in North's position, but I think that he has been released because of his relationship with at least one other now ex-player who allegedly had off field issues. I have heard that Mitchell had no off field issues himself so maybe North have made a mistake there,