2009 Recruits to SANFL Clubs

[Big Phil]

Macgregor for WWT as well

You know he is not a "recruit" Mickyj, he's an Eagles native anyway and played pretty much all year this season for WWT

Well i know that i watched his first ever game .

BUT under the terms he was a listed AFL player who retired and signed with WWT for 2009 and goes on the sanfl list.and he is listed on the WWT homepage as a new recruit.
Would not white for north be the same ?

Fairy Nuff Mickyj...

Damon White isn't a North native so probably not...

[mighty_tiger_79]

who are they big names still to be announced around the clubs

North (for the love of the jumper)

Robert Copeland
Chris Schmidt
Wayde Mills
Mathew Moody
Clinton Benjamin
Luke Blackwell
Ryan Jackson
Aisake O'hAilpin
Sam Iles
Chris Egan
Brodie Hollands
Damien Peverill
Courtney Johns
Jason Davenport
Luke McEntee
Garry Moss
Tim Clarke
Adem Yze
Ben Holland
Jace Bode
Isaac Weetra
Chris Johnson
Ben Davis
Blake Grima
Leigh Brown
Nathan Lonie
Greg Tivendale
Chris Hyde
Danny Meyer
Travis Casserly
David Gourdis
Shane Birss
Charlie Gardiner
Jayden Attard
Matthew Ferguson
Michael Rix
Nick Davis
Luke Brennan
Peter Faulks
Kristin Thornton
Peter Street
Steven Armstrong
Chad Jones
James Thomson

as i understand it, none of these blokes will be targeted by the coach, unlike his predecessor

[Mickyj]

Macgregor for WWT as well

You know he is not a "recruit" Mickyj, he's an Eagles native anyway and played pretty much all year this season for WWT

Well i know that i watched his first ever game .

BUT under the terms he was a listed AFL player who retired and signed with WWT for 2009 and goes on the sanfl list.and he is listed on the WWT homepage as a new recruit.
Would not white for north be the same ?

Fairy Nuff Mickyj...

Damon White isn't a North native so probably not...

But he was playing with them when not playing for North ?
Or do I have him confused with another white Phil ?

[spell_check]

It's an interesting thing though. I'm not 100% clear on this, but any Crows or Power player that came from one of the 9 clubs does not train at all with their original club? It's fair enough to not class McGregor as a recruit seeing as he played 14 matches for the club this season. But would Skipworth be classed as a recruit if he does come back for next year?

[GWW]

I would definitely say Skipworth would be classed as a recruit, as would McGregor, although i'd probably have a * alongside his name.

[Big Phil]

It's an interesting thing though. I'm not 100% clear on this, but any Crows or Power player that came from one of the 9 clubs does not train at all with their original club? It's fair enough to not class McGregor as a recruit seeing as he played 14 matches for the club this season. But would Skipworth be classed as a recruit if he does come back for next year?

You are spot on with McGregor spelly and as for Skippy, I'd say use common sense in defining him. He is "returning" to the club he started at after 2 years out of the SANFL so maybe can call him an "unnoficial recruit" returning ?

[Squawk]

Recruiting for any club at this time of the year is not easy.

It's difficult to get a commitment from players at this early stage.

It always intrigues me that North are professional enough to announce the signing of recruits so early.

Obviously they're doing something right to please the recruits.

They've done well, but at least it should mean that they couldn't possibly afford any more similar recruits, so at least there should be something left for the rest of us.

2 more names to be announced next week

And one is likely to be a "shock" announcement if my mail is correct!

Has the "shock" announcement been made yet?

[Squawk]

A source in victoria dropped me some names of players who may be wishing to leave their current VFL sides haven't seen any clubs name them yet.

Anything to add here MJ?

[Squawk]

It would be good if somehow the CONFIRMED recruits (and OUTs) could be summarised as far as what is already known, as this thread is a little bit all over the place.

See the first post of this thread - now updated as per your suggestion GWW. It took me hours so no complaints please anyone - constructive contributions are welcome however and updates can be made accordingly.

Sources - the 23 pages of this thread, fan forums around the clubs and media sites. Try not to ask me where each name came from or where individual players hail from as replies might offend -but you can hunt around yourselves if you see fit!

[GWW]

It would be good if somehow the CONFIRMED recruits (and OUTs) could be summarised as far as what is already known, as this thread is a little bit all over the place.

See the first post of this thread - now updated as per your suggestion GWW. It took me hours so no complaints please anyone - constructive contributions are welcome however and updates can be made accordingly.

Sources - the 23 pages of this thread, fan forums around the clubs and media sites. Try not to ask me where each name came from or where individual players hail from as replies might offend -but you can hunt around yourselves if you see fit!

Well done mate

[Big Phil]

Confirmed Ins and Outs - Club by Club

Central – In

Geoff Brown (Reserves Coach)

Central - Out

Nathan Steinberner - retired
Luke McCabe - retired
Brodie Hudson - not required
Ben Woods - returned home to NSW mid season, homesick
Chris Musolino - left the club mid season to go and play at Virginia
Alex Stengle - left the club mid season to go and play at Kilburn with Adrian Wilson
Luke Cowan - retired

Eagles - In

Ken MacGregor
Jay Cheep
Mark Jeffries (Reserves Coach, Ass League Coach)

Eagles – Out

Gavin Colville

Sturt - In

Luke Norman (Coach)
Matt Benson (CEO)

Sturt – Out

Simon Feast
Ian Perrie
Adam Thompson (Richmond)

Port - In

Isaac Weetra
Jordan Barham

Port – Out

Mark CLAYTON - Retired
Tom CARR - Retired
Daniel HARGRAVES – Retired

Norwood – In

Gavin Hughes
Kieran McGuinness

Norwood – Out

Matt Dawes (retired)
Stuart Bown (retired)
Heath Culpitt (retired)
Ed McDonnell (Work commitments Queensland)
Matthew Brunoli (Amateurs?)
Nick Gieschen (Work) Mid season

North – In

Cain Ackland
Damon White
Ben Schwartz
Djaran Whyman

North – Out

Daniel Ward
Rory O'Brien
Brett White
Ryan McGahey

West - In

Ryan Willits

West – Out

P Walsh
M Dragacevic
B Hollands
S McCormick
L Donaldson
M Hamblin
L Gathercole
J Pratt

South - In

Mark Bradley
Ben Hollands (Ass Coach)
Tony Burgess (Reserves Coach/Ass League Coach)
Neill Sharpe (Football Manager)

South – Out

Ian Prendergast
Travis Baird

Glenelg – In

Damien McCormack

Glenelg – Out

Matthew Bode

Unsubstantiated/Possible Ins - Rumours and Guesses

Rhett Biglands – Eagles
Hayden Skipworth – Eagles
Sam Jacobs - Eagles
Mildura FF – Eagles
Sam Jacobs – Eagles

Eddie Sansbury – Centrals
Ryan Williams - Centrals
Daniel Boyle – Centrals
Alex Grima – Centrals
Blake Grima - Centrals
Nathan Street - Centrals
Brennan Savage - Centrals
Ryan Williams - Centrals
Nathan Street - Centrals
Alan Obst – Centrals
Adrian Wilson - Centrals
Alex Stengle - Centrals
Peter Street – Centrals

Adrian Wilson – Sturt
Greg Bentley - Sturt
Jace Bode – Sturt
Luke Button – Sturt

Chad Jones – PAMS
Aaron Fiora – PAMS
Zac Dawson – PAMS

Sam Miles – Norwood
Adam Cockshell – Norwood
Kris Massie – Norwood
Luke Jericho – Norwood
Darren Pfeiffer – Norwood
Tom Roach – Norwood

Clinch (PAMS) – West
Leigh Brown – West
Steve Armstrong – West
Lukas Markovic – West
Ryan Breese – West

Ed Curnow – Glenelg
Danny Meyer – Glenelg
Tom Couch – Glenelg
Josh Carr – Glenelg
? Guitnik, Hills League FF, 100 goals in 07 – Glenelg

NIL - South

Rob Plant – North
“A ruckman” – allegedly already signed by North
Lenny Clarke – North
David Kellett – North
Tim Clarke – North
Luke Barmby – North
Adam Switala - North
Scott Dutschke – North
Josh Cubillo – North
Nathan Lonie - North
Gavin Grose – North


Multiple Clubs Mentioned for these players

Andrew Lee – Port, Norwood, Centrals
Courtney Johns – North, Port, Centrals
Fabian Deluca – Sturt, North
Bryce Campbell – Norwood plus every other club
Robbie De Jongh – West, South, North
Luke McEntee – Eagles, North
Alex Kennedy – “talking to some SANFL Clubs”
Jake Bowen – Sturt, North
Brennan Savage – West, Centrals
Chris Urie – Centrals, Eagles

Underage Appointments

Centrals - u/18s - Grant Coffee

Glenelg – u/18s - Ian Cox

Sturt - Not sure of any official announcement for u/18s or u/16s yet

Norwood – u/18s - Trevor Potts, Assistants Michael Aish, Nathan Bassett plus possibly Gary Cameron?. U/16s – David Oatey

Port Magpies – u/18s - Tony Bamford

Eagles – u/18s - Terry Hutton

North – u/18s - Greg Edwards, Assistants Craig Brooks and David Tiller. u/16s – David Tiller

South – u/18s - Robbie Neill

West – u/18s - Greg Mellor

A very thorough post there Squawk, well done. Thought I'd bump it up to the front page by quoting you so people didn't have to go back to it.

According to tday's "Tiser, looks like you can add Luke Jericho to Norwood's IN list. Said he has had slight interest from Carlton and is hoping to do pre season with them but if not, he's committed to the Redlegs. I saw Luke on the poker tables at the Casino on Friday night...

Also, listening to the 5RPH Sports Show this morning, CK mentioned the Bloods might have a few recently experienced AFL players added to their list in the coming week. he went on to say they will have a strong midfield so I'm thinking one of the players might be Steven Armstrong. I was speaking to Andy Collins at the SANFL media awards a few weeks back and he said they have been speaking to him ???

[topsywaldron]

so I'm thinking one of the players might be Steven Armstrong. I was speaking to Andy Collins at the SANFL media awards a few weeks back and he said they have been speaking to him ???

Was this an 'on the record' interview?

If not, it is now.

[Big Phil]

so I'm thinking one of the players might be Steven Armstrong. I was speaking to Andy Collins at the SANFL media awards a few weeks back and he said they have been speaking to him ???

Was this an 'on the record' interview?

If not, it is now.

No it was called "general conversation" Topsy, I just happened to be seated at the same table as the West Adelaide folk...

I'm not making any announcements, just posting what was said on the night and reading into CK's comments on air this morning...

[Sheik Yerbouti]

I think Topsys trying to say ''we get it''

[redandblack]

Like all clubs, Andy Collins would have been 'speaking to' many, many players.

That doesn't mean they'll sign.

[Squawk]

Like all clubs, Andy Collins would have been 'speaking to' many, many players.

That doesn't mean they'll sign.

Hence, the long list of rumours/unsubstantiated gossip and guesses (eg the 'guess' that Curnow will stay at Glenelg).

[redandblack]

Yes, squawk, long may rumours thrive

Good work with the list.

[Big Phil]

Squawk, you can add Nathan Lonie to the list of OUTS for North Adelaide...

Daniel Healy mentioned on radio about a fortnight ago that he is going home back to Victoria to play with brother Ryan, who was delisted by Collingwood...

[Big Phil]

Although not officially an "IN" for Centrals in season 2009, I am really looking forward to once again seeing Leigh Westhoff back in their league side and finding the form he was in before he missed 3/4 of the season with a foot injury. He will be like a new recruit next year and let's not forget he was in good enough form in the early stages of the season that he was rewarded with a spot in the initial State League squad. I remember the great game he played on a wing in that big win the Dogs had against Port at Alberton where Havelberg kicked 9 majors.

[Squawk]

updated for Lonie - based on BP's advice he heard it staright from the incoming coach (although no official announcement made by the club as yet, AFAIAA).