Archive for October, 2011

The AFL has rejected a proposed multi-club trade that would have seen highly rated Western Australian 17 year-old Jaeger O’Meara land at Greater Western Sydney.

Under the League’s list building rules for GWS, teams can trade with the new franchise for one of four picks in next Monday’s mini-draft of players born between January 1 and April 30, 1994.

O’Meara is the most sought after member of that group, with several clubs showing strong interest.

He and other eligible players cannot be signed directly by the Giants.

But in an unexpected twist, it is believed that GWS had hoped to acquire the first pick in the mini-draft – and use it to secure O’Meara – by trading it and then receiving it back from a third or fourth club.

However, the AFL’s head of football operations Adrian Anderson rejected the proposal on the basis that it was against the spirit of the list-building rules.

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Fremantle and the Brisbane Lions are at a standoff over Mitch Clark.

The 23-year-old big man, who has played 82 games with the Lions since being drafted with pick nine in the 2005 NAB AFL Draft, has requested a trade to his home state of Western Australia.

Fremantle has been seen as the frontrunner to secure Clark’s services, but the Lions were not satisfied with the offer of pick 16 in this year’s draft in exchange for the tall.

“It would be fair to say there was next to no movement with Mitch Clark today,” Lions national talent manager Rob Kerr said as he left trade talks at Etihad Stadium on Monday afternoon.

“I think we value Mitch in a different way to what Fremantle values him at this stage.”

Fremantle’s reluctance to offer a greater package to the Lions could bring West Coast into the frame.

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International French suit label Daniel Hechter will dress the Fremantle Dockers for a further two years after extending its silver level Sponsorship of the team.

Daniel Hechter suits are carried by Melbourne based clothing distributors Expedition Apparel and currently supply the Fremantle Dockers’ players, coaches and staff with their corporate suits.

Expedition Apparel General Manager Peter Thompson said the partnership with Fremantle had worked extremely well in lifting the Daniel Hechter brand in the WA market.

“Daniel Hechter is still a relatively new label in the Australian suit market but it continues to experience an increased market share,” he said.

“We believe the relationship with Fremantle has assisted in increasing sales in WA.”

Daniel Hechter suits are available at all Tony Barlows stores and quality menswear stores throughout Perth.

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While his spiritual AFL home will always be West Coast, where he played in two premierships and helped to coach another, going back to where it all began will do him no harm.

Suma was recruited from South Fremantle after cutting his teeth with Cockburn. He coached the Bulldogs in his own right in 2000 and 2001, guiding them into the ’01 WAFL Grand Final.

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