Right, can be put on the list on 1/12/2018.
However, the final list lodgement date according to the AFL is
Tuesday 27 November 2pm - Final AFL Club List Lodgement; Final TPP Pre-Season Estimates
Something does not add up, unless the AFL have already been advised that Zac Clarke will be added to the list ( as a rookie) on 1/12/2018. In which case it is either a fait accomplis or not. Theres a bit of Schrödingers Cat about this from our perspective.
PS. Unless we draft a kid ruckman, I would be surprised.
The whole point of the new 1 December to 31 March signing period is that it’s after final list lodgement. You finalise your list, something unexpected happens, you can now cover that. I appreciate that’s a loose definition of “final” but then we’d be signing 100 game 28 year old to our “rookie” list, so the meaning of words is not a big deal to the AFL.