LOL at painting it as a negative that the club “knew” his “tenuous” eligibility. Do other clubs have a “don’t ask, don’t tell” approach to multiculturalism ?
“My father was born in Italy, my mother was born in Scotland. Had that rule been around when I was young, I might’ve got drafted.”
Category B rookies must have one or both parents born overseas.
Except of course that’s not true. So, you know, jog on.
As well as residing in a certain club’s region, to be eligible the player must be born or have one parent born in Asia or Africa; be of Indigenous background residing in a remote region; or have both parents born in a non-English speaking country (not Asia or Africa).
■■■■ I hate that people who don’t know the rules and can’t apparently be bothered spending 35 seconds on Google get paid to write and talk about this stuff.
Fark me. He was overlooked in at least 7 drafts, maybe 8 - and still not deemed good enough in last years draft OR rookie draft, and then got picked up as a category B rookie after a season in the VFL.
The poor other clubs getting “shafted” by Essendon.
Nobody would have said boo if he didn’t play on Tuesday.