News Justin Hoskin signs with Willaston

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Relativity said:
I recall a line of thought in another thread whereby it was suggested (by REH?) we should keep a rookie position for a Magpies player. It may have even been reylayed to the club at a members meeting? I'm wondering if this is the incarnation of said suggestion? RussellEbertHandball.
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You have a good memory. I first mentioned it 12 months almost to the day in the thread about Keith Thomas and meeting him at a function where I represented the NSW supporters group at the club. See at the following post.

http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threa...-chief-executive.863009/page-13#post-22976616
 
RussellEbertHandball said:
Yep I have written that on here and made the recommendation to a couple of officials, in private conversations. It seems stupid that we are now one club, have a whole lot of young players looking for an opportunity, our last rookie spot has been a pass or a dud, we can watch these kids closer than any others, so why not use it on a Magpies player and help with the integration of the 2 squads of players.
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REH do you know how the wage works? Eg Port have to pay a rookie wage but he gets to play for the magpies and therefore they don't have to pay an sanfl wage. Therefore a club saving overall ?
 
Qwerty71 said:
REH do you know how the wage works? Eg Port have to pay a rookie wage but he gets to play for the magpies and therefore they don't have to pay an sanfl wage. Therefore a club saving overall ?
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He is an employee of the Power and now has a contract with them. He doesn't have a contract with the Magpies anymore and therefore isn't included in the Magpies cap. In 2013 rookies will get paid $49k plus minimum match payments if they play an AFL game, which is approx $2.8k/game. I doubt anyone at the Magpies will get $49k out of a salary cap of approx $360k.
 

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Macca19 said:
To me, if you were to take the written pre draft descriptions of Ben Jacobs then Hoskin is very similar, but actually does perform those abilities. He is a big long direct kick, he does hit targets, he does generate play from the back half, he is courageous in that he's happy to cop a hit and back into a pack, he plays tall, he has great hands in close. His downside is that he lacks pace and is prone to over thinking things and getting caught, lacks x factor and is a bit meat and potatoes. He plays similar to how we played Pfeiffer this year.
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Can he shut down small forwards? Could be straight into the first 22 if he can. Surjan is gone, Jonas is better suited to mid-sized players and I'd like to think we wouldn't have drafted him if he wasn't better than Logan.
 
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Hes played almost solely as a two way back flanker. His defensive skills are good. Hes certainly not as quick as Surjan though.
 
Hoskin retires from SANFL footy and joins Willaston.
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