Oh, and EOTT/Pseudo/Grant, this is a real pass that actually will get you into the ground and everything.
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85 Was A Good Year wrote:Seb Tape permit refused by SANFL to play U18s for us in rest of finals.
(Probably because he got our League's Best Player last week)
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/afl ... 5929021347
THE SANFL will ''discuss at length'' a rule which prohibits players from returning to their regular grade once promoted within their club for finals.
State league manager Darren Chandler said changes to the long-standing rule would be considered before the start of next season.
"We need to consider the best interests of the player and the competition,'' Chandler said.
It comes after Glenelg youngster Seb Tape was denied the chance to return to the Tigers' under-18s for tomorrow's preliminary final because of making his league debut last weekend.
Tape captained SA's under-18 team this year but also played more than five reserves games for Glenelg, meaning he required a permit to play under-18s finals which was granted.
But after being promoted for last weekend's league clash against Norwood, Tape has been banned from returning to the under-18s tomorrow.
Glenelg football manager Ken Applegarth said under-age players should be allowed to return during finals.
"It's an elite program, you want the best playing the best on the main showground as far as they can possibly go into finals,'' he said. Sturt football manager Duane Massey agreed.
"You want to give these kids every opportunity to play in front of recruiters so they can try to get onto an AFL list,'' he said.
Port Adelaide coach Tony Bamford was in charge of the club's under-18 team which lost Sam Gray, Scott Lycett and Luke Carey for last year's grand final because they'd played reserves the week before. But he doesn't want sweeping changes to the rule.
"I'm a bit half and half. I can understand clubs want their best players playing, but I still see the 18s as a developing program,'' Bamford said.
"And if they go back to the under-18s, it takes a position away from a developing player.''
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