Essendon will use picks 5 and 8 in the 2007 NAB AFL Pre-Season Draft and List Manager, Adrian Dodoro, said the club will continue with its philosophy of selecting the best player available.
""We will continue to bring in the best players we can and keep adding to, and developing, our exciting young list just like we did by selecting Myers, Pears, Daniher and Hooker in the National Draft,"" he said.
The AFL today advised it had completed its examination of each club's Total Player Payment (TPP) estimates for the 2008 season in the lead-up to the Pre-Season Draft next Tuesday, December 11.
The AFL Investigations Department has determined that seven teams are eligible to participate -- Essendon, Carlton, Fremantle, Melbourne, Richmond, West Coast and the Western Bulldogs.
Adelaide, the Brisbane Lions, Collingwood, Geelong, Hawthorn, the Kangaroos, Port Adelaide, St Kilda and Sydney each submitted a full Primary List of 38 Players.
As such, the full list of available selections to each club is as follows. Please also find attached the selections in the 2007 NAB AFL Rookie Draft:
Round One, NAB AFL Pre-Season Draft
One -- Richmond
Two -- Carlton
Three -- Melbourne
Four -- Western Bulldogs
Five -- Essendon
Six -- Fremantle
Seven -- West Coast
Round Two, NAB AFL Pre-Season Draft
Eight --Essendon
NAB AFL Rookie Draft - Essendon will use picks 5 and 21 in the 2007 rookie Draft.
The 2007 NAB AFL Pre-Season Draft and the NAB AFL Rookie Draft will both be held Tuesday December 11, as electronic drafts.
A brief player biography, as per the NAB AFL Draft, will be available on this website as soon as practical after the Rookie Draft has concluded. This is expected to be by midday.
