Fremantle will proceed to trial a pair of rookie hopefuls when pre-season returns at Cockburn on Monday.
Gippsland Power tall Liam Serong, the youthful brother of Dockers star Caleb, and Perth ahead Sam Stubbs began coaching on the membership final month within the hope of incomes a spot on the record as a part of the Pre-Season Supplementary Selection Period.
The West Australian understands 18-year-old Serong will prepare till March, whereas mature-ager Stubbs, 25, can also be set to get a good block to impress.
There’s one spot out there on Fremantle’s record forward of the SSP deadline on March 9, however they may nonetheless select to maintain it open for the Mid-Season Rookie Draft.
If Serong is unsuccessful, he’s more likely to return to the Power with the NAB League outfit getting permission to play him as an over-ager due to his injury-interrupted draft 12 months.
As revealed by The West Australian in late November, the 193cm key-position participant had attracted Fremantle’s curiosity with the membership eager to ask him to coaching if he was neglected within the draft.
He’s rated as a naturally gifted athlete with good abilities and a terrific set of arms, however was restricted to a handful of NAB League video games in a stop-start season.
He completed the 12 months with a best-on-ground efficiency for Warragul within the Gippsland competitors’s under-18s grand ultimate in entrance of Fremantle record boss David Walls.
“He’s a little bit different to the other two (Caleb and Hawthorn tall Jai),” Gippsland Power’s expertise supervisor Scott McDougal stated.
“He’s more of a marking tall key-position player… a naturally gifted athlete.”
Mid-sized ahead Stubbs has kicked 41 targets in 31 WAFL appearances and received the Demons’ main goal-kicker award final season with 23 to catch the attention of Freo recruiters.
Fremantle had additionally proven a little bit of curiosity in robust East Fremantle utility Jed Hagan, asking the AFL for particular permission to get him on as a 3rd SSP train-on
Hagan has since joined Port Adelaide’s SANFL aspect after his shock draft snubbing.
Ex-Perth and Geelong midfielder Quinton Narkle is hoping for an AFL lifeline at Richmond the place he’s been since final month, in any other case a WAFL return is on the playing cards with Perth, South Fremantle and Subiaco amongst these within the combine.
