The dust may have only just settled on the GIANTS’ breakout 2016 season, but preparation for 2017 is well and truly underway.
A Club Champion will be named at the Kevin Sheedy Medal, while the GIANTS football department is busy with list management meetings and reading through scouting reports ahead of the NAB AFL Draft.
There’s also the NAB AFL trade period about to get underway and the excitement of the AFL Women’s draft approaching.
All this will happen before pre-season training commences for first to fourth year players and the newly formed AFL Women’s squad on November 21.
October
October 6 – October 9: AFL Draft Combine
October 7: AFL Restricted Free Agency Offer and Unrestricted Free Agency Period Commences
October 7: Kevin Sheedy Medal
October 10: NAB AFL Trade Period Commences
October 12: AFL Women’s Draft
October 20: NAB AFL Trade Period Closes
October 31: List Lodgement 1
November
November 9: List Lodgement 2
November 14: Pre-season for AFL Women's team commences
November 21: Pre-season Training for first to fourth year AFL listed players commences
November 25: NAB AFL Draft
November 28: AFL Club List Lodgement 3
November 28: NAB AFL Pre-Season Draft and NAB AFL Rookie Draft
November 30: Final AFL Club List Lodgement
December
December 5: Pre-season Training for fifth year and above, AFL listed players commences
