Quote Originally Posted by RTTF View Post
Has anyone noticed any method this year as to how/why top-up players are picked??
I believe this is how it works:
- Canberra games. The Canberra clubs, excluding the club that the Swans are playing that week, provide U18 players to the Swans on match day. There have also been special cases, like when Dylan McNeil was used last year, and this year Anthony Miles (who just starred for NSW/ACT Rams at the U18 Champs -
U18s: Miles star of NSW/ACT win - AFL.com.au
)
- Sydney games. Mostly Sydney AFL U18 players - I'm not sure whether the Swans have a say in who they get. There have also been special cases - I do recall Sydney AFL B&F Matt Carey turning out for a couple of games.

Emery seems to be a special case. I do not recall the Swans taking down top-up players of their own down to Canberra (excluding scholarship players). So either the Swans must be giving him close consideration for a NSW rookie spot next year, or they're just utilising his bigger size when compared to the usual top-ups