Rookie Players - AFL.com.au is silent to this
But
http://s.afl.com.au/staticfile/AFL%2...May%202016.pdf from Page 57 makes no mention of the limitations as per the Wiki page
Per Appendix 1 (Page 198) we have a maximum of 6 Cat A and 3 Cat B rookies due to running a main list of 38
Section 10.10 (Page 61) states
10.10 Retention of Rookie List Players
(a) A Club may retain a Player on its Rookie List for a second season provided it nominates such Player or Players using Form 32, prior to advising the AFL of its Primary List under Rule 6.1(a) and such Player consents to being nominated on the Rookie List for a second season.
(b) A Club may retain a Player on its Rookie List for a third season provided it nominates such Player or Players using Form 32 prior to advising the AFL of its Primary List under Rule 6.1(a) and such Player consents to being nominated on the Rookie List for a third season. If a Player is retained under this Rule 10.10, any amount he is paid in excess of the 1st year third round draft selection Player payment will be included in the Club�s Total Player Payments.
(c) A Club may retain a Player included on a Club�s Rookie List under Rule 10.5(a)(i) and (ii) for a third season, using Form 32, provided it nominates such Player prior to advising the AFL of its Primary List under Rule 6.1
and such Player consents to being nominated on the Rookie List for a third season (i.e.Newman would never have consented as he knew there was outside interest whereas Melican did)
Italics are mine
Maybe I'm missing something but I see nothing in the AFL rules re the rookie list apart from minimum numbers and a maximum of three years
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