Returning faces and a few missing stars will mark the SANFL opening round this weekend, as North Adelaide begins its title defence.
Cotton said three senior players retired over the break, but another delisted Port Adelaide Power player, Dom Barry, was recruited into the midfield.two-time Magarey medallist and Jack Oatey medallist Mitch Grigg
"He's really excited about having another good year and just wants to win the premiership as well," Cotton said.Not so lucky, however, was South Adelaide, the SANFL's only casualty of the pre-season selection period."South Adelaide was hit twice, which is really hard from a SANFL point of view," Cotton said.
"Any one of your players can get pulled at any point, but you've just got to deal with it, I suppose." "But then we might have to go into our local zone and pull a player out, which hurts grassroots footy," he said.The club has called for $20,000 in compensation from the AFL because, unlike soccer, there are no transfer fees included among the new rules.
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