\n Tasmania to host managers from every player agency as it looks to accelerate its list build ahead of its 2028 entry into the competition\n <\/p>\n
Tasmania Devils CEO Brendon Gale. Pictures: AFL Photos<\/p>\n
TASMANIA will host managers from every player agency next month as it ramps up its bid to lure talent to the Devils.<\/p>\n
The Devils have made the move to invite the swathe of agents for a two-day pitch of the new club and its surrounds as it embarks on a key year in its history.<\/p>\n
After waiting until December to finally have its Macquarie Point stadium ticked off, the Devils are now fully entrenched ahead of their start in the AFL in 2028.<\/p>\n
It means agents will be top of the agenda, making the convergence of the management companies in February a key priority for the club.<\/p>\n
The rare bringing together of the agents comes after the club had also met with under-16s players and their parents during last year’s national championships on the Gold Coast, with that age group set to be the Devils’ first draft pool in 2027.<\/p>\n
List manager Todd Patterson and recruiting manager Derek Hine will steer the club’s acquisitions, with Tasmania recently poaching recruiter Mitch Cashion from Hawthorn.<\/p>\n
Mitch Cashion during his time at Hawthorn. Picture: Hawthorn FC<\/p>\n
While Tasmania will be making plays for the agents’ stars ahead of their inclusion in the competition, the Devils also this year will be able to pre-list a number of under-17 players and have them opt out of the 2027 draft and join the club, like Greater Western Sydney and Gold Coast were able to do in their inaugural years.<\/p>\n