1992, June 17,  Sunday Times Newspaper under heading ” Alarm over player drain. ”   Claremont coach Gerard Neesham believes more players will pour from the State because the AFL won’t make a decision to trim their lists.  They had planned to cut the lists to 48 and then to 45, however, the Club lists announced last week are still 52.

The 1991 team was decimated at the end of 1991 and Claremont went for premiership team to nearly wooden spooners.  The article goes into the draft system and how it should stand.