- Eagles may split to choose two.
- West Coast wasn’t happy with Rioli losing and wanted to get a player out of Port
Willy Rioli celebrates after scoring a goal. He is now a Port Adelaide player.attributed to him:Getty Images
In the first meeting between O’Brien and Cripps, Port was told that pick #2 was not available for trade and that the Eagles wanted Mitch Georgiades or Xavier Duursma as part of the Rioli swap. However, this pair did not leave Alberton Oval.
Kangaroos and the West Coast began debating what the two picks might order. Selecting Adelaide’s eighth port and another first manager may suffice. With North Melbourne wanting to pick three giants, the Eagles will need to find another lofty selection.
So far, the Giants had picked 12 and 19 from Richmond and their roster boss Jason McCartney was asked if he was willing to switch from the original idea of giving up the three picks and 19 to picking one to giving up the three and 12. McCartney, with a bunch of picks in hand, She was open to the idea.
Aaron Cadman is considered the best lead prospect in the draft.attributed to him:Jason South
Meanwhile, Port took a bet, trading with 27 picks to Melbourne for picks 33, 43 and 53. This risked infuriating the Eagles, but Port wanted more shots in hopes of landing a tall Isava Ratugulia of Geelong.
The West Coast was now in trouble, willing to give up pick two for eight and 12 while North thought they were in a good position to turn Horn Francis and pick one into a solid group of picks. The Giants were not dealing with the Port, but were comfortable as their discussions with the Eagles and North sat.
Rawlings, O’Brien, and Krebs met. They squashed what a deal might look like, and it was clear that the Eagles would need more to lose pick two and Rioli than just pick eight and 12. But due to AFL rules limiting the mountain of future shots the Port can deliver, not all sides can to be satisfied.
Port could offer North a future selection for the first round, or they could offer the Eagles second and third round selections, but they couldn’t do both. On Friday, the Cripps agreed to apply to the AFL for an exemption to trade their future second-round selection along with their future first-round selection. The Brisbane Lions and Hawthorn also sat in on the watch, with a deal with Jack Gunston revolving around the trade.
The Pies team lost the 2018 Grand Final by five points to West Coast who are now looking to revamp their roster.attributed to him:Eddie Jim
Port was not confident that the AFL would grant the exemption, particularly given that the application was made midway through the trade period. A decision in their favour could lead to an outcry from clubs that have already made deals. On Saturday, the NFL refused to grant an exemption.
With the deal shaky, the Port of Adelaide was happy to announce its willingness to deal with the north and west coast separately to land on Horn Francis and Ryoli.
They suspected it might make the Eagles worried that they could miss out on Raioli via the pre-season draft.
Meanwhile, a Giants recruiter texted McCartney, worried that the AFL ruling might ruin their chances of getting one. Not sure. In fact, he believed that emphasizing the Eagles’ willingness to trade their first pick increased the likelihood of his club landing a No. 1 pick.
He scanned his draft capital and saw the Giants had an additional option in the future second round which arrived when Bobby Hill left for Collingwood. The selection was related to the Magpies but the odds of finishing them higher or lower than Port Adelaide in 2023 were equal.
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He knew Rawlings and Krebs were meeting on Monday, so he made a call to Rawlings, and offered a potential circuit breaker. The Giants play with a different hand than most other clubs because they always have a surplus of options. He knew he might be overpaying, but if the difference between the chance of picking the best player in the land (except for Ashcroft) was just a pick for the second round, it would be crazy not to throw it in the pot.
This kept the deal alive for North, but they needed to make sure which player the Giants were targeting at No. 1 before committing.
The Giants wouldn’t tell them, but the relationships North Melbourne had forged over a lifetime within the industry made it possible for them to discover with some degree of certainty that the player was Aaron Cadman.
Rawlings had all of this information in his head when he was spotted meeting Crips on Monday morning at Brighton School for coffee. He also obtained permission from the Eagles to assure the Cripps that they were willing to trade pick two as long as they received multiple future picks to add to picks 8 and 12.
McCartney hasn’t dealt with Port Adelaide, but North Melbourne and the West Coast are concerned about how much the South Australian club is paying. He emphasized that the most important thing for each club was whether it achieved its goal, not whether the other club paid the price.
By noon on Monday, the deal was in place and one of the biggest deals in NFL history carried out, four clubs were less interested in optics than getting a deal that met the needs of four clubs, one built on trust and strategy.
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Originally published at Melbourne News Vine
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