{"id":13338,"date":"2025-07-22T12:11:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T12:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/13338\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T12:11:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T12:11:07","slug":"bobby-hill-not-leaving-collingwood-magpies-contracted-until-end-of-2030-zane-duursma-disgruntled-at-north-melbourne-conversations-with-alastair-clarkson-midweek-tackle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/13338\/","title":{"rendered":"Bobby Hill not leaving Collingwood Magpies, contracted until end of 2030, Zane Duursma disgruntled at North Melbourne, conversations with Alastair Clarkson, Midweek Tackle"},"content":{"rendered":"

A hard line has been drawn through the rumours surrounding a much-loved Norm Smith Medalist.<\/p>\n

And at Arden Street, a young Roo has sought clarity around his role under coach Alastair Clarkson after time out of the senior side.<\/p>\n

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\u2018NOT GOING ANYWHERE\u2019: RUMOURS OF PIE\u2019S DEPARTURE QUASHED<\/p>\n

Rest easy, Collingwood fans \u2014 your premiership hero Bobby Hill isn\u2019t expected to go anywhere.<\/p>\n

Despite signing a four-year extension until the end of 2030 less than three months ago, rumours around the 25-year-old\u2019s future as a Magpie resurfaced \u2014 insinuating a move back to his home state was on the cards.<\/p>\n

But the former Giant, who joined Craig McRae\u2019s side at the start of 2023, is staying put in the black and white.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s not going anywhere. The whispering campaign had it that because his partner for the short-time period right now had moved back to Perth, there were a lot of people prepared to tell you Bobby might be heading back there as well,\u201d Fox Footy reporter Jon Ralph told Midweek Tackle on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve checked in with his camp, with Collingwood \u2014 he\u2019s going nowhere. The ink is barely dry on that new long-term. They\u2019re really confident this is a blip on the radar (with) challenging family circumstances, but that he\u2019s happy in Victoria.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Norm Smith Medalist will stay at the Pies for the long-term future.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hill has been absent from the field across the last month, but is some chance to return to the VFL this weekend, after an inconsistent training block in recent weeks.<\/p>\n

The livewire has played 101 games since his debut in 2019, having kicked 116 goals.<\/p>\n

McRae frustrated after narrow loss | 10:49<\/p>\n

\u2018DISGRUNTLED\u2019 YOUNG ROO SEEKS CLARITY AMID TRADE REPORTS<\/p>\n

Second-year North Melbourne player Zane Duursma has sought clarity over his role at the club, having played just seven games this year at senior level.<\/p>\n

The No.4 pick from the 2023 AFL Draft has had to bide his time in the Kangaroos\u2019 reserves since joining Arden Street, sparking rumours of a potential early exit.<\/p>\n

Speaking on Fox Footy\u2019s Midweek Tackle, Jon Ralph provided context to Duursma\u2019s current sitting at the club, before outlining North\u2019s hard stance on him being a required player.<\/p>\n

\u201cJoey Montagna of course put Zane Duursma on the agenda a couple weeks back<\/a>. Disgruntled, not getting a game \u2014 \u2018would he go elsewhere?\u2019\u201d Ralph said on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s been having a lot of conversations with Alastair Clarkson about his role, and he\u2019s really clear on what it will be. The club is telling him \u2018you\u2019re not going anywhere\u2019. <\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s actually playing VFL as a defender, so last week he was pushed back just to get a kick and confidence … he might be grumpy, but he is going nowhere.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery recruiter thought he was a star (and) still think he has that capacity to by that player.\u201d<\/p>\n

Zane, the brother of Essendon winger Xavier Duursma, Carlton gun Yasmin and top 2025 draft prospect Willem, was taken two picks after teammate Colby McKercher in 2023 \u2014 who recently signed on until the end of 2028.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A hard line has been drawn through the rumours surrounding a much-loved Norm Smith Medalist. And at Arden…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13339,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":["post-13338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13338\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}