after speculation in mid-May that the former Demon would request a trade<\/a> back to his first AFL club for personal reasons.<\/p>\n\u201cThere was so much speculation he\u2019d request a trade back to Melbourne, (but) that\u2019s not happening,\u201d Midweek Tackle\u2019s Jon Ralph told Fox Footy on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn his exit meeting today, he reaffirmed the fact that he\u2019s really committed to this footy club. He wants to train where he plays.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe trained as a forward all (last) summer. Then we saw Patrick Voss emerge, so all of a sudden he had to play as a midfielder and a ruckman from Round 1. He\u2019s absolutely resolute though.\u201d<\/p>\n
After moving from Melbourne at the end of 2022, Jackson is contracted at the Dockers until the end of 2029.<\/p>\n
Jackson was almost Fremantle\u2019s match-winner in the do-or-die final against the Suns, slotting a goal to put the Dockers in front by a goal with under three and a half minutes remaining.<\/p>\n
\u2018DESPERATE TO GET OUT\u2019: PROMISING HAWKS DUO ON MOVE?<\/p>\n
Despite Hawthorn securing their second finals series in as many years under Sam Mitchell, a pair of young Hawks are reportedly ready for a fresh start in 2026.<\/p>\n
Small forward Sam Butler and out-of-favour midfielder Henry Hustwaite have each been linked to rival clubs in recent days, having only played four games at AFL level apiece this season.<\/p>\n
\u201cWest Coast are very keen on Hawthorn small forward Sam Butler … they feel he can fill forward need, or even a midfield need,\u201d Ralph revealed on Midweek Tackle.<\/p>\n
\u201cHenry Hustwaite is desperate to get out of Hawthorn. He wants a chance (elsewhere), he\u2019s ready.<\/p>\n
Carlton has been mentioned in dispatches; they\u2019re a no. But Essendon is the club that\u2019s potentially considering that.\u201d<\/p>\n
After eight games out of the senior side, Butler returned to the fold for Hawthorn in last week\u2019s 19-point elimination final win over GWS to register seven disposals and a crucial fourth quarter goal.<\/p>\n
Hustwaite hasn\u2019t played at the top level since Round 14 against Adelaide, and was subbed out in each of his last two games this season.<\/p>\n
He is contracted at Waverley Park until the end of 2026, while Butler is out of contract this season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A star Docker has reaffirmed his commitment to the club after their heartbreaking elimination finals loss, ending speculation…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":134013,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,11239,92525,64,63,689,55,639,92522,32121,33201,92520,13213,667,10124,2105,2485,9130,92519,7492,92518,9017,681,92527,15626,647,92526,677,12156,92523,701,14366,12936,92524,85,92521,11236,660,92517],"class_list":["post-134012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-agency-news","tag-annual-exit-meeting","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-desk-discuess","tag-elimination-final","tag-elimination-final-win","tag-elimination-finals-loss","tag-finals-series","tag-footy-club","tag-fremantle-dockers","tag-getty-images-inc","tag-gold-coast","tag-gold-coast-suns","tag-hawks-duo","tag-hawthorn-hawks","tag-heartbreaking-elimination-finals","tag-janelle-st-pierre","tag-jon-ralph","tag-league-in-trade-whispers","tag-luke-jackson","tag-melbourne","tag-merrett-trade","tag-oceania","tag-patrick-voss","tag-promising-hawks-duo","tag-queensland","tag-sam-butler","tag-sam-mitchell","tag-speculation-linking","tag-sports","tag-star-docker","tag-trade-news","tag-victoria","tag-young-fringe-duo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134012","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=134012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134012\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}