potentially Will Haywood open to a move<\/a>.<\/p>\n\u201cYou don\u2019t want to be somewhere where you\u2019re not wanted,\u201d Hayward told Code Sports.\u201cI haven\u2019t heard anything that has legs just yet (in regards to a trade). So, until the club approaches me, I\u2019m sticking here.\u201d<\/p>\n
Journalist Sam Edmund believes while there may be interest from the Cats in both players, ultimately only one deal would be struck.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think Rowan Marshall is Geelong\u2019s priority over Curnow. There isn\u2019t a world surely where the Cats can afford Curnow and Marshall,\u201d he said on SEN.<\/p>\n
Marshall\u2019s request to join Geelong came only hours after St Kilda signed ex-Blues ruckman Tom de Koning on a big money deal, alongside Jack Silvagni.<\/p>\n
Marshall\u2019s still contracted at the Saints until the end of 2027.<\/p>\n
BOMBERS BOLSTER JUICY DRAFT HAND AS DRAPER COMPENSATION REVEALED<\/p>\n
Essendon will receive an end-of-first round compensation pick \u2014 currently No. 20 \u2014 for Sam Draper\u2019s free agency move to Brisbane. <\/p>\n
It further bolsters the Bombers\u2019 juicy 2025 draft hand, now with picks 4, 5, 20, 25 and 28.<\/p>\n
That could get further boosted if star skipper Zach Merrett gets his wish of a trade to Hawthorn during the exchange window.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are excited about the draft hand we\u2019ll take into the trade and draft period, now three first-round picks along with two second rounders,\u201d Essendon list boss Matt Rosa said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHaving five picks inside thirty is a very strong position to be in and this provides us with great flexibility whether that\u2019s through the draft itself or the trade period. <\/p>\n
\u201cUltimately, it gives us another opportunity to bring in more exciting young talent to the club.\u201d<\/p>\n
‘I know what it means to be contracted’ | 01:04<\/p>\n
Draper signs with the Lions as an unrestricted free agent, meaning Essendon had no ability to match the offer. <\/p>\n
He missed the majority of the 2025 season after suffering an Achilles injury in April.<\/p>\n
The ruckman powers up the reigning back-to-back premiers along with fellow free agent signing Oscar Allen.<\/p>\n
EX-PIE TO MEET WITH EAGLES <\/p>\n
Ex-Magpie Fin Macrae is set to meet with West Coast in the coming days as the Eagles consider throwing a lifeline to the former No. 19 pick.<\/p>\n
SEN\u2019s Sam Edmund revealed the Eagles\u2019 interest in Macrae on Saturday afternoon. <\/p>\n
West Coast will have four extra rookie spots in 2026 as part of the assistance package the club received from the AFL after the wooden spooners finished in the bottom three for a fourth-straight season.<\/p>\n
Macrae, 23 was delisted by Collingwood last month following 21 games over five years at the club including no senior appearances in 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Essendon\u2019s juicy draft hand has been boosted as the club\u2019s compensation pick for Sam Draper\u2019s departure has been…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":189281,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,689,55,639,120158,651,3237,19127,2362,77602,120159,120157,120160,120155,29963,62276,677,15836,1137,701,120156,120161,20210,85,11236,1133,7067,25581],"class_list":["post-189280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-best-amp-fairest","tag-brisbane","tag-brisbane-lions","tag-compensation-pick","tag-contract-talks","tag-draft-hand","tag-draper-compensation","tag-draper-signs","tag-juicy-draft","tag-juicy-draft-hand","tag-list-boss","tag-matt-rosa","tag-oceania","tag-oscar-allen","tag-player-movement-developments","tag-queensland","tag-reigning-back-to-back-premiers","tag-round-compensation-pick","tag-senior-appearances","tag-sports","tag-trade-news","tag-trade-period","tag-west-coast-eagles","tag-zach-merrett"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189280","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=189280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189280\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/189281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}