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Speaking on Fox Footy\u2019s Trading Day, Herald Sun journalist Scott Gullan provided insight to St Kilda\u2019s stance on trading Marshall.<\/p>\n
\u201cSt Kilda are telling him he\u2019s staying as a Saint, at the moment,\u201d Gullan said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs we know, Geelong\u2019s all into Curnow. Pick 19 they thought would do the deal for Marshall. They still love Marshall, but I think St Kilda\u2019s dug in … how much can he live with \u2018TDK\u2019 coming?\u201d<\/p>\n
Marshall, who has played 156 AFL games across nine seasons at the Saints, still has significant interest from the Cats despite his club\u2019s seemingly definitive stance.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve never been out of the pursuit, it\u2019s just what a deal would look like,\u201d Geelong GM Andrew Mackie told AFL Trade Radio on Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n
\u201cClearly we had that pick 19 on the table for those four days. We want to bring Rowan in, it\u2019s just what a deal would look like.<\/p>\n
\u201cGiven we did do the offer to Carlton, we\u2019re not exactly sure what the Saints may want \u2026 but willing to have that conversation.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Cats have long been queried over their ruck stocks, despite their sustained record with veterans Rhys Stanley and Mark Blicavs in the role.<\/p>\n
And while both veterans are edging closer to retirement, St Kilda great Leigh Montagna believes it isn\u2019t just Geelong who need Marshall on their list.<\/p>\n
St Kilda’s strongest line-up for 2026? | 02:55<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you want success as a player, and I\u2019m sure Rowan Marshall does, you know you need to bring in more talent. Rowan\u2019s been well-paid for a long period of time now, and he\u2019s turning 30. His contract\u2019s getting towards the back end, and I think it might\u2019ve even been front-ended,\u201d Montagna explained.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe numbers do look stark, but De Koning\u2019s four years younger than him. They\u2019ve earmarked him.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think they need him. I think with Max Heath leaving, they don\u2019t really have a back-up ruck, so they need the two rucks … Rowan Marshall can play as a forward; he got drafted to St Kilda as a natural centre-half forward who ended up becoming an elite ruck.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hawthorn sharpshooter Ben Dixon added: \u201cIf I\u2019m running next to a guy, and he\u2019s close to $1 million more than me … you\u2019ve got existing core talent who have held your footy club together (on far less money). That would be a hard pill to swallow.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo disrespect to St Kilda, but they haven\u2019t been up in finals for a while. When you build culture and you build a group, you might be able to go down that route to pay \u2018overs\u2019 to get a guy in \u2014 but they haven\u2019t been at that stage yet.<\/p>\n
Saints giving away NOTHING | 06:40<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom Rowan\u2019s perspective, it wasn\u2019t so much the money initially, it was probably the communication that \u2018we\u2019re going with TDK\u2019, and that wasn\u2019t communicated to your number one ruckman.\u201d<\/p>\n
St Kilda has already made a huge statement this off-season in the trade space, recruiting all of De Koning (Carlton), Jack Silvagni (Carlton), Sam Flanders (Gold Coast) and Liam Ryan (West Coast) inside the last seven days.<\/p>\n
Several players on their list are still yet to receive a deal for 2026, with Zaine Cordy, Angus McLennan and Harry Boyd delisted last month. Jimmy Webster has retired, while Max Heath was traded to Melbourne on Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As St Kilda continues to hold firm on keeping Rowan Marshall this off-season, questions have emerged over the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":202827,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[126395,77686,64,63,689,7491,126300,13659,2485,126396,6179,60285,3465,19051,36889,647,677,701,53253,19071,14389,49776,29653,85,1122,26889,1117,1133,1143,122188,660,126397],"class_list":{"0":"post-202826","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-agency-signing-tom","9":"tag-angus-mclennan","10":"tag-au","11":"tag-australia","12":"tag-australia-and-new-zealand","13":"tag-ben-dixon","14":"tag-day-panel","15":"tag-geelong-cats","16":"tag-gold-coast","17":"tag-hawthorn-sharpshooter","18":"tag-jack-silvagni","19":"tag-jimmy-webster","20":"tag-leigh-montagna","21":"tag-mark-blicavs","22":"tag-max-heath","23":"tag-melbourne","24":"tag-oceania","25":"tag-queensland","26":"tag-real-possibility","27":"tag-rhys-stanley","28":"tag-ruck-stocks","29":"tag-sam-flanders","30":"tag-scott-gullan","31":"tag-sports","32":"tag-st-kilda","33":"tag-st-kilda-saints","34":"tag-tom-de-koning","35":"tag-trade-period","36":"tag-trade-space","37":"tag-trade-stalemate","38":"tag-victoria","39":"tag-wantaway-star"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202826","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=202826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202826\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/202827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}