{"id":211853,"date":"2025-10-14T04:27:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T04:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/211853\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T04:27:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T04:27:08","slug":"pies-complete-pick-swaps-deal-in-bid-to-land-swan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/211853\/","title":{"rendered":"Pies complete pick swaps deal in bid to land Swan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__summary\">\n                The Magpies and Lions have agreed to a swap of picks\n            <\/p>\n<p>                                Jack Buller during the round 24 match between West Coast and Sydney at Optus Stadium, August 23, 2025. Picture: AFL Photos<\/p>\n<p>COLLINGWOOD has orchestrated a pick swap with Brisbane that could unlock two player moves in the final 24 hours of the trade period.<\/p>\n<p>AFL.com.au&#8217;s Riley Beveridge first reported the Magpies have sent pick 59 and a 2026 third-round pick (tied to Melbourne) to Brisbane in exchange for picks 45 and 56 this year.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A pick swap that could unlock a few deals. Brisbane has sent Picks 45 and 56 to Collingwood for Pick 59 and the 2026 third-round selection that&#8217;s tied to Melbourne. Some hope this gets the ball moving on a Jack Buller trade, and then one for Jai Serong. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AFLcomau?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@AFLcomau<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/traderadio?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@traderadio<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Riley Beveridge (@RileyBev) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RileyBev\/status\/1977897941852639300?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">October 14, 2025<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Beveridge says the new picks could help the Magpies get a deal done for forward Jack Buller, who has requested a trade to Collingwood from Sydney.<\/p>\n<p>It could then open the door for the Swans, who are looking to bring Hawthorn defender Jai Serong to the club.<\/p>\n<p>Buller has been seeking a move to the Magpies despite having a contract offer on the table from the Swans.<\/p>\n<p>                    Jack Buller celebrates a goal during round 19, 2025. Picture: AFL Photos\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Selected in the 2023 AFL Mid-Season Rookie Draft, Buller has played 10 games for Sydney, kicking 11 goals.<\/p>\n<p>Pursued by Fremantle and North Melbourne, Serong has picked the Swans as his preferred home after struggling to break into Hawthorn&#8217;s team this year.<\/p>\n<p>Serong couldn&#8217;t crack Hawthorn&#8217;s senior side this season, but averaged 21.4 disposals and 7.3 marks per game playing as a third tall defender and wing option in the VFL.<\/p>\n<p>TRADE HUB <a title=\"https:\/\/www.afl.com.au\/trade\" href=\"https:\/\/www.afl.com.au\/trade\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-outlook-id=\"a00e3558-62dc-47ee-86ea-0af3abded2f4\">All the latest player movement news<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He won Box Hill&#8217;s best and fairest and was named in the VFL Team of the Year, sparking rival interest.<\/p>\n<p>The younger brother of Fremantle star Caleb, Serong has played 10 senior games over four seasons on Hawthorn&#8217;s list after arriving as the No.53 pick in the 2021 draft, but hasn&#8217;t been seen at senior level since playing in a semi-final last year.<\/p>\n<p>        <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Magpies and Lions have agreed to a swap of picks Jack Buller during the round 24 match&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":211854,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[64,63,85,83],"class_list":["post-211853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-sports","tag-text"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211853","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=211853"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211853\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}