\n Trade\n <\/p>\n
\n Changkuoth Jiath has landed at the Demons\n <\/p>\n
Changkuoth Jiath will wear red and blue in 2026, becoming a Demon on the final day of the Continental Tyres AFL Trade Period.<\/p>\n
The Dees secured the dashing defender in a deal with Hawthorn that will see the club part ways with pick No.42 and a future fourth-round selection.<\/p>\n
Jiath arrives at Melbourne with 76 senior games to his name, having produced highlights aplenty across the past seven seasons at the top level.<\/p>\n
Set to add to the Demons\u2019 defensive unit, Melbourne AFL List Manager Tim Lamb said the club was thrilled to secure such an exciting talent in Jiath.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re absolutely delighted to welcome Changkuoth to the club,\u201d Lamb said.<\/p>\n
\u201cCJ has a unique and impressive skillset; he is strong in the air, and with his athleticism and explosiveness, will provide some great run for us off half back.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve seen the impact CJ can have at AFL level, and we\u2019re excited that his future is now in red and blue\u201d<\/p>\n
Jiath joined the Hawks via their Next Generation Academy in the 2018 Rookie Draft, making his debut in Round 21 of the following season.<\/p>\n
The 26-year-old, who played 20 games this past season, joins Brody Mihocek and Max Heath in signing on with the Dees for 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Trade Changkuoth Jiath has landed at the Demons Changkuoth Jiath will wear red and blue in 2026, becoming…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":215805,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,83,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-215804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-text","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215804","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=215804"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215804\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/215805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}