\n Kristie-Lee Weston-Turner may have to nominate for the draft if a deal can’t be struck\n <\/p>\n
Kristie-Lee Weston-Turner celebrates a goal for the Western Bulldogs in AFLW round four, 2024. Picture: AFL Photos<\/p>\n
A DEAL taking former No.1 pick Kristie-Lee Weston-Turner from the Western Bulldogs to North Melbourne is at serious risk of collapsing with just 72 hours remaining in the AFLW Trade Period.<\/p>\n
Negotiations have turned frosty in recent days, with the Bulldogs emphatically rejecting the Kangas’ initial offer of pick No.37 for Weston-Turner and with the reigning premier unlikely to increase their bid for the versatile youngster.<\/p>\n
North Melbourne has already traded out pick No.19 to Carlton and has told the Bulldogs that neither of its 2026 first-round picks \u2013 either its own or Carlton’s \u2013 will be put forward for Weston-Turner.<\/p>\n
Both clubs now believe there is a very real possibility that Weston-Turner could be left hanging and face the prospect of taking her chances by nominating for this month’s Telstra AFL Draft.<\/p>\n
Weston-Turner has already requested a trade to the back-to-back premiers, despite interest from Brisbane and Hawthorn, just two seasons after arriving at the Whitten Oval as the No.1 selection in the 2023 draft.<\/p>\n
However, she has played just eight AFLW games for the Bulldogs in that time \u2013 including only one in a disappointing 2025 campaign \u2013 leading to the talented 20-year-old exploring her opportunities elsewhere.<\/p>\n
Trade negotiations over Weston-Turner aren’t the only ones that have stagnated heading into the final three days of the Trade Period, with a host of other deals expected to drag through until the final stages of Wednesday’s 4pm AEDT deadline.<\/p>\n
Kristie-Lee Weston-Turner during the round eight AFLW match between Carlton and Western Bulldogs at Ikon Park, October 17, 2024. Picture: Getty Images<\/p>\n
The Bulldogs themselves are locked in tense talks with Collingwood over a move for contracted midfielder Mikala Cann, with the Magpies asking for the Bulldogs’ first-round pick \u2013 currently the No.8 selection \u2013 for the tough onballer.<\/p>\n
Sydney still has to complete a trade for contracted Brisbane goalkicker Taylor Smith, Essendon is haggling with Adelaide over a price for Zoe Prowse, while Carlton is also finding it difficult to complete a complex deal for Brooke Boileau.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kristie-Lee Weston-Turner may have to nominate for the draft if a deal can’t be struck Kristie-Lee Weston-Turner celebrates…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":265073,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85,83],"class_list":{"0":"post-332922","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-afl","8":"tag-afl","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-australian-football-league","12":"tag-australianfootballleague","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-text"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332922","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=332922"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332922\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/265073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=332922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=332922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=332922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}