Kristie-Lee Weston-Turner celebrates a goal during the match between Collingwood and the Western Bulldogs at Victoria Park in round four, 2024. Picture: AFL Photos<\/p>\n
KRISTIE-LEE Weston-Turner’s manager says the Western Bulldogs were “saving face” by not doing a deal with North Melbourne for the former No.1 pick.<\/p>\n
But despite a “very disappointed” Weston-Turner being left in limbo after the trade deadline hit on Wednesday afternoon, her agent Michael Oakes believes she will still be playing for the reigning premier in 2026.<\/p>\n
Weston-Turner now has to test her luck in the Telstra AFLW Draft on Monday night, but faces a nervous wait given the Roos’ first pick is way down the draft order at No.37.<\/p>\n
The 20-year-old has also had interest from Brisbane and Hawthorn, but chose North as her preferred destination.<\/p>\n
“She’s very disappointed. We felt she had a great opportunity to go to another club, despite who the club was, it was a good fit for her as a player and a person,” Oakes, from Elevation Sports, told Deadline Day Live on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
“Despite best efforts, couldn’t get it done.”<\/p>\n
Oakes said the sticking point in the deal was “saving face \u2026 picks”, but believes Weston-Turner will still be a Roo next year and that neither the Lions or Hawks will spring a draft surprise.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“She’ll get to North Melbourne. She’s committed and they’re committed to taking her. She’ll get to North Melbourne,” he said.<\/p>\n
Oakes said he has a “beer deal” with Hawthorn women’s footy boss Keegan Brooksby and doesn’t believe the Hawks will pounce, while Weston-Turner had already declined Brisbane’s interest given she didn’t want to move interstate and he said he hopes the Lions “respect that”.<\/p>\n
Kristie-Lee Weston-Turner poses during the Western Bulldogs’ 2025 team photo day at Whitten Oval. Picture: AFL Photos<\/p>\n
North Melbourne AFLW list boss Flynn Loft said the Roos were disappointed they couldn’t land a trade for Weston-Turner but remained fully committed to selecting her at Monday night’s draft.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“We were really disappointed we couldn’t bring Weston-Turner in through the trade period. She’s an exciting player that we’re really committed to getting into our club on Monday night,” he told Deadline Day Live.<\/p>\n
“Ultimately the value that they wanted was too high for us. We put forward something that was really fair but unfortunately didn\u2019t get the deal done.<\/p>\n
“There\u2019s a bit to play out, but from her end and our end, we want her to be a North Melbourne player and she wants to be a North Melbourne player. Unfortunately it didn’t happen through trade but we’re committed to making sure it happens through the draft.”<\/p>\n
Bulldogs list manager Dan Fisher was disappointed that the Roos couldn’t strike a deal for the promising youngster, believing the Dogs had been more than reasonable in their dealings.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
“It’s a real shame for ‘Westo’. We really feel for her and we were open and willing to do a deal for her,” he said.<\/p>\n
“Unfortunately, at no point in time was there anything that North Melbourne offered that was something we were willing to do.<\/p>\n
“They offered a host of late picks, the best of which being number 37 and it just wasn’t something we were able to do \u2026 I think we had some options that were on the table that would’ve been equitable.”<\/p>\n
Elsewhere, Brisbane\u2019s pursuit of Collingwood defender Jordyn Allen proved unsuccessful.<\/p>\n
Jordyn Allen handballs while being tackled by Hannah Stuart during the AFLW R9 match between St Kilda and Collingwood at RSEA Park on October 12, 2025. Picture: AFL Photos<\/p>\n
“There’s been some talks and Brisbane have shown a great deal of interest, but I just don’t think Collingwood are going to entertain it,” Allen’s manager James Pitcher from Odyssey Sports Management told Deadline Day.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“Jordy’s happy to go back to the Pies. She’s vice-captain there and has two years (of her contract) to go.”<\/p>\n
Greater Western Sydney defender Cambridge McCormick had been linked to rival clubs, including Carlton, but the Giants were adamant that their star defender wouldn\u2019t be going anywhere.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“Cambridge had an outstanding season as an All-Australian. She’s a really valuable player both on and off the field for us,” Giants footy operations boss Alison Zell told Deadline Day.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“She’s got a year to run on her contract and we’re really looking forward to seeing her in the orange and charcoal next year.”<\/p>\n
The Giants were one of the most active sides in this year’s trade period, securing Hawthorn defender Tilly Lucas-Rodd and Brisbane back Poppy Boltz, but they also made a bold play for Sydney’s Brenna Tarrant in a deal that would’ve seen them lose Emily Pease, according to AFL.com.au’s Riley Beveridge.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“There was a three-club trade floated this morning between Sydney, GWS and North Melbourne. Essentially what that would’ve done was it would’ve seen Brenna Tarrant go to the Giants and fill a hole in their backline, that would’ve been created by Emily Pease going to North Melbourne,” Beveridge told Deadline Day.<\/p>\n
“That’s been shut down, it probably became a price too high for a few clubs involved in terms of what they would’ve wanted accompanying those two players. But I think Brenna Tarrant had an interest in going to the Giants and Emily Pease definitely had an interest in going to North Melbourne.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kristie-Lee Weston-Turner celebrates a goal during the match between Collingwood and the Western Bulldogs at Victoria Park in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":338974,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[64,63,85,83],"class_list":["post-338973","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\/338973","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=338973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338973\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/338974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=338973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=338973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=338973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}