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Brisbane\u2019s Sam Marshall is set to ponder his contract call as rival clubs prepare to make a play for the 2025 premiership player. <\/p>\n
That\u2019s according to AFL Media\u2019s Cal Twomey, who reports \u201cVictorian clubs have been closely watching Marshall given his links to the state\u201d. <\/p>\n
While Marshall is a product of the Brisbane Lions Academy, he spent the final years of his schooling at Melbourne Grammar. <\/p>\n
The 20-year-old midfielder, who was subbed out of the Lions\u2019 flag triumph after four disposals, has been overlooked at selection by Chris Fagan thus far in 2026. <\/p>\n
Also a Sandringham Dragons product, Marshall played 11 senior games last year for averages of 11.2 disposals, 1.6 inside-50s and 0.7 clearances \u2014 though he was either the sub or subbed off six times.<\/p>\n
In his draft year, Marshall was considered an accumulating onballer with good inside-outside balance. <\/p>\n
The reason Marshall comes out of contract this year and not next is because he was Pick 25 in the 2024 national draft \u2014 outside the top 20 that triggers a three-year rookie deal. <\/p>\n
Marshall was named as an emergency for the Lions\u2019 Round 1 loss to the Swans, with the likes of James Tunstill and draftee Dan Annable picked ahead of him. <\/p>\n
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PIES SET FOR IRISH EXPEDITION<\/p>\n
Collingwood is reportedly set to embark on an overseas recruiting \u201cmission\u201d to a place they\u2019ve had success in past years. <\/p>\n
Magpies recruiting staff will imminently travel to Ireland to find fresh talent, according to Seven\u2019s Mitch Cleary. <\/p>\n
Marty Clarke is the most well-known Irish Magpie, playing 73 AFL games between 2007-14 after being snapped up in the 2006 rookie draft. <\/p>\n
Mark Keane, meanwhile, is the one who got away from Collingwood, initially recruited to the club in 2019 before homesickness saw him return to the motherland before the 2022 season. <\/p>\n
Ahead of the 2023 campaign, he was recruited to the Crows, where he has developed into one of the league\u2019s premier key defenders, making last year\u2019s All-Australian squad. <\/p>\n
And the Pies are again set to dip their feet in the Irish pool. <\/p>\n
Cork , Ireland – 8 November 2020; Mark Keane of Cork could be in the Pies sights.Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Pies have had success in Ireland in the past \u2026 they\u2019re heading back \u2014 Shannon Collins and Shane O\u2019Bree from the recruiting mission are going on a recruiting mission to Ireland to try and find the next Marty Clarke,\u201d Cleary told Channel Seven. <\/p>\n
\u201cOther clubs have had differing success in recent years out of Ireland \u2014 the Pies are going back there in coming weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n
Collingwood\u2019s AFLW side has recruited several Irish women in recent years, including Sarah Rowe, who\u2019s played 75 games since joining the club in 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rival clubs are reportedly eyeing a premiership Lion, whose contract expires this year. Meanwhile, Collingwood is set to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":564135,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[1146,638,64,2347,63,689,55,639,7488,651,15639,1135,3244,10133,277761,112098,1818,2057,61,277484,7492,26779,44387,277765,11234,277766,277763,12937,3583,677,277760,277758,8016,277759,701,277764,672,2528,110614,3537,66701,85,5338,277762,11236],"class_list":["post-564134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-adam-simpson","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-august","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-brad-johnson","tag-brisbane","tag-brisbane-lions-australian-football-club-academy","tag-cal-twomey","tag-chris-fagan","tag-collingwood-magpies","tag-crack-preview-david","tag-dan-annable","tag-david-king","tag-europe","tag-gerard-whateley","tag-gumboot-brigade","tag-hawthorn-hawks","tag-ireland","tag-james-tunstill","tag-magpies-recruiting-staff","tag-mark-keane","tag-marty-clark","tag-marty-clarke","tag-mitch-cleary","tag-northern-europe","tag-oceania","tag-overseas-recruiting","tag-premier-key-defenders","tag-premiership-player","tag-preview-david-king","tag-queensland","tag-recruiting-mission","tag-richmond-tigers","tag-rival-clubs","tag-rookie-draft","tag-sam-marshall","tag-sarah-rowe","tag-sports","tag-the-gabba","tag-three-year-rookie-deal","tag-trade-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564134","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=564134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564134\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/564135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=564134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=564134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=564134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}