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\u2018GOT SOME LEVERAGE\u2019: TALKS \u2018HEALTHY\u2019 FOR NEW PIE DEAL<\/p>\n
Collingwood premiership defender Billy Frampton is edging close to a new deal at the Magpies, according to Midweek Tackle panellist Jon Ralph.<\/p>\n
The off-contract Frampton, 29, is on the hunt for a new deal amid a career-best season where he\u2019s thrived with more responsibility in the absence of injured teammates.<\/p>\n
CODE Sports journalist Ralph on Tuesday night reported on Fox Footy\u2019s Midweek Tackle that Frampton was \u201clooking for a two-year deal, maybe with a trigger for a third.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s got some leverage,\u201d Ralph told Midweek Tackle, expanding on his Moneyball story<\/a>.<\/p>\n Bont set to play through pain again | 02:30<\/p>\n \u201cWould you give him two years given that Jeremy Howe is year-to-year, Reef McInnes has gone down with an ACL, Darcy Moore is more often than not hamstrung \u2013 are you given a bloke who\u2019s been, let\u2019s face it, a good role player two years, or maybe three?\u201d<\/p>\n Fellow CODE Sports reporter Josh Barnes replied: \u201cI would be. He\u2019s not going to be on much coin. He\u2019s held that defence together and this is the best season of his career so far.\u201d<\/p>\n Tom Morris on Wednesday night reported on Channel 7 talks between the Pies and Frampton\u2019s camp were \u201chealthy\u201d, but added there were still deal details to be finalised.<\/p>\n Frampton has played 82 games across three clubs in his AFL career, with stints at Port Adelaide and Adelaide respectively.<\/p>\n CHAMP TO LEAVE TIGERS \u2026 AND WA CLUBS ARE \u2018AWARE\u2019<\/p>\n Triple premiership Tiger Nathan Broad is in his final season with Richmond, reports AFL Media\u2019s Cal Twomey<\/a>, who added both WA clubs were aware of the player\u2019s desire to return to his home state.<\/p>\n Broad, who played in the Tigers\u2019 three premierships between 2017 and 2020, remains unsigned beyond this season and is eligible for unrestricted free agency.<\/p>\n Speaking on AFL Media on Wednesday, Twomey said Broad, 33, would head home to WA at season\u2019s end, but whether he continues his playing career at a new club is unclear.<\/p>\n \u201cNathan Broad is into his final year at Richmond,\u201d Twomey told Gettable. \u201cThe three-time premiership player is looking to move back to Western Australia. Fremantle and West Coast are aware of that.<\/p>\n Nathan Broad of the Tigers. Picture: Daniel Pockett\/Getty ImagesSource: Getty Images<\/p>\n \u201cWhether he joins as a player or not remains to be seen. He\u2019s an unrestricted free agent, (so) he can walk there.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is shaping as a farewell season for him at Punt Road. I think those discussions have started there.\u201d<\/p>\n Tigers coach Adem Yze on Thursday morning told SEN Breakfast that Broad \u201chasn\u2019t told me personally\u201d of any plans to leave Richmond, but added: \u201cTo be fair, I don\u2019t know if that\u2019s correct. But what I do know is he\u2019s out of contract, he\u2019s 33 and he\u2019s from Perth and that will be at some stage part of his next journey.\u201d<\/p>\n Broad recommitted to the Tigers two years ago after considering a move to North Melbourne.<\/p>\n Broad has been a Richmond recruiting revelation, playing 177 games since being plucked out of the WAFL as a mature-age recruit with Pick 67 in the 2015 draft.<\/p>\n RIVAL CLUBS SEE TIGER AS \u2018ABSOLUTELY GETTABLE\u2019<\/p>\n And Broad mightn\u2019t be the only Tigers player in his last season at Richmond, with midfielder Jacob Hopper viewed as \u201cabsolutely gettable\u201d for other clubs, reports Channel 7\u2019s Tom Morris<\/a>.<\/p>\n Originally taken with Pick 7 in the 2015 draft after the Giants matched an academy bid, Hopper played 114 games for the Giants before he and teammate Tim Taranto were sensationally traded to Richmond after the 2022 season.<\/p>\n But the Tigers have since missed finals in every season that Hopper has been at the club, with Adem Yze\u2019s side only recording its first win of 2026 last weekend against West Coast.<\/p>\n Stewart thankful ahead of 200th game | 00:52<\/p>\n Speaking on Wednesday night, Morris said Hopper, 29, was a name to track later in the year.<\/p>\n \u201cThe view of rival clubs I\u2019ve spoken to today is that Jacob Hopper is absolutely gettable at the end of the season,\u201d Morris told Channel 7.<\/p>\n \u201cWhy? I\u2019m not sure. Is it Richmond trying to push him out? Is it Hopper keen for new opportunities?<\/p>\n \u201cEither way, I\u2019d absolutely watch Jacob Hopper\u2019s name closely at the end of the season in the trade period.\u201d<\/p>\n Hopper this season is ranked among Richmond\u2019s top four players for average disposals, contested possessions and clearances<\/p>\n BIG BOMBERS MOVES AFTER EARLY INVESTMENTS?<\/p>\n Rival teams believe there\u2019s a chance three Essendon top-10 draftees could be at different clubs next season, reports <\/a>The Age<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Bombers since 2020 have attacked the draft hard, using 10 top-15 picks in six years.<\/p>\n Essendon took Nik Cox and Archie Perkins with Picks 8 and 9 respectively in the 2020 draft, while they used Pick 5 in 2022 to draft midfielder Elijah Tsatas.<\/p>\n For varying reasons, the aforementioned trio have struggled to reach their full potential at AFL level at the club.<\/p>\n Scott to take advantage of Lions saga | 01:47<\/p>\n The Age on Wednesday reported that rival teams \u201cexpect top-10 draftees Elijah Tsatas, Archie Perkins and potentially Nik Cox not to be at Essendon next year\u201d.<\/p>\n Marc McGowan\u2019s detailed report also suggested a Victorian club was \u201cclosely monitoring\u201d Cox, to the point where recruiting staff last month were sent to the Gold Coast to watch him play for the Bombers\u2019 VFL team.<\/p>\n The Bombers took Sullivan Robey, Jacob Farrow and Dyson Sharp with their three first-round picks last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A triple premiership Tiger is set to depart at season\u2019s end, while there\u2019s a watch on his teammate.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":654314,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[139163,638,2095,51242,64,63,689,55,639,3423,696,1135,1129,19120,7803,10133,3499,10989,11231,25165,2105,2485,47405,35808,3417,9014,10132,681,91125,316482,647,233523,2041,2067,677,316481,12922,6082,17286,701,316485,316483,6858,672,197660,48479,1124,85,103827,9022,1144,12113,316484,11236,1133,13154,2614,660,4899,698],"class_list":["post-654313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-academy-bid","tag-afl","tag-america","tag-archie-perkins","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-ben-waterworth","tag-brad-scott","tag-cal-twomey","tag-charlie-curnow","tag-christian-petracca","tag-clayton-oliver","tag-collingwood-magpies","tag-daniel-pockett","tag-darcy-moore","tag-essendon-bombers","tag-four-game-losing-streak","tag-getty-images-inc","tag-gold-coast","tag-head-home","tag-home-state","tag-jacob-farrow","tag-jacob-hopper","tag-jeremy-howe","tag-jon-ralph","tag-josh-barnes","tag-marc-mcgowan","tag-melbourne","tag-nik-cox","tag-north-america","tag-northern-america","tag-oceania","tag-pie-deal","tag-player-movement-news","tag-port-adelaide","tag-premiership-defender","tag-queensland","tag-recruiting-revelation","tag-reporter-josh-barnes","tag-richmond","tag-richmond-tigers","tag-rival-teams","tag-role-player","tag-south-australia","tag-sports","tag-three-time-premiership-player","tag-tim-taranto","tag-tom-morris","tag-tom-stewart","tag-top-picks-leave","tag-trade-news","tag-trade-period","tag-triple-premiership","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-victoria","tag-virginia","tag-western-bulldogs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654313","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=654313"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654313\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/654314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=654313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=654313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=654313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}