offered Butters a front-loaded eight-year deal<\/a> worth $18 million over its lifetime.<\/p>\nCurnow has a go at Port fans after goal | 00:30<\/p>\n
TASSIE EYEING BIG ROO<\/p>\n
The Tasmania Devils have identified North Melbourne defender Charlie Comben as a key trade target, according to Super Saturday Live\u2019s Jay Clark. <\/p>\n
Comben, soon turning 25 years old, was drafted out of the Gippsland Power and is into his seventh season at Arden Street, set to enter free agency at the end of the 2027 season. <\/p>\n
The 59-gamer has played in just 15 wins during his time at Arden Street, with the \u201cdirection\u201d of the Kangaroos expected to be integral in Comben\u2019s eventual call. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe can tell you that key defender Charlie Comben has emerged as a key target for the Devils,\u201d Clark told Fox Footy on Saturday. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve heard about their midfield and forward targets – he\u2019s really the first key defensive pillar who has lobbed on the Devils\u2019 radar. <\/p>\n
\u201cThis is where the (Roos\u2019) direction is just to important – they need to be competing for finals berths and winning games, because Tassie, with that extra $5 million in the salary cap, can throw a huge deal – a seven-figure deal – at Comben. <\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s said how much he loves the club, but clearly, the (Roos\u2019) direction will be important, and if they aren\u2019t competing for finals appearances, then they could face a fight on their hands to keep Comben.\u201d<\/p>\n
Trialling as a forward in his early days, Comben has developed into one of the more promising emerging key defenders in the competition. <\/p>\n
It comes after news has emerged in recent months that the Devils are also eyeing Giants midfielder Tom Green and Essendon forward Nate Caddy as marquee additions. <\/p>\n
Read Clark\u2019s full report on Tasmania\u2019s Comben pursuit in the Herald Sun<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Collingwood has reportedly utilised Nick Daicos in its trade pursuit of a rival superstar. Plus, the Devils are…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":735245,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,12093,64,63,689,55,639,1129,96905,15832,73387,1130,355434,52627,355431,1127,3420,50078,19125,355428,88475,25875,355430,14426,673,677,6082,355433,672,355432,7889,1124,85,69398,670,7200,11236,355429,12920,698,104334,23510],"class_list":["post-735244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-another-fine-day","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-charlie-curnow","tag-draft-capital","tag-draft-picks","tag-eight-year-deal-worth","tag-emerging-defender","tag-eye-charlie","tag-finals-appearances","tag-finals-berths","tag-fox-footy","tag-gippsland-power","tag-jake-niall","tag-jay-clark","tag-key-defensive-pillar","tag-key-trade-target","tag-lachie-neale","tag-marquee-additions","tag-nate-caddy","tag-new-south-wales","tag-oceania","tag-port-adelaide","tag-prime-mover","tag-richmond-tigers","tag-rival-superstar","tag-salary-cap","tag-south-australia","tag-sports","tag-superstar-midfielder","tag-sydney","tag-sydney-swans","tag-trade-news","tag-trade-pursuit","tag-trade-whispers","tag-western-bulldogs","tag-young-superstar","tag-zak-butters"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/735244","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=735244"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/735244\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/735245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=735244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=735244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=735244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
![](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/poster-fallback.png\"\/)