{"id":827825,"date":"2026-07-27T22:37:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T22:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/827825\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T22:37:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T22:37:11","slug":"finalist-for-blues-and-dons-coaching-roles-details-on-departing-pies-payout-hot-favourite-to-be-sa-origin-boss-afl-daily","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/827825\/","title":{"rendered":"Finalist for Blues AND Dons coaching roles, details on departing Pie\u2019s payout; \u2018hot favourite\u2019 to be SA Origin boss \u2014 AFL Daily"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The man on both Essendon and Carlton\u2019s shortlist to become their next senior coach. <\/p>\n<p>Plus the latest on Bobby Hill\u2019s contract settlement with Collingwood, and the \u2018hot favourite\u2019 to be South Australia\u2019s Origin coach. Read on in AFL Daily.<\/p>\n<p>Watch every match of every round of the AFL Premiership Season LIVE and ad-break free during play on FOX FOOTY, available on Kayo Sports | New to Kayo? <a href=\"https:\/\/kayosports.com.au\/en-AU\/welcome\/afl?extcamp=fsaeditoriallinkafl-edt-fsp-lnk-awr-grc-afl-kyo&amp;channel=fsa&amp;campaign=fsacontra\" title=\"kayosports.com.au\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Join now and get your first month for just $1<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/poster-fallback.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>FREO ASSISTANT ON BOMBERS, BLUES SHORTLIST<\/p>\n<p>Fremantle assistant Jaymie Graham is on both Essendon and Carlton\u2019s shortlist to become their next senior coach.<\/p>\n<p>Nine\u2019s Damian Barrett reports Graham is among the finalists for the Essendon gig after he was last week also short-listed for the Carlton role. <\/p>\n<p>Barrett revealed James Hird, Mark McVeigh, Murray Davis, Troy Chaplin and Daniel Pratt were others the Bombers expressed interest in, while there\u2019s an \u201cunknown\u201d around caretaker coach Dean Solomon. <\/p>\n<p>Ross Lyon explains Max King decision | 01:17<\/p>\n<p>But Barrett couldn\u2019t confirm which of those names had joined Graham in making it through to the next phase.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/afl\/afl-2026-round-20-talking-points-analysis-jack-riewoldt-regrets-berating-teammates-after-christian-petracca-incident-with-leo-lombard-ed-allan-future-as-craig-mcrae-coaches-collingwood-brilliantly\/news-story\/ac45a6f8d1269350e94f8e20c4cf5b23\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Chief Herald Sun reporter Jay Clark revealed over the weekend<\/a> that ex-Bomber and Swans assistant McVeigh, who was GWS\u2019 caretaker coach in 2022, is a legit contender.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEssendon is looking at Mark McVeigh, I feel like he\u2019s really firm in this race,\u201d Clark said on Fox Footy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot\u2019s been said about James Hird and Dean Solomon. But I think McVeigh is someone we really need to watch there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DETAILS ON HILL\u2019S CONTRACT SETTLEMENT<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/afl\/afl-2026-bobby-hill-tyson-stengle-to-have-51-million-of-contracts-ripped-up-as-collingwood-geelong-negotiate-settlements-on-exits\/news-story\/9761053c06f94aed63026a56ac8c9c1c\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Collingwood\u2019s contract settlement with Bobby Hill<\/a> will reportedly only see the Norm Smith medallist paid out for this year\u2019s deal.<\/p>\n<p>The Magpies and Hill\u2019s management last week began talks over the 26-year old\u2019s exit from the club. <\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s despite the small forward being contracted until 2030 on a five-year deal signed last year worth around $750,000 annually.<\/p>\n<p>But according to veteran journalist Caroline Wilson, Hill\u2019s money won\u2019t be in the Pies\u2019 salary cap beyond this year. <\/p>\n<p>Details as Hill, Stengle seek club exits | 02:37<\/p>\n<p>\u201c(Collingwood CEO) Craig Kelly and the team, although they are very cognisant of looking after Bobby Hill\u2019s welfare, were adamant they were not going to pay Bobby Hill beyond this year,\u201d Wilson said on Seven. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, the settlement will only involve this year and the rest of this year\u2019s contract.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hill has been absent from Collingwood HQ in recent times and made sporadic appearances at the club over the last 12 months while dealing with personal issues.<\/p>\n<p>He hasn\u2019t played an AFL game since Round 21 last year.<\/p>\n<p>MCRAE \u2018HOT FAVOURITE\u2019 TO BE SA ORIGIN COACH<\/p>\n<p>Collingwood boss Craig McRae is the \u201chot favourite\u201d to be coach of South Australia in State of Origin.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s according to Seven\u2019s Mitch Cleary ahead of SA\u2019s return to the Origin stage next year.<\/p>\n<p>If McRae were appointed, the Glenelg product would lead SA in its first Origin match since 1999 in a game he played in against Victoria. <\/p>\n<p>South Australia set for Origin 2028 | 02:44<\/p>\n<p>It comes after Crows great Mark Ricciuto was unveiled as the SA chairman of selectors.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/afl\/afl-2026-state-of-origin-threeyear-plan-south-australia-western-australia-victoria-latest-news\/news-story\/133f14b59682468276944608f6d6c114\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">The AFL on Monday rolled out its three-year plan to continue State of Origin<\/a>, with SA to play Western Australia in Perth next year.<\/p>\n<p>State of Origin three-year plan<\/p>\n<p>Western Australia v South Australia in Perth (2027)<\/p>\n<p>South Australia v Victoria in Adelaide (2028)<\/p>\n<p>Western Australia v Victoria in Perth (2029)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The man on both Essendon and Carlton\u2019s shortlist to become their next senior coach. Plus the latest on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":827826,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":["post-827825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827825","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=827825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827825\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/827826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=827825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=827825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=827825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}