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NEALE\u2019S LATEST HUGE HINT ON AFL FUTURE<\/p>\n
Two-time Brownlow Medallist Lachie Neale has reportedly given the biggest hint yet on his playing future beyond 2026 at Brisbane.<\/p>\n
Seven\u2019s Tom Morris reported on Sunday afternoon that the 33-year-old, who is an unrestricted free agent, toured Collingwood\u2019s training facility last week as he heavily ponders a move to Victoria this October.<\/p>\n
Neale made the trip to Melbourne last Thursday evening ahead of Brisbane\u2019s eventual 76-point loss to Carlton on Saturday night.<\/p>\n
Fox Footy\u2019s Jon Ralph reported for the Herald Sun back in June that Collingwood could offer a deal as large as $3 million across three seasons, as they look to further bolster their midfield around superstar Nick Daicos.<\/p>\n
The Magpies are seen as considerable favourites for dual premiership Lions at season\u2019s end, with West Coast and Adelaide linked in the earlier stages of the season before the Victorian powerhouse\u2019s intentions were made public.<\/p>\n
Neale transparently spoke with Fox Footy last month<\/a> after Brisbane\u2019s Round 17 win over Geelong at GMHBA Stadium,<\/a> saying he \u201chonestly doesn\u2019t know\u201d where he\u2019ll end up playing in 2027.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve just got to weigh everything\u2026 success, finance, everything that goes along with playing footy. I\u2019m 33 \u2013 probably don\u2019t have that long left, so yeah, just weighing it all up,\u201d Neale said.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s 100% the truth \u2013 I\u2019m not sure what I\u2019ll decide.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s nice to be 33 and feel a little bit wanted … (that) probably doesn\u2019t happen that often.\u201d<\/p>\n Fagan: Lions “off the boil tonight” | 06:51<\/p>\n \u2018CHANGING OF THE GUARD\u2019: TELLING TRADE TALE IN SUNS\u2019 LATEST LOSS<\/p>\n Amid Gold Coast\u2019s remarkable 10th-straight loss on Sunday afternoon to Melbourne, a telling sign emerged regarding one of the league\u2019s star restricted free agents.<\/p>\n As analysed by Fox Footy\u2019s First Crack team in their Round 21 wash-up, Ben King looked to have been dealt a notable positional change at People First Stadium, as he nears an expected exit from the Suns come season\u2019s end. <\/p>\n Having not signed the club\u2019s current two-year offer to extend his time in red, the 26-year-old has been linked strongly with Hawthorn in a move that would bring him back to his home state of Victoria.<\/p>\n It looks to have sparked a change in thinking for head coach Damien Hardwick, who deployed emerging tall Jed Walter in King\u2019s traditional full-forward role against the Demons.<\/p>\n \u201cIt looked like a changing of the guard in regards to the position,\u201d 287-game Saint Leigh Montagna said on Sunday night.<\/p>\n \u201cIn this game, he was getting into positions that he\u2019s not used to, Ben King. It was Jed Walter who was playing the deepest as the focal point \u2014 and it looked really good.<\/p>\n \u201cI just wonder whether if this was intentional from Damien Hardwick, to say: \u2018Right, well Ben, if you\u2019re here next year we\u2019re starting to plan for next season \u2014 and it\u2019s going to be around this guy as our number one key forward that we\u2019ve committed to.\u201d<\/p>\n The slight changing of the magnets was rewarded instantly, with Walter kicked three goals in a dominant first-half display.<\/p>\n And while there was so much to like, Montagna highlighted there\u2019s still work to come for recently re-signed 21-year-old \u2014 as there is for mostkey forwards at his age.<\/p>\n \u201cHe was really impressive. Some of his forward craft is slowly getting better, and we know about the athleticism,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cHis first half, he had 3.2, 11 disposals and seven marks … but with just one disposal in the second half, he looked gassed to me.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s going to be a big summer for Walter, to get the running shoes on, hit the pavement and get himself really fit to be able to do similar to what Josh Treacy\u2019s elevation has been at Fremantle … they\u2019re going to need it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brisbane superstar Lachie Neale has given his biggest hint yet on where his AFL future lies beyond this…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":840921,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":["post-840920","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\/840920","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=840920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840920\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/840921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=840920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=840920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=840920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}