{"id":922594,"date":"2026-10-10T03:40:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T03:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/922594\/"},"modified":"2026-10-10T03:40:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T03:40:14","slug":"sydney-swans-player-tom-papley-makes-public-dig-at-nick-blakeys-trade-offers-amid-ongoing-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/922594\/","title":{"rendered":"Sydney Swans player Tom Papley makes public dig at Nick Blakey\u2019s trade offers amid ongoing investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sydney Swan Tom Papley has taken a public swipe at teammate Nick Blakey over a trade offer amid rumours the embattled player wants to leave the club as scrutiny surrounding the Pullman Hotel saga continues.<\/p>\n

Blakey has reportedly emerged as a potential departure candidate, with speculation suggesting the defender wants to leave Sydney for North Melbourne in what could develop into a blockbuster trade.<\/p>\n

Speculation surrounding Blakey\u2019s future with the Swans began swirling in the aftermath of sexual assault allegations that have engulfed the club.<\/p>\n

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The Sydney Swans player, as well as Isaac Heeney, Chad Warner and James Jordon are the subject of a police investigation into sexual assault at the Pullman Hotel in Melbourne on August 17.<\/p>\n

Riley Bice was also present at the incident and was later cleared of criminal wrongdoing, but all five players were suspended from the Club following the alleged incident for breaching behavioural standards.<\/p>\n

Victoria Police have not laid any charges in relation to the incident.<\/p>\n

This masthead is not suggesting the players are guilty of any wrongdoing, just that they are assisting police with enquiries.<\/p>\n

Against that backdrop, Blakey\u2019s trade situation has become another talking point as St Kilda reportedly prepare to put together a significant draft-pick package to lure the defender away from Sydney.<\/p>\n

Former AFL player Daniel Gorringe weighed in on the speculation in a video posted to his Instagram account, dandoesfooty, reacting to a post shared by sports journalist Tom Morris.<\/p>\n

\u201cSt Kilda are going all out for Nick Blakey,\u201d Gorringe said, referring to Morris\u2019 post displayed on screen.<\/p>\n

\u201cGo and get a forward… you need that. You don\u2019t need a Blakey, you don\u2019t need to pay that much for him.<\/p>\n

\u201cSt Kilda love giving way too much for something. They\u2019re sickos for it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The report by Morris claimed the Saints had indicated they were prepared to offer three first-round picks for Blakey.<\/p>\n

\u201cSt Kilda has indicated it is prepared to offer three first round picks for Nick Blakey,\u201d a post on X shared by Morris said read.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Saints have 8, 14, and 2027 +2028 F1s at their disposal. They met with Blakey last night.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven if @NMFCOfficial is Blakey\u2019s preference, Sydney will try and push him to the club offering the best trade.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was Gorringe\u2019s assessment of the reported offer that prompted a brief but notable response from Swans forward Tom Papley.<\/p>\n

\u201cJesus overs,\u201d Papley commented on Gorringe\u2019s video.<\/p>\n

\"PapleyPapley commented on Gorringe\u2019s video. Credit: Insatgram<\/p>\n

Meanwhile fellow suspended Swans player Isaac Heeney was spotted leaving a Thai massage parlour<\/a> in the eastern Sydney suburb of Maroubra on Friday as his estranged fiancee Steffie Waters enjoys a girls\u2019 trip to the US.<\/p>\n

The couple\u2019s relationship appeared to have hit troubled waters in the wake of the Victoria Police investigation, with Ms Waters removing photos of the pair, including a snap of her pictured wearing her engagement ring, from her Instagram grid.<\/p>\n

Some photographs have also been tucked into carousels where they were previously visible on her profile.<\/p>\n

After keeping a low-profile online since the saga erupted in August, Ms Waters emerged to share posts showing her travel adventures in Austin, Texas, on Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sydney Swan Tom Papley has taken a public swipe at teammate Nick Blakey over a trade offer amid…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":922595,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[638,43,44,588,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-922594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-afl","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-sport","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/922594","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=922594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/922594\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/922595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=922594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=922594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=922594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}