in a final-day trade with Port Adelaide on Wednesday. <\/a><\/p>\nRichmond gave up four selections for the prized pick \u2013 pick 22 in this year\u2019s draft along with its first-round, second-round and fourth-round picks in 2027.<\/p>\n
But it will provide the Tigers with another top-end talent this year, with rival recruiters believing there are around eight standout players in this year\u2019s pool. <\/p>\n
Exciting Northern Knights ruckman Harry Van Hattum is one player firmly in the Tigers\u2019 sights, while midfielders Ethan Drever and Heath Mellody and half-forwards Arki Butler and Gus Teixeira shape as other options depending on who gets past other clubs. <\/p>\n
Richmond will also secure another start-of-second-round pick as compensation for its No. 2 selection being pushed back by an expected bid on Port Adelaide Next Generation Academy star Dougie Cochrane at No.1. <\/p>\n
In other top-order shake-ups, Melbourne moved up its first pick this year from No. 6 to No.4. <\/p>\n
The Demons have been linked to Sandringham Dragons forward-midfielder Arki Butler and Woodville-West Torrens key defender Mitch Harris.<\/p>\n
The trade of rebounding defender Nick Blakey landed Sydney the No. 6 pick from North Melbourne, after the Swans had entered trade period without a first-round selection following the Charlie Curnow trade of 12 months earlier. <\/p>\n
Gold Coast got pick 8 as free agency compensation for Ben King, having also been without a first-round pick heading into the post-season period. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Richmond is set to select six top-10 draft picks in three years in a talent turbocharge ahead of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":928816,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[437700,459894,400523,495772,495760,22956,495766,495789,495783,495759,452760,495795,495768,638,495797,495798,495769,495779,495778,64,63,55,639,11295,10970,23816,1783,159266,495796,413860,495777,495764,379219,495775,495786,2485,495781,134313,495765,495784,495770,647,495774,235081,410787,168087,198161,6855,378488,388615,404450,495787,495767,488560,19453,6082,495788,495780,495793,6858,495794,495792,495785,185725,495790,85,670,2801,325792,446752,495782,186758,495761,495763,392722,495776,495773,449673,128820,495771,36522,364611,495762,395118,13338,221557,1133,41313,495791,392250],"class_list":["post-928815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-s-draft","tag-s-hand","tag-s-national-draft","tag-s-picks","tag-s-pool","tag-12-months","tag-2-and-5","tag-2027-but","tag-a-different-club","tag-a-final-day-trade","tag-a-first-round-pick","tag-a-first-round-selection","tag-a-talent-turbocharge","tag-afl","tag-afl-draft-2026","tag-all-the-cards","tag-an-expected-bid","tag-another-start-of-second-round-pick","tag-another-top-end-talent","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-ben-king","tag-club","tag-clubs","tag-compensation","tag-dougie-cochrane","tag-eight-standout-players","tag-every-club","tag-exciting-northern-knights-ruckman-harry-van-hattum","tag-four-selections","tag-free-agency-compensation","tag-full-draft-order","tag-full-draft-order-after-trade","tag-gold-coast","tag-half-forwards-arki-butler-and-gus-teixeira","tag-indicative-order","tag-its-first-pick","tag-its-first-round","tag-its-no-2-selection","tag-melbourne","tag-midfielders-ethan-drever-and-heath-mellody","tag-next-month","tag-no-1","tag-no-4","tag-no-6","tag-north-melbourne","tag-one-player","tag-one-thing","tag-other-clubs","tag-other-options","tag-other-top-order-shake-ups","tag-pick-8","tag-picks","tag-port-adelaide","tag-port-adelaide-next-generation-academy-star-dougie-cochrane","tag-power-trade","tag-rebounding-defender-nick-blakey","tag-richmond","tag-rival-recruiters","tag-sandringham-dragons-forward-midfielder-arki-butler-and","tag-second-round-and-fourth-round-picks","tag-sights","tag-six-top-10-draft-picks","tag-sports","tag-sydney","tag-tasmania","tag-tassie","tag-the-afl-trade-period","tag-the-charlie-curnow-trade","tag-the-demons","tag-the-last-saloon","tag-the-no-6-pick","tag-the-pointy-end","tag-the-post-season-period","tag-the-prized-pick-pick-22","tag-the-second","tag-the-swans","tag-the-tasmanian-takeover","tag-the-tigers","tag-this-year","tag-those-selections","tag-three-years","tag-tigers","tag-top-ten","tag-trade-period","tag-wednesday","tag-woodville-west-torrens-key-defender-mitch-harris-the-trade","tag-your-club"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/928815","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=928815"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/928815\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/928816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=928815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=928815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=928815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}