Pies get Houston after Port lastly agrees to identical MEGA commerce they initially rejected
Collingwood lastly has their man, Dan Houston might be in Magpies colors subsequent season after the most important story of this yr’s commerce interval lastly obtained sealed.
Simply 18 hours after Port Adelaide sensationally closed the door on the mega commerce involving 5 gamers and three golf equipment, it was sensationally revived with the Suns choose 50 at one stage believed to be the sticking level.
Nevertheless it was later confirmed that that choose was a part of the preliminary provide.
Nevertheless, the Herald Solar’s Jon Ralph revealed why Port lastly caved on the identical deal they rejected lower than a day earlier.
“Suns threatened to simply commerce 13 by itself to a different membership given so many had been coming for it,” Ralph tweeted.
“Might have gotten Noble and Luko carried out with choose 29 and a future first. So in the long run the Energy relented on the identical deal as final night time & can flip 13 into a number of later first-round picks.”
The twin All-Australian will get his want to play for Collingwood, with the Magpies additionally choosing up choose 58.
The Energy cashed up with three gamers Jack Lukosius, Joe Richards and Rory Atkins who will all head to South Australia, with the membership additionally getting picks 13, 29, 36 and 50.
Kane Cornes has slammed his former membership for the disastrous transfer, believing that the Energy successfully traded Houston for picks 13 and 29.
“The Dan Houston commerce’s gone down … it’s a disastrous deal for Port Adelaide,” Cornes informed SEN.com.au.
“It’s just like the scene in Pulp Fiction the place he stands up and says, ‘Everyone be cool it is a theft!’ That’s what’s occurred to Port Adelaide right here.
“You’ve primarily traded a twin All-Australian who you had on the contract for 3 years on good cash – beneficial cash for Port Adelaide – for choose 13 and 29. That’s primarily what you’ve carried out.
“I do know there are some steak knives thrown in … Rory Atkins, I simply can’t work that one out. You’ve truly carried out Gold Coast a favour and brought his contract off their palms, however you get no profit.”
Dan Houston celebrates a purpose. (Picture by James Elsby/AFL Photographs by way of Getty Photographs)
The third membership concerned with the deal was Gold Coast and John Noble and choose 39 in addition to two 2025 first-round picks might be headed to the Suns.
The membership additionally retains picks 6 and 23, which can be utilized in a cope with Richmond for Daniel Rioli.
Amid information of Houston’s arrival, the exodus amongst Collingwood’s hierarchy has continued, with former Carlton coach Brendon Bolton the most recent to depart the Magpies after accepting an assistant’s position at St Kilda.
Bolton coached Carlton from 2016 to 2019 in between separate stints at Hawthorn.
The 45-year-old spent the previous three years as Collingwood’s director of teaching, taking part in an essential off-field position within the membership’s run to the flag in 2023.
Nevertheless it hasn’t been easy crusing for the Magpies on or off the sphere this yr.
Collingwood soccer boss Graham Wright took a sabbatical earlier this yr amidst rumblings of stress between him and Magpies chief govt Craig Kelly.
Wright determined to not return to the Magpies, and has since signed with Carlton to turn into the Blues’ subsequent chief govt in a handover with present CEO Brian Cook dinner.
Bolton helped fill the void left by Graham’s absence at Collingwood this yr, and it’s been reported there was friction between himself and Magpies checklist supervisor Justin Leppitsch.
The Saints introduced on Tuesday that each Bolton and former Melbourne and Geelong defender Jared Rivers had signed up as assistants for 2025.
Rivers spent 4 seasons at Collegians Soccer Membership within the VAFA A Grade competitors, main the membership to the 2023 premiership in his remaining yr on the helm.
The Magpies are nonetheless looking out for a everlasting soccer supervisor.
“Whereas I’m extremely grateful for my time at Collingwood, my ardour proper now stays on taking part in a job as a coach in an AFL program which I’m trying ahead to getting caught into,” Bolton stated in an announcement.
In different teaching actions, Fremantle have signed Jade Rawlings as their new backline coach on a three-year deal following the departure of Matthew Boyd.
Rawlings joins Justin Longmuir’s teaching panel alongside Jaymie Graham (forwards), Joel Corey (midfield) and Harry Garland (stoppages).
The 47-year-old has spent the previous 4 seasons as senior coach of Norwood within the SANFL, guiding the membership to the 2022 premiership and the 2024 grand remaining.
Rawlings has been a part of teaching panels at Brisbane, Richmond, Melbourne and North Melbourne following a 148-game AFL profession throughout stints with Hawthorn, Western Bulldogs and North Melbourne.
West Coast have signed Jamie Maddocks because the membership’s new head of improvement.
Maddocks has been the Western Bulldogs’ head of improvement for the previous 5 seasons, after becoming a member of the membership as a improvement coach and opposition analyst in 2015.
He joins a revamped West Coast teaching group below new head coach Andrew McQualter.
Simply final week, West Coast introduced membership nice John Worsfold had returned to the membership within the position of head of soccer.
– with AAP
