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Apparently, he really wants to go back to WA. I think we have some experience with that sort of player. Pass.

• Free agency kicked off with a bang today as three players found new homes on day one. • Reece Conca signed with Fremantle for three-years as an unrestricted free agent in the first deal of the period. • Geelong officially lodged the paperwork for Western Bulldogs midfielder Luke Dahlhaus, signing him to a four-year deal. • Gold Coast forward Tom Lynch is off to Richmond unless the Suns match the bid made for him by the Tigers. • Geelong's Tim Kelly has requested a trade to West Coast, wanting to return to Perth and be closer to his family. • Fremantle does not believe Brisbane’s pick four is adequate compensation for Lachie Neale who is contracted to the Dockers. • The trade period itself opens on Monday.

2km time trial Jacob Kennerley – 6:04 minutes Chayce Jones – 6:05 Sam Walsh – 6:07 Will Golds – 6:10 Luke English – 6:11 Ned McHenry – 6:11 Oscar Brownless – 6:13 Jordan Clark – 6:14 Xavier O'Halloran – 6:14 Zac Foot – 6:15

The high number of potential changes suggests that we might have a couple of delisted free agents in mind?

More Combine results Standing vertical jump Ely Smith - 77cm Laitham Vandermeer - 72cm Ben Jarvis - 72cm Izak Rankine - 70cm Irving Mosquito - 68cm Bailey Scott - 68cm Isaac Quaynor 67cm Connor Rozee - 67cm Buku Khamis - 67cm Chayce Jones - 66cm Will Hamill - 66cm Charlie Sprague - 66cm Xavier O'Halloran - 66cm Rhylee West - 66cm Riley Grundy - 66cm Connor Idun - 66cm Bailey Williams - 66cm Running vertical jump (right foot) Sam Sturt - 91cm Chayce Jones - 85cm Xavier Duursma - 83cm Ely Smith - 82cm Isaac Quaynor - 81cm Riley Grundy - 81cm Xavier O'Neill - 81cm Connor Rozee - 79cm Rhylee West - 79cm Irving Mosquito - 78cm Noah Answerth - 78cm Running vertical jump (left foot) Bailey Williams - 94cm Chayce Jones - 91cm Connor Rozee - 88cm Laitham Vandermeer - 88cm Ely Smith - 86cm Isaac Quaynor - 86cm Will Hamill - 86cm Ben Jarvis - 86cm Xavier O'Neill - 84cm Zac Foot - 84cm Jackson Hately - 84cm Bailey Scott - 84cm 20m sprint Tom McKenzie - 2.904 seconds Connor Rozee - 2.91 seconds Will Hamill - 2.914 seconds Izak Rankine - 2.93 seconds Connor Idun - 2.945 seconds Bailey Williams - 2.946 seconds Xavier O'Neill - 2.957 Xavier O'Halloran - 2.96 seconds Ben King - 2.965 seconds Sam Sturt - 2.966 seconds Agility Izak Rankine - 8.039 seconds Xavier O'Halloran - 8.063 seconds Rhylee West - 8.216 seconds Will Hamill - 8.222 seconds James Blanck - 8.258 seconds Chayce Jones - 8.270 seconds Ben Jarvis - 8.308 seconds Connor Rozee - 8.326 seconds Ely Smith - 8.328 seconds Sam Sturt - 8.396 seconds Yo-Yo test Ned McHenry - level 22.2 Sam Walsh - 22.1 Luke English - 22.1 Will Golds - 21.8 Xavier O'Halloran - 21.6 Oscar Brownless - 21.6 Will Hamill - 21.4 Ely Smith - 21.4 Jez McLennan - 21.4 Lachlan Sholl - 21.4 Fraser Turner - 21.4

NOW @TimGossage on Jesse Hogan's tour of Fremantle "He was there for four hours" #NABTradeRadio

Breaking news ... Dion Johnstone has been added to the club’s delistings.

• the start of the Free Agency Period is a day away and there are still 18 players eligible; • Tom Liberatore is one of those free agents but is set to remain at Whitten Oval; • Gold Coast skipper Steven May is yet to request a trade but the Suns want an answer from him by early next week. They will however, be trading defender Kade Kolodjashnij “early on next week” with Melbourne the frontrunners for his services. The Suns say forward Jack Martin would not be traded; • Tom Langdon’s manager Scott Lucas says his client has only recently received his first offer from Collingwood. The preference is to remain with the Pies; • St Kilda has confirmed its interest in Dean Kent, but ruled out targeting free agent Daniel Menzel.

Tall Defenders Jacob Atley Bendigo Pioneers 04/07/2000 Height: 191cm Weight: 74kg Chris Burgess West Adelaide 26/11/1995 Height: 193cm Weight: 84kg Jordan Butts Murray Bushrangers 31/15/1999 Height: 197cm Weight: 80kg Sam Collins Werribee 15/06/1994 Height: 194cm Weight: 97kg Stephen Cumming Dandenong Stingrays 22/07/2000 Height: 199cm Weight: 104kg Mason Fletcher Calder Cannons 08/04/2000 Height: 199cm Weight: 80kg Caleb Graham Gold Coast Suns Academy 12/09/2000 Height: 194cm Weight: 84kg Austin Hodge Gippsland Power 02/04/1999 Height: 190cm Weight: 83kg Nathan Kreuger South Adelaide 25/06/1999 Height: 196cm Weight: 86kg Matthew McGuinness Lauderdale 13/07/2000 Height: 192cm Weight: 75kg Nick Murray Murray Bushrangers/GWS Giants Academy 18/12/2000 Height: 193cm Weight: 89kg Ethan Phillips Port Melbourne 17/04/1999 Height: 195cm Weight: 83kg Mitchell Podhajski Calder Cannons 04/01/1999 Height: 191cm Weight: 87kg Stefan Radovanovic Western Jets 07/09/2000 Height: 192cm Weight: 85kg Callum Wilkie North Adelaide 10/03/1996 Height: 191cm Weight: 87kg Lachlan Young Dandenong Stingrays 06/04/1999 Height: 190cm Weight: 78kg Medium Defenders Joseph Ayton-Delaney Oakleigh Chargers 25/03/2000 Height: 180cm Weight: 68kg Tye Browning Calder Cannons 28/01/2000 Height: 181cm Weight: 81kg Jacob Collins Norwood 29/08/2000 Height: 189cm Weight: 81kg Jake Frawley Dandenong Stingrays 03/08/1999 Height: 187cm Weight: 81kg Lachlan Gadomski Kingborough Tigers 05/05/2000 Height: 186cm Weight: 77kg Matthew Gahan Dandenong Stingrays 11/07/2000 Height: 185cm Weight: 79kg Ryan Gilmore Gold Coast Suns Academy 28/08/2000 Height: 187cm Weight: 84kg Nicholas Hind Essendon VFL 19/08/1994 Height: 181cm Weight: 72kg Cody Hirst Eastern Ranges 19/01/2000 Height: 180cm Weight: 65kg Marty Hore Collingwood VFL 05/03/1996 Height: 189cm Weight: 81kg Harry Houlahan Sandringham Dragons 09/01/2000 Height: 187cm Weight: 74kg Matty Lloyd GWV Rebels 02/11/2000 Height: 185cm Weight: 77kg Mihail Lochowiak Sturt 16/01/2000 Height: 184cm Weight: 82kg Tyler Martin Norwood 06/03/2000 Height: 188cm Weight: 80kg Tom Matthews Brisbane Lions Academy 24/01/2000 Height: 184cm Weight: 82kg Lachlan McDonald Gold Coast Suns Academy 02/03/2000 Height: 185cm Weight: 75kg Matt Neagle Wodonga Raiders 19/02/1998 Height: 180cm Weight: 75kg Finbar O’Dwyer Murray Bushrangers 24/07/2000 Height: 188cm Weight: 72kg Matthew Parker South Fremantle 25/01/1996 Height: 187cm Weight: 79kg Guy Richardson GWS Giants Academy 12/07/2000 Height: 184cm Weight: 75kg Isaac Saywell Norwood 13/03/2000 Height: 187cm Weight: 81kg Regan Spooner South Fremantle 14/01/2000 Height: 189cm Weight: 80kg Casey Voss Sturt 14/09/2000 Height: 183cm Weight: 75kg Tobe Watson Swan Districts 03/12/1997 Height: 188cm Weight: 82kg Tall Forwards Sam Conway Geelong Falcons 17/05/1999 Height: 202cm Weight: 89kg Oliver Eastland Claremont 26/03/1998 Height: 196cm Weight: 86kg Kody Eaton East Fremantle 01/11/2000 Height: 195cm Weight: 86kg Harry Edwards Swan Districts 01/10/2000 Height: 195cm Weight: 80kg Darcy Fort Central District 06/08/1993 Height: 205cm Weight: 99kg Hudson Garoni Murray Bushrangers 25/08/2000 Height: 195cm Weight: 91kg Noah Gown Gippsland Power 01/02/2000 Height: 193cm Weight: 91kg Daniel Hanna Calder Cannons 24/11/1999 Height: 199cm Weight: 81kg Jack Mayo Subiaco 22/07/1999 Height: 192cm Weight: 81kg Hayden McLean Sandringham Dragons 20/01/1999 Height: 196cm Weight: 91kg James Rendell Sandringham Dragons 09/05/2000 Height: 198cm Weight: 90kg Bailey Schmidt Dandenong Stingrays 07/03/2000 Height: 199cm Weight: 97kg Kieran Strachan Port Melbourne 05/10/1995 Height: 202cm Weight: 95kg Jack Tomkinson Brisbane Lions Academy 07/06/1999 Height: 200cm Weight: 100kg

State Combines will be held in Melbourne (October 5), South Australia (October 13) and Western Australia (October 14). Plus the Rookie Me testing on October 6. Medium Forwards Frank Anderson South Croydon 05/08/1997 Height: 186cm Weight: 82kg Riley Bice Murray Bushrangers/GWS Academy 26/09/2000 Height: 184cm Weight: 68kg Oscar Chapman North Adelaide 28/03/1999 Height: 187cm Weight: 72kg Job Colwell South Adelaide 07/04/2000 Height: 182cm Weight: 80kg Dylan Curley East Fremantle 02/11/2000 Height: 188cm Weight: 70kg Patrick Farrant Swan Districts 01/10/1999 Height: 189cm Weight: 75kg Jake Gaspar Oakleigh Chargers 19/04/2000 Height: 183cm Weight: 80kg Brayden Ham Geelong Falcons 25/04/1999 Height: 181cm Weight: 69kg James Jordan Oakleigh Chargers 20/12/2000 Height: 186cm Weight: 84kg Josh Kemp Calder Cannons 13/04/2000 Height: 186cm Weight: 73kg Jeromy Lucas GWS Giants Academy 29/06/2000 Height: 184cm Weight: 81kg Tom Medhat West Perth 16/8/2000 Height: 190cm Weight: 79kg Louis Miller East Perth 25/05/2000 Height: 187cm Weight: 82kg Luke Moore South Fremantle 07/04/2000 Height: 180cm Weight: 85kg Michael Mummery NT Thunder 13/06/2000 Height: 185cm Weight: 87kg Jai Nanscawen Dandenong Stingrays 31/03/2000 Height: 184cm Weight: 73kg James Pearling GWS Giants Academy 21/08/2000 Height: 183cm Weight: 71kg Jamie Plumridge Dandenong Stingrays 12/01/2000 Height: 183cm Weight: 75kg Joey Reinhard Sydney Swans Academy 01/12/1999 Height: 190cm Weight: 84kg Corey Rich Frankston 29/03/1997 Height: 183cm Weight: 83kg Mathew Walker Murray Bushrangers/GWS Academy 14/02/2000 Height: 187cm Weight: 76kg Izaak Wyatt Southern Districts 17/03/2000 Height: 187cm Weight: 72kg Small Forwards, Defenders and Midfielders Jake Aarts Richmond VFL 08/12/1994 Height: 180cm Weight: 76kg Atu Bosenavualagi Oakleigh Chargers 17/09/2000 Height: 179cm Weight: 79kg Connor Bristow Norwood 15/07/2000 Height: 180cm Weight: 70kg Declan Carmody Glenelg 16/03/2000 Height: 177cm Weight: 70kg Ben Cavarra Williamstown 20/12/1995 Height: 175cm Weight: 72kg Kade Chandler Norwood 13/01/2000 Height: 173cm Weight: 73kg Kyle Clarke Murray Bushrangers 31/01/2000 Height: 174cm Weight: 72kg Tate Coleman South Adelaide 05/10/2000 Height: 179cm Weight: 70kg Tobin Cox Glenelg 15/07/1999 Height: 177cm Weight: 78kg Martin Frederick Woodville-West Torrens 17/05/2000 Height: 178cm Weight: 74kg Jed Hill GWV Rebels 06/07/2000 Height: 179cm Weight: 68cm Tom Lewis Sturt 18/02/2000 Height: 179cm Weight: 80kg Jay Lockhart Casey Scorpions 03/02/1996 Height: 177cm Weight: 75kg Rhyan Mansell North Launceston 04/06/2000 Height: 178cm Weight: 72kg Darcy Marsh Brisbane Lions Academy 25/07/2000 Height: 178cm Weight: 75kg Jarvis Pina Peel Thunder 30/10/2000 Height: 173cm Weight: 58kg Jake Tarca South Adelaide 23/02/2000 Height: 175cm Weight: 75kg Boyd Woodcock North Adelaide 05/03/2000 Height: 174cm Weight: 68kg Medium Midfielders Finn Betterman Glenelg 09/05/2000 Height: 180cm Weight: 73kg Brett Bewley Williamstown 14/04/1995 Height: 185cm Weight: 87kg Jason Carter Peel Thunder 11/01/2000 Height: 182cm Weight: 75kg Kyle Dunkley Oakleigh Chargers 20/06/2000 Height: 184cm Weight: 81kg Sam Fletcher Dandenong Stingrays 27/01/2000 Height: 187cm Weight: 79kg Xavier Fry Eastern Ranges 08/08/2000 Height: 183cm Weight: 68kg Sam Graham Calder Cannons 24/06/2000 Height: 185cm Weight: 76kg Matthew Green NT Thunder 05/05/2000 Height: 189cm Weight: 73kg Ethan Hansen Perth 25/06/2000 Height: 182cm Weight: 72cm Will Hayes Footscray VFL 05/06/1995 Height: 181cm Weight: 79kg Ryan Hebron Sydney University 03/05/1997 Height: 186cm Weight: 82kg Will Hickmott Subiaco 11/12/2000 Height: 180cm Weight: 76kg Corey Hitchcock Claremont 08/06/1999 Height: 180cm Weight: 75kg Zane Keighran Bendigo Pioneers 19/10/2000 Height: 182cm Weight: 79kg Lachlan McDonnell Dandenong Stingrays 22/05/2000 Height: 186cm Weight: 80kg Justin McInerney Northern Knights 18/08/2000 Height: 18cm Weight: 72kg Rylie Morgan Claremont 24/03/2000 Height: 182cm Weight: 81kg Aaron Nietschke Central District 26/05/2000 Height: 184cm Weight: 77kg Matthew Nunn Norwood 18/04/1997 Height: 181cm Weight: 78kg Tyson Powell Peel Thunder 07/04/2000 Height: 187cm Weight: 80kg Kai Pudney Woodville West Torrens 09/01/2000 Height: 186cm Weight: 78kg Harry Reynolds Sandringham Dragons 11/10/2000 Height: 190cm Weight: 75kg Alistair Richards Sandringham Dragons 09/05/2000 Height: 187cm Weight: 78kg Mitch Riordan Dandenong Stingrays 25/01/2000 Height: 186cm Weight: 79kg Jack Ross Oakleigh Chargers 03/09/2000 Height: 186cm Weight: 85kg James Sturrock Peel Thunder 17/02/2000 Height: 183cm Weight: 76kg Jai Taylor Dandenong Stingrays 03/02/2000 Height: 187cm Weight: 71kg Charlie Thompson Richmond VFL 15/03/1999 Height: 183cm Weight: 80kg Adam Tipungwuti Western Magpies 04/06/1996 Height: 176 Weight: 72kg Charlie Wilson GWV Rebels 25/03/2000 Height: 180cm Weight: 78kg

The first test results - Kicking test (score out of 30) Tarryn Thomas 27 Xavier O'Neill 27 Matt McGannon 25 Ely Smith 24 Laithan Vandermeer 23 Jack Lukosius 23 Chayce Jones 22 Noah Answerth 22 Nicholas Baker 22 Xavier O'Halloran 22 James Blanck 22 Riley Grundy 22 Goalkicking test (score out of 30) Isaac Quaynor 30 Keidean Coleman 25 Tarryn Thomas 25 Tom McKenzie 25 Mark Keane 25 Jack Lukosius 25 Izak Rankine 24 Jordan Morrisey 24 Angus Hanrahan 24

A lot of repetition on the broadcasts over the past couple of days (perhaps they could have waited until Friday?) • Darcy Moore’s manager James Pitcher all-but confirmed the swingman will be staying at Collingwood beyond 2018. • it appears that Collingwood have upped their offer to talented defender Tom Langdon, who remains out of contract. • Aaron Hall wants to get to North Melbourne and get a fresh start on his AFL career. • Richmond youngster Tyson Stengle has attracted the interest of the Crows. • the race for Dylan Shiel rolls on with Hawthorn appearing to be the club leading the pack, but don’t rule out Carlton or St Kilda from jumping in front just yet. Essendon appears to be furthest back of the four sides.

• Melbourne General Manager of Football Josh Mahoney’s has revealed the Dees won’t be able to afford Gold Coast captain Steven May unless Jesse Hogan leaves the club. The Demons will have an answer from the key forward by Monday as to whether he wishes to be traded to Fremantle. • Mahoney went on to say Melbourne would expect significant compensation for Hogan, up there with the highest any player has ever been traded for. Dean Kent and Aaron VandenBerg will seemingly also get to their clubs of choice in St Kilda and Sydney. • Tom Lynch officially selected the Tigers as his club of choice meaning Gold Coast will likely get their hands on pick three in the National Draft as a compensatory selection. • Richmond’s Sam Lloyd wishes to become a Bulldog, while George Horlin-Smith should get to the Suns. • Former top 10 pick Jack Scrimshaw has requesting a trade from Gold Coast and defender Kade Kolodjashnij may find his way to the Demons. • Luke Dunstan and Will Brodie are happy where they are and should remain at St Kilda and Gold Coast respectively.

The 1989 AFL National Draft was never considered a great draft in terms of producing “name” footballers. Richmond kicked the draft off with its selection of Anthony Banik from Won Wron Woodside who’s career fell just short of 50 games. The Eagles snared a winner at #4 in Peter Matera while North Melbourne plucked another Sandgroper in Mark Brayshaw at 6. He managed only 32 games but managed to father three young players on current AFL lists, two of who were top three draft picks. For the Melbourne Football Club, that draft was a complete disaster with the selections drawing blanks across the board. However, one of the players selected at pick 85, a young Gaelic footballer from County Londonderry, Northern Ireland lasted a year and was cut at a time clubs had to reduce their list by 10 with the TAC Cup replacing the under-19s. He was Anthony Tohill, a versatile sportsman who went back home, became a Gaelic football champion, tried out for Manchester United at soccer at one stage and later became a star for his country in the International Rules Series. The late Jimmy Stynes called the club’s decision to cut the 193cm Tohill as “one of the biggest mistakes ever". Now his son Anton is here trying his luck at the AFL Draft Combine which commenced today. According to AFL Draft Guru, Kevin Sheahan, the 198cm Anton is a “chip off the block” who “looks "so natural with his ball drop, runs 2.95 for 20m and has a lovely running gait. "He's probably more a key-position option than a ruckman." Given that the Demons have already signed two Category B Rookies and haven’t moved to re-embrace the Irish experiment, it’s unlikely that they will be able to snare the younger Tohill but with those attributes and the family history, it’s unlikely that he’ll be allowed off the leash as easily as his now famous father.

And a standing ovation to Maxy!!!

That can only mean one thing - Keith ‘Bluey’ Truscott Memorial Trophy (B & F) Max Gawn

Sid Anderson Memorial Trophy (2nd B & F) Clayton Oliver

Ron Barassi Snr Memorial Trophy (3rd B & F) James Harmes

Ivor Warne-Smith Memorial Trophy (4th B & F) Nathan Jones

Dick Taylor Memorial Trophy (5th B & F)Tom McDonald

Goody speaking - major awards coming up.

Karl Marx, Lennin, Trotsky and Stalin.

Bernie Vince gets a standing ovation after receiving a special award from the coach.