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- Brisbane has increased it's offer to Zac Bailey from 6 years, to 7 years

- Hawthorn has also increased it's offer financially to Mitch Lewis, still at 4 years

- St Kilda has registered preliminary interest in Ollie Lord (PA)

- Carlton have renewed their interest in Buku Khamis (WB), meeting with him during the Bulldogs bye

- Essendon is keen on Cats midfielder Jack Bowes

- Vic Metro defeated the Allies by 83 points in the Under 18s champs over the weekend. Gus Teixeira, George Dimer, Toby Krasna, Jordan Knapp, Angus Tippett listed as some of the best for Vic Metro.

- Bulldogs list boss Michael Regan joins the show

- He believes Dougie Cochrane (PA NGA) and Cody Walker (CAR F/S) are the clear Top 2 in the draft pool

- He also spoke about hoping for list spots and opportunities to be expanded. Repeating Sam Mitchell's idea for unlimited list spots inside the cap

- "Absolutely not" was the response to the question about whether Tim English had told the Dogs he was keen to explore opportunities

- Essendon and West Coast are 2 clubs with interest in Arty Jones, according to Josh Gabelich

- Riley believes the expectation across the league is that Toby Greene is keen on a move to Geelong

- Geelong are keen on Eagles ruckman Bailey Williams, although he is expected to stay at the Eagles

- Jhye Clark has begun talks on an extension at Geelong

- Tom Sparrow is expected to stay at Melbourne, whilst talks will likely begin on an extension for Christian Salem once he returns from injury

- Riley believes all other 17 clubs have asked the question of Darcy Wilson (STK)

- St Kilda have plans to extend Max Hall's contract, which includes an upgrade on his deal for next year

- The Bulldogs are set to look for a back-up ruck in the upcoming off-season, whilst Arty Jones looks likely to re-sign there

- Vic Metro defeated WA by 36 points in the Under 18s championships on the weekend

- Arki Butler, Billy Wigmore, Albert McGowan talked about as the best for Vic Metro. Heath Mellody, George Gale, Benji Van Rooyen and Leo Steed mentioned as the best for WA

- SA defeated the Allies by 66 points. Jack Slattery, Ethan Herbert, Kodah Edwards were the best for SA. Caylen Murray (BRI academy) and Cooper Hodge (BRI academy + HAW F/S) talked about for the Allies

- Player agent Tom McConville joins the show

- Says Zac Bailey's decision isn't just down to Adelaide or Brisbane at the moment

- Wil Dawson is in talks with North Melbourne on a contract extension

- Logan Morris (BRI) is still on a standard draft contract being his 3rd year. Was reported yesterday that Collingwood, Carlton, Melbourne, Geelong and Tasmania are all keen

- Brisbane expect Lachie Neale to be playing at Collingwood next year. The Lions have also made their "final offer" to Zac Bailey which is $3.5 million less overall than Adelaide's

- Cal does think a deal to get Zach Merrett (ESS) to Hawthorn will happen this year

- Essendon has a 5 year, $4 million deal to Jed Walter, which is actually less than what Gold Coast have offered him

- Essendon have also offered a 3 year extension worth around a million a year to Nate Caddy, through to 2031

- Sydney have begun talks with Tom McCartin and Isaac Heeney for extensions to their deals (expiring 2027 and 2028 respectively)

- RFA Bailey Williams is expected to remain at West Coast

- Under 18s championships began on the weekend, WA defeated SA by 12 points

- Leo Steed, James Artemis and Harper Banfield were some of the best for WA, Kodah Edwards, Anthony Long (PA NGA), Jake Eime and Memphis Webb were some of the best for SA

- Vic Country defeated the Allies by 13 points. Wil Malady, Keenan Boi, (HAW NGA) and Archie Elliott were the best for VICC. Ethan Matthews (GWS Academy), was the best for the Allies and is now in Top 5 calculations, Caylen Murray (BRI Academy) and Henry Meaney (SYD Academy) also mentioned

- Player manager Tim Hazell joins the show

- Sam Switkowski has a 2 year offer on the table from Fremantle, and he is likely to stay. Corey Wagner is also set to extend for 2 years at the Dockers

- Jack Crisp will play on at Collingwood next year through a contract trigger

- There's no doubt Carlton F/S product Cody Walker will fetch a bid in the top 3 now. The Blues will be in the hunt for more picks in this year's draft to accommodate that

- Fremantle won't be in the trade/FA market unless a player specifically wants to come to them

- Hawthorn still want both Zach Merrett and Bailey Humphrey. Multiple players may need to be traded to get the draft capital for that though. Jack Gunston is likely to play on next year

- Under 18s championships start this weekend, Cal lists 25 players to watch

- The 25 are: Will Antrobus (VICC), Arki Butler (VICM), Harrison Chapman (VICM), Ethan Drever (VICC), Kodah Edwards (SA), George Gale (WA), Sam Gayfer (VICM), Hudson Graham (WA), Mitch Harris (SA), Ethan Herbert (SA), Xavier Ladbrook (VICC), Wil Malady (VICC), Ethan Matthews (ALL and GWS academy), Jake Medved (ALL and SYD academy), Heath Mellody (WA), Marlon Neocleous (VICC), Gale Patterson (SA), Jackson Phillips (VICC), Lucas Robinson (WA and FRE NGA), Clancy Snell (VICC), Leo Steed (WA), Gus Teixeira (VICC), Harry Van Hattum (VICM), Cody Walker (VICC and CAR F/S), Noah Williams (VICC)

- AFL Head of Football Performance and List Management Justin Reid joins the show

- Clubs can only receive an extra compensation pick for having a bid matched, if it's their natural pick. E.g, if the team with Pick 1 trades for Pick 4 and Pick 5, then has that Pick 4 slided back, they wouldn't receive the extra 2nd round compensation

- Compensation picks for clubs that lose players to Tasmania under the "anyone is an RFA" rule, could be done on a case by case basis and be multiple first round picks

- The AFL will review whether the SSP period could be open for longer than the current March 1 deadline

- Trading picks in the mid-season draft has been shelved for the time being. Could still happen in the next 4 years

- Bulldogs are still the favourites in the Zak Butters chase, but Geelong, Richmond and Collingwood are all still trying to lure him

- Ben King is still expected to stay at Gold Coast, but Hawthorn are the only club he might realistically leave to

- Brisbane now expect Zac Bailey to be at the Crows next year

- Jarman Impey looks likely to re-sign for an extra 3 years at Hawthorn

- North Melbourne have also joined the race for Jordon Butts (ADE) alongside the Bulldogs

- Sydney have 5 or 6 academy prospects likely to be picked up in this year's draft. They're unlikely to get a large portion of those due to not having their first-round pick

- Essendon are likely to ask for a similar assistance package to what West Coast received last year

- GWS forwards Jesse Hogan, Jake Riccardi and Max Gruzewski are all still waiting on "another domino" to fall before re-signing there

- Tom Green's 7-year offer at the Giants would make him the highest paid inside-mid in the league

- Darcy Wilson (STK) is unlikely to leave Victoria, despite having plenty of non-Victorian interest

- Geelong aren't as keen on Rowan Marshall (STK) as they were last season

- Jacob Hopper (RIC) is "very gettable". Issue for him is finding a taker

- Highly likely that one of Hayden McLean or Joel Amartey isn't at Sydney next year

- Michael Sellwood is close to re-signing on a 2-year deal at the Bulldogs

- Hawthorn still want both Bailey Humphrey and Zach Merrett, despite limited draft assets

- Tasmania is looming very large for Rhyan Mansell (RIC). He's likely to sign a 1-year deal at the Tigers to 2027.

- Hawthorn has tabled a 4 year offer to UFA Mitch Lewis.

- West Coast has began talks on an extension for Bailey Williams, nothing formal has been tabled yet however

- Riley spoke to one club last night at the Mid-season draft that said they'd give up a National draft 2nd rounder to move up to pick 2 in the MSD and get Kye Annand

- Cal believes Ben King's re-signing at Gold Coast is imminent

- Brad Scott's sacking could facilitate a "cleaner break" for Zach Merrett from Essendon. Similar to Oliver and Petracca with Goodwin at Melbourne last year

- North Melbourne have a lot of cash in the cap, and have made that very clear to player agents

- Tigers recruiting boss Rhy Gieschen joins the show, says Taj Hotton isn't too far away from playing

- Talks are underway to have Paul Curtis sign a "Roo for life" long term deal at North Melbourne

- Ethan Matthews (GWS academy tied) is a chance of fetching a top 10 bid in the draft

- Collingwood will be looking for a ruckman/tall forward in the upcoming mid-season draft due to the ACL injury for Oscar Steene

- Some more mid-season draft rumours: Jaxon Artemis is still expected to get to the Tigers

- Port Adelaide has interest in Alex Van Wyk

- Melbourne has interest in Xavier Bamert and Flynn Riley

- GWS is showing interest in Alex Mirkov

- Nic Staropoli and Tom McGuane are also earning interest from around the league

- Ben King's 2 year deal at Gold Coast which he's expected to sign does include a 6 year player option add on

- Toby Greene (GWS) is certainly considering moving back to Victoria, with Geelong the main club interested

- Zach Merrett is earning $650,000 a year at Essendon, likely the best value player on that salary.

- There's a 6 club queue for Lachie Neale (BRI). Collingwood, Adelaide, St Kilda, Brisbane, West Coast, Fremantle. He'd have to accept a lower salary and different role to join Freo

- Zac Bailey is "torn" on what to do in terms of accepting a lower deal at Brisbane to stay or move elsewhere (see title)

- Bailey McDonald (HAW) is getting a lot of interest from around the league

- It would require 2 first round picks as a starting point to make Gold Coast even consider trading Bailey Humphrey

- Darcy Wilson is likely to stay at St Kilda, Cal believes offers for him from other clubs are around the 800-850k a year mark

- Jordon Butts is likely to stay at Adelaide on a 4 year deal

- Bayley Fritsch, Tom Sparrow and Kade Chandler are all on the verge of re-signing at Melbourne

- Jed Walter has a 2 year offer on the table from the Suns, he's still expected to look at a move however

- Zane Duursma, Riley Hardeman and George Wardlaw are all expected to stay at North Melbourne, Wil Dawson is less certain however

- Tasmania has eyed a package deal for Sam Lalor (RIC) and Finn O'Sullivan (NM), as they're best mates and both available as free agents for the Devils. Both their respective clubs have begun talks about extensions though

- Jordon Butts has a 4 year offer on the table from Adelaide, however he's set to wait it out through the season. The Bulldogs are an active suitor for him

- Riley believes the "fire sale" at Carlton is about to begin. They're after more picks for this year's draft

- Zach Merrett's extension talks at Essendon have been put on hold until later in the year, Hawthorn are still keen on him, Cal believes Gold Coast are one to watch in that chase too

- Hawthorn believes they can recruit both Zach Merrett and Bailey Humphrey (GC) this off-season, Melbourne also has Humphrey as their No.1 target

- Devils VFL wingman Jaxon Artemis is priming to be the No.1 pick in the mid-season draft

- Kade Chandler has started talks on an extension at Melbourne

- Hawthorn interestingly hasn't started talks on an extension for UFA Mitch Lewis

- Darcy Wilson (STK) is the most "widely wanted" player of all out of contract players

- Riley believes Toby Greene will stay at GWS now that the Giants have upped their offer to 3 years. Although he is supposedly planning to move back to Melbourne at the conclusion of his playing career

- Cal believes Elijah Hewett (WCE) is a decent chance to be playing in Victoria next year, Sam Marshall (BRI) is also still expected to be in Victoria next year

- Joel Amartey does want to stay at Sydney, and the Swans have upped their offers for him to 4 or 5 years

- The AFL's view on the extra 2nd round pick for bottom 5 clubs when a bid is matched, is that clubs wouldn't tank for a pick that late

- Port Adelaide is still pushing for changes to the draft for 2027, arguing that Tasmania's picks shouldn't have a draft index value

- Nathan Broad is planning to leave Richmond at the end of the season to return to WA, no guarantee he plays for either WA club though

- Riley believes that the Bulldogs are being viewed around the league as a club that may need to move contracted players on to bring in Zak Butters (similar to the Swans moving Oliver Florent and Will Hayward on to bring in Curnow)

- Cal puts a line through Zak Butters joining the Demons

- Essendon F/S prospect Koby Bewick has met with the Tassie Devils, he's in the list of players they're able to pre-list at the end of this season

- Michael Voss and Charlie Curnow's relationship supposedly broke down last year, and was a large reason in Curnow wanting to leave the Blues

- Adelaide are set to start contract extension talks with Showdown hero Brayden Cook

- Cal can't see how Tasmania doesn't offer a $10 million deal to Logan Morris (BRI) due to the Lions cap squeeze

- Lachie Neale (BRI) is still more likely to leave the Lions than stay, he isn't likely to want to finish his career at a low on the ladder team

- Brisbane are still keen on Jordan Ridley (ESS) who explored leaving the Dons last year

- Carlton and Sydney can't open mid-season list spots for injuries to their Cat B Rookies, as those rules only apply to Category A players

- Tasmania is keen to host the 2027 draft, which has been held exclusively at Marvel Stadium since 2018

- Jasper Alger (RIC) has extended his standard draft contract to 2027