Port is unlikely to match our offer and Chaplin will go into the draft if Port do.
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Chaplin, who has played 140 matches for Port since his debut in 2004, is understood to have received a four-year deal from the Tigers.
Port is even less likely to match Richmond's offer, citing the key defender's recent knee surgery as a major factor in deciding whether to offer the 26-year-old a long-term deal.
"We're well aware of his knee situation so if someone offers him a long-term contract elsewhere we'll just have to weigh it up," Rohde said.
"They (recent injuries) are obviously the things you have to consider when you do long-term contracts."
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/afl/danyle-pearce-and-troy-chaplin-look-set-to-leave-port-adelaide/story-e6freck3-1226486150257The Tigers had also made it clear they were after a key defender, and Troy Chaplin, from Port Adelaide, had long been mooted as their ideal man. This came to fruition when the Tigers offered the restricted free agent a four-year deal.
If Port does match the deal, it has until Thursday afternoon to do so and he could either stay at Alberton or nominate for the national draft.
Chaplin's manager, Liam Pickering of Strategic Management Australia, said Chaplin had resolved to leave Port and wanted to go to the Tigers so he was prepared to go in the draft if Port tried to match the offer.
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