Trade bargins paying off in September: Townsend, Nankervis & Grigg (Herald-Sun)

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AFL trade bargains: Jacob Townsend, Toby Nankervis, Nathan Vardy, Josh Jenkins

Al Paton,
Herald Sun
14 September 2017

SOME of the biggest trade steals in recent history could be about to deliver the ultimate pay-off.

Toby Nankervis, Jacob Townsend, Sam Jacobs, Tom Lynch and Nathan Vardy all arrived during the trade period for deals that look like swindles in hindsight. And they aren’t the only ones.

So who made the best deal of the past few years?

1. JACOB TOWNSEND

Townsend arrived in one of the most low-key deals of the 2015 trade period and cost the Tigers effectively nothing. They handed over pick 70 for the hard nut midfielder who had managed 29 games in four seasons at GWS — a pick the Giants didn’t use.

In return came Townsend, who has kicked a remarkable 13 goals in the past three weeks, and pick 120, which the Tigers also left in the cupboard. The icing on the deal was that passing on draft night left a space open on the senior list for a rookie — a spot filled before Round 1 last year by former VFL player Kane Lambert.

2. TOBY NANKERVIS

The Swans knew “The Nank” was a good player, the problem was they had too many ruckmen and couldn’t find a spot for him in the team. It also meant they didn’t have much leverage in trade talks and had to settle for pick 46 in a trade with Richmond. They used that on defender Jack Maibaum, who is yet to make his senior debut as Nankervis powers towards a possible Grand Final against his former club.

There’s another intriguing layer to the Nankervis trade. The Swans originally picked him in the 2013 draft with the selection they received from GWS in a trade for Shane Mumford. That was a pretty good deal for the Giants, although Mummy will miss the rest of the finals through injury.

7. SHAUN GRIGG

A straight swap for plucky forward Andy Collins in 2010 was one of Richmond’s biggest trade wins — with Carlton again on the receiving end (they got revenge by sending Chris Yarran to Punt Rd for pick 19 six years later). Super consistent, adds midfield depth and having arguably his best season.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/teams/richmond/afl-trade-bargains-paying-off-in-september/news-story/e698cd5cdb769d377af79789217dc4e4

[mat073]

Surely the last one is a gee up

[Chuck17]

Yes I believe so, at least the Blues pain with Collins was short lived, we have had to deal with the slow torture of the Griggster doing his stuff for a long time

[Owl]

not our fault they couldn't develop Collins, he was going alright when he was with us and was still young

[Andyy]

Anybody notice Grigg AND Houli kick on their rights feet last week?

Honestly like once a week Grigg kicks a missile and then I wonder why he's always kicking floaters...

not our fault they couldn't develop Collins, he was going alright when he was with us and was still young

Agreed, I was actually very unhappy to see him go. Was at the Sydney game when he got knocked out and still kicked the winning goals!

[Rodgerramjet]

The problem with Grigg is that he has never been able to get any consistency in his performance. There is a noticable gap between his best and his worst and he has played some really good games for us and obviously he has had some shockers. He can be a very lazy tackler at times preferring to hang off an opponent and spectate.
We need his best two games he can give us in the next two weeks and all will be forgiven, until next year.

Go Grigga