Trade latest: Big calls facing powerhouse clubsRichmond is eyeing off Adam Cerra but also has a hot draft hand that could land them a Power sized haul. Check out the latest in our trade and free agency special.
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21 July 2021Richmond has the potential for the Port Adelaide-style draft heist that secured the Power Connor Rozee, Zac Butters and Xavier Duursma with its massive arsenal of early picks.
The club’s five picks within 42 selections have been well-scrutinised, but what does it actually mean from a draft value?
The Tigers have pick 10, pick 16 (tied to Geelong), pick 27 (their own second-rounder), pick 29 (tied to St Kilda) and pick 42 (tied to Gold Coast).
Those picks add up to 4213 draft points — which is in effect the draft collateral they have to trade into earlier picks or multiple first-rounders.
Port Adelaide went bang in the 2018 national draft, securing Rozee (pick 5), Butters (pick 12) and Duursma (pick 18) after deciding to trade out stars Chad Wingard and Jared Polec.
The value of those three picks five, 12 and 18 — 4131 points.
The beauty of Port’s draft haul was nailing all three picks as well as grabbing Ryan Burton from Hawthorn in the trade haul.
It was also was the club’s confidence it could secure players that would hit the ground running that allowed it to rise up the ladder again.
So the Tigers can go one of two ways:
Give up multiple first rounders — something like 10 and 27 — if they want to secure Fremantle’s Adam Cerra in a trade.
Or back in their recruiter Matthew Clark to bring in the new wave of stars.
Clark is part of a recruiting team that has nailed the likes of Shai Bolton (pick 29), Noah Balta (pick 25), Jack Graham (pick 53), Sydney Stack, Marlion Pickett and the latest in mid-season recruit Matt Parker.
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