Richmond denies sweetheart deal with West Coast
Sunday Herald | Jon Ralph | October 14, 2007 12:00am
RICHMOND has denied striking a sweetheart deal with West Coast that would see the Tigers overlook star junior midfielder Trent Cotchin because of this week's deal for Eagle Mitch Morton.
Victorian Cotchin is primed to make an immediate impact in the AFL next year with talk he could even be Carlton's first pick of the draft.
But with Morton now at the Tigers, there had been speculation Richmond had made an assurance it would take his brother Cale in the national draft with pick two.
That would free up the Eagles to take Cotchin, but Richmond football director Greg Miller said there had been no assurances made in the deal to secure Morton for pick 35.
He said there had been no collusion with the Eagles over players in the national draft.
"No, it's not true at all," Miller said.
"We dealt with the West Coast on two separate issues. One was Chris Judd and one was Mitch Morton. They were separate. We missed out on Chris Judd. Good luck to Carlton, but we gave it our best shot as a club, so we were pleased." he said.
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