Despite a risky delisting and a rival’s strong interest, Chad Wingard wants to stay at Hawthorn.
Plus the 2024 AFL draft order has been confirmed after the closure of the pick swap window.
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HAWK KEEN TO STAY DESPITE DELISTING… AND PIES MEETINGS
Collingwood has met with Chad Wingard twice since the end of the season, but the Hawthorn veteran wants to remain with the club as a rookie, despite his delisting, reports The Age.
The Hawks earlier this week confirmed dual All-Australian forward Wingard after and 2022 trade recruit Cooper Stephens had been delisted. The club, though, said it was committed to re-drafting the pair via the rookie draft.
Yet, because Wingard and Stephens have officially been delisted, they could receive a better contract offer from a rival club and walk.
The Age on Friday night reported Wingard had met with Collingwood twice. The first meeting came “hours before the free agency window closed”, while another meeting and a Magpies medical took place just after he was delisted by Hawthorn.
Despite Hawthorn’s risky list move — delisting Wingard and Stephens gives the Hawks more available list spots, so they can take more picks into the national draft to match father-son bids — as well as the Magpies’ interest, Wingard is keen to return to Hawthorn as a rookie.
Wingard is undergoing rehab for a serious Achilles injury suffered late in the 2023 season and will miss most of the 2024 campaign either way.
After playing 147 games for Port Adelaide, Wingard was traded to Hawthorn ahead of the 2019 season. But injury has restricted his continuity and form at the top level, while he was also dropped to the VFL in 2023.
2024 AFL DRAFT ORDER CONFIRMED
Clubs will enter this month’s national draft with the same selections they had after the October trade deadline after the pick swap window closed on Friday.
All 18 teams had the ability to swap selections between October 23 and November 10, but no trades were officially lodged with the AFL.
It continues a trend that has grown in recent years, with clubs increasingly hesitant to part with selections during the pre-draft trade window and, instead, more comfortable trading picks live at the draft.
West Coast received offers from both North Melbourne and Melbourne for its Pick 1 during the trade window, but neither offer persuaded the Eagles to strike an official deal.
It appears increasingly likely the Eagles will hold Pick 1, with recruiters expecting them to select Bendigo Pioneers star Harley Reid.
The Kangaroos, Crows and Swans are all keen to move up the draft order using their mid to late first-round selections, while Geelong is open to offers for its Pick 8 for the right price. But it’s unlikely there’ll be too much trade movement in the top 10 considering the talent on offer early in the draft.
2023 AFL Draft order (as of 5pm November 10)
Round 1
1. West Coast Eagles
2. North Melbourne
3. North Melbourne (Ben McKay compensation)
4. Hawthorn
5. Western Bulldogs (via Gold Coast Suns)
6. Melbourne (via Fremantle)
7. GWS Giants (via Richmond)
8. Geelong
9. Essendon
10. Adelaide Crows
11. Melbourne (via Gold Coast and Western Bulldogs)
12. Sydney Swans
13. St Kilda
14. Adelaide Crows (via Gold Coast and Melbourne)
15. North Melbourne (via Port Adelaide)
16. GWS Giants
17. North Melbourne (via Carlton)
18. North Melbourne (via Gold Coast and Western Bulldogs)
19. Collingwood
20. Adelaide Crows (Tom Doedee compensation)
21. St Kilda (Jade Gresham compensation)
22. Carlton (via North Melbourne, from AFL assistance package)
Round 2
23. West Coast Eagles
24. Gold Coast Suns (via Adelaide and North Melbourne)
25. Geelong (via Port Adelaide, Fremantle and North Melbourne, from AFL assistance package)
26. Gold Coast Suns (via Carlton, North Melbourne, Sydney and Hawthorn)
27. Gold Coast Suns (via Adelaide, originally a Gold Coast pick)
28. Carlton (via Gold Coast, Melbourne and Fremantle)
29. Richmond
30. Brisbane Lions (via Geelong)
31. Essendon
32. Gold Coast Suns (via Adelaide)
33. Collingwood (via Hawthorn and Western Bulldogs)
34. Fremantle (via Collingwood and Sydney)
35. Essendon (via St Kilda)
36. Gold Coast Suns (via Melbourne)
37. West Coast Eagles (via Port Adelaide)
38. Gold Coast Suns (via GWS)
39. Brisbane Lions (via Hawthorn, Collingwood and Carlton)
40. St Kilda (via Western Bulldogs and Brisbane)
41. Richmond (via Port Adelaide and Collingwood)
42. Melbourne (James Jordon compensation)
43. GWS Giants (Matt Flynn compensation)
Round 3
44. Hawthorn (via West Coast)
45. Sydney Swans (via North Melbourne)
46. Fremantle (via North Melbourne, from AFL assistance package)
47. Hawthorn (via Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney, originally a Hawthorn pick)
48. Western Bulldogs (via Gold Coast)
49. Hawthorn (via Richmond, Port Adelaide and Fremantle)
50. Western Bulldogs (via Port Adelaide and Richmond)
51. Brisbane Lions (via Geelong)
52. Western Bulldogs (via Essendon)
53. Western Bulldogs (via Gold Coast and Adelaide)
54. Brisbane Lions (via Hawthorn and Western Bulldogs)
55. Sydney Swans
56. Western Bulldogs (via St Kilda)
57. North Melbourne (via Melbourne)
58. West Coast Eagles (via Port Adelaide)
59. GWS Giants
60. Fremantle (via Carlton)
61. Essendon (via Hawthorn and Brisbane Lions)
62. Hawthorn (via Gold Coast and Collingwood)
Round 4
63. Hawthorn (via West Coast Eagles)
64. Fremantle (via North Melbourne)
65. Richmond (via North Melbourne and Hawthorn)
66. Gold Coast Suns
67. Brisbane Lions (via Fremantle)
68. Richmond
69. Western Bulldogs (via Geelong)
70. Carlton (via Essendon)
71. Gold Coast Suns (via Adelaide)
72. Western Bulldogs
73. Port Adelaide (via Essendon and Sydney)
74. Gold Coast Suns (via St Kilda)
75. Western Bulldogs (via Melbourne)
76. Geelong (via Port Adelaide)
77. GWS Giants
78. Carlton
79. GWS Giants (via Brisbane)
80. Collingwood
Round 5
81. West Coast Eagles
82. North Melbourne
83. Hawthorn
84. Gold Coast Suns
85. Fremantle
86. Richmond
87. Geelong
88. Essendon
89. Adelaide Crows
90. Western Bulldogs
91. Sydney Swans
92. St Kilda
93. Melbourne
94. Geelong (via Port Adelaide)
95. GWS Giants
96. Carlton
97. Brisbane Lions
98. Collingwood
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