On the move:Callum Coleman-Jones.Credit:Getty
Richmond was frustrated and disappointed at the player’s decision to leave in the first instance believing opportunities would begin to open up in the Tigers’ senior team next season and beyond.
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They also feel Coleman-Jones had been well-supported by the club after his COVID-19 breach at a Gold Coast strip joint and then a fight outside a kebab shop,along with teammate Sydney Stack,last year,which cost the club $100,000 in the salary cap and saw the players suspended at length.
North holds the first pick in the pre-season draft,but it is unlikely the player or his management is keen to use this avenue to move.
North reasons the 22-year-old has only played nine games since being drafted to Richmond in 2017 and so while he was taken with an early selection he has seldom been used.
Coleman-Jones has spent most of his time as a back-up forward to premiership stars Tom Lynch and Jack Riewoldt during a successful period for the Tigers.