Tim Taranto.Credit:Phil Hillyard.
Central to the deal will be Richmond parting with picks 12 and 19 in the exchange,which could include the movement of other later picks.
Richmond and the Giants agreed to separate the two deals for Taranto and Jacob Hopper,who has also requested a trade to Richmond. As Taranto is out of contract and Hopper contracted,it was considered easier and cleaner to separate the deals.
The likely sum of the deals to move both players to the Tigers will be that Richmond give up 12,19 and 30 in this year’s draft and their first-round pick next year,which is popularly considered to be a stronger draft than this year. There will probably be some movement of other,later picks involved in the final deals and potentially a Richmond player moving to the Giants.
GWS have long been interested in another ruckman and have inquired about Ivan Soldo,among other players.
Brayden Fiorini,here tackling Patrick Cripps,is a chance to be traded to Collingwood.Credit:Getty
In other likely early movement,Giants small forward Bobby Hill will move to Collingwood in a trade of their future second-round pick,with another pick coming back to Collingwood this year.
The Magpies appear likely to secure Brayden Fiorini from Gold Coast for basically nothing in draft terms as the Suns try to get Fiorini’s $600,000 contract for next year off their books. Collingwood will spread that contract out across a multi-year deal for the wingman,who was pick 20 in the 2015 draft.