Suns 'burnt' as draft tactic turns into disaster

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Gold Coast has been near with ovum connected its look aft a ploy to delist and re-draft Hugh Greenwood resulted successful the rugged midfielder joining North Melbourne instead.

In bid to springiness themselves the minimum fig of database places successful the draught per AFL rules, the Suns delisted Greenwood and chap contracted teammate Rory Thompson with the knowing that some would beryllium re-drafted. He had a twelvemonth to tally connected his archetypal deal.

However, the Suns were blindsided arsenic North Melbourne swooped successful and offered Greenwood a three-year woody worthy astir $400,000 per year, per The Age.

While the nine was wide ridiculed for the evident database absorption bungle, the Suns importune they were not caught off-guard by Greenwood's determination to articulation North.

"We sat down and had an unfastened speech astir the connection and what was champion for some Hugh, his household and the Gold Coast Suns," Gold Coast's GM of Player Talent and Strategy, Craig Cameron, said successful a statement.

"As a group, the determination was made to enactment Hugh successful his privation to articulation North Melbourne and widen his AFL playing career."

It was a stunning crook of events for Greenwood, who tweeted retired past week that helium was simply blessed to assistance the nine with its database absorption process.

"The Suns person been transparent with maine and my manager passim this full process and I was afloat committed to doing everything I could to guarantee the nine continued to instrumentality steps successful its travel towards success," helium said successful the Suns' statement.

"It's been a whirlwind past 48 hours, nevertheless the accidental to widen my vocation and acceptable my young household up with North Melbourne was 1 excessively bully to crook down."

The acquisition of the 29-year-old is simply a monolithic coup for North Melbourne, with the nine continuing its rebuild by strengthening its list.

While the summation of a mature-aged subordinate is simply a departure from North's wide database strategy, nine GM Brady Rawlings said the accidental to adhd a subordinate of Greenwood's calibre for escaped was excessively bully to walk up.

"At 191 centimetres, Hugh's a big-bodied midfielder who tin propulsion guardant oregon back. Every nine is connected the lookout for this benignant of subordinate truthful we knew we had to enactment rapidly erstwhile helium became available," Rawlings said successful a North statement.

"Hugh liked what we're doing present astatine North and wanted to beryllium portion of it. It's just to accidental we were beauteous pumped erstwhile helium told america helium was keen to travel to Arden St.

"When helium came onto the marketplace it was unanimous among our database absorption squad that we should accelerate our interest. Once everything checked retired we looked to get his signature."

Greenwood volition slot close into manager David Noble's midfield alongside the likes of champion and fairest victor Jy Simpkin, Tarryn Thomas and presumptive No.1 prime Jason Horne-Francis.

He leaves the Suns having played 32 games successful 2 seasons aft joining the nine via a commercialized from the Adelaide Crows astatine the extremity of 2019.

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