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Horne-Francis, livewire find new homes in mega deal - CtrlF.XYZ

Horne-Francis, livewire find new homes in mega deal

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One of footy's astir aggravated deals successful past is implicit aft the AFL gave the greenish airy to a four-way mega commercialized that's resulted successful Jason Horne-Francis and Willie Rioli landing astatine Port Adelaide.

In a woody involving Port Adelaide, West Coast, North Melbourne and GWS, Horne-Francis and Rioli were some granted their privation to articulation the Power, the Kangaroos attained picks No.2 and No.3 arsenic good arsenic a aboriginal first-rounder, the Eagles obtained picks No.8 and No.12, and GWS snared the No.1 selection.

Former No.1 prime Horne-Francis has joined Port Adelaide connected a six-year contract, portion West Coast livewire Rioli has inked a four-year deal.

"Jason is simply a highly talented subordinate who we cognize volition complement our processing and breathtaking midfield group," said Port Adelaide database manager Jason Cripps.

"He is competitory and aggressive, and we similar his powerfulness and explosiveness arsenic good arsenic his quality to spell guardant and deed the scoreboard.

"Once Jason indicated a tendency to beryllium traded to our club, we explored a scope of options to fulfill North Melbourne and guarantee helium would beryllium a Port Adelaide subordinate successful 2023, and we are thrilled to invited him to Alberton."

Horne-Francis arrived astatine North Melbourne via the archetypal prime of the 2021 nationalist draft, but his clip astatine the Kangaroos was marred by question marks implicit his cognition and a daze dumping.

The 19-year-old averaged 17 touches (eight contested) successful the 2022 season.

Rioli is shifting to Port Adelaide aft 1 play backmost successful the AFL pursuing his drugs ban.

West Coast is fuming that Rioli wanted to beryllium traded contempt the club's tremendous enactment for him pursuing the 2019 infraction.

The 27-year-old kicked 14 goals from 13 games arsenic West Coast finished successful 17th connected the ladder successful 2022.

"Junior surely has immoderate attributes that volition fortify our guardant line, peculiarly fixed immoderate of the players we person mislaid since the extremity of the season," Cripps said.

"He has had a hard mates of years but we consciousness a alteration of scenery and wrong the situation we person created astatine Alberton, we volition spot him instrumentality to the electrifying footy we cognize helium is susceptible of."

The Giants are expected to usage their No.1 enactment to swoop on Vic Country cardinal guardant Aaron Cadman, who's drawn comparisons with erstwhile GWS spearhead Jeremy Cameron.

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