Roos rocked by teen gun's trade bombshell

The Kangaroos person been deed with a bombshell connected the eve of the commercialized play with past year's No.1 prime Jason Horne-Francis requesting a commercialized to a nine from his location authorities South Australia.

After coming into the league arsenic 1 of the astir hyped prospects successful caller years, Horne-Francis struggled successful his archetypal play astatine the apical level and was successful the headlines for his mediocre assemblage connection astatine times.

Horne-Francis is keen connected joining Port Adelaide, the nine his step-father Fabian Francis played 86 games for betwixt 1997 and 2001.

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According to 9News Adelaide, Port has offered the young weapon a four-year deal.

Fabian Francis was a subordinate of Port Adelaide's inaugural broadside erstwhile it entered the contention successful 1997.

Jason Horne-Francis wants retired of North Melbourne aft playing conscionable 17 games for the nine (Getty)

"Jason is contracted for adjacent year, we've invested importantly successful him arsenic our first-ever No.1 prime conscionable 12 months agone and we presumption him arsenic a cardinal portion of the club's plans going forward," Kangaroos database manager Brady Rawlings said successful a nine connection connected Sunday.

"We admit Jason's circumstances but astatine the aforesaid clip we're determined to look aft the champion interests of North Melbourne."

It remains unclear precisely what the Kangaroos volition question successful presumption of compensation successful a commercialized with Port Adelaide, whose existent draught manus for this twelvemonth sees them holding picks eight, 53 and 56.

According to The Age, lone an "exceptional" commercialized bundle volition spot the Kangaroos determination Horne-Francis implicit the adjacent 2 weeks, with the nine different blessed to clasp him to the last twelvemonth of his existent deal.

Adelaide had agelong been seen arsenic Horne-Francis' imaginable aboriginal home, peculiarly aft it offered North 3 aboriginal draught picks successful speech for the Kangaroos' No.1 prime up of past year's draft.

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Richmond had besides tempted the Kangaroos with an enticing bundle of picks successful a bid to prime Horne-Francis.

The 19-year-old's commercialized petition comes conscionable implicit a period aft he stated his intentions to spot retired his existent deal with the Kangaroos.

"I'm contracted for the extremity of adjacent year, truthful I'm blessed astatine the infinitesimal and we'll spot however things go," helium said successful August.

"I'm a large household person, I emotion my family, but I besides emotion wherever I'm astatine with North astatine the moment."

North Melbourne holds the apical enactment successful this year's draught arsenic good aft finishing astatine the bottommost of the AFL ladder with conscionable 2 wins.

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