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Trade chatter: All the latest movement and signing whispers out of the AFL
Out of contract and set to be on the move, there will be no shortage of suitors for this Fremantle defender. Victorian clubs are clamouring, Jon Ralph writes.@RalphyHeraldSun
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April 22, 2022 - 6:00AM
News Corp Australia Sports Newsroom
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/...a04a0278e2b163e233a1db9b76e32?amp#share-tools
Victorian clubs searching for a lockdown key defender have made overtures to Fremantle top-10 pick Griffin Logue as he falls out of favour at the Dockers.
Logue is strongly favoured to move to a Melbourne-based club next year given he is out of contract and being chased hard by teams keen for a quality defensive stopper.
The Swan Districts defender played 16 games last year as he looked to have hit his straps after being taken by the Dockers at pick 8 in the 2016 national draft.
But he has played only three of a possible five games so far this year with Alex Pearce and Luke Ryan taking the key defensive position spots.
Vic clubs are circling Dockers defender Griffin Logue. Picture: AFL Photos/Getty Images
The 194cm tall ranks elite for one-on-one contests and is above average for intercept marks and kicking according to Champion Data stats.
Collingwood, Carlton, Essendon and Richmond all need more defensive cover and one of them might consider a 24-year-old entering his peak.
Essendon continues to be savaged by the opposition’s best tall, with Michael Hurley still attempting a comeback but expected to retire at the end of the season.
Collingwood recruited Williamstown’s Charlie Dean but he has been struck down by a foot injury with Jordan Roughead providing excellent service but turning 32 in November.
The Dockers have roared up the AFL ladder after stockpiling a heap of exciting young kids, with captain Nathan Fyfe (back) expected to return before the mid-season bye.
There is still conjecture about whether key forward Rory Lobb will again ask for a trade at year’s end but at least he has played every game and kicked seven goals as a reliable forward target.