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By Simeon Thomas-Wilson

Gold Coast’s willingness to pay part of Jack Lukosius

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Jack Lukosius

Age

24

Ht

195cm

Wt

91kg

Pos.

D/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.8

4star

K

11.5

4star

HB

3.3

3star

M

3.4

3star

T

1.8

4star

MG

369.3

5star

D

14.8

4star

K

11.5

4star

HB

3.3

2star

M

3.4

3star

T

1.8

3star

MG

369.3

5star

D

13.6

4star

K

11.2

4star

HB

2.4

3star

M

4.2

4star

T

2.2

4star

MG

358.0

5star

’ contract will likely impact trade negotiations with Port Adelaide as the former No.2 pick looks to land at Alberton.

With the season over attention now turns to the free agency and trade period, with both South Australian clubs set to be busy again.

What the Power ends up stumping up for Lukosius could depend on the Suns’ desire to take on some of his money.

The swingman was contracted for two more years at the Suns, on a heavily back-ended contract believed to be around $1 million per year.

The Power will give the 24-year-old a six-year contact after he chose Port Adelaide to play with captain and good friend Connor Rozee

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Connor Rozee

Age

24

Ht

185cm

Wt

79kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.6

4star

K

7.6

3star

HB

7.0

4star

M

3.3

3star

T

3.6

5star

CL

1.0

3star

D

12.8

3star

K

7.4

3star

HB

5.3

3star

M

2.9

3star

T

2.4

3star

CL

1.6

4star

D

16.4

4star

K

8.0

3star

HB

8.4

5star

M

4.2

4star

T

3.4

5star

CL

0.8

3star

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Gold Coast wants a first-round pick, while the Power is considered likely to prefer to part with a second selection for Lukosius.

But if the Suns take on some of Lukosius’ contract, then the pick they could receive for the Woodville-West Torrens product could improve.

https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/afl/afl-trade-news-jack-lukosius-dan-houston-futures-leave-all-eyes-on-sa-during-afl-trade-period/news-story/655bdf82664b8af5c2c707a70724f90f

 

[Brian McGee]

Jon Ralph:
Gold Coast is confident Port Adelaide will hand over its future first-rounder for top five pick Jack Lukosius given the club has committed to him on a six-year deal.
The Power and Suns have had constructive dialogue on Lukosius’ future and those discussions are expected to advance in coming days.
Lukosius chose the Power over Adelaide on a deal of up to a million dollars a season.
Suns list boss Craig Cameron said on Monday he expected smooth progress on the trade.

Happy to hand over a future first if something else reasonable comes back with lukosious. So a downgrade from our first to a second or similar. And as far as committing to him over 6 years goes, that’s surely to even out the 2 years that they were due to overpay him and didn’t want to. They already got the cheap years out of him and don’t want to pay the rest when it came time.

 

[powermacs]

I’d handover a future 1st if we can get pick 13.

 

[davesnothere]

I’d handover a future 1st if we can get pick 13.

We should be working around this and I'm sure we are.

 

[TazD]

We're so dumb. Publicly offer him an additional year, plus the two already owed. Then extend his contract when he's already here.

 

[dirty2]

Neither are they.

But they will at least try. Another bad season next season and Nick's will get sacked.

Can you say the same about Hinkley?

 

[OneGreatClub]

 

[gbear]

Honestly, two first round picks is too much for Houston but Lukosius is worth a future 1R. Carn.

It’s ridiculous, isn’t it?

 

[PJ Power]

It’s ridiculous, isn’t it?

The thing with Lukosius is that it’s gone past being able to talk about potential. He’s completed six years in an AFL system and is not a top-10 player at Gold Coast, moreover being dropped more than once in 2024. The suggestion of a F1R is based on the fact he is contracted but that is counterbalanced by the amount of money keeping him on GC’s list will cost them.

We gave up pick 30ish for Watts (and it has continued to hurt us watching Fritsch be a darn good player). Lukosius is not worth a lot more than Watts was. Probably pick 20-25 given that we will be offloading some or a lot of his salary from GC’s books.

No-one here seriously expects Lukosius to dominate for us. He’ll be handy and play some nice games. Maybe he’ll have 1-2 cracking seasons. But he’s not going to produce consistent top 5 on our list level football over several years the way Houston will.

 

[port_adelaide_1870]

This deal will get done easy by the sounds of the GC list boss and CD. Both saying that talks are going well and expect things to transpire by the end of the week.

Hopefully that doesn’t mean we have rolled over and just offered them a future first

 

[Port 2004]

But they will at least try. Another bad season next season and Nick's will get sacked.

Can you say the same about Hinkley?

Yes. I think Hinckley will be gone at the end of 2025. With a little bit of luck maybe earlier. Mind, I would have sacked him before now.

 

[Gryllis]

Hopefully that doesn’t mean we have rolled over and just offered them a future first

Hopefully there's more to it if we have - and that's not just the AFL granting the exemption we currently need.

It would be very funny if it resulted in pick 13 coming our way through this deal, after Coll/Carl told the media to assign that to Houston's worth.

We wouldn't need the exemption if we trade in another first rounder this year. No idea if that's beneficial to Gold Coast, but it sounds like their annual giveaway is pick 13 this year.

 

[Frank Hansen II]

It was only two years ago when the Premier Geelong got Jack Bowes

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Jack Bowes

Age

26

Ht

189cm

Wt

85kg

Pos.

D/M

Career

Season

Last 5

D

16.3

4star

K

9.7

4star

HB

6.6

4star

M

3.9

4star

T

2.5

4star

MG

318.1

4star

D

18.0

4star

K

11.8

5star

HB

6.3

4star

M

5.4

5star

T

1.1

2star

MG

318.1

4star

D

11.6

3star

K

6.4

3star

HB

5.2

4star

M

2.8

3star

T

2.4

4star

from GC along with Pick 7 and only had to give up a future third round pick. No point, just wanted to put in the reminder.

 

[MrChow]

Luko and Pick 13 for Future 1st and DBJ.

 

[Addy23]

Luko and Pick 13 for Future 1st and DBJ.

Luko and Pick 13 for F1 and McEntee

 

[shewho]

A late first (or our future 1st) is the right price. Even a year ago his price would’ve been 2 x 1sts.

People are seriously underestimating how good Lukosius will be for Port.

 

[Addy23]

A late first (or our future 1st) is the right price. Even a year ago his price would’ve been 2 x 1sts.

People are seriously underestimating how good Lukosius will be for Port.

Or you're seriously overestimating Luko's career so far. Suns dropped him, don't really want him, have a big contract to pay out. Last year he'd have been a mid-late first. This year, after he was dropped, he's worth an early-mid 2nd rounder.