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Brisbane list boss Dom Ambrogio admitted the club "weren't overly convincing" trying to keep Sam Marshall. The plan was building its draft hand, so it had to be flexible on depth players like Coleman and McLachlan "to hit this draft. You need to do that to manage your cap."
St Kilda were "really hell-bent" on a first-round pick for Rowan Marshall, Lenny Hayes said. Paying a future first for Brisbane's Sam Marshall was partly about Tasmania's entry compromising next year's draft: "that first-round draft pick will get pushed out."
St Kilda have completed the Rowan Marshall trade with Geelong, done early to give him comfort. "We spoke to him about dealing in good faith, but we wanted something fair in return. We feel like we got that," Lenny Hayes said. With Sam Marshall in, "that's us done."
Sam Marshall has asked to be traded to St Kilda. Brisbane's Dom Ambrogio says the Lions tried to keep him and will facilitate the move, but want full value: "There's not many elite running 20-year-old premiership midfielders available in the draft."