Ex-Crows recruiting manager Matthew Rendell believes GWS may seek payback after failed Jackson Hately deal

GWS hit out at Adelaide after the clubs could not agree on a trade for Jackson Hately. Now the Giants could be looking to get one back at the draft.

GWS football boss Jason McCartney took a swipe at Adelaide after the Hately deal fell through. Picture: Michael Klein.

Adelaide should not be surprised if GWS bids on a Crows academy player as draft night payback after the failed trade for Jackson Hately.

That is the view of former Adelaide recruiting manager Matthew Rendell, a week on from the Giants rejecting the Crows’ offer of pick 40 for the South Australian midfielder.

GWS football boss Jason McCartney criticised Adelaide after the deal broke down, saying negotiations needed to be in a “respectful manner” and the Crows’ proposal was “far off the mark”.

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The Crows and Giants could not agree on a deal for Jackson Hately.

Crows list manager Justin Reid rejected the notion Adelaide was disrespectful by arguing the club felt firm on Hately’s trade value and did not shy away from its conduct.

Hately, the 14th pick in 2018, will now join the Crows via next month’s pre-season draft.

Rendell told News Corp to keep an eye on GWS bidding on one of the Crows’ three academy prospects, James Borlase, Tariek Newchurch or Luke Edwards, at pick 29 to return the favour at the national draft in three weeks.

The earlier the bid, the more points Adelaide will have to cough up to match a club’s call, otherwise it can choose to pass on them.

Along with pick 29, GWS also has selections 10, 13, 15, 20, 52 and 74.

“If none of the Crows players have been bid on, I’m sure they (the Giants) might bid on them at 29, if they’ve still got it,” Rendell said.

“Watch for that because they might be a little bit vindictive, we’ll see.

“They might go whack.”

Adelaide holds choices one, nine, 22 and 23, and also has 40, 56, 66 and 80, and the option to go into deficit to match bids for Next Generation Academy prospects Borlase and Newchurch or father-son candidate Edwards.

None of the trio are tipped to have their names called by a rival club inside the top 25.

James Borlase (right) is one of three Crows academy players in the mix to be drafted.

Rendell expected Adelaide would offer picks 22 and 23 in a package to try to move up in the draft order and obtain another early selection.

Clubs can trade from now until the Monday before the draft, then again on the night itself.

Selections 22 and 23 are worth a total of 1660 draft points, which is slightly more than Essendon’s seventh choice (1644).

Rendell, who was axed from Collingwood’s recruiting department this year amid the coronavirus squeeze on the soft cap, said wooden-spooner Adelaide was on the right track in its rebuild, “they’ve just got to hold their nerve”.

He said the Crows needed to take a good hand into the 2021 draft, which was expected to be loaded with top talent, then they could start targeting more experienced recruits.

“They’re already a year in front of clubs like North (Melbourne),” he said.