Port Adelaide hoping to snap up Trent Burgoyne with father-son selection at AFL National Draft
He may have only played three quarters of football in 2019 due to injury, but Trent Burgoyne - son of Port Adelaide star Peter - remains a high priority draft target for the Power.
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Port Adelaide has nominated Trent Burgoyne, the son of premiership star Peter, as a father-son prospect for next week’s AFL national draft.
While the Power publicly announced it had nominated Jackson Mead ahead of last month’s deadline, recruiting boss Geoff Parker revealed to The Lowdown AFL Draft Podcast on Thursday it had also made a play for Burgoyne, who is considered one of the biggest mysteries of the draft.
Rival clubs are expected to bid for Mead, son of Darren, in the second round, but intrigue surrounds where clubs rate Burgoyne after multiple hamstring injuries restricted him to just three quarters of football this season.
“Even though Trent hasn’t played, he’s still been able to come to our club once a week and do some rehab with his injury and do a little bit of training,” Parker said.
“We’re in a fortunate position compared to the other 17 clubs; we should, theoretically, have a bit more information on him than any other club.”
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The nomination does not guarantee the Power access to the talented 18-year-old, who has class, speed and - similar to his father - neat foot-skills, but it has the option of matching any rival bid for him.
If a bid does occur, Port Adelaide can use its next available selection, or a combination of them, to match the value of the pick.
Under AFL rules, each draft selection is assigned a points value, starting with pick No. 1, which is worth 3000 points.
And if Burgoyne goes undrafted - as the Power will be hoping - on Wednesday and Thursday night, the Woodville-West Torrens junior will immediately be added to the club’s list in Friday’s Rookie Draft.
“We would like him to end up at our club but whether we can manufacture it with all of the picks we’ve got and the points, we don’t know,” Parker explained.
“We have to weigh up if someone bids, where it comes, what picks we’ve got.
“The flow-on effect of where someone might bid for him impacts not only what we can do this year but what we do next year.
“There’s a lot of things to consider with Trent.”
As it stands, Port Adelaide holds picks 12, 16, 18, 52, 55, 66, 67 and 68.
Originally published as Port Adelaide hoping to snap up Trent Burgoyne with father-son selection at AFL National Draft