Jason Horne-Francis

Port Adelaide great Kane Cornes has conceded he "doesn't love" the six-year deal the club has handed star ...

At the end of this deal, he is going to be 25. "I can see why Port Adelaide has done this and you might say that's the Port Adelaide bias – one of those six years is a standard second-year player contract. On the surface, I don't hate it like some other deals. "You don't want to be giving six years to a player like that. I don't think it's a big risk. That's how I would justify it." "He had one year, a troubled year, and now you're giving him a six-year deal? "There's a couple of exceptions. I don't reckon any. It's not like Jacob Hopper who is 27 and going to be Trent Cotchin's age by the time he's finished at Richmond." The guy is 19. Other than that, I'm yet to see many examples of them working.

Cam Zurhaar has made his unfiltered feelings known about the youngster's departure with a savage dig.

“If you know, you know,” he wrote on the post, referring to the code itself. Stream them all for free on The 24-year-old, who recently re-signed with the club on a long-term deal, seemed to be quite pleased with the deal to move Horne-Francis out of the club. “Elite,” Zurhaar commented on the Instagram post in which North Melbourne revealed the news. Having drafted him with the No.1 pick in last year’s draft, the loss of the midfielder is without doubt a blow for the Kangaroos, despite securing picks two and three in this year’s draft in return, along with a host of other picks. [granted his wish to be traded home to South Australia](https://7news.com.au/sport/afl/afl-trades-live-megatrade-details-emerge-essendon-set-to-lure-dees-forward-c-8497384?utm_campaign=liveblog&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=clipboard&tid=1665445587315#3580) on Monday, with the Power securing him as part of the four-club “mega deal” which saw 13 picks change hands.

North Melbourne forward Cameron Zurhaar has taken a sly dig at Jason Horne-Francis as he departs the club, while list boss Brady Rawlings has conceded the ...

“On top of that unsettled club you had an unsettled player who wanted to get home to his family. but we felt the best thing to do was to trade him out.” Horne-Francis requested a move away from the Kangaroos just one season after being taken with the first pick of the draft, and had his shift back to South Australia granted on Monday in the biggest trade deal in AFL history, which also included West Coast splitting their first pick and sending Junior Rioli to Port Adelaide.

Kangaroos forward Cam Zurhaar has added fuel to the fire of the Jason Horne-Francis move from North Melbourne with some not-so-subtle social media posts.

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AFL great David King has slammed North Melbourne's decision to trade Jason Horne-Francis and the rights to the first overall pick of the national draft in a ...

Trade in: Picks No.8, 12, 2023 second-round pick (tied to Port Adelaide), 2023 third-round pick (tied to Port Adelaide) [...] The midfield is an easy discussion. Pick one this year – gone. They’ll get two good midfielders but so will everyone else.' '[Jason] Horne-Francis was pick one [in last year's draft]– gone. 'Have a look at if you don’t draft your own power forward.

No.1 pick admits he hasn't 'done everything right', but North was too 'unstable' to stay.

I think it’s going to help me in the long run.” “I think a lot of people know it might be another unstable year at North. I kind of just sat back and got relaxed.” Watch Trading Day every weeknight from 6pm EDT on Fox Footy – daily news and analysis of the AFL trade period. Stream it live or on-demand on Kayo. “I wanted to make sure I was in a stable environment coming into next year,” he said.

Soon after securing Jason Horne-Francis, the Power made a long-term commitment to the midfielder that has raised eyebrows. Read more here.

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Last year's No.1 draftee admits his debut year wasn't perfect, but now he's aiming for the top.

"The four clubs who were involved … (and) it might be an unstable year at North," Horne-Francis, who played 17 games in his debut season, said. That's probably my goal, and with a great support network of people around me hopefully I can do that." "I'm a big family person and I love my family. "He's got a chance to come to a more stable club with players around him who might be able to help him more, and we'll see the fruits of that over the next period of time. The 19-year-old said being closer to family in South Australia was a major reason behind his switch, but also joining a club that could help him realise his goal of one day being the best player in the competition.