A DEAL with West Coast has delivered Swan Jesse White to Collingwood plus a prime position in the draft.

Despite playing in a preliminary final last year, the Pies managed to have three first-round picks which saw them gain Brodie Grundy, Ben Kennedy and Tim Broomhead.



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After some manoeuvring over the weekend, they again have improved their position dramatically for next month’s national draft.

In a three-way deal, the Pies have netted the No.6 pick in the draft from West Coast in exchange for No.11 and also secured Sydney’s Jesse White.

Collingwood has also sent No.31 to the Eagles while Sydney will receive West Coast’s pick 44 which sends White to the Westpac Centre. The Pies have also given up pick 49.

media_camera Trade ... Jesse White wants out of Sydney.

West Coast is expected to on-trade No.31 to Brisbane in exchange for young defender Elliot Yeo.

"Jesse has a combination of speed, power and height," Collingwood recruiting manager Derek Hine said.

"His versatility was also a factor. Jesse has played key forward, third forward, in the ruck and, with his pace, up on a wing. At 25 he has lots of football ahead of him, he is seasoned so he helps us straight away and, in our view, the best of Jesse White is yet to be seen."

White said he started exploring the idea of chasing more opportunities after playing only three matches with the Swans in 2012.

"A deal with Adelaide became a possibility late last year but when that fell through I decided the best thing I could do was to have the best season possible and make things happen, open up some other doors," White said.

"I just wanted to play, regularly, and then Collingwood came into the picture which coincided with my family moving back to Victoria from the Gold Coast. I grew up in Richmond until I was three, so I’ve sort of come full circle.

"It was exciting to think that Collingwood was an option. They’re a big club that plays on the MCG and is involved in ANZAC Day and so many of the blockbusters. They’ve been playing finals and seem to have a big group of very good young players coming through. I knew that playing in Melbourne, for Collingwood, was the right mix for me."



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The No.11 pick was awarded to Collingwood as compensation for losing free agent Dale Thomas to Carlton.

This means the Pies could go to next month’s national draft with the No.6 and No.10 picks.

And should the Heath Shaw trade to Greater Western Sydney result in a straight swap for young midfielder Taylor Adams, he would represent a sixth first-rounder given he was taken at No.13 in the 2011 national draft.

It’s an impressive result for Nathan Buckley who has moved quickly to rejuvenate his list after a disappointing end to the season.

Veterans Darren Jolly and Alan Didak were given their marching orders while the troublesome Shaw was helped out the door despite having two years to run on a contract.

White, who almost went to Adelaide last year as part of the Kurt Tippett deal, is coming off a career-best season and will help ease the load on key forward Travis Cloke.

The Pies are also considering snaring young Brisbane forwad Patrick Karnezis, who was also a first-round draft pick back in 2010, for a late pick before Friday’s trade deadline.

Despite Shaw indicating his desire to move to GWS a week ago on a five year $3.5 million deal, the two clubs are still a long way apart.

Collingwood maintains it should be a straight swap for Adams while the Giants want an exchange of draft picks as well to sweeten the deal.











