{"id":140203,"date":"2021-10-07T07:50:51","date_gmt":"2021-10-07T07:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=140203"},"modified":"2021-10-07T08:59:05","modified_gmt":"2021-10-07T08:59:05","slug":"7m-giants-star-tossed-up-in-wild-trade-frenzy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=140203","title":{"rendered":"$7m Giants star tossed up in wild trade frenzy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The reported talks between GWS and Fremantle regarding a Rory Lobb trade has seen Giants skipper Stephen Coniglio&#x27;s name raised as a potential makeweight.<\/p>\n<p>Coniglio&#x27;s future has been up in the air in recent months after struggling to recapture the form that saw him rewarded with a <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/afl\/stephen-coniglio-resigns-with-gws-giants\/5dc33164-f68a-4f3e-b666-841844a360d1\" title=\"lucrative seven-year, $7 million deal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">lucrative seven-year, $7 million deal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>With Lobb on a reported $700,000, there&#x27;s a belief that Fremantle has the requisite salary cap space to absorb Coniglio&#x27;s bumper deal.<\/p>\n<p>Coniglio, a WA native, is reportedly in the state at the moment, making potential negotiations with the Dockers easier.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"2863f7a3-efa9-42f1-af97-a75c5c78ed1a\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/2863f7a3-efa9-42f1-af97-a75c5c78ed1a\" alt=\"Stephen Coniglio\" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Stephen Silvagni, the Giants&#x27; former list manager, says it is not out of the realms of possibility for Coniglio to potentially leave the club.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I could see it happening if they found an even ground, there&#x27;d be a lot of water to go under the bridge, especially with his contract and he is so invested in that football club,&quot; he told AFL Trade Radio.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/news\/nfl-urban-meyer-addresses-marriage-after-viral-video\/bb6b75a4-ea30-4ce2-8d51-4b56c711309d\"><strong>NFL coach&#x27;s feisty response to question about marriage over viral bar video<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/paul-gallen-melbourne-storm-cameron-munster-brandon-smith-chris-lewis-white-powder-scandal\/56cc0da9-d893-4c7a-a8aa-6a6cd55a6908\" title=\"\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Melbourne Storm trio &#x27;lucky&#x27; to escape with lenient sanctions, says Gallen<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&quot;I would think that knowing where his footy&#x27;s been the last couple of years and him not playing football, through injury or form, there would&#x27;ve been a really open discussion between Stephen, his manager and the Giants about where he&#x27;s at.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Lobb, who previously played 76 games for the Giants before moving to the Dockers in 2019, still has two seasons to run on his big-money contract with Fremantle.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"b2a724a0-b8f7-4720-a80f-2c61183211e1\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/b2a724a0-b8f7-4720-a80f-2c61183211e1\" alt=\"Rory Lobb\" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It was revealed earlier today that Lobb had undertaken a medical examination, with the Giants hopeful of a reunion.<\/p>\n<p>Whether a trade occurs remains to be seen, but the Giants do have picks two and 13 in this year&#x27;s draft.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier today, <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/afl\/trade-period-2021-adam-cerra-carlton-fremantle\/93b9cba8-3cec-48d9-afdb-fb1a950acd5f\" title=\"wantaway Fremantle midfielder Adam Cerra officially joined the Blues.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wantaway Fremantle midfielder Adam Cerra officially joined the Blues.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cerra linked with Carlton on his birthday in exchange for 2021 draft pick No.6 and a future third-round selection.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/em><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/login?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true\" title=\"clicking here!\"><strong><em>clicking here!<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The reported talks between GWS and Fremantle regarding a Rory Lobb trade has seen Giants skipper Stephen Coniglio&#x27;s name raised as a potential makeweight. Coniglio&#x27;s <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=140203\" title=\"$7m Giants star tossed up in wild trade frenzy\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140203"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=140203"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":140205,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140203\/revisions\/140205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=140203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=140203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=140203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}