A Hawthorn star and premiership player are being hunted by a rival club.

A veteran Pie has lamented at one of the AFL's most controversial rules.

The race on Lachie Neale hasn't finished, with a Fremantle legend urging the club to entertain the move.

All that and more from media buzz...

Ginni-gone?

Hawthorn star Jack Ginnivan is a high-profile target for the incoming Tasmania Devils.

The AFL's soon-to-be 19th club is making a list of rival players to go after, and Ginnivan, given his presence on and off the field, is one they're keen to bring to the Apple Isle.

Pies defender responds to Neale links

Collingwood veteran Jeremy Howe is all in on the club's strategy to welcome in experienced talent as the club is deemed the frontrunner for Brisbane's Lachie Neale.

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"I'll happily welcome the best in the comp if they're willing enough to come across," Howe said.

"Clearance for us has been a bit of an issue. Lachie is arguably the best clearance player in the comp and has been for a really long time. I think what Leppa and Charlie Gardner, even Fly, they look out and get the best available no doubt.

"When we feel like our footy is stacking up when it's good enough, if you can enhance your list by getting really experienced players by getting in guys that will make us better, then you'd be made not to ask the question."

Freo great urge Dockers to push for Neale

Fremantle great Paul Hasleby wants the Dockers to entertain a move for Lachie Neale, but not at the expense of the club.

Neale is weighing up his future and has offers from Collingwood that have blown rivals out of the water.

But Hasleby, given Fremantle's top-of-the-ladder position, believes his former club is more enticing as a destination.

And they should offer no more than two years, but wait until the end of the year.

West Coast pushing for improved Sun

The Eagles won't die wondering and have shown preliminary interest in Gold Coast defender Joel Jeffrey.

Suns coach Damien Hardwick went on the offensive a fortnight ago, declaring Jeffrey, along with Bailey Humphrey, who are contracted, will not be going anywhere as long as he's coach.

However, it hasn't stopped West Coast from showing interest, according to Fox Footy.

St Kilda has also been a club looking to bolster its defensive line.

Collingwood defender laments controversial rule

Jeremy Howe has voiced his distaste about the controversial 'stand rule'.

"I don't like it," Howe said.

"For me, it's just a bad optic. It doesn't look great when you've got guys facing the wrong way, or standing there looking like witches hat, and asking the question.

"I'm not sure how many people enjoy it. I get the flow of the game, handball receive, they get offence going."

How two former AFL players were linked to Dezi Freeman case

Ex-AFL players Ben and Sam Reid were miraculously involved in the Dezi Freeman case.

The parents of the Reid brothers had their home in northeast Victoria raided by detectives who were investigating the movements of the criminal.

“They came in, then they took our phones … we still don't know why,” Kay Reid said on her independent podcast late.

“We knew him (Freeman). We had a stack of old phones, they took all of those.

“They just looked in things, I don't really know what they were there for.”

She said her mobile phones were seized by the detectives as well as their computers.

A total of nine officers with three search warrants dissected the home for three hours.

Young Dog, Hawk tipped to re-sign

Western Bulldogs and Hawthorn are expected to lock away a pair of youngsters until 2029.

Cooper Hynes is poised to sign a new deal with the Bulldogs after emerging as a future star of the Whitten Oval club, while Aidan Schubert is tipped to receive an extension, according to AFL Media.

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