New deals for five Pies
05/06/2008 7:13 PM
Collingwood is celebrating the re-signing of five key players - Dane Swan, Nathan Brown, Ben Reid, Harry O’Brien and Tyson Goldsack.
Swan has extended his current contract to the end of 2010, while Brown and O'Brien have committed until the end of 2011 with three-year deals.
New two-year deals tie Reid and Goldsack to the club through to the end of 2010.
Collingwood's chief of football Geoff Walsh said the club was delighted to secure the signatures of five players of considerable talent and promise,
"All are at the beginning of their careers, bar Dane, who has made some great inroads in the last two or three years in particular, to become one of our premier midfielders," Walsh told collingwoodfc.com.au
"Nathan, Ben and Tyson have all, at different times, made a mark in senior footy in their first 18 months, so that augers well for us as a club, as we know we’ve got some young talent at our disposal."
"Harry’s probably 12-18 months ahead of those three boys, in terms of making a spot in the seniors his own."
"It does give us some confidence that we’ve got some good young players underpinning our future."
Brown, Reid and Goldsack all came to Collingwood via the 2006 NAB AFL Draft, while O’Brien was elevated to the senior list at the end of 2006 from the rookie list.