Tigers keen to snap up Saints spearhead
RICHMOND is eyeing St Kilda spearhead Caitlin Greiser as AFL Women’s player movement goes up a notch.
All-Australian Greiser, 24, has played 24 games at the Saints and scored 23 goals, and is understood to have informed St Kilda of her intention to explore her options.
The Tigers lurk as one potential home for Greiser.
Punt Road pair Maddy Brancatisano and Kodi Jacques are also the subject of transfer speculation, with Brancatisano believed to be in the sights of Gold Coast.
The Saints are in the box seat to secure leading goalkicker Jesse Wardlaw, whose future at Brisbane is uncertain, with Greiser one puzzle piece that could pave the way for the Lion to become a Saint.
The Saints are set to be major players in the upcoming player movement period, with Greiser a potential key that could help unlock moves for Wardlaw and Collingwood pair Steph Chiocci and Jaimee Lambert.
The Saints are set to lose veteran tall Kate Shierlaw to North Melbourne, while Tarni White has been floated as a potential trade option to the Magpies.
The Suns could also lose Ellie Hampson to the Lions, while Serene Watson has been linked to the Saints.
The priority signing period opens on Wednesday, with Chloe Molloy to be announced as Sydney’s marquee addition – from her hospital bed.
The star former Magpie this week underwent a lumbar microdiscectomy after suffering back pain for months.
Molloy, 24, had the surgery – which involved her L4/L5 vertebrae – on Monday and is up and walking and hopeful that the operation will be a turning point in both life and football.
Molloy revealed last year that she had “struggled to walk” amid the issue.
“Surgery was a huge success,” she said on Tuesday.
“(I got) instant relief in my back and hip.
“Throughout the season, I was putting my body through hell. Injections, medication, and I was only ever operating around 70 per cent, so this surgery is going to be life-changing for me.”