JAKE NIALL
December 8, 2009


New Gold Coast side makes a play for Ablett
JAKE NIALL
December 8, 2009

GEELONG champion Gary Ablett held a meeting with Gold Coast officials on the weekend, confirming that the AFL's 17th club has already started what is expected to be a massive play for the player widely regarded as the game's best.

Ablett and his management met with the 17th team's key officials - coach Guy McKenna, recruiting supremo Scott Clayton, chief executive Travis Auld and football manager Marcus Ashcroft - on Sunday at an apartment complex in Broadbeach, where it is understood that the incoming club made their first pitch at the Brownlow medallist.

While the meeting was obviously meant to be secret, it took a surprising twist when Ablett and his manager, Liam Pickering, were seen talking to Gold Coast officials by several Port Adelaide players.

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