GEELONG and Essendon have agreed to a deal which sends defender Jordan Ridley to the Cats and utility Jack Bowes to the Bombers.
A Crichton Medal winner at the Bombers, Ridley has joined the Cats along with pick No.60 and a 2028 fourth-round pick in exchange for Bowes, a 2027 first-round pick and a 2028 second-round pick.
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Ridley, now 27, won the Essendon best and fairest in 2020 – when he made the All-Australian squad – but has been limited to just 26 games across the past three seasons.
The No.10 pick in 2016, Bowes was drafted by Gold Coast before joining the Cats at the end of 2022.
Bowes played 69 games for the Cats, but only nine this year, having featured for Geelong in the 2025 Grand Final.
While Ridley gets a fresh start, the Bombers have further bolstered their draft hand.
They hold four picks inside the top 25 as it stands, along with seven picks in the first two rounds in 2027 and 2028.
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