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Tasmania is reportedly interested in signing St Kilda midfielder Max Hall as a free agent for their 2028 debut season. The Devils hold a $5 million budget and can sign up to 18 uncontracted players from rival clubs. Hall, whose current deal ends in 2027, had an outstanding 2025 season, and media personality Cornes suggests the Saints are vulnerable to losing their key player, advising Hall to hold out for a lucrative new contract.
Breakout midfielder Max Hall is reportedly in Tasmania’s sights with AFL Media revealing the star is on the Devils’ wishlist ahead of their first season in 2028.
Tasmania can sign up to 18 uncontracted players from rival clubs, effectively as free agents, at a maximum of one per club. Hall is contracted until the end of 2027 and will be ripe for the picking for the Devils, who have been given a signing bonus of up to $5 million as they build their initial list.
The 24-year-old was plucked out of the VFL in the 2024 mid-season draft, but immediately solidified his place in the Saints team in 2025. He took his game to a new level this year, averaging 23 touches and kicking 26 goals, including a blistering finish to the year when he had over 30 in each of the final three games.
With the Saints committing to big-money contracts to the likes of Tom De Koning, Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera , Sam Flanders, Ben King and Mattaes Phillipou, Hall will no doubt be offered more money by the Devils.
“Just on the Max Hall one, there are some teams that are vulnerable to Tassie, and there are some teams that can’t afford to lose star players, and St Kilda is one of those,” Cornes said on Trade Radio. “This would be catastrophic for the Saints, really, if they get picked off by Tassie. “Everything you’ve built, and I guess that’s why teams have been so proactive in recontracting their players beyond 2027.
Most have done a very, very good job.
“But all the St Kilda strategy was around spend now, win now, and then you get your prime midfielder picked off. Cornes encouraged Hall to hold out on signing a new deal to cash in.
“If I’m Max Hall, I’m just holding out for as long as you possibly can, because his price is just going to go through the roof like we’ve seen others happen in recent times,” he continued. “Kozzy Pickett, Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera, and we see Zak Butters still just go crazy through the year. Zac Bailey’s another one. Wanganeen-Milera will also be subjected to massive offers around the league, but in particular in South Australia.
The two-time All-Australian resisted temptation to return home to South Australia last year, eventually inking a blockbuster two-year deal worth $2 million a season.
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