{"id":13403,"date":"2017-10-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/jack-watts-port-adelaide-deal-is-done-rucci\/"},"modified":"2017-10-17T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-10-17T00:00:00","slug":"jack-watts-port-adelaide-deal-is-done-rucci","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/jack-watts-port-adelaide-deal-is-done-rucci\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack Watts\u2019 Port Adelaide Deal Is Done: Rucci"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>UPDATE, 3.41pm &#8212; Port Adelaide confirms they have secured Jack Watts for pick 31 in this year\u2019s draft.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Welcome to Port Adelaide, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackWatts4?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JackWatts4<\/a>  <br><br>He&#39;s officially joined the club!<br><br>MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mRsXonXW8O\">https:\/\/t.co\/mRsXonXW8O<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/weareportadelaide?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#weareportadelaide<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/u7Lq03QUeL\">pic.twitter.com\/u7Lq03QUeL<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Port Adelaide FC (@PAFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PAFC\/status\/920154416887369728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 17, 2017<\/a><\/blockquote>&#13;\n<script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>&#13;\n&#13;\n<blockquote>&#13;\n\t<p>\u201cFrom a club perspective there\u2019s a lot to be optimistic about,\u201d Watts said on Tuesday.<\/p>&#13;\n&#13;\n\t<p>\u201cPort Adelaide finished just outside the top four last year, have some really promising young players who are getting some experience under their belts and they\u2019ve added two great footballers already to their list in Tom Rockliff and Steven Motlop.<\/p>&#13;\n&#13;\n\t<p>\u201cPersonally, I can\u2019t wait for pre-season to begin so I can start working with the likes of Charlie Dixon, Robbie Gray, Travis Boak and Chad Wingard.\u201d<\/p>&#13;\n<\/blockquote>&#13;\n&#13;\n<p>EARLIER&#8230;<\/p>&#13;\n&#13;\n<p><strong>Melbourne forward Jack Watts has done a deal to move to Port Adelaide.<\/strong><\/p>&#13;\n&#13;\n<p>Writing for The Advertiser on Tuesday, Michelangelo Rucci reports:<\/p>&#13;\n&#13;\n<blockquote>&#13;\n\t<h3>\u201cWatts, 26, has confirmed his long-expected nomination of the Power as his club of choice after being asked by Melbourne to consider his options.<\/h3>&#13;\n&#13;\n\t<h3>\u201cThe Victorian is understood to have told the Melbourne Football Club on Tuesday of his wish to be a Power player.<\/h3>&#13;\n&#13;\n\t<h3>\u201cWatts, who has two years to serve on his contract with the Demons, is expected to command a second-round draft pick to complete his trade to Alberton. 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Welcome to Port Adelaide, @JackWatts4 He&#39;s officially joined the club!MORE: https:\/\/t.co\/mRsXonXW8O #weareportadelaide pic.twitter.com\/u7Lq03QUeL&mdash; Port Adelaide FC (@PAFC) October 17, 2017&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; \u201cFrom a club perspective there\u2019s a lot to be optimistic about,\u201d Watts said on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[143],"tags":[],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-13403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sport"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Jack Watts\u2019 Port Adelaide Deal Is Done: Rucci - FIVEAA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/jack-watts-port-adelaide-deal-is-done-rucci\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jack Watts\u2019 Port Adelaide Deal Is Done: Rucci\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"UPDATE, 3.41pm &#8212; Port Adelaide confirms they have secured Jack Watts for pick 31 in this year\u2019s draft. 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