Beams signs a four-year contract with Magpies

That Collingwood managed to welcome Beams and retain off-contract players Darcy Moore and Tom Langdon, as well as Jamie Elliott, was a turn of events that seemed unlikely during the season.

The long-term contract with Beams means that the majority of their key players are outsourced for at least the next two years. Jordan De Goey, like Moore, has signed a two-year extension.

During an eventful post-season, Les Pies also recruited veterans such as defensemen Lynden Dunn and Tyson Goldsack and tagger Levi Greenwood for 2019 only, while Travis Varcoe was able to exercise a trigger that gave him another season.

The Magpies achieved their goals of acquiring Beams – who had told the club's Lions that he intended to stay at the club – when drafting recruiting in the academy, Isaac Quaynor and his father and son, Will Kelly, in the national project.

Collingwood's offerings were identical for Quaynor and Kelly from Grand Western Sydney and Adelaide, respectively. As part of the matching system, which clubs generally consider generous for clubs with academy players or father-son recruits, Collingwood also avoided a points deficit that would affect their position as a candidate. in 2019, although they have already sacrificed their choice of first round 2019 for Beams.

Beams returns in a team that, ironically, has been significantly strengthened by its trade in Brisbane, which allowed the Magpies recover De Goey (choice 5, 2014), Jack Crisp (Brisbane) and Greenwood (choice 25 ), in North Melbourne. ).

While Brisbane was furious to see that Beams wanted to stand out and claim the best deal possible, the Lions were finally comfortable trading it with his former club, given the conflicting messages that he had given to the club this year.

Beams, who won the best and most successful in both clubs, was the instigator of his return to Collingwood, where he has a close friendship with Steele Sidebottom and close relationships with other former teammates .

He had a meeting with his coach Nathan Buckley this year that dealt with persistent problems between the two men following the departure of Beams four years ago.