Dees put balance before Viney dream

Tough, courageous and a born leader. The Dees have a steal in Viney, who will play Round 1 next year.

Jack Viney wins the hard ball and dashes off at the under-18 national championships at Ethihad Stadium. Picture: Michael Dodge Source: Herald Sun

Ollie Wines may not be reunited with his good mate Jack Vines, with Melbourne now looking elsewhere after the news GSW may be set to reshuffle its top three selections. Source: Herald Sun

MELBOURNE is set to crush Jack Viney's fairytale by overlooking his best mate with pick four at tomorrow night's draft after a last-minute reshuffle of Greater Western Sydney's top three picks.

The Dees will land South Australian captain Jimmy Toumpas in a draft bonanza, pushing Viney's childhood friend Ollie Wines to the Western Bulldogs at pick five.

Melbourne had not seriously entertained the idea of jagging Toumpas until recently, believing he was Giants-bound with their second pick.

But the Herald Sun can reveal GWS will instead nab devastating outside midfield stars Lachie Whitfield and Jono O'Rourke with its first two picks before calling the name of key defender Lachie Plowman at No.3.

Toumpas will complement Viney supremely, with his polish and slick ball movement the missing ingredient in Mark Neeld's fledging midfield.

The Herald Sun understands the Dees are seeking midfield balance, with Toumpas's outside edge and goalkicking nous pipping hardnut Wines.

Melbourne is known to rank Toumpas ahead of Wines with his outstanding leadership and ball use outweighing fears over his troublesome hips, which underwent surgery mid-year.

The coup gives a major boost to Melbourne's list, with the aggressive Viney set to provide the grunt midfield edge and power forward Jesse Hogan to add significant potency in 2014.

Toumpas dominated in the 2011 SANFL premiership and won All-Australian honours this season.

Viney and Wines were desperate to be reunited, adamant it would drive the competitive duo to reach their potentials.

"No doubt it'd be a dream come true (to get drafted by Melbourne), but I'm not pinning my hopes on it," Wines said.

"But if it did come off then whoah, I'd be over the moon. But fairytales don't always come true, do they?"

Wines learnt his fierce tackling technique from Dees recruiter Todd Viney and only began his junior career when the Vineys moved to Echuca.

"We've always been friends but rivals, too. We're both real competitors and we're never going to let one be better than the other," Viney said.

The draft bombshell means Wines will likely join the Dogs, with his contested-ball winning ability and stoppage brilliance tailor made to coach Brendan McCartney's game plan.

Wines would join a band of six of the toughest young inside midfielders in the AFL at Whitten Oval, along with Mitch Wallis, Tom Liberatore, Koby Stevens, Clay Smith and Lachie Hunter.

As late as last week O'Rourke was believed to be Whitten Oval-bound, but his destructive mix of inside-outside work will add another dynamic to the band of blue-chip ball winners at the Giants.

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