Greater Western Sydney Giants make a play for Jake Stringer as Essendon Bombers hold form on star forward

That Bulldogs connection with McCartney, who was the list manager at the Whitten Oval, helped create this possibility as the club lost Harry Perryman and Isaac Cumming to free agency and are warding off opposition interest in Wade Derksen and Xavier O’Halloran.

“Many people know I have had a…