AFL Media journalist Josh Gabelich remains confident that Jamarra Ugle-Hagan will re-sign with the Western Bulldogs, although they may need to be creative with their remaining salary cap space. Despite reported interest from Hawthorn, Gabelich believes Ugle-Hagan is happy and settled at the Bulldogs, coming off a career-best year. He suggests that the Bulldogs may need to find more room in their salary cap due to the Aaron Naughton situation.
Kane Cornes also believes that Ugle-Hagan is unlikely to leave the Bulldogs, especially if the difference in salary offered by Hawthorn isn’t significant enough to justify the move. Cornes suggests that Ugle-Hagan would need to be offered a much higher salary by Hawthorn to consider leaving a successful team like the Bulldogs.
Ugle-Hagan’s impressive performance against Hawthorn in the Community Series further underlines his value to the Bulldogs, who are set to start their 2024 campaign against Melbourne at the MCG next weekend.
