The West Coast Eagles have secured two first-round selections in the National Draft for the first time since 2007 after completing a complex trade deal today.

As part of a trade that involves the departure of Junior Rioli to Port Adelaide, the Eagles will slide down the draft order, giving up selection two, but receiving picks eight and 12 in return.

The transaction that also engaged North Melbourne and Greater Western Sydney sees the Eagles receive picks eight and 12 as well as a future second and third-round selection while losing Rioli, pick two and pick 40.

It means the Eagles will have four selections in the first 26 before father-son and academy selections are taken into account. It will be one of the strongest hands the Eagles have ever taken into a National Draft.

Also gaining future second and third round selections from Port Adelaide ensures the Eagles have a strong presence in next year’s draft as the club continues to rebuild.

“We are very happy with the outcome of a complex deal,” said National Recruiting Manager Rohan O’Brien today.

“We believe it is an even draft and that we can bring two very talented players into our club with those first-round selections.

“With four of the first 26 selections at this stage of the draft order we are excited about the calibre of young players we can bring into our squad.

“In addition to Jayden Hunt joining us as an unrestricted free agent from Melbourne we believe we are in a strong position to rejuvenate the list.”

Not since 2007, when the Eagles secured Chris Masten (#3) and Brad Ebert (#13) have the Eagles had two first-round selections.

Before that it was Chris Judd (#3) and Ashley Sampi (#6) in 2001 which underpins the reason for the club’s optimism heading to the November draft.