Giants stars are locked in, Eddie

LOCKED IN: GWS Giants' 2011 No.1 draft pick Jonathon Patton is set to re-sign with the club. Picture: Gregg Porteous Source: The Daily Telegraph

EDDIE McGuire's threat to "steal every one of the Giants' good players for the rest of his life" has amounted to nothing.

The GWS will shortly announce the re-signing of seven players, including 2011's No.1 draft pick Jonathon Patton and No.3 and No.4 picks Dom Tyson and Will Hoskin-Elliot.

The AFL's 16th team is also in negotiations to extend the contract of last year's top selection in the draft, Lachie Whitfield.

McGuire's comments came a little more than 12 months ago when the Giants had expressed an interest in signing star Collingwood midfielder Scott Pendlebury.

The Collingwood president was shocked by the audacity of the Giants, who were eyeing off Magpies players even after they had been given access to the best teenage players in the country.

McGuire's response was to declare war on GWS.

"I will set up a tent embassy outside their tumbleweed-blown ground up there in Greater Western Sydney," McGuire said.

"I will go feral. I will make it my life's ambition to run them into the ground."

The signings will mean every one of last year's eight Rising Star nominations has been locked away.

Spearhead Jeremy Cameron and ball magnet Toby Greene recommitted before last season ended, as did Stephen Coniglio , Dylan Shiel, Tomas Bugg, Adam Treloar and Devon Smith.

Dom Tyson, the No.3 selection in the 2011 draft, was the only Rising Star nominee to hold out in negotiations after Richmond made a serious bid for his services.

With the long-term commitments of co-captains Callan Ward and Phil Davis, plus vice-captain Tom Scully, the Giants now have the nucleus of players to build their future around.

Ward will be absent from Sunday's NAB Cup opener against the Sydney Swans and Carlton in Blacktown because of knee soreness.

But Whitfield will turn out in Giants colours for the first time.

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