Essendon Football Cub has taken another significant step towards maintaining its current player group with four of the club’s stars today completing new two-year contracts with the club. Scott Lucas, Dean Rioli, Sean Wellman and Dean Solomon all completed new two-year deals today..

Essendon chief executive Peter Jackson said today’s announcement was a significant boost for the club in the wake of last Saturday’s Grand Final disappointment. “Regardless of last weekend’s result we believe we have an excellent playing list at this club and these four players are an important part of that,” Jackson said.

“The fact these deals were sealed so quickly after the weekend shows these players are committed to remedying the disappointment of last Saturday.”