AFL Trades 2022: Follow all the moves on day three of the exchange period
St Kilda and Brisbane have made late deals on day three of the trade period as Josh Dunkley edges closer to a move to the Lions. Catch up on all Wednesday’s action here.
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St Kilda has traded Ben Long to Gold Coast.
The hard nut joins the Suns along with a future fourth-round pick in a swap for pick 32.
In another late move Tom Berry has joined the Suns from Brisbane.
Long has been used as a pressure forward in 79 games over six seasons at the Saints and regularly as the medical sub, but the Suns have earmarked a role across half-back.
“While we’re really disappointed to lose Ben, he leaves with our support and best wishes,” St Kilda list boss James Gallagher said.
“We’d have loved him to stay at RSEA Park, but ultimately he has an opportunity at the Gold Coast that is too good to refuse.
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“We’ve been very clear in our intention to head into this year’s draft with a good hand of picks in the first couple of rounds, and this trade assists us with that.
“Ben was a popular player throughout his time with the Saints, always proudly representing his family and culture.”
St Kilda currently holds picks 9, 28, 32, 47.
Meanwhile, the Lions traded Berry, pick 46 and a future second-round pick to the Suns and received picks 25, 36 and 56 in return.
Berry, the younger brother of Lion Jarrod Berry, played 20 games in three seasons but only three appearances in 2022, including one as the unused medi-sub.
JACK BOWES CHOOSES GEELONG
Geelong could pull off the deal of the trade period after Gold Coast young gun Jack Bowes decided he wants to join the premier.
The Cats beat Hawthorn and Essendon to the former No.10 draft pick.
They are set to also gain pick 7 from the Suns in a salary cap dump, while giving back a later draft pick in return.
In what would be a remarkable result, Geelong could add former high draft picks Bowes, Ollie Henry (Collingwood) and Tanner Bruhn (GWS) this trade period, and have a pick inside the top 10 on draft night.
EAGLES OPEN TO TRADING PICK 2
– Daniel Cherny
West Coast has indicated it may be willing to trade pick 2 regardless of whether Luke Jackson agrees to a move to the club, reports Code Sports.
While talks are only preliminary, sources have confirmed rival clubs have been sounded out West Coast about the prospect of trading for the second selection in this year’s draft, with the Eagles open to splitting the pick to bring in multiple first-rounders over the next couple of years.
Eagles’ list manager Rohan O’Brien on Monday said the Eagles would not deal pick 2 outright for Melbourne premiership tall Jackson, who has requested a trade back home to Western Australia.
While Jackson has long been favoured to land at Fremantle, he has not publicly declared a preferred destination of the two WA clubs.
COULD GIANTS PICKS GET DUNKLEY TO LIONS?
– Marc McGowan
Brisbane and Greater Western Sydney have agreed on a deal that could help the Lions’ pursuit of Western Bulldogs midfielder Josh Dunkley.
News Corp can reveal the Lions were shopping pick 15 to rival clubs and have found a trade partner in the Giants, who will send them No.21 and a future second-round selection in return.
The future second-round pick is tied to GWS, an important distinction because the Giants also have Collingwood’s after trading small forward Bobby Hill on Monday.
The trade has been given the green light by the AFL.
Brisbane now has more flexibility to trade future picks, with league rules preventing clubs from trading a future first and second-round selection unless they bring an extra one in.
The Bulldogs want two first-round picks from the Lions for Dunkley.
— Brisbane Lions (@brisbanelions) October 5, 2022
DONE DEALS: DOCKERS DUO TRADED TO KANGAROOS
It’s been a rough few weeks for North Melbourne but the Roos have had a trade win, securing Griffin Logue and Darcy Tucker from Fremantle.
Paperwork for the deal was lodged on Wednesday morning, with the pair heading to Arden St along with a future third-round draft pick.
In exchange, the Dockers receive a future second, future third and future fourth-round picks.
The deal gives Fremantle more ammunition in its bid to lure Luke Jackson from Melbourne, which wants to get that deal done before nabbing Brodie Grundy from Collingwood.
Logue has played 64 games since being recruited with pick 8 in the 2016 draft, mostly as a defender although he showed this season he could also play as a forward.
Tucker, a big-bodied midfielder, played 14 games this year to take his career tally to 108.
“Griffin and Darcy are a fantastic fit for our club and we are really pleased to have finalised this deal early in the trade period,” North Melbourne’s list boss Brady Rawlings said.
“On-field they both provide great versatility, skill and football maturity. Off-field, they are young guys of high character and are eager to contribute to making our club better.”
DONE DEAL: CORDY JOINS SAINTS
Zaine Cordy has signed with St Kilda as a free agent on a three-year deal.
The tall defender played 118 games for the Western Bulldogs including the 2016 premiership, when he played forward and kicked a goal.
“We’re really pleased to welcome Zaine to St Kilda,” Saints list boss James Gallagher said.
“We identified a need to bring in quality depth and coverage in our key positions, and we believe that Zaine will provide that.
“He’s a competitive guy and has a team-first attitude, demonstrated through his willingness to play various roles across the ground.
“While he’s achieved a lot in his young career, we feel confident he can go to another level here at the Saints.
“We look forward to welcoming Zaine to RSEA Park in the coming weeks.”
The news comes after new Saints football boss Geoff Walsh said he was prepared to make the ‘hard calls’ to drag the club out of mediocrity.
PIES, CATS IN HENRY STANDOFF AS LAST-DITCH BID FAILS
Collingwood’s attempts to change Ollie Henry’s mind with a one-year contract extension have failed, with the young goal kicker intent on joining his brother Jack at Geelong.
The Geelong Falcons’ product had a close-up view of the special bond Collingwood brothers Nick and Josh Daicos enjoyed on field this year and Henry wants to share that same connection with his brother Jack at the Cats.
Collingwood shortened its contract offer to help keep Henry and combat some of the homesickness he has experienced over the past two years living away from his family who remain embedded in Geelong.
Henry, 20, frequently travelled down the highway to see family in Geelong and has continued to do some junior coaching there.
The Magpies pitched a one-year extension to help Henry settle in Melbourne over the next 12 months and reassess then, but that was turned down as trade talks between the Cats and the Magpies get set to heat up.
Collingwood wants the Cats’ first-round pick for Henry after 25 games and 28 goals in two years.
But Geelong does not want to hand over pick number 18 on its own for Henry as it tries to hit the draft, bring in GWS midfielder Tanner Bruhn and Gold Coast’s Jack Bowes (plus pick seven).
Collingwood is disappointed at the prospect of losing Henry, whose departure could leave the club with only three players remaining from its six-player haul from the 2020 national draft.
The Magpies said they traded star midfielder Adam Treloar to Western Bulldogs, in part, because they liked the quality available in that year’s draft.
And one veteran recruiter told the News Corp in the aftermath of the 2020 draft that Collingwood was the big winner of that year’s draft after making the big calls to move on Treloar and Jaidyn Stephenson for more picks and salary cap relief.
“Given what they started the night with it is hard to go past the Pies,” the respected talent-spotter said.
However, Henry (pick 17) is on the way out, wingman Caleb Poulter (30) is without a new deal for next season, and key forward Liam McMahon (31) has been delisted.
Poulter may be forced to find a new home next season as a delisted free agent with Adelaide and Port Adelaide yet to show any serious interest in the South Australian.
Collingwood VFL best and fairest winner Finlay Macrae (19), next generation academy product Reef McInnes (23) and hard nut Beau McReery (44), who has become a key cog in the club’s searing forward line pressure game, remain on the list.
Superstar midfielder Nick Daicos arrived the following year and enjoyed a stunning debut season.
Geelong is confident Henry can break into the premiership team next year to bolster its bid for back-to-back flags as a 189cm medium forward alongside Tom Hawkins, Jeremy Cameron and Tyson Stengle.
Henry was replaced in Collingwood’s senior side late in the season by Ash Johnson and would face more competition for playing time from new recruits Dan McStay and Bobby Hill. Brisbane’s McStay officially landed at the Pies as a free agent on Tuesday.
Geelong list manager Andrew Mackie said the Cats would continue to work with the Magpies to thrash out a deal on Henry.
“The common value for these guys where there is still a lot of projection involved in their playing (performance) is tough,” Mackie told the league website.
“But we sat down with Collingwood yesterday and we will do that again and we will try and work through (things).
“We are not sitting on our hands in any of the trades that we want to do. We are trying to be active to make sure those clubs do well out of it.”
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