‘I’ll dodge them’: AFL club becomes trade period joke

The AFL Trade Period is over and lost in the madness of the final minutes are some big stories that have gone overlooked.

Josh Dunkley and Jaeger O'Meara.

The big winners and losers of the AFL Trade Period are becoming clearer by the hour after the madness of the final minutes on Wednesday night.

There were eight deals cut in the final hours of the annual carve-up, where Josh Dunkley ended up as a Lion, Tom Mitchell became a Magpie, Lachie Hunter is a Demon and Rory Lobb is now a Bulldog.

The Western Bulldogs were the most active team in the final moments, sending out midfielders Dunkley and Hunter while nabbing Lobb from Fremantle.

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Hawthorn’s clear out was complete with Mitchell and Jaeger O’Meara being dealt away with O’Meara ultimately being sent back to Western Australia and joining the Dockers.

The Bulldogs have been potted by commentators across the game for the late drama surrounding Dunkley with the best and fairest winner’s agent Liam Pickering scoffing at the club’s refusal to budge on deals offered by Brisbane.

The Bulldogs were left “staggered” last week when the Lions demanded a series of lower-round draft picks on top of allowing Dunkley to leave.

It has now been suggested the addition of a future fourth round draft pick being tossed into the deal was enough for the Bulldogs to pull the trigger in the final minutes.

Pickering told AFL Trade Radio the haggling left Dunkley in an uncomfortable position, laughing about the measly fourth-round pick being argued about.

The deal went through. Photo by Dylan Burns/AFL Photos via Getty Images.

“It was just a future pick, a fourth I think. It dragged on a bit longer than it should’ve,” he said.

“It was great to get it done. There was a bit of haggling or whatnot towards the end, but I’m really happy for Josh, he’s going to the club he wanted to go to.

“I think it could’ve been done the first thing this morning, to be honest, but haggling over a pick that’s in the future and in the fourth round that’ll probably never get used anyway, but that’s what we do.”

When asked if he had spoken to the Bulldogs following the frenzied finish, he responded with a quip: “Nah, they’re way down the other end, it’s in alphabetical order, so I’ll probably dodge them tonight”.

The battleground surrounding the fourth round pick has particularly raised eyebrows after coach Luke Beveridge said at the club’s best and fairest award that the Lions would have to “pony up” to get a deal done.

Leading football reporter Damian Barrett also appeared to pot the Bulldogs.

“That was a pretty tame version of what I believe Liam Pickering may have been saying behind the scenes around this,” he said to afl.com.au.

“A future fourth round pick. If that was the clincher, if that was them ‘ponying up’, then well done. Because it took until the final minute for it to get done. The Dogs weren’t happy how he tried to leave two years ago and they made him stay and that’s fair enough, they contracted him two years ago. He wasn’t contracted this year. He would have been shattered to walk back into the football club. He wasn’t going back.”

Dunkley follows Lachie Hunter’s last-minute departure from the Bulldogs with the former best and fairest moving to the Demons. Zaine Cordy and Josh Schache also left. The club was able to seal the deal to get star ruckman Rory Lobb into the club from Fremantle.

Hawthorn slashes top-end talent

The Hawks have been slammed for a ruthless trade period strategy that has resulted in a stack of senior players departing.

Former Brownlow medallist Tom Mitchell has joined Collingwood and Jaeger O’Meara was dealt to Fremantle. Both of the late moves failed to net the Hawks significant draft capital.

Mitchell got them two third-rounders and an ex-first round pick in Cooper Stephens from Geelong, who has promise; O’Meara got them Lloyd Meek and a future second.

Jaeger O'Meara of the Hawks. Photo by Michael Willson/AFL Photos via Getty Images.

It comes after the retirements of Ben McEvoy and Liam Shiels and delisting of Kyle Hartigan, totaling 1181 games of experience out the door.

On Thursday morning there was condemnation for Hawthorn’s apparent decision to force O’Meara and Mitchell out the door.

Barrett said on afl.com.au, O’Meara wanted to stay at Hawthorn with the prospect of a trade only beginning to be seriously discussed in the last days of the trade period.

“There’s a level of hurt here for how he’s been treated by the club that got him across from the Gold Coast Suns and made him leader because of his qualities.

“For two years in a row he’s been forced to endure conversations around where he’s going to be and this year he’s out.”

Journalist Josh Gabelich also criticised the Hawks for how it treated the two senior players.

“It’s happened too quickly,” he said on AFL Daily.

“We saw it last year with Luke Breust – he had a 48 hour window and he stayed. Jaeger O’Meara gave it the all clear in the end. I just don’t know if this is the way to treat two players, who have been really significant members of that team.”

Here is a full list of all the completed deals by all 18 clubs - and the draft picks they have been left with.

Adelaide

Traded in:

Izak Rankine from the GC Suns

Round Three Selection (46) from the Brisbane Lions, via on-trade by the GC Suns

2023 Future Round Three Selection from Collingwood

2023 Future Round Four Selection from Fremantle, via on-trade by the GC Suns

Izak Rankine poses during an Adelaide Crows AFL media opportunity. Photo by Sarah Reed/Getty Images.

Traded out:

Billy Frampton to Collingwood

Round One Selection (five) to the GC Suns

2023 Future Round Three Selection to the GC Suns

2023 Future Round Four Selection to the GC Suns

Draft picks owned: 23, 46

Brisbane Lions

Traded in:

Josh Dunkley from the Western Bulldogs

Jack Gunston from Hawthorn

Round Two Selection (36) from the GC Suns

Round Two Selection (38) from the Geelong Cats

Round Two Compensation Selection under Free Agency Rules for the departure of Daniel McStay to Collingwood

Round Three Selection (55) from the Geelong Cats

Round Three Selection (56) from the GC Suns

2023 Future Round Two Selection from the GWS Giant

2023 Future Round Two Selection from the Geelong Cats

2023 Future Round Three Selection from the Western Bulldogs

2023 Future Round Three Selection from Melbourne, via on-trade from the Western Bulldogs

Round Two Selection (21) from the GWS Giants, then on-traded to the Western Bulldogs

Round Two Selection (25) from the GC Suns, then on-traded to Collingwood, via the Geelong Cats

Round Three Selection (48) from the Geelong Cats, then on-traded to Hawthorn

2023 Future Round Four Selection from the Geelong Cats, then on-traded to the Western Bulldogs

Traded out:

Thomas Berry to the GC Suns

Daniel McStay to Collingwood under Free Agency Rules

Round One Selection (15) to the GWS Giants

Round Two Selection (21) from the GWS Giants, on traded to the Western Bulldogs

Round Two Selection (25) from the GC Suns to Collingwood, via on-trade by the Geelong Cats

Round Three Selection (46) to the Adelaide Crows, via on-trade by the GC Suns

Round Three Selection (48) from the Geelong Cats, on-traded to Hawthorn

2023 Future Round One Selection to the Western Bulldogs

2023 Future Round Two Selection to the Western Bulldogs

2023 Future Round Two Selection to the GC Suns

2023 Future Round Four Selection to Hawthorn

2023 Future Round Four Selection from the Geelong Cats, on traded to the Western Bulldogs

Draft picks owned: 34, 35, 36, 38, 55, 56, 73

Carlton

Traded in:

Blake Acres from Fremantle

Round Three Compensation Selection under Free Agency Rules for the departure of Liam Jones.

2023 Future Round Four Selection from Essendon

Traded out:

Liam Jones under Free Agency Rules to the Western Bulldogs

Will Setterfield to Essendon

Round Four Selection (68) to Essendon

2023 Future Round Three Selection to Fremantle

Draft picks owned: 10, 29, 49, 66

Collingwood

Traded in:

Billy Frampton from the Adelaide Crows

Bobby Hill from the GWS Giants

Daniel McStay from the Brisbane Lions under Free Agency Rules

Tom Mitchell from Hawthorn

Round Two Selection (25) from the GC Suns, via on-trades from the Brisbane Lions and the Geelong Cats

Round Two Selection (27) from Port Adelaide, via on-trade by Melbourne

Round Three Selection (41) from the GWS Giants, then on-traded to Hawthorn

Traded out:

Brodie Grundy to Melbourne

Ollie Henry to the Geelong Cats

Round Three Selection (41) from the GWS Giants, then on-traded to Hawthorn

Round Three Selection (44) to Fremantle, via on-trades from Melbourne and the GWS Giants

Round Three Selection (50) to Hawthorn

2023 Future Round Two Selection to Port Adelaide, via an on-trade from the GWS Giants as part of a four-way trade

2023 Future Round Three Selection to the Adelaide Crows

Draft picks owned: 16, 25, 27, 51

Essendon

Traded in:

Will Setterfield from Carlton

Sam Weideman from Melbourne

Round Three Compensation Selection from Melbourne

Round Four Selection (68) from Carlton

Round Four Selection (72) from Melbourne

2023 Round Four Selection from the Sydney Swans

Round Three Selection (37) from the Sydney Swans, then on-traded to Melbourne

Traded out:

Aaron Francis to Sydney Swans

Round Three selection (37) from the Sydney Swans, to Melbourne

Round Three Selection (42) to Sydney Swans

2023 Future Round Four Selection to Carlton

Draft picks owned: 4, 22, 54, 62, 68, 72

Fremantle

Traded in:

Josh Corbett from the GC Suns

Luke Jackson from Melbourne

Jaeger O’Meara from Hawthorn

Round Two Selection (30) from the Western Bulldogs

Round Three Selection (44) from Collingwood, via on-trades by Melbourne and the GWS Giants

Round Four Selection (67) from Melbourne

2023 Future Round Two Assistance Selection from North Melbourne

2023 Future Round Three Assistance Selection from North Melbourne

2023 Future Round Three Selection from Carlton

2023 Future Round Four Selection from North Melbourne

2023 Future Round Four Selection from Hawthorn

2023 Future Round Two Selection from the Western Bulldogs, then on-traded to Hawthorn

Traded out:

Blake Acres to Carlton

Rory Lobb to the Western Bulldogs

Griffin Logue to North Melbourne

Lloyd Meek to Hawthorn

Darcy Tucker to North Melbourne

Round One Selection (13) to Melbourne

2023 Future Round One Selection to Melbourne

2023 Future Round Two Selection to from the Western Bulldogs, on traded to Hawthorn

2023 Future Round Two Selection to Melbourne

2023 Future Round Three Selection to Port Adelaide, via on-trade by North Melbourne

2023 Future Round Four Selection to the Adelaide Crows, via on-trade by GC Suns

Draft picks owned: 44, 67, 76

Geelong Cats

Traded in:

Jack Bowes from the GC Suns

Tanner Bruhn from the GWS Giants

Ollie Henry from Collingwood

Round One Selection (seven) from the GC Suns

Round Two Selection (25) from the GC Suns, via on-trade by the Brisbane Lions, then on-traded to Collingwood

Traded out:

Cooper Stephens to Hawthorn

Round One Selection (18) to the GWS Giants

Round Two Selection (25) from the GC Suns to Collingwood, via on-trade by the Brisbane Lions

Round Two Selection (38) to the Brisbane Lions

Round Three Selection (48) to Hawthorn, via on-trade by the Brisbane Lions

Round Three Selection (55) to the Brisbane Lions

2023 Future Round Two Selection to the Brisbane Lions

2023 Future Round Three Selection to the GC Suns

2023 Future Round Four Selection to the Western Bulldogs, via on-trade by the Brisbane Lions

Draft picks owned: 7, 58, 64

Gold Coast Suns

Traded in:

Thomas Berry from the Brisbane Lions

Ben Long from St Kilda

Round One Selection (five) from the Adelaide Crows

2023 Future Round Two Selection from the Brisbane Lions

2023 Future Round Three Selection from the Adelaide Crows

2023 Future Round Three Selection from the Geelong Cats

2023 Future Round Four Selection from the Adelaide Crows

2023 Future Round Four Selection from St Kilda

Round Three Selection (46) from the Brisbane Lions, then on-traded to the Adelaide Crows

2023 Future Round Four Selection from Fremantle, then on-traded to the Adelaide Crows

Traded out:

Jack Bowes to the Geelong Cats

Josh Corbett to Fremantle

Izak Rankine to the Adelaide Crows

Round One Selection (seven) to the Geelong Cats

Round Two Selection (25) to Collingwood, via ontrades by the Geelong Cats and the Brisbane Lions

Round Two Selection (32) to St Kilda

Round Two Selection (36) to the Brisbane Lions

Round Three Selection (46) from the Brisbane Lions, to the Adelaide Crows

Round Three Selection (56) to the Brisbane Lions

2023 Future Round Four Selection from Fremantle, then on-traded to the Adelaide Crows

Draft picks owned: 5, 45, 71, 74

GWS Giants

Traded in:

Toby Bedford from Melbourne

Round One Selection (one) from North Melbourne as part of a four-way trade

Round One Selection (15) from the Brisbane Lions

Round One Selection (18) from the Geelong Cats

Round Two Selection (19) from Richmond

Round Two Selection (31) from Richmond

Round Three Selection (43) from Collingwood

Round Three Selection (57) from Port Adelaide, as part of a four-way trade

2023 Future Round One Selection from Richmond

Round One Selection (12) from Richmond, then on-traded to West Coast as part of a four-way trade

2023 Future Round Two Selection from Collingwood, then on-traded to Port Adelaide as part of a four-way trade

Round Three Selection (53) from Melbourne, via an on-trade from Port Adelaide as part of a four-way trade, then on-traded to Richmond

Traded out:

Tanner Bruhn to the Geelong Cats

Bobby Hill to Collingwood

Jacob Hopper to Richmond

Tim Taranto to Richmond

Round One Selection (three) to North Melbourne, as part of a four-way trade

Round One Selection (12) from Richmond to West Coast, as part of a four-way trade.

Round Two Selection (21) to the Brisbane Lions

Round Three Selection (41) to Hawthorn, via on-trade by Collingwood

Round Three Selection (44) to Melbourne

Round Three Selection (53) from Melbourne, via Port Adelaide, then on-traded to Richmond

Round Four Selection (63) to Richmond

2023 Future Round Two Selection to the Brisbane Lions

2023 Future Round Two Selection from Collingwood, to Port Adelaide as part of a four-way trade

Draft picks owned: 1, 15, 18, 19, 31, 57, 61

Hawthorn

Traded in:

Karl Amon from Port Adelaide under Free Agency Rules

Lloyd Meek from Fremantle

Cooper Stephens from the Geelong Cats as part of a three-way trade

Round Three Selection (41) from the GWS Giants, via on-trade by Collingwood

Round Three Selection (48) from the Geelong Cats, via on-trade by the Brisbane Lions

Round Three Selection (50) from Collingwood

2023 Future Round Two Selection from the Western Bulldogs, via on-trade by Fremantle

2023 Future Round Four Selection from the Brisbane Lions

Traded out:

Jack Gunston to the Brisbane Lions

Tom Mitchell to Hawthorn as part of a three-way trade

Jaeger O’Meara to Fremantle

2023 Future Round Four Selection to Fremantle

Draft picks owned: 6, 24, 41, 48, 50, 52, 65

Melbourne

Traded in:

Brodie Grundy from Collingwood

Lachie Hunter from the Western Bulldogs

Josh Schache from the Western Bulldogs

Round One Selection (13) from Fremantle

Round Two Selection (37) from the Sydney Swans, via on-trade by Essendon

Round Three Selection (44) from the GWS Giants

Round Three Compensation Selection for the Free Agency Departure of Jayden Hunt

2023 Future Round One Selection from Fremantle

2023 Future Round Two Selection from Fremantle

Round Two Selection (27) from Port Adelaide, then on-traded to Collingwood

Traded out:

Toby Bedford to the GWS Giants

Jayden Hunt to West Coast under Free Agency Rules.

Luke Jackson to Fremantle

Sam Weideman to Essendon

Round Two Selection (27) from Port Adelaide, then on-traded to Collingwood

Round Two Selection (33) to Port Adelaide

Round Three Selection (43) to North Melbourne, via on-trade from Port Adelaide as part of a four-way trade

Round Three Selection (44) to Fremantle

Round Three Selection (53) to Richmond, via on-trade by the GWS Giants, via on-trade Port Adelaide as part of a four-way trade

Round Three Compensation Selection to Essendon

Round Four Selection (67) to Fremantle

Round Four Selection (72) to Essendon

2023 Future Round Three Selection to the Brisbane Lions, via on-trade by the Western Bulldogs

2023 Future Round Four Selection to the Western Bulldogs

Draft picks owned: 13, 37

North Melbourne

Traded in:

Griffin Logue from Fremantle

Darcy Tucker from Fremantle

Round One Selection (two) from West Coast, as part of a four-way trade

Round One Selection (three) from the GWS Giants, as part of a four-way trade

Round Three Selection (40) from West Coast, as part of a four-way trade

Round Three Selection (43) from Melbourne, via on-trade by Port Adelaide, as part of a four-way trade

2023 Future Round One Selection from Port Adelaide as part of a four-way trade

2023 Future Round Three Selection from Fremantle, then on-traded to Port Adelaide

Traded out:

Jason Horne-Francis to Port Adelaide as part of a four-way trade

Round One Selection (one) to the GWS Giants, as part of a four-way trade

2023 Future Round Two Assistance Selection to Fremantle

2023 Future Round Three Selection from Fremantle to Port Adelaide as part of a four-way trade

2023 Future Round Three Assistance Selection to Fremantle

2023 Future Round Four Selection to Fremantle

Draft picks owned: 2, 3, 40, 43, 59, 70

Port Adelaide

Traded in:

Jason Horne-Francis from North Melbourne, as part of a four-way trade

Junior Rioli from West Coast, as part of a four-way trade

Round Two Selection (33) from Melbourne

New Port Power recruit Jason Horne-Francis at Alberton. Picture: Brenton Edwards

Round Two Compensation Selection for the Free Agency Departure of Karl Amon

2023 Future Round Two Selection from Collingwood, via an on-trade from the GWS Giants, as part of a four-way trade

2023 Future Round Three Selection from Fremantle, via on-trade from Port Adelaide as part of a four-way trade

Round Three Selection (43) from Melbourne, then on-traded to North Melbourne as part of a four-way trade

Round Three Selection (53) from Melbourne, then on-traded to Richmond via on-trade by the GWS Giants as part of a four-way trade

Traded out:

Karl Amon to Hawthorn under Free Agency Rules

Round One Selection (eight) to West Coast, as part of a four-way trade

Round Two Selection (27) to Collingwood, via on-trade by Melbourne

Round Three Selection (43) from Melbourne to North Melbourne, as part of a four-way trade

Round Three Selection (53) from Melbourne to Richmond, via on-trade by the GWS Giants, as part of a four-way trade

Round Three Selection (57) to the GWS Giants as part of a four-way trade

2023 Future Round One Selection to North Melbourne, as part of a four-way trade

2023 Future Round Two Selection to West Coast, as part of a four-way trade

2023 Future Round Three Selection to West Coast, as part of a four-way trade

Draft picks owned: 33, 60

Richmond

Traded in:

Jacob Hopper from the GWS Giants

Tim Taranto from the GWS Giants

Round Three Selection (53) from Melbourne, via on-trade by Port Adelaide and the GWS Giants, as part of a four-way trade

Round Four Selection (63) from the GWS Giants

Traded out:

Round One Selection (12) to West Coast, via on-trade by the GWS Giants

Round Two Selection (19) to the GWS Giants

Round Two Selection (31) to the GWS Giants

2023 Future Round One Selection to the GWS Giants

Draft picks owned: 53, 63

St Kilda

Traded in:

Zaine Cordy from the Western Bulldogs under Free Agency Rules

Round Two Selection (32) from the GC Suns

Traded out:

Ben Long to the GC Suns

2023 Future Round Four Selection to the GC Suns

Draft picks owned: 9, 28, 32, 47

Sydney Swans

Traded in:

Aaron Francis from Essendon

Round Two Selection (42) from Essendon

Traded out:

Round Three Selection (37) to Melbourne, via on-trade by Essendon

2023 Future Round Four Selection to Essendon

Draft picks owned: 14, 17, 42, 75

West Coast

Traded in:

Jayden Hunt from Melbourne under Free Agency Rules.

Round One Selection (Eight) from Port Adelaide as part of a four-way trade

Round One Selection (12) from Richmond, via on-trade by the GWS Giants as part of a four-way trade

2023 Future Round Two Selection from Port Adelaide as part of a four-way trade

2023 Future Round Three Selection from Port Adelaide as part of a four-way trade

Traded out:

Junior Rioli to Port Adelaide as part of a four-way trade

Round One Selection (two) to North Melbourne as part of a four-way trade

Round Three Selection (40) to North Melbourne as part of a four-way trade

Draft picks owned: 8, 12, 20, 26

Western Bulldogs

Traded in:

Liam Jones from Carlton under Free Agency Rules

Rory Lobb from Fremantle

Round Two Selection (21) from the Brisbane Lions

2023 Future Round One Selection from the Brisbane Lions

2023 Future Round Two Selection from the Brisbane Lions

2023 Future Round Three Selection from Melbourne

2023 Future Round Four Selection from the Geelong Cats, via on-trade by the Brisbane Lions

2023 Future Round Four Selection from Melbourne, then on-traded to the Brisbane Lions

Traded out:

Zaine Cordy to St Kilda under Free Agency Rules

Josh Dunkley to the Brisbane Lions

Lachie Hunter to Melbourne

Josh Schache to Melbourne

Round Two Selection (30) to Fremantle

2023 Future Round Two Selection to Fremantle

2023 Future Round Three Selection to the Brisbane Lions

2023 Future Round Four Selection from Melbourne to the Brisbane Lions

Draft picks owned: 11, 21, 30, 39, 69

Full draft order for 2022 National Draft

Round One

1. GWS

2. North Melbourne

3. North Melbourne

4. Essendon

5. Gold Coast

6. Hawthorn

7. Geelong

8. West Coast

9. St Kilda

10. Carlton

11. Western Bulldogs

12. West Coast

13. Melbourne

14. Sydney

15. GWS

16. Collingwood

17. Sydney

18. GWS

Round Two

19. GWS

20. West Coast

21. Western Bulldogs

22. Essendon

23. Adelaide

24. Hawthorn

25. Collingwood

26. West Coast

27. Collingwood

28. St Kilda

29. Carlton

30. Fremantle

31. GWS

32. St Kilda

33. Port Adelaide

34. Brisbane

35. Brisbane

36. Brisbane

37. Melbourne

38. Brisbane

Round Three

39. Western Bulldogs

40. North Melbourne

41. Hawthorn

42. Sydney

43. North Melbourne

44. Fremantle

45. Gold Coast

46. Adelaide

47. St Kilda

48. Hawthorn

49. Carlton

50. Hawthorn

51. Collingwood

52. Hawthorn

53. Richmond

54. Essendon

55. Brisbane

56. Brisbane

57. GWS

58. Geelong