Trade period day six as it happened: Four-way trade gets Horne-Francis to Port as deals roll in

Thanks for joining us for day six of the trade period, which featured a four-club mega deal and plenty of players on the move.

The deal to get Luke Jackson from Melbourne to the Dockers has been done, which involved fellow Demon Toby Bedford becoming a Giant.

Carlton’s Will Setterfield is now a Bomber and Izak Rankine is on the move from Gold Coast to Adelaide.

And Jason Horne-Francis is heading to Port Adelaide in a four-club mega deal, which will also send Junior Rioli to the Power. GWS have traded up as part of that deal, with the view that their sights are on top-10 draft prospect Aaron Cadman.

Plus, Greater Western Sydney senior assistant coach Mark McVeigh has chosen to step away from the Giants after missing out on senior coaching job.

Join us again tomorrow as our trade blog continues with rolling coverage, keeping you updated with all the ins and outs during the last two days of the trade period.

The net effect of the four-club mega deal:

GWS get pick one.

North Melbourne get picks two, three and Port Adelaide’s future first round.

West Coast get picks eight and 12.

Port Adelaide get Jason Horne-Francis, Junior Rioli and give up their future first, second and third round picks. But the Power get back a future second-round pick tied to Collingwood, and a future third-round pick tied to Fremantle.

The view is the Giants have traded up to get top-10 draft prospect Aaron Cadman.

Izak Rankine is on the move from Gold Coast to Adelaide in exchange for pick five, and future third-and fourth-round picks.

Along with Rankine, the Suns are sending pick 46 and a future fourth-rounder, tied to Fremantle, to the Crows.

Izak Rankine is now a Crow.Credit: Getty Images

The paperwork is in and Will Setterfield is officially a Bomber.

Carlton traded Setterfield and their round-four selection (68) to Essendon for the Bombers’ future fourth-round selection.

Carlton’s Will Setterfield has been traded to the Bombers.Credit: Getty Images

The paperwork has officially been lodged in the Jackson deal, with Melbourne, Fremantle and GWS involved.

Melbourne traded Toby Bedford to GWS for the Giants’ round-three selection (44).

Melbourne traded Luke Jackson, pick 44, and their round-four selection (67) to Fremantle for the Dockers’ first-round pick (13), a future first-round selection and future second-round selection.

Latest draft order below.

Carlton’s Will Setterfield will become a Bomber.

A deal is imminent, most likely for a future fourth-round pick but could be a further late pick.

It’s being finalised now.

The likelihood is this means the Blues will hang onto Paddy Dow.

Carlton’s Will Setterfield is to become a Bomber.Credit: Getty Images

The deal to get Luke Jackson from Melbourne to the Dockers has been done.

Here are the details:

Fremantle get Jackson, pick 44 and pick 67.

Melbourne get pick 13, a future first-rounder and a future second-rounder from Fremantle.

A third club got involved to get the deal done and Demon Toby Bedford will get to the Giants for a round three selection (44).

Luke Jackson is heading to Fremantle.Credit: Getty Images

Greater Western Sydney senior assistant coach Mark McVeigh has chosen to step away from the Giants after missing out on senior coaching job.

McVeigh was the Giants’ interim coach this year, leading the club from round 10 after Leon Cameron stepped away, and threw his hat in the ring to be the permanent replacement, but was beaten by former Richmond assistant coach Adam Kingsley.

Mark McVeigh will leave GWS.Credit: Getty

GWS general manager of football Jason McCartney wished McVeigh the best and thanked him for his significant contribution to the club.

“Mark has been a wonderful coach at our football club over a long period of time,” McCartney said in a statement on Monday.

“He’s a person of great honesty and integrity and while we would have loved him to stay, the time is right for him to move on.

“We congratulate him on everything he has achieved so far in his coaching career and wish Mark and his family all the best for the future. He’ll always be part of building the Giants.”

Kingsley has added Brett Montgomery – the pair were premiership teammates at Port Adelaide in 2004 – to his coaching panel for 2023.