Was the AFL trade window:(A) Good,(B) Bold,(C) Bad,(D) Tedious? The real answer? (E) All of the above.
Andrew Welsh has laid out a plan to make Essendon successful again as he begins his term as the club’s football director after a shambolic period for the Bombers.
The AFL will review the trade period to consider refining the rules around salary dumping and consider whether to extend the length of elite players’ first contracts from two years to three.
Richmond have delisted four players following an action-packed AFL trade period,including Sydney Stack and Jake Aarts.
The winners,the losers,and the ones who didn’t do much - there’s always a mix in club fortunes at the end of the AFL trade period,and this year was particularly frenetic.
From mega trades to salary dumps to surprise late moves,this month’s AFL 10-day trade period had it all. Here’s how the trades unfolded.
Michael Gleeson,Jake Niall and Peter Ryan unpack the frantic finish to deadline day. How do the Pies feel about the Ollie Henry deal? Will the AFL be changing rules on salary dumping? Plus,why the Esava Ratugolea deal didn’t happen.
It all comes down to this. The final day of the 2022 AFL trade period. Which players will end up where? Be sure to follow every moment of the frantic finale right up until the 7.30pm deadline.
Ollie Henry is a Cat,Josh Dunkley a Lion,Tom Mitchell a Magpie,Jaeger O’Meara a Docker,and Rory Lobb a Bulldog after a frantic finish to the trade period.
A growing number of players are unwilling to be drafted to clubs outside their home states,and according to one recruiting boss,some are even outright saying that they want to avoid moving interstate in pre-draft discussions.
Richmond recruit Jacob Hopper has been given a tour of Tigerland by Dustin Martin as the 25-year-old midfielder joins the club on a seven-year contract.