AFL trade period 2024 LIVE updates:Clubs resume talks as deadline approaches;Houston deal gets moving;Suns closing in on Rioli;Buckley calls for trade change;Dees,Crows,Bombers get busy

AFL trade period 2024 LIVE updates:Clubs resume talks as deadline approaches;Houston deal gets moving;Suns closing in on Rioli;Buckley calls for trade change;Dees,Crows,Bombers get busy

Keep up with all the action from day eight of the AFL’s player movement period. Got a key trade question? Our experts will answer them.

  • byJon Pierik

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Stringer deal could boost Essendon hunt for draft capital

Stringer deal could boost Essendon hunt for draft capital

Essendon and the Giants are open to a deal that would see the Bombers receive a strong return for Jake Stringer.

  • byMarc McGowan,Peter Ryan andMichael Gleeson
Revealed:The teams that will run hot in 2025 – and those that will not
Opinion
NRL 2024

Revealed:The teams that will run hot in 2025 – and those that will not

Among our football codes,there are three teams that do have a right to confidence,and three that should listen to their pessimists.

  • byPeter FitzSimons
Collingwood,Essendon in the thick of trade action with interstate clubs

Collingwood,Essendon in the thick of trade action with interstate clubs

Collingwood are aiming to secure dual All-Australian Dan Houston for a pick and a player in the hope they can retain a selection in the first round of this year’s draft.

  • byMichael Gleeson andPeter Ryan
Giants weigh up a play for Jake Stringer as the Bombers hold firm

Giants weigh up a play for Jake Stringer as the Bombers hold firm

Jake Stringer has met with Giants officials as they consider whether to take on the talented 30-year-old,who would need to be offered at least a two-year deal to make relocating from Melbourne viable.

  • byMarc McGowan,Peter Ryan andMichael Gleeson
Contentious free-agency compo system delivers big win for Saints

Contentious free-agency compo system delivers big win for Saints

The St Kilda defender will play for Hawthorn next year,while Collingwood,Melbourne and Gold Coast have also made free agency signings.

  • byMichael Gleeson,Marc McGowan andRussell Bennett
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Money Talks:When will the bid come for Lions’ father-son Levi Ashcroft?
Money Talks
AFL 2024

Money Talks:When will the bid come for Lions’ father-son Levi Ashcroft?

Brisbane Lions father-son prospect Levi Ashcroft could become the second player to attract a bid at pick one of the national draft in November as clubs start to drill down on the draft pool.

  • byPeter Ryan
The two clubs that will shape trade period fortunes of Melbourne teams

The two clubs that will shape trade period fortunes of Melbourne teams

Port Adelaide contracted back-to-back All-Australian Dan Houston’s wish to return to Melbourne is the biggest potential deal this year.

  • byMarc McGowan
45 votes and 12 BOGs:Cripps shatters record in dominant Brownlow win

45 votes and 12 BOGs:Cripps shatters record in dominant Brownlow win

Defying predictions of a tight count,and counter-intuitively to a season in which so little separated so many – and so often – Carlton superstar Patrick Cripps strolled away with his second Brownlow Medal.

  • byGreg Baum
Houston remains on Victorian radars;Owies waits on Blues
Money Talks
AFL 2024

Houston remains on Victorian radars;Owies waits on Blues

Back-to-back All-Australian defender Dan Houston remains a live trade target for Victorian clubs as Carlton forward Matt Owies prepares for an extended wait to discover his fate.

  • byPeter Ryan andMarc McGowan
The four crucial moments behind Giants’ heartbreaking collapse

The four crucial moments behind Giants’ heartbreaking collapse

A week after a tight loss to the Swans,the Giants were up by 44 points against Brisbane – but got rolled by a stunning Lions comeback. So what happened?

  • byJonathan Drennan