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OFFICIAL: Harry Sharp's move to Melbourne confirmed

53 minutes agoTue 15 Oct 2024 at 7:16am

OFFICIAL: Houston's trade to Collingwood ticked off by AFL

1 hours agoTue 15 Oct 2024 at 6:53am

Dan Houston on the verge of being a Magpie

3 hours agoTue 15 Oct 2024 at 4:43am

8h agoTue 15 Oct 2024 at 12:01am

Three-team trade between Carlton, West Coast and Richmond:

St Kilda trades 2024 second-round pick (currently No.27) to Brisbane for 2024 second-round pick (currently No.32) and 2024 third-round pick (currently No.45).

Three-team trade between Collingwood, Port Adelaide and Gold Coast:

Brisbane trades Harry Sharp and a 2025 third-round pick to Melbourne in exchange for a 2024 third-round pick (currently No.49) and Essendon's 2025 third-round pick.

Whew, what a day.

We had FOUR confirmed trades on day seven, a turf war kick off between West Coast and Fremantle fans, and plenty of other shenanigans.

It's been a blast as per usual.

One more day to go of this madness.

I'll see you here at 10am AEDT.

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53m agoTue 15 Oct 2024 at 7:16am

And just as I go to shut this blog off for the day, we've got another confirmed deal at the buzzer!

Here are the details.

Hi Johnny,

If I'm looking at what each team gave up to get what they got, Port Adelaide seems a big loser out of this deal.

If you're giving up a two-time All-Australian AND next year's first-rounder, Jack Lukosius can't be the best asset you're getting back.

Collingwood and the Suns have both done incredibly well out of the deal.

Gold Coast is somehow getting two future firsts for a salary dump of Lukosius and Rory Atkins. Madness.

Houston is going to be a tremendous fit for the Magpies.

AFL.com.au's Riley Beveridge with the latest on Harry Sharp's proposed move to Melbourne.

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1h agoTue 15 Oct 2024 at 6:53am

The wait is over!

Dan Houston is officially a Collingwood player now.

AFL.com.au's Cal Twomey reporting that the league has approved of the three-team deal.

Here are the details once again:

Hi Jefferson,

That would certainly throw a spanner in the works if Clayton Oliver goes public with a trade demand on the deadline tomorrow.

Will it move the needle? Probably not, Melbourne has talked a really tough game so far.

Hi Sophie,

It's too early to deem whether it is a win, loss or neutral, but I like that Essendon seems to be on the same page finally.

It's obvious that they're going in a direction which prioritises youth, and that's evidenced by their hardline stance on Jake Stringer.

I think previous Bombers regimes would have caved to Stringer's contract demands and potentially dealt away draft capital to get in the Dan Houston race.

Essendon is more than one piece away, so the fact that they're not skipping the steps in this rebuild is the right move.

Looks like we might have another late trade go through today.

AFL.com.au's Riley Beveridge reporting that Harry Sharp looks set to seal a move to Melbourne.

Port Adelaide great Kane Cornes isn't happy with the proposed three-team deal sending Dan Houston to Collingwood.

Matthew Owies finally found a new club this afternoon after spending the trade period in limbo.

The small forward told SEN that he was baffled by reports suggesting he was after a pay packet of up to $800,000 annually.

“I couldn’t believe those reports and it was the cherry on top in a stressful time,” he said.

“It’s been a stressful time for me the last few weeks. I loved playing for Carlton and will miss it but it came clear I wasn’t going to be staying and I’m grateful to West Coast for the opportunity.”

Melbourne list boss Tim Lamb was on Trade Radio earlier and explained how yesterday's deal with Essendon came about.

Hi Thomas,

I thought that too initially, but there were reports last week suggesting Port was given the all-clear from the AFL to trade next year's first-rounder in this deal.

Something is amiss...

It's been over an hour since news of Dan Houston's trade to Collingwood in that three-team deal broke, and still no AFL confirmation.

WHAT IS HAPPENING?!

Hi Stefan, and shoutout to Walker, who also asked about where things stand with James Peatling.

At this stage, it looks like this is a deal for tomorrow.

The latest reports are that the Giants are after a future second-round pick from the Crows.

Hi Gomez,

Look, who knows, really.

My guess is that they've got to make sure it's all air tight in terms of salary cap stuff.

Hi Pauly,

I don't think West Coast moves back up this year's draft, because they wouldn't have traded back if they wanted to stay in the top five.

A lot of West Coast's game plan is centered around possibly trading for Chad Warner next year, should he decide to come home to WA.

Here's what Damian Barrett said on Trade Radio earlier today.

Hi C,

That's a very good point you make. Geelong and Sydney have made a living off killing these moves on the margins.

Hi Josh,

I'm personally not a fan of trading down in the draft at the best of times, let alone this particular one.

Just stick at No.3 and pick an elite player and if they want to leave a few years down the line, you cross that bridge when you get there.

So while the details of the Dan Houston deal have been revealed by multiple reports, the deal is still yet to be officially ticked off by the AFL.

Surely Port isn't going to pull out a second time, right? RIGHT?!