HPN will attack this AFL Trade Period in one post a day, either as a roundup or with progressive updates through the day. Somewhat unusually, the only assets to change hands on the opening Monday were draft picks, as the jostling to climb the ladder kicks off. Gold Coast begin
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It’s an age old question (or at least as age old as there has been Australian Football) – who is the most valuable player in the league. Not just right now, but going forward into the future. Which club has the best building block for future success, and who are
Continue reading »The 2023 AFLW season fixture has finally been released, with players, clubs and fans quickly breaking down the schedule. The fixture drop was delayed to a mere six weeks before the first siren of the season. Due to still-unresolved and seemingly very difficult labour bargaining, the season remains at just
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After a hectic short time the AFL Trade Period (including free agency) is effectively over for another year. There’s still delisted free agents who can move and the trading of picks during designated periods (including on draft day/s), but that’s of little consequence right now. A lot happened during the
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HPN will attack this AFL Trade Period in one post a day. Check back here as the day progresses to get our take on the day’s “action”. Jack Gunston traded to Brisbane Premiership winning biggish forward Jack Gunston was an unrestricted free agent coming into the free agency period. But,
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In 2018, after completing a bunch of research on Footballistics, HPN wrote a piece designed as advice to Carlton as to when trade pick 1. After all, it had been a fair while since the last trade of that valuable first pick in 2001, and teams may have been out
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HPN will attack this AFL Trade Period in one post a day. Check back here each day to get our take on the “action”. Today was quite possibly one of the biggest non-deadline days in trade period history. The biggest trade so far in V/AFL history (in terms of volume
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HPN will attack this AFL Trade Period in one post a day. Check back here each day to get our take on the “action”. Free Agency Roundup Five players found new homes under the first iteration of free agency in 2022, with restricted and unrestricted free agency closing today. Later
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HPN will attack this AFL Trade Period in one post a day. Check back here as the day progresses to get our take on the day’s “action”. Only one trade today as several start to creep towards completion. Beyond the usually climactic final day, there may be a subtle cascading
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HPN will attack this AFL Trade Period in one post a day. Check back here as the day progresses to get our take on the day’s “action”. North’s compensation picks do their job Darcy Tucker and Griffin Logue are the next two Fremantle players after Blake Acres to find new
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