The four team trade for Dow and Coffield Last year’s trade period saw a blockbuster four team MEGATRADE involving the first few picks of the draft and some big names who were very likely to play good senior footy every week changing hands. This year, the penultimate day saw a
Continue reading »2023 AFL Trade Period Day 8 – Nyuon, Schultz and Henry on the move
HPN will attack this AFL Trade Period in one post a day, either as a roundup or with progressive updates through the day. It’s likely that a rapid cavalcade of interlinked deals drops any time on Tuesday or Wednesday to close out the final two days of the trade period.
Continue reading »2023 AFL Trade Period Day 5 to 7 – a weekend lull
HPN will attack this AFL Trade Period in one post a day, either as a roundup or with progressive updates through the day. Tom Fullarton becomes a Demon For a long time Tom Fullarton was more likely to leave a legacy on the hardwood and not a footy field. As
Continue reading »2023 AFL Trade Period Day 4 – Who’s left?
HPN will attack this AFL Trade Period in one post a day, either as a roundup or with progressive updates through the day. With Thursday producing no movement on many of the players mooted to move, reporting has started to centre around difficult negotiations based on incompatible valuations. This isn’t
Continue reading »2023 AFL Trade Period Day 3 – the Swans and the Kangaroos get going
HPN will attack this AFL Trade Period in one post a day, either as a roundup or with progressive updates through the day. A flurry of cascading moves today as the Swans unlocked all their moves, North turned assistance selections into players and draft position, and several clubs staked out
Continue reading »2023 AFL Trade Period Day 2 – James Harmes and nothing else
HPN will attack this AFL Trade Period in one post a day, either as a roundup or with progressive updates through the day. A typically quiet Tuesday as clubs get deep into the bilateral back-and-forths and mostly don’t want to commit too early to moves which could always be improved.
Continue reading »2023 AFL Trade Period Day 1 – the pickening
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
Continue reading »The most valuable players in the AFL? Gulden and Daicos leading the best crop of young guns in years
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 winners and losers of the 2023 AFLW fixture reveal
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
Continue reading »2022 AFL Trade Period – Final day featuring like a whole bunch of dudes
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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