Trade D-Day
The Lions head into the final hours of the AFL Trade Period with an eye on adding another mature player to the Club
The official Trade Period ends strictly at 2pm (Melbourne time) on Friday, so keep posted to lions.com.au for regular updates throughout the day.
The Lions have already signed former Melbourne midfielder Brent Moloney as a Free Agent, but have made no secret of their desire to bring in another ready-made player to bolster their big-man stocks.
National Talent Manager Rob Kerr told lions.com.au at the beginning of the Trade Period that the Club wasn’t expecting to be overly active.
“While we would like to add a mature player to our list, we are not looking to bring a swag of mature players in,” Kerr said.
“It's possible that we’ll bring in one, two, or even none.”
Most recently the Lions have been linked to Stefan Martin, although a potential deal for the Melbourne forward/ruckman seems to have stalled with the Club unwilling to give up their second round draft selection (Pick No.33 overall).
Alternative options will no doubt come to the surface when all clubs meet for the final time this morning at Etihad Stadium, but there is still no guarantee that the Lions will be making any further changes.
The Lions currently have three valuable selections inside the first two rounds of next month’s AFL National Draft (Picks 8, 24 and 33) and are intent on keeping all of them - unless, of course, they receive an offer that’s too good to refuse.
Check out the current AFL National Draft order
The Lions have proven one of the quieter players in this year’s AFL exchange period, which has seen a record number of players find new homes.
Below is an update of the key player movements from across the competition:
ADELAIDE
Gains
Angus Graham (Richmond)
Losses
Chris Knights (Richmond)
Draft Picks (Inside Top 50)
20
BRISBANE LIONS
Gains
Brent Moloney (Melbourne)
Stefan Martin (Melbourne)
Losses
Nil
Draft Picks (Inside Top 50)
8, 24, 33
CARLTON
Gains
Nil
Losses
Jordan Russell (Collingwood)
Draft Picks (Inside Top 50)
11, 36
COLLINGWOOD
Gains
Jordan Russell (Carlton)
Quinten Lynch (West Coast)
Clinton Young (Hawthorn)
Losses
Sharrod Wellingham (West Coast)
Chris Dawes (Melbourne)
Tom Young (Western Bulldogs)
Draft Picks (Inside Top 50)
18, 19, 21, 42, 48
ESSENDON
Gains
Brendon Goddard (St Kilda)
Losses
Angus Monfries (Port Adelaide)
Draft Picks (Inside Top 50)
10, 35
FREMANTLE
Gains
Danyle Pearce (Port Adelaide)
Losses
Greg Broughton (Gold Coast)
Draft Picks (Inside Top 50)
17, 37, 40
GEELONG
Gains
Josh Caddy (Gold Coast)
Hamish McIntosh (North Melbourne)
Jared Rivers (Melbourne)
Losses
Shannon Byrnes (Melbourne)
Draft Picks (Inside Top 50)
16
GOLD COAST
Gains
Jack Martin (GWS Mini Draft)
Greg Broughton (Fremantle)
Tom Murphy (Hawthorn)
Losses
Josh Caddy (Geelong)
Tom Hickey (St Kilda)
Draft Picks (Inside Top 50)
13
GREATER WESTERN SYDNEY
Gains
Stephen Gilham (Hawthorn)
Losses
Jack Hombsch (Port Adelaide)
Draft Picks (Inside Top 50)
1, 2, 3, 12, 14, 28
HAWTHORN
Gains
Brian Lake (Western Bulldogs)
Matt Spangher (Sydney)
Jed Anderson (Northern Territory)
Losses
Tom Murphy (Gold Coast)
Clinton Young (Collingwood)
Stephen Gilham (GWS)
Draft Picks (Inside Top 50)
29
MELBOURNE
Gains
Dominic Barry (North Ballarat - VFL)
Jesse Hogan (GWS Mini Draft)
Chris Dawes (Collingwood)
David Rodan (Port Adelaide)
Shannon Byrnes (Geelong)
Cameron Pederson (North Melbourne)
Losses
Brent Moloney (Brisbane Lions)
Jared Rivers (Geelong)
Jordan Gysberts (North Melbourne)
Cale Morton (West Coast)
Stefan Martin (Brisbane Lions)
Draft Picks (Inside Top 50)
4, 27, 49
NORTH MELBOURNE
Gains
Jordan Gysberts (Melbourne)
Losses
Hamish McIntosh (Geelong)
Aaron Edwards (Richmond)
Cameron Pederson (Melbourne)
Draft Picks (Inside Top 50)
15, 38, 39
PORT ADELAIDE
Gains
Angus Monfries (Essendon)
Jack Hombsch (GWS)
Jake Neade (Northern Territory)
Lewis Stevenson (West Coast)
Campbell Heath (Sydney)
Losses
David Rodan (Melbourne)
Danyle Pearce (Port Adelaide)
Troy Chaplin (Richmond)
Draft Picks (Inside Top 50)
7, 30, 31
RICHMOND
Gains
Chris Knights (Adelaide)
Troy Chaplin (Port Adelaide)
Aaron Edwards (North Melbourne)
Losses
Angus Graham (Adelaide)
Draft Picks (Inside Top 50)
9, 32, 34, 43
ST KILDA
Gains
Tom Lee (Claremont - WAFL)
Tom Hickey (Gold Coast)
Trent Dennis-Lane (Sydney)
Losses
Brendon Goddard (Essendon)
Jamie Cripps (West Coast)
Draft Picks (Inside Top 50)
25, 26, 46, 47
SYDNEY
Gains
Nil
Losses
Campbell Heath (Port Adelaide)
Matt Spangher (Hawthorn)
Trent Dennis-Lane (St Kilda)
Draft Picks (Inside Top 50)
23, 45
WEST COAST
Gains
Sharrod Wellingham (Collingwood)
Cale Morton (Melbourne)
Jamie Cripps (St Kilda)
Losses
Koby Stevens (Western Bulldogs)
Lewis Stevenson (Port Adelaide)
Quinten Lynch (Collingwood)
Draft Picks (Inside Top 50)
41, 44
WESTERN BULLDOGS
Gains
Koby Stevens (West Coast)
Tom Young (Collingwood)
Losses
Brian Lake (Hawthorn)
Draft Picks (Inside Top 50)
5, 6, 22, 50