AFL trades 2024 LIVE updates: It’s deadline day and the rush is on

If you’ve missed the last 10 days of trading, don’t worry. Today’s the final day and there are still plenty of deals on the table.

A summary is below:

• Western Bulldogs Bailey Smith to Geelong (Cats have offered pick 17).
• West Coast’s Tom Barrass to Hawthorn (West Coast want two future picks).
• Richmond’s Dan Rioli to Gold Coast (Deal basically done with 6 and 23 to the Tigers).
• Essendon’s Jake Stringer to the Giants (Haggling over money and picks).
• Richmond’s Shai Bolton to Fremantle (picks 10 and 18 to Richmond most likely).
• Western Bulldogs’ Jack Macrae to St Kilda (Pick 45 may get deal done).
• Sydney’s Luke Parker to North Melbourne (Offer of pick 62 has been rejected).
• Giants’ James Peatling to Adelaide (second and third round picks being debated).
• Carlton’s Matt Kennedy to the Bulldogs (Blues want a pick in this year’s draft).
• Carlton’s Brodie Kemp to St Kilda (Blues after pick 32).
• Brisbane’s Deven Robertson to West Coast (may happen for a late pick).
• Western Bulldogs’ Caleb Daniel to North Melbourne (pick 25 to form basis of deal).
• Giants’ Xavier O’Halloran to the Western Bulldogs (Giants not budging, yet).
• Giants’ Wade Derksen to Melbourne (Giants not budging, yet).

Carlton have made two bold bets that this year’s disappointing campaign is merely a bump on the way to their premiership destiny.

It started with the Blues’ decision to trade their future first– and second-round picks on Friday to secure Hawthorn’s No.14 selection, which paved the way for a second blockbuster deal with West Coast on Monday that saw them grab the Eagles’ No.3 choice.

Carlton – who barely scraped into the top eight in 2024 after a stunning preliminary final surge 12 months ago – have not had a draft pick that early since anointing Sam Walsh as the dux of the 2018 class.

Now armed with pick three, the Blues are chips in for season 2025.

They are not due to enter next year’s draft until the second round (tied to Brisbane), which could be in the late 30s or early 40s. But Carlton won’t care if they are holding the premiership cup aloft for the first time since 1995.

List boss Nick Austin has barely put a foot wrong since crossing from the Western Bulldogs ahead of the 2020 season, and has a great opportunity with this top-three pick to help deliver this club a long-awaited flag.

The Blues may even use their shiny new selection from West Coast on one of Walsh’s relatives, with the star midfielder’s second cousin, Oakleigh Chargers on-baller Finn O’Sullivan, one of this year’s best prospects.

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