Being the owner of three first-round draught selections following the trading period’s action, Fremantle will be hoping two of the top four scorers from last year significantly fall in 2023.
West Coast’s Pick 1 is the most prominent asset still up for grabs, and they’ll be aiming to net much in exchange, maybe including future selections. selections can still be traded between October 23 and November 10, as well as on draught night.
However, as things stand, the Dockers hold the most future picks, having acquired both Collingwood’s and Port Adelaide’s first-round picks (via the Lachie Schultz trade and the pick swap in which they forfeited this year’s No. 25), as well as St. Kilda’s second and fourth-round picks (via the Liam Henry trade).
Their own future second (owned by Richmond) and fourth (owned by Carlton) are not available.
The Western Bulldogs’ selection, which was handed to Gold Coast as part of the deal that saw Luke Beveridge’s team move up to Pick 5, was the other future first-round pick exchanged.
As part of its AFL aid agreement, North Melbourne had two end-of-first-round selections in 2024 that it could trade. It sent the first to Sydney in exchange for Dylan Stephens and the second to Gold Coast in exchange for pick 18 (the Suns preferring later picks to gain points and advance to the following year’s draught).
Seven second-round selections in the future were transferred, leaving Brisbane, St. Kilda, and Sydney without a second-round pick while Adelaide, Gold Coast, and Richmond now have two.
Since Collingwood owns the future second and third round choices of Hawthorn, they will be hoping Sam Mitchell can’t get things rolling at Waverley Park.
