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AFL trade news and rumours Day 10 live blog

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18th October, 2017
Friday October 6 – Free agency opens
Monday October 9 – Trade period begins (9am AEST)
Sunday October 15 – Free agency closes (5pm AEST)
Wednesday October 18 – Free agency offer-match period ends
Thursday October 19 – Trade period ends (2pm AEST)
Lachie Weller of the Fremantle Dockers celebrates a goal during the Round 13 AFL match between the Fremantle Dockers and Port Adelaide at the Domain Stadium in Perth, Saturday, June 18, 2016.(AAP Image/Tony McDonough)
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Latest news:

Bryce Gibbs, Gary Ablett, Jake Stringer, Lachie Weller, Josh Schache and Charlie Cameron all found new homes on deadline day, alongside many others.

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It’s deadline day! We’re set for a flurry of action on the final day of the AFL trade and free agency period, with the clubs having just five hours submit any remaining deals.

Join me here on The Roar for all the latest AFL trade news and rumours from 9am AEDT.

Bryce Gibbs, Jake Stringer and Gary Ablett are all waiting to know what their fate is on this final day of the trade period.

The Gibbs deal is expected to get done but one of the two parties will have to cave on the contentious issue of a late second-round pick.

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Ablett should get to Geelong too, and for perhaps as little as pick 35 after all – what a step down that will be for Gold Coast from their hardball stance.

Jake Stringer is probably the most doubtful of the three, but we still expected a deal will get done, likely for a combinaton of second-round picks.

Trades for Charlie Cameron, Matthew Kennedy, Darcy Lang and Anthony Miles could all spring into action off the back of the Gibbs deal.

There’s also expected to be a flurry of pick-swap deals late in the piece, and some of those could be set in motion by the Stringer deal.

Nathan Wilson, Lachie Weller, Josh Schache and Aaron Francis are other big names who could move today, though Wilson is the only one of the four who seems likely to.

Weller is likely to be kept at Fremantle with the Dockers refusing to budge on their demand of pick 2 for him.

Schache and Francis on the other hand just don’t seem to have anyone willing to pay what their clubs expect in return for them.

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Certainly some minor players will move too, ala Harrison Wigg yesterday – Brandon Matera, Aaron Young and Mitch Honeychurch are all possibilities.

Join me here on The Roar for all the latest AFL trade news and rumours from 9am AEDT.

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