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AFL Trade News: Day 1 live updates, blog

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3rd October, 2019
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The AFL’s player movement period for 2019 gets underway today as free agency opens from 9am AEST. Join The Roar for a live blog of the all the latest news throughout the trade and free agency period.

After weeks of scrutiny and discussion, today is finally the first day where we might see some serious action get underway, and there’s more than a few moves that could be formally made.

Free agency is open today, while trades will have to wait until Monday at the earliest. But as many as four free agents could formalise moves to new homes today.

Firstly, expect a move for Adelaide’s Cam Ellis-Yolemn to the Brisbane Lions to be confirmed today. The Lions confirmed earlier this week they would be putting through the paperwork for him to join the club on a three-year deal today.

Another Adelaide free agent Sam Jacobs could also leave the club today. It’s been known for a while that Jacobs has agreed to a two-year deal to join the GWS Giants, and it’s only going to be a matter of when the clubs have their paperwork ready that decides how long this one takes to go through.

Two-time Richmond premiership player Brandon Ellis is known to have agree to a deal worth nearly $3 million over five years at the Gold Coast Suns, and he, like Jacobs, is one who might have his deal locked in today.

Adam Tomlinson from GWS is believed destined to wind up at the Melbourne Demons, but it’s not clear at the moment how long that might take to formalise, or if there’s any chance that someone else could swoop in on the deal. It would be a surprise to see this one go through today, but it’s not off the cards.

Grant Birchall has been linked to the Brisbane Lions but there appears to be some trepidation here, and it’s not clear if Brisbane are committed to the idea of getting him to the club. I’d say this is one that will happen later in the trade period, if it happens at all.

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Another you wouldn’t expect to see get done today is Jamie Elliott, a free agent at Collingwood. He had a meeting with Pies football boss Geoff Walsh earlier this week. While it’s understood he would prefer to stay at Collingwood, he’s getting better offers from the likes of Melbourne, Hawthorn and North Melbourne.

Join The Roar for a live blog of the all the latest news throughout the trade and free agency period, starting from 9am AEST.

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