Live: Blakey chase intensifies as blockbuster AFL trade looms

Thu, 3 Sept, 8:10 pm, Final score, Dockers 40, Hawks 72 Fri, 4 Sept, 7:40 pm, Final score, Cats 107, Blues 74 Sat, 5 Sept, 3:15 pm, Final score, Swans 141, Lions 88 Sat, 5 Sept, 7:35 pm, Final score, Crows 90, Bulldogs 68 Fri, 11 Sept, 8:10 pm, Final score, Dockers 120, Cats 106 Sat, 12 Sept, 7:35 pm, Final score, Lions 144, Crows 91 Fri, 18 Sept, 7:40 pm, Final score, Swans 71, Dockers 83 Sat, 19 Sept, 5:15 pm, Final score, Hawks 122, Lions 131 Sat, 26 Sept, 2:30 pm, Final score, Dockers 89, Lions 96 live AFL trade period live updates: Nick Blakey chase intensifies, Zak Butters talks continue The prospect of a Nick Blakey trade suddenly looks very real, with clubs ready to pounce for the suspended Sydney star. Follow all the news and debate from the AFL trade period in our live blog. Submit a comment or question Live updates New: Filters Choose what information you see below by using filters Key Event The clubs chasing Nick Blakey The talk surrounding Nick Blakey is only getting louder, and Tom Morris on Channel Seven and Trade Radio has been providing the bulk of the updates over the last 12 hours. Morris has whittled down the list of suitors to five: Geelong, North Melbourne, Gold Coast, St Kilda and Essendon. By Morris's reckoning, Blakey wants Geelong but Sydney do not want to send him to Geelong. The Suns probably won't go for it, the Saints know they are a long shot, North hold some hope as a sentimental choice and the Bombers have connections and can easily satisfy the Swans in a trade. The upshot? It looks increasingly likely that Nick Blakey will be leaving Sydney in the next week. The only question is to where. Welcome back to AFL trade period Good morning, and welcome back to the 2026 AFL trade period. There is less than a week to go now before the window slams shut and there is plenty of work to do, plenty of twists to come and no doubt plenty of surprises ahead. I'm back in the blog seat this morning, Chris De Silva is not far away, and we've got a big day ahead of us. Settle in, hit up the comments and let's see what Thursday has in store for us. [Image text:] QBE Insurance