The Brisbane Lions will approach AFL Trade Week with an eye to improving the Club’s playing list.

Much of the Trade Week discussion surrounding the Lions has been centred around ruckman/forward Mitch Clark who requested a move back home to Western Australia last month.

National Talent Manager Rob Kerr will be the Club’s official spokesperson throughout the AFL exchange period and will provide fans with a detailed analysis should the Lions formalise any deals.

In the meantime, all Lions fans are encouraged to keep posted to this page for all the latest trade news and media reports that surface throughout the week.

The AFL Trade Week will officially close at 2pm on Monday 17 October. 

8, 29*, 30^, 34, 52, 70, 88

*Priority selection
^Compensation selection
 

COMPLETED TRADES

Nil

* All 18 AFL clubs converged on Etihad Stadium to discuss each other’s trading position. These initial talks simply laid the foundation for future negotiations.

* The Herald-Sun reported on Sunday that the Lions were interested in securing the services of Richmond defender Luke McGuane who was eager to head back home to Queensland.

* Queensland-born Adelaide forward Kurt Tippett was being linked to the Lions as a potential player in the Clark trade. However, the Crows remained adamant that Tippett was a required player and would not be traded.

* Rob Kerr confirmed that the Club was interested in luring retired Western Bulldogs ruckman Ben Hudson to the Lions following reports in The Age. Hudson, who had intended moving home to Queensland to play with Southport, was being considered as a viable back-up option for Matthew Leuenberger.

* Mitch Clark’s Manager Colin Young said that Clark would prefer a move to Fremantle rather than West Coast and was confident that a deal could be done with the Dockers. “I think he is Fremantle-bound,” Young said.

* Afl.com.au reported at the end of the day that the proposed deal between the Lions and Fremantle involving Mitch Clark had hit a road-block, with the Lions unhappy with the Dockers’ offering. “I think we value Mitch in a different way to what Fremantle values him at this stage,” Rob Kerr said.

* Kerr also mentioned that the Club had not spoken with Richmond about any trade for Luke McGuane. 

* The Australian revealed that Fremantle had apparently offered their compensation selection received for Rhys Palmer’s move to GWS (which could be as low as No.31 overall) in return for Mitch Clark. The Lions promptly said “no”.

* It was also believed that West Coast were very much still in the running for Clark after presenting a more “reasonable” offer to the Lions.

* The Herald Sun reported that the Lions were still in the market for Kurt Tippett despite Adelaide’s intent to keep him. “We’ve expressed our interest in Kurt, and Adelaide are aware of it,” Kerr said.

* Former Lions full-forward Brendan Fevola told Trade Week Radio that he remained hopeful of finding a new team for the 2012 season.