Overview
- Gold Coast completed the deal on Deadline Day to acquire the Melbourne premiership star.
- Melbourne receives three first-round selections, with picks 7 and 8 this year included, as reported by AFL.com.au.
- Finer details of the exchange are still being finalised, with further pick elements believed to be part of the arrangement.
- Christian Petracca departs after 212 games for the Demons as a four-time All-Australian and 2021 Norm Smith medallist.
- Minutes apart from the Petracca move, Melbourne traded Clayton Oliver to GWS, while the Suns earlier added Jamarra Ugle-Hagan for pick 74.