Melbourne ⇄ and Gold Coast Suns

The trade

• Melbourne received

  • 7PORTPort Adelaide's 2025 first, pick 7
  • 8STKSt Kilda's 2025 first, pick 8
  • 37ADELAdelaide Crows' 2025 second, pick 37
  • 6GCGold Coast Suns' 2026 first, pick 6 now
  • R32027GCGold Coast Suns' 2027 third, where it falls depends on Gold Coast Suns' 2027 finish

• Gold Coast Suns received

  • Christian Petracca
  • 24WCEWest Coast Eagles' 2025 second, pick 24
  • 28MELBMelbourne's 2025 second, pick 28
  • 29MELBMelbourne's 2026 second, pick 29 now

Sources: AFL.com.au 2

Where the picks have been

A pick is tied to a club for life: that club's finish decides where it falls, whoever holds it. Every club each has been with, as at 7 October 2026.

1. 6GC

   Gold Coast Suns' first, pick 6 now

   1. Gold Coast Suns its own pick
   2. Melbourne Oct 2025 · in a trade for Christian Petracca, West Coast Eagles' 2025 second (pick 24), Melbourne's 2025 second (pick 28) and Melbourne's 2026 second
2. R32027GC

   Gold Coast Suns' 2027 third, where it falls depends on Gold Coast Suns' 2027 finish

   1. Gold Coast Suns its own pick
   2. Melbourne Oct 2025 · in a trade for Christian Petracca, West Coast Eagles' 2025 second (pick 24), Melbourne's 2025 second (pick 28) and Melbourne's 2026 second
3. 29MELB

   Melbourne's second, pick 29 now

   1. Melbourne its own pick
   2. Gold Coast Suns Oct 2025 · in a trade for Port Adelaide's 2025 first (pick 7), St Kilda's 2025 first (pick 8), Adelaide Crows' 2025 second (pick 37), Gold Coast Suns' 2026 first and Gold Coast Suns' 2027 third
   3. GWS Giants Nov 2025 · in a trade for GWS Giants' 2025 second (pick 35)