The trade
Brisbane Lions received
- West Coast Eagles' third, pick 45 now
- Melbourne's 2027 second, where it falls depends on Melbourne's 2027 finish
Melbourne received
- Will McLachlan
- Brisbane Lions' 2027 second, where it falls depends on Brisbane Lions' 2027 finish
Source: AFL.com.au, 14 Oct
On points
What each club received, on the AFL's points table as at . A player has no points on it.
Brisbane Lions received What Points West Coast Eagles' third, pick 45 now 150 Melbourne's 2027 second, valued as Melbourne's 2026 second, pick 31 now 429, Projected Total 579, Incl. projected Net on picks +359, Incl. projected Melbourne received What Points Will McLachlan, A player no points Brisbane Lions' 2027 second, valued as Brisbane Lions' 2026 second, pick 41 now 220, Projected Total 220, Incl. projected Net on picks -359, Incl. projected
This trade values Will McLachlan at 359 points, about what Pick 34 is worth.
The future picks in it count at their projected points.
Implied by the trade, not an official value: the AFL puts points on picks, never on players.
Projected points value a future pick as its club's pick of the same round in the 2026 order, as if the club finished the same way again. They are not the pick's points: those wait on how the club finishes, and the 2027 draft adds Tasmania and a new points table.
Points guide a trade; they do not decide it.
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 .
West Coast Eagles' third, pick 45 now
- West Coast Eagles its own pick
- Melbourne · in a trade for Trent Rivers, Jack Viney and Melbourne's 2028 second · AFL.com.au
- Brisbane Lions · in a trade for Will McLachlan and Brisbane Lions' 2027 second · AFL.com.au
Melbourne's 2027 second, where it falls depends on Melbourne's 2027 finish
- Melbourne its own pick
- Brisbane Lions · in a trade for Will McLachlan and Brisbane Lions' 2027 second · AFL.com.au
Brisbane Lions' 2027 second, where it falls depends on Brisbane Lions' 2027 finish
- Brisbane Lions its own pick
- Melbourne · in a trade for West Coast Eagles' third and Melbourne's 2027 second · AFL.com.au