After the usual flurry of activity in the final hours of trade week, Collingwood managed to score a coup by securing one-time favourite son Chris Tarrant from Fremantle in the 30 minutes before deadline. It was one of 20 trade deals completed during the week.

In shades of Trent Croad's return to Hawthorn from Freo several years ago, Tarrant had said he wanted to leave the WA club and head back to Victoria - and to Collingwood specifically. Both Tarrant and his management had said he would retire if he did not get his way and end up with the Magpies.

In the end, Fremantle agreed to a deal which saw Tarrant and pick No.44 traded to Collingwood in return for the Pies' second- and third-round picks, Nos. 43 and 55.

Often criticised for his casual approach at Collingwood, where many thought he did not make the most of his undoubted talent, Tarrant said he had "plenty of unfinished business" to do back at his original club.

"I feel like I really owe this club,'' Tarrant said at a Magpies' press conference on Monday afternoon. ''I'm more motivated now and a different player.

"I have become much more versatile - and I should thank Fremantle for helping to improve the defensive side of my game - so I can hopefully sneak up forward and kick a few goals now, or stay back and mind the small forwards like (Mark) LeCras and (Steven) Milne, or play on the bigger guys."

The deal came as drama surrounded the future of Pies' premiership centre half-forward Travis Cloke. Cloke's manager, and father, David spoke to several media outlets around noon, saying a new deal with Collingwood seemed unlikely because the Pies were holding out on their demands. This included a two-year deal for Cloke, rather than the three years the Cloke family was seeking.

The signing of Tarrant means that the Pies have some insurance up forward, should in fact trade negotiations break down with Cloke.

As the deadline neared the Gold Coast Suns, who had traded prolifically through out the week, were the last team alongside Geelong to get a deal done. The Suns agreed to trade pick 15 for the first round compensation pick they gave Geelong for Gary Ablett.

This pick gives Geelong every opportunity to draft youth into the club with two picks in the first round and six in the top 60 selections.

"From a club point of view being able to obtain a player at pick 15 in this year's draft and put time and resources in him will be beneficial to where we see our list at as opposed to waiting until the pick becomes usable," Geelong football manager Neil Balme said.

In other big moves today, Brisbane's Justin Sherman is headed to the Western Bulldogs who will give the Lions their end of first round compensation pick that they received for Jarrod Harbrow.

Several players who were seeking new homes, including Josh Hill and Andrew Walker, got no joy and will have to remain with their clubs for the time being.

Walker's manager Tom Petroro said his client was happy to stay at Carlton even though he had requested a trade earlier in the week.

"The only way that Andrew was going to go was if Andrew could get to a location he wanted to be at," Walker's mananger Tom Petroro told afl.com.au.

"It wasn't an issue that Andrew had to leave, so he is really happy to stay."

The full list of trades are as follows:

20. Geelong and Gold Coast swapped first-round picks. The Cats received a first-round draft selection (No.15) from Gold Coast; in return, they gave the Suns their middle-of-round one Gold Coast draft compensation selection for losing Gary Ablett.

19. Port Adelaide received Simon Phillips and second-round draft selection (No.35) from Gold Coast, while trading to the Suns their second-round Gold Coast draft compensation selection for losing Nathan Krakouer.

18. West Coast Eagles traded picks with Collingwood: West Cost receiving Collingwood's third-round selection (received from Gold Coast as compensation for losing Josh Fraser) while giving the Pies their own third-round draft selection (No.45).

17. North Melbourne gave up its second-round selection (No.35) to grab Gold Coast-contracted youngster Cameron Richardson.

15. Hawthorn secured young Demon defender Kyle Cheney and fourth-round draft selection (No.66) in return for Melbourne's third-round draft selection (No.52).

14. Carlton won the services of Geelong youngster Jeremy Laidler and second-round draft selection (No.41), in a trade which resulted in the Cats getting a second-round draft selection (No.36) and third-round pick (No.53).

13. Jonathon Griffin is headed to Fremantle in a swap that gave Adelaide fourth-round draft selection (No.61)

12. The Western Bulldogs snared Justin Sherman from Brisbane but had to give up their end-of-first-round Gold Coast draft compensation selection (received for Jarrod Harbrow) in return.

11. Adelaide swapped their second-round draft selection (No.33) and fourth-round draft selection (No.67) for Carlton ruckman Sam Jacobs.

10. Fremantle received Tendai Mzungu and second-round draft selection (No.44) from Gold Coast with the Dockers' second-round draft selection (No.38) going to the Gold Coast.

9. Carlton received Andrew Collins from Richmond in a straight swap for midfielder Shaun Grigg

8. North Melbourne picked up Ben McKinley from the West Coast Eagles for their fifth-round draft selection (No.86)

7. The  Brisbane Lions received first-round draft selections (Nos. 5 and 25), second-round draft selection (No.27) and Rohan Bewick in a trade that saw the Gold Coast receive Jarred Brennan as well as an end of first-round draft compensation selection, first-round draft selection (No.10) and third-round draft selection (No.48).

6. North Melbourne received Hawthorn's first-round Gold Coast draft compensation selection for losing Campbell Brown and a fourth-round draft selection (No.71) in a swap that saw David Hale go to the Hawks with third-round draft selection (No.52.

5. Western Bulldogs gave their third-round draft selection (No.57) to Geelong for small forward Nathan Djerrkura.

4. Collingwood picked up Andrew Krakouer, Jonathon Ceglar, third-round draft selection (No.55), fifth-round draft selection (No.78) and sixth-round draft selection (No.95) from the Gold Coast for their first-round selection (No.25).

3. Fremantle received Peter Faulks and fourth-round draft selection (No.61) from the Gold Coast for their third-round draft selection (No.55) which the Gold Coast used in the Collingwod trade.

2. Richmonds' Richard Tambling was traded to Adelaide for the Crows' end-of-first round Gold Coast draft compensation selection for losing Nathan Bock and a third-round draft selection (No.50).

1. Western Bulldogs traded Andrejs Everitt to Sydney for Patrick Veszpremi and fourth-round draft selection (No.73).