Brisbane Lions' Irish import Pearce Hanley has fired a parting shot at the club's five "home-sick" players off-loaded during the AFL draft period.

The Brisbane Lions have been the most active club on the final day of the AFL trade period.

Brisbane have off-loaded Patrick Karnezis (Collingwood) and Billy Longer (St Kilda) this morning .

The pair join another three players - Sam Docherty (Carlton), Jared Polec (Port Adelaide) and Elliott Yeo (West Coast) to have been traded by the Lions in the last two days.

All five players had requested to leave the club, wanting to return to clubs closer to "home".

Hanley fired a parting shot at the five via Twitter when responding to a fan's tweet praising him for sticking with the club despite being based so far away from his Irish home.

"life goes on, you grow up and inevitably move away from home.. Appreciate the tweet," Hanley said before ending the tweet with "#mummiesboysarehomenow".

@brisbanearmy life goes on, you grow up and inevitably move away from home.. Appreciate the tweet #mummiesboysarehomenow Pearce Hanley (@pearcehanley) October 25

The Lions made a straight swap with Collingwood, acquiring Jackson Paine in return, while they took picks 25 and 41 from St Kilda in exchange for Longer and pick 48.

In other significant moves made in the final day of the trade period on Friday, Essendon has secured the services of Geelong's three-time premiership player Paul Chapman on a one-year contract.

The deal, which includes an option of a second year, was confirmed on the final day of the AFL's trading period.

The Cats had announced earlier this month it would not be offering Chapman a new contract, with the Bombers always favoured to recruit the 31-year-old.

Geelong sent Trent West to Brisbane, Scott Gumbleton headed from Essendon to Fremantle, Andrejs Everitt went from Sydney to Carlton and St Kilda also picked up Josh Bruce from GWS.