{"id":186494,"date":"2025-10-03T02:38:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T02:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/186494\/"},"modified":"2025-10-03T02:38:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T02:38:12","slug":"st-kilda-captain-welcome-to-explore-other-opportunities-afl-trade-news-afl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/186494\/","title":{"rendered":"St Kilda captain &#8220;welcome&#8221; to explore other opportunities: AFL trade news &#8211; AFL News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohanger.com\/games-centre\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"305\" height=\"40\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" style=\"float:right;\" class=\"play-games-banner\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1752988028_499_ZeroHanger_GamesCentre.png.webp.webp\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>St Kilda captain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohanger.com\/afl\/players\/jack-steele\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jack Steele<\/a> has reportedly been informed by the club that he is &#8220;welcome&#8221; to explore opportunities at rival clubs following a meeting on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Steele is contracted until the end of 2027, but has slowly been shuffled outside the midfield group, which is the reasoning behind the Saints&#8217; stance.<\/p>\n<p>It is believed that the former Giant wants to remain at Moorabbin in 2026.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">St Kilda had a crucial meeting with captain Jack Steele this morning.<\/p>\n<p>They told him he is welcome to look for other opportunities if he wants guaranteed midfield time in the senior team.<\/p>\n<p>Steele is really keen to stay and play for the Saints in 2026. It&#8217;s widely accepted he\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tom Morris (@tommorris32) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tommorris32\/status\/1973931244858847481?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">October 3, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The club released this statement:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At his recent year-end exit interview, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohanger.com\/afl\/players\/jack-steele\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jack Steele<\/a> advised the club of his desire to step down from the captaincy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The club called Jack in today for a follow-up discussion about his playing future and to discuss his openness to explore other opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Jack advised the club he wants to stay but is prepared to consider opportunities if presented to him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohanger.com\/theres-clubs-looking-st-kilda-star-flagged-as-potential-trade-target-for-rivals-164045\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">GWS had previously been flagged as a potential suitor for the 29-year-old<\/a> earlier in the year.<\/p>\n<p>The likes of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohanger.com\/afl\/players\/nasiah-wanganeen-milera\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohanger.com\/afl\/players\/marcus-windhager\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marcus Windhager<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohanger.com\/afl\/players\/mattaes-phillipou\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mattaes Phillipou<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohanger.com\/afl\/players\/hugo-garcia\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hugo Garcia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohanger.com\/afl\/players\/jack-macrae\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jack Macrae<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohanger.com\/afl\/players\/darcy-wilson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Darcy Wilson<\/a> are touted as the next midfield group, while the Saints&#8217; interest in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohanger.com\/afl\/players\/sam-flanders\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sam Flanders<\/a> could also push Steele further down the totem pole.<\/p>\n<p>It comes as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohanger.com\/afl\/players\/callum-wilkie\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Callum Wilkie<\/a> is tipped to succeed Steele as St Kilda&#8217;s captain next year.<\/p>\n<p>Steele has played 202 games since he was drafted with Pick 24 in the 2014 National Draft.<\/p>\n<p>        <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"St Kilda captain Jack Steele has reportedly been informed by the club that he is &#8220;welcome&#8221; to explore&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":186495,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-186494","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-afl","8":"tag-afl","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-australian-football-league","12":"tag-australianfootballleague","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=186494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186494\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/186495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}