{"id":237303,"date":"2025-10-24T10:22:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T10:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/237303\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T10:22:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T10:22:15","slug":"every-afl-teams-list-changes-for-the-2026-season-afl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/237303\/","title":{"rendered":"Every AFL team\u2019s list changes for the 2026 season – AFL News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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All 18 clubs are taking a breath after a frantic 2025 trade and free agency period.<\/p>\n

A total of 34 players found new homes during the exchange, with some clubs adding some much-needed talent to their contending list.<\/p>\n

On the other side of the coin, rebuilding clubs have looked at the off-season to bolster the draft stocks and welcome some experience to the club.<\/p>\n

List culls arose from several sides looking to change their depth options for next season, and a new crop of draft talent is set to be on display next year.<\/p>\n

SEE MORE: EVERY DRAFT HAND FOR 2025\u00a0<\/a>
SEE MORE: EVERY COMPLETED TRADE IN 2025<\/a>
SEE MORE: THE BREAKDOWN OF THE 2025 TRADE DEADLINE DAY<\/a><\/p>\n

Here’s every club’s ins and outs of this off-season…<\/p>\n

Adelaide<\/p>\n

Ins: Finnbar Maley<\/a> (trade, North Melbourne), Indy Cotton (Category B Rookie)<\/a><\/p>\n

Outs:\u00a0Matt Crouch<\/a> (retired), Karl Gallagher<\/a> (delisted), Lachlan Murphy<\/a> (delisted), Harry Schoenberg<\/a> (delisted), Brodie Smith<\/a> (retired), Kieran Strachan<\/a> (delisted), Chris Burgess<\/a> (delisted)<\/p>\n

Brisbane<\/p>\n

Ins: Sam Draper<\/a> (free agent, Essendon), Oscar Allen<\/a> (free agent, West Coast)<\/p>\n

Outs:\u00a0Brandon Starcevich<\/a> (trade, West Coast), Darcy Craven<\/a> (delisted), Sam Day<\/a> (delisted), Oscar McInerney<\/a> (retired), Brandon Ryan<\/a> (delisted), Lincoln McCarthy<\/a>* (delisted), Deven Robertson<\/a> (delisted)<\/p>\n

*Has been committed to redrafting as a rookie<\/p>\n

Carlton<\/p>\n

Ins: Liam Reidy<\/a> (trade, Fremantle), Campbell Chesser<\/a> (trade, West Coast), Ben Ainsworth<\/a> (trade, Gold Coast), Will Hayward<\/a> (trade, Sydney), Oliver Florent<\/a> (trade, Sydney)<\/p>\n

Outs:\u00a0Jack Silvagni<\/a> (free agent, St Kilda), Tom De Koning<\/a> (free agent, St Kilda), Corey Durdin<\/a> (trade, Port Adelaide), Charlie Curnow<\/a> (trade, Sydney), Alex Cincotta<\/a> (delisted), Sam Docherty<\/a> (retired), Orazio Fantasia<\/a> (delisted), Harry Lemmey<\/a> (delisted), Jaxon Binns<\/a> (delisted), Elijah Hollands<\/a>* (delisted), Will White<\/a>* (delisted)<\/p>\n

*Have been offered train-on opportunities after the November draft<\/p>\n

Collingwood<\/p>\n

Ins:\u00a0Jack Buller<\/a> (trade, Sydney)<\/p>\n

Outs:\u00a0Brody Mihocek<\/a> (trade, Melbourne), Charlie Dean<\/a> (delisted), Will Hoskin-Elliott<\/a> (retired), Ash Johnson (delisted), Finlay Macrae<\/a> (delisted), Oleg Markov<\/a> (delisted), Mason Cox<\/a> (delisted), Tom Mitchell<\/a> (delisted)<\/p>\n

Essendon<\/p>\n

Ins:\u00a0Brayden Fiorini<\/a> (trade, Gold Coast)<\/p>\n

Outs:\u00a0Sam Draper<\/a> (free agent, Brisbane), Alwyn Davey Jr<\/a> (delisted), Todd Goldstein<\/a> (delisted), Jayden Laverde<\/a> (delisted), Jye Menzie<\/a> (delisted), Dylan Shiel<\/a> (delisted), Oskar Smartt<\/a> (delisted), Ben Hobbs<\/a> (delisted), Luamon Lual<\/a> (delisted)<\/p>\n

Fremantle<\/p>\n

Ins:\u00a0Judd McVee<\/a> (trade, Melbourne)<\/p>\n

Outs:\u00a0Liam Reidy<\/a> (trade, Carlton), Will Brodie<\/a> (trade, Port Adelaide), James Aish<\/a> (retired), Jack Delean<\/a> (delisted), Nat Fyfe<\/a> (retired), Odin Jones<\/a> (delisted), Quinton Narkle<\/a> (retired), Michael Walters<\/a> (retired)<\/p>\n

Geelong<\/p>\n

Ins:\u00a0James Worpel<\/a> (free agent, Hawthorn)<\/p>\n

Outs:\u00a0Patrick Retschko<\/a> (trade, Richmond), Mitch Duncan<\/a> (retired), Xavier Ivisic<\/a> (delisted), Cam Guthrie (delisted), Ted Clohesy<\/a> (delisted), George Stevens*<\/a> (delisted), Keighton Matofai-Forbes*<\/a> (delisted)<\/p>\n

*Has been committed to redrafting as a rookie<\/p>\n

Gold Coast<\/p>\n

Ins:\u00a0Jamarra Ugle-Hagan<\/a> (trade, Western Bulldogs<\/a>), Christian Petracca<\/a> (trade, Melbourne)<\/p>\n

Outs:\u00a0Malcolm Rosas<\/a> Jr (trade, Sydney), Sam Flanders<\/a> (trade, St Kilda), Ben Ainsworth<\/a> (trade, Carlton), Brayden Fiorini<\/a> (trade, Essendon), Connor Budarick<\/a> (trade, Western Bulldogs<\/a>), Tom Berry (delisted), Lloyd Johnston<\/a> (delisted), Sean Lemmens<\/a> (retired), Alex Sexton<\/a> (delisted), David Swallow<\/a> (retired)<\/p>\n

GWS<\/p>\n

Ins:\u00a0Clayton Oliver<\/a> (trade, Melbourne)<\/p>\n

Outs:\u00a0Jacob Wehr<\/a> (free agent, Port Adelaide), Josh Fahey<\/a> (delisted), Lachie Keeffe<\/a> (retired), Callan Ward<\/a> (retired), Wade Derksen<\/a> (delisted)<\/p>\n

Hawthorn<\/p>\n

Ins:\u00a0<\/p>\n

Outs:\u00a0James Worpel<\/a> (free agent, Geelong), Changkuoth Jiath<\/a> (trade, Melbourne), Jai Serong<\/a> (trade, Sydney), Luke Breust<\/a> (retired), Sam Frost<\/a> (delisted), Jasper Scaife<\/a> (delisted), Seamus Mitchell<\/a> (delisted)<\/p>\n

Melbourne<\/p>\n

Ins:\u00a0Max Heath<\/a> (trade, St Kilda), Brody Mihocek<\/a> (trade, Collingwood), Changkuoth Jiath<\/a> (trade, Hawthorn), Jack Steele<\/a> (trade, St Kilda)<\/p>\n

Outs:\u00a0Charlie Spargo<\/a> (free agent, North Melbourne), Judd McVee<\/a> (trade, Fremantle), Christian Petracca<\/a> (trade, Gold Coast), Clayton Oliver<\/a> (trade, GWS), Jack Billings<\/a> (delisted), Kynan Brown<\/a> (delisted), Tom Fullarton<\/a> (delisted), Marty Hore<\/a> (delisted), Oliver Sestain (delisted), Will Verrall<\/a> (delisted), Taj Woewodin<\/a> (delisted)<\/p>\n

North Melbourne<\/p>\n

Ins:\u00a0Charlie Spargo<\/a> (free agent, Melbourne)<\/p>\n

Outs:\u00a0Finnbar Maley<\/a> (trade, Adelaide), Miller Bergman<\/a> (delisted), Kallan Dawson<\/a> (delisted), Eddie Ford<\/a> (delisted), Brynn Teakle<\/a> (delisted), Will Phillips<\/a> (delisted), Darcy Tucker<\/a> (delisted), Geordie Payne<\/a> (delisted)<\/p>\n

Port Adelaide<\/p>\n

Ins: Jacob Wehr<\/a> (free agent GWS), Corey Durdin<\/a> (trade, Carlton), Will Brodie<\/a> (trade, Fremantle)<\/p>\n

Outs:\u00a0Rory Atkins<\/a> (retired), Travis Boak<\/a> (retired), Ryan Burton<\/a> (delisted), Lachie Charleson (delisted), Jeremy Finlayson<\/a> (delisted), Hugh Jackson<\/a> (delisted), Jed McEntee<\/a> (delisted), Willie Rioli<\/a> (retired), Dylan Williams<\/a> (delisted)<\/p>\n

Richmond<\/p>\n

Ins: Patrick Retschko<\/a> (trade, Geelong)<\/p>\n

Outs:\u00a0Tylar Young<\/a> (trade, West Coast), Jacob Bauer<\/a> (delisted), Jacob Blight<\/a> (delisted), Mate Colina<\/a> (delisted), Jacob Koschitzke<\/a> (delisted), Kamdyn McIntosh<\/a> (delisted)<\/p>\n

St Kilda<\/p>\n

Ins:\u00a0Jack Silvagni<\/a> (free agent, Carlton), Tom De Koning<\/a> (free agent, Carlton), Sam Flanders<\/a> (trade, Gold Coast), Liam Ryan<\/a> (trade, West Coast)<\/p>\n

Outs:\u00a0Max Heath<\/a> (trade, Melbourne), Jack Steele<\/a> (trade, Melbourne), Harry Boyd<\/a> (delisted), Zaine Cordy<\/a> (delisted), Angus McLennan<\/a> (delisted), Jimmy Webster<\/a> (retired), Arie Schoenmaker<\/a> (delisted), Zak Jones<\/a> (delisted)<\/p>\n

Sydney<\/p>\n

Ins:\u00a0Malcolm Rosas<\/a> Jr (trade, Gold Coast), Jai Serong<\/a> (trade, Hawthorn), Charlie Curnow<\/a> (trade, Carlton)<\/p>\n

Outs:\u00a0Oliver Florent<\/a> (trade, Carlton), Will Hayward<\/a> (trade, Carlton), Jack Buller<\/a> (trade, Collingwood), Robbie Fox<\/a> (delisted), Aaron Francis<\/a> (delisted), Indhi Kirk<\/a> (delisted), Blake Leidlaer (delisted), Caleb Mitchell<\/a> (delisted), Ben Paton<\/a> (delisted)<\/p>\n

West Coast<\/p>\n

Ins:\u00a0Brandon Starcevich<\/a> (trade, Brisbane), Tylar Young<\/a> (trade, West Coast)<\/p>\n

Outs:\u00a0Oscar Allen<\/a> (free agent, Brisbane), Liam Ryan<\/a> (trade, St Kilda), Campbell Chesser<\/a> (trade, Carlton), Jayden Hunt<\/a> (retired), Callum Jamieson<\/a> (delisted), Jeremy McGovern<\/a> (retired), Jack Petruccelle<\/a> (delisted), Loch Rawlinson<\/a> (delisted), Dom Sheed<\/a> (retired)<\/p>\n

Western Bulldogs<\/p>\n

Ins:\u00a0Connor Budarick<\/a> (trade, Gold Coast)<\/p>\n

Outs:\u00a0Jamarra Ugle-Hagan<\/a> (trade, Gold Coast), Taylor Duryea<\/a> (retired), Liam Jones<\/a> (delisted), Anthony Scott<\/a> (delisted), Jason Johannisen<\/a> (delisted), Caleb Poulter<\/a> (delisted)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"All 18 clubs are taking a breath after a frantic 2025 trade and free agency period. A total…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":230791,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-237303","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\/237303","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=237303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237303\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}