\n Analysis\n <\/p>\n
\n With the 2025 AFL Draft now complete, take a look at all of Geelong’s list changes ahead of the 2026 season\n <\/p>\n
With the AFL Draft officially complete, Geelong has finalised their list for the 2026 AFL season with their ins and outs confirmed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Cats added five players over the off-season with James Worpel joining the club as a free agent, along with four other players that were acquired through the draft.\u00a0<\/p>\n
They will add valuable depth to Geelong’s squad heading into an exciting new campaign, as the Cats look to build on their 2025 season and go one step further.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Take a look at the playing list for 2026 below.\u00a0<\/p>\n
LIST CHANGES<\/p>\n
IN: James Worpel (Free Agent), Harley Barker, Hunter Holmes (National Draft), Jesse Mellor, Nick Driscoll (Rookie Draft)<\/p>\n
OUT: Mitch Duncan (Retired), Patrick Retschko (Traded), Cam Guthrie, Ted Clohesy, Xavier Ivisic (Delisted)<\/p>\n
2025 TELSTRA AFL DRAFT RECAP<\/p>\n
Pick 24: Harley Barker (WING) – Mount Barker<\/p>\n
Pick 33: Hunter Holmes (MID – WING) – Oakleigh Chargers<\/p>\n
Rookie Draft: Nick Driscoll (MID – FWD) – Northern Knights<\/p>\n
Category B Rookie: Jesse Mellor (MID – FWD) – Geelong Falcons<\/p>\n
Geelong’s 2026 AFL List<\/p>\n
Number
\nPlayer
\nAFL Games<\/p>\n
1
\nRhys Stanley
\n229<\/p>\n
2
\nJay Polkinghorne
\n0<\/p>\n
3
\nBailey Smith
\n126<\/p>\n
4
\nTanner Bruhn
\n66<\/p>\n
5
\nJeremy Cameron
\n280<\/p>\n
6
\nToby Conway
\n6<\/p>\n
7
\nShaun Mannagh
\n35<\/p>\n
8
\nJake Kolodjashnij
\n198<\/p>\n
9
\nMax Holmes
\n102<\/p>\n
10
\nMitch Knevitt
\n21<\/p>\n
11
\nMitch Edwards
\n0<\/p>\n
12
\nJack Bowes
\n143<\/p>\n
13
\nJhye Clark
\n26<\/p>\n
14
\nConnor O’Sullivan
\n26<\/p>\n
15
\nGeorge Stevens
\n2<\/p>\n
16
\nSam De Koning
\n85<\/p>\n
17
\nLawson Humphries
\n36<\/p>\n
18
\nTyson Stengle
\n109<\/p>\n
19
\nJack Martin
\n164<\/p>\n
20
\nJacob Molier
\n0<\/p>\n
21
\nOli Wiltshire
\n2<\/p>\n
22
\nHunter Holmes
\n0<\/p>\n
23
\nLenny Hofmann
\n0<\/p>\n
24
\nJed Bews
\n175<\/p>\n
25
\nJesse Mellor
\n0<\/p>\n
26
\nHarley Barker
\n0<\/p>\n
27
\nNick Driscoll
\n0<\/p>\n
28
\nOllie Dempsey
\n58<\/p>\n
29
\nJames Worpel
\n148<\/p>\n
30
\nTom Atkins
\n153<\/p>\n
31
\nKeighton Matofai-Forbes
\n0<\/p>\n
32
\nGryan Miers
\n155<\/p>\n
33
\nShannon Neale
\n45<\/p>\n
34
\nOisin Mullin
\n43<\/p>\n
35
\nPatrick Dangerfield
\n360<\/p>\n
36
\nOllie Henry
\n85<\/p>\n
37
\nJoe Pike
\n0<\/p>\n
38
\nJack Henry
\n164<\/p>\n
39
\nZach Guthrie
\n128<\/p>\n
41
\nCillian Burke
\n0<\/p>\n
42
\nMark O’Connor
\n147<\/p>\n
44
\nTom Stewart
\n191<\/p>\n
45
\nBrad Close
\n127<\/p>\n
46
\nMark Blicavs
\n295<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Analysis With the 2025 AFL Draft now complete, take a look at all of Geelong’s list changes ahead…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":319062,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85,83],"class_list":{"0":"post-319061","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","14":"tag-text"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319061","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=319061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319061\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/319062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=319061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=319061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=319061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}