{"id":331310,"date":"2025-12-06T17:34:24","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T17:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/331310\/"},"modified":"2025-12-06T17:34:24","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T17:34:24","slug":"every-current-afl-listed-tasmanian-afl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/331310\/","title":{"rendered":"Every current AFL-listed Tasmanian – AFL News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Just 16 Tasmanians are listed in the AFL<\/a> for 2026, with that total down on previous seasons.<\/p>\n

Eleven of the 18 clubs have at least one product of the Apple Isle on their list, with Richmond leading the way with four Tasmanians.<\/p>\n

Since the end of the 2025 season, the AFL<\/a> has bid farewell to a sizeable portion of its Tasmanian crop, with all of Liam Jones<\/a>, Jimmy Webster<\/a>, Jye Menzie<\/a>, Robbie Fox<\/a>, Geordie Payne<\/a> and Arie Schoenmaker<\/a> all leaving the league.<\/p>\n

That leaves fewer than 20 Tasmanians on an AFL<\/a> list, with Gold Coast draftee Avery Thomas<\/a> the only fresh face.<\/p>\n

The Devils weren’t represented at last year’s AFL Draft<\/a>, making Thomas the sole National Draft selection since the quartet of Colby McKercher<\/a>, Ryley Sanders<\/a>, James Leake<\/a> and Schoenmaker through the 2023 class.<\/p>\n

The 2024 Mid-Season Draft saw Payne go first overall, with the North Launceston product managing three games for North Melbourne before being delisted.<\/p>\n

RELATED: POTENTIAL TASMANIAN TRADE TARGETS<\/a><\/p>\n

The start of the 2023 season had a total of 24 Tasmanians in the top flight, with only\u00a0Andrew Phillips<\/a>, Aaron Hall<\/a> and Cameron Owen<\/a> leaving at the end of that campaign.<\/p>\n

While the coming draft crops possess promising Tasmanian talent, especially the timely 2027 class<\/a>, the batch of current AFL<\/a> players features a strong degree of ageing names.<\/p>\n

All of Jeremy Howe<\/a>, Brody Mihocek<\/a>, Toby Nankervis<\/a>, Jake Kolodjashnij<\/a>, Alex Pearce<\/a> and Lachie Weller<\/a> are into the twilight of their careers, with mass change to the list set to come in the subsequent seasons.<\/p>\n

The total number of Tasmanian AFL<\/a> talent could hinder the Devils’ list build ahead of the 2028 season, however the likes of McKercher, Sanders, Lachie Cowan, Rhyan Mansell<\/a>, Sam Banks<\/a> and Seth Campbell<\/a> offer some promise for the future.<\/p>\n

Current Tasmanians in the AFL
\nAdelaide<\/p>\n

Chayce Jones<\/a><\/p>\n

Brisbane<\/p>\n

N\/A<\/p>\n

Carlton<\/p>\n

Lachlan Cowan<\/a><\/p>\n

Collingwood<\/p>\n

Jeremy Howe<\/a><\/p>\n

Essendon<\/p>\n

N\/A<\/p>\n

Fremantle<\/p>\n

Alex Pearce<\/a><\/p>\n

Geelong<\/p>\n

Jake Kolodjashnij<\/a><\/p>\n

Gold Coast<\/p>\n

Lachie Weller<\/a>
Avery Thomas<\/a><\/p>\n

GWS<\/p>\n

James Leake<\/a><\/p>\n

Hawthorn<\/p>\n

N\/A<\/p>\n

Melbourne<\/p>\n

Brody Mihocek<\/a><\/p>\n

North Melbourne\u00a0<\/p>\n

Colby McKercher<\/a><\/p>\n

Port Adelaide<\/p>\n

N\/A<\/p>\n

Richmond<\/p>\n

Sam Banks<\/a>
Toby Nankervis<\/a>
Rhyan Mansell<\/a>
Seth Campbell<\/a><\/p>\n

St Kilda<\/p>\n

N\/A<\/p>\n

Sydney\u00a0<\/p>\n

N\/A<\/p>\n

West Coast<\/p>\n

N\/A<\/p>\n

Western Bulldogs\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ryan Gardner<\/a>
Ryley Sanders<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Just 16 Tasmanians are listed in the AFL for 2026, with that total down on previous seasons. Eleven…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":331311,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-331310","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\/331310","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=331310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331310\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/331311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=331310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=331310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=331310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}