{"id":453222,"date":"2026-02-02T07:54:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T07:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/453222\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T07:54:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T07:54:23","slug":"giants-announce-leadership-group-afl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/453222\/","title":{"rendered":"Giants announce leadership group – AFL News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Star forward Toby Greene<\/a> will lead GWS Giants<\/a> for the fourth straight season in 2026.<\/p>\n

The club made the announcement on Monday afternoon, with Greene to spearhead a four-person leadership group.<\/p>\n

Midfielder Tom Green<\/a> and defensive duo Connor Idun<\/a> and Jack Buckley<\/a> round out the leadership group.<\/p>\n

It’s a tighter leadership group than that which served in 2025, with Stephen Coniglio<\/a>, Josh Kelly<\/a>, Sam Taylor<\/a> and Brent Daniels<\/a> all dropping out.<\/p>\n

Giants Executive General Manager of Football, Jason McCartney, said it was great to have locked away the club’s leadership positions.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u201cToby has been an exceptional leader for our\u00a0club\u00a0and it made perfect sense for him to continue to lead the club in 2026,\u201d McCartney said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cOver the last three years he’s led our side brilliantly and we have no doubt\u00a0he’ll\u00a0continue to do the same this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s\u00a0also great to have Tom,\u00a0Connor\u00a0and Jack\u00a0take on expanded leadership roles\u00a0and\u00a0be\u00a0elevated to vice-captains.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cAll three continue to show exceptional leadership qualities and\u00a0it’s\u00a0great to have them continue to develop as leaders under Toby’s guidance.\u00a0
\u201cI’d\u00a0also like to acknowledge the tremendous work and leadership of our two outgoing vice-captains,\u00a0Josh Kelly<\/a> and Stephen Coniglio<\/a>.\u00a0
\u201cThe work\u00a0they’ve\u00a0done\u00a0as leaders of\u00a0our club is immeasurable and while they\u00a0don’t\u00a0have the title\u00a0anymore,\u00a0we know\u00a0they’ll\u00a0both continue to be incredible leaders\u00a0of\u00a0our club and help set the standard for our group.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cBoth Stephen and Josh are very supportive of the change and the opportunity that it presents for Tom, Connor, and Jack which is a great reflection of the people\u00a0they are and\u00a0their desire to help their teammates\u00a0become the best footballers and people they can be.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cOur leadership for 2026 brings together a strong mix of experience and fresh energy, and we’re excited about where it can take the club in 2026 and beyond.\u201d\u00a0
GWS opens itsr 2026 AFL<\/a> campaign against Hawthorn on Saturday, March 7.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Star forward Toby Greene will lead GWS Giants for the fourth straight season in 2026. The club made…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":453223,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":["post-453222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453222","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=453222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453222\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/453223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=453222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=453222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=453222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}