\n News\n <\/p>\n
\n Max Gawn and Jack Viney will lead the Demons again in 2026 as captain and vice.\n <\/p>\n
MELBOURNE Football Club is thrilled to announce that Max Gawn and Jack Viney have been selected to lead the AFL team in 2026.<\/p>\n
Gawn, who was first named as captain in 2020, will once again be supported by Jack Viney in the role of vice-captain, marking the seventh year that the pair will take the reins together.<\/p>\n
AFL Senior Coach, Steven King, announced the news to the playing group at a meeting this morning.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s no surprise that Max will be the captain and leader of our club again this year, supported by Jack,\u201d King said.<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom afar, the way that you\u2019ve both supported this club is incredible. This was never in question that you would be the leaders of this club.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe know how much this place means to you guys, with your actions on-field but especially off-field.\u201d<\/p>\n
The veteran ruckman is one of the most decorated in AFL history, having been selected for the All-Australian side an astounding eight times.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The 34-year-old is a three-time winner of the Keith \u2018Bluey\u2019 Truscott Trophy, most recently in 2025, which is reflective of his continuous growth and drive to improve over his 247 games.<\/p>\n
Viney has held leadership positions at the club since 2017, an honour given in recognition of the midfielder\u2019s grit, determination, and continuously held standards of excellence.<\/p>\n
He is highly regarded by coaches and teammates alike for his deep connection and loyalty to the club.<\/p>\n
Alongside Gawn and Viney will be a select group of emerging and experienced leaders who will support the pair and their vision for the club in 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"News Max Gawn and Jack Viney will lead the Demons again in 2026 as captain and vice. MELBOURNE…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":489869,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85,83],"class_list":["post-489868","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","tag-text"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489868","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=489868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489868\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/489869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=489868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=489868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=489868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}