{"id":514393,"date":"2026-03-02T18:49:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T18:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/514393\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T18:49:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T18:49:22","slug":"demons-call-on-cross-list-finalised","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/514393\/","title":{"rendered":"Demons call on Cross | List finalised"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                News\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__summary\">\n                Melbourne has added Paddy Cross to its list on the eve of the 2026 AFL Premiership season.\n            <\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Melbourne has finalised its list ahead of the 2026 AFL season, signing Casey Demons player Paddy Cross during the AFL\u2019s Supplemental Selection Period (SSP).<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cross earns his opportunity after three strong seasons at VFL level, most recently playing 18 games for in Casey Demons in 2025 and kicking 24 goals.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Melbourne List Manager Tim Lamb said the signing was a great reward for Cross\u2019s consistency and hardwork.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cPaddy has been a consistent performer at VFL level over a number of years, and we think he\u2019ll be a great addition to our list,\u201d Lamb said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cHe brings real versatility, has shown he can compete at a high level, and has continued to improve his game year after year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe\u2019re really looking forward to welcoming Paddy and his family to the Demons.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The list spot became available following veteran defender Steven May\u2019s decision to retire from AFL football.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cross will join the club immediately as Melbourne completes its list ahead of the upcoming season.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"News Melbourne has added Paddy Cross to its list on the eve of the 2026 AFL Premiership season.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":514394,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85,83],"class_list":["post-514393","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\/514393","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=514393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514393\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/514394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=514393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=514393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=514393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}