explained<\/a>: \u201cWest Coast\u2019s Bailey Williams only signed a two-year deal to 2026 but it\u2019s back-ended which is why he\u2019s a surprise restricted free agent. Puts him in the top nine paid Eagles for the 2026 season alone as he tries to get back into the senior side with strong WAFL form.\u201d<\/p>\nA player who has been previously delisted or moved clubs as a free agent, or those who have served 10-plus years at a team automatically receive unrestricted free agency status.<\/p>\n
AFL Media reports Richmond pair Nick Vlastuin and Toby Nankervis, originally set to be free agents, are now contracted through 2027 \u2014 Vlaustin had his deal extended and Nankervis hit a contract trigger.<\/p>\n
See the full list of the 101 free agents below. <\/p>\n
Full 2026 free agency list (*restricted) <\/p>\n
Adelaide<\/p>\n
James Borlase<\/p>\n
Jordon Butts<\/p>\n
Mitch Hinge<\/p>\n
Chayce Jones<\/p>\n
Lachie Sholl<\/p>\n
Taylor Walker<\/p>\n
Tyler Welsh<\/p>\n
Brisbane Lions<\/p>\n
Darragh Joyce<\/p>\n
Ryan Lester<\/p>\n
Lincoln McCarthy<\/p>\n
Lachie Neale<\/p>\n
Dayne Zorko<\/p>\n
Carlton<\/p>\n
Wade Derksen<\/p>\n
Francis Evans<\/p>\n
Nick Haynes<\/p>\n
Elijah Hollands<\/p>\n
Mitch McGovern<\/p>\n
Nic Newman<\/p>\n
Zac Williams<\/p>\n
Collingwood<\/p>\n
Jack Crisp<\/p>\n
Jeremy Howe<\/p>\n
Tim Membrey<\/p>\n
Scott Pendlebury<\/p>\n
Steele Sidebottom<\/p>\n
3Q Blitz seals Eagles upset over Roos | 01:20<\/p>\n
Essendon<\/p>\n
Jade Gresham<\/p>\n
Matt Guelfi<\/p>\n
Liam McMahon<\/p>\n
Jaxon Prior<\/p>\n
Will Setterfield<\/p>\n
Fremantle<\/p>\n
Bailey Banfield<\/p>\n
Oscar McDonald<\/p>\n
Sam Sturt<\/p>\n
Sam Switkowski<\/p>\n
Corey Wagner<\/p>\n
Geelong<\/p>\n
Jed Bews<\/p>\n
Mark Blicavs<\/p>\n
Patrick Dangerfield<\/p>\n
Jake Kolodjashnij<\/p>\n
Keighton Matofai-Forbes<\/p>\n
Jack Martin<\/p>\n
Mark O\u2019Connor<\/p>\n
Rhys Stanley<\/p>\n
George Stevens<\/p>\n
Gold Coast<\/p>\n
Oscar Adams<\/p>\n
Caleb Graham<\/p>\n
Nick Holman<\/p>\n
Ben Jepson<\/p>\n
Lachie Weller<\/p>\n
Jarrod Witts<\/p>\n
GWS Giants<\/p>\n
Kieren Briggs<\/p>\n
Stephen Coniglio<\/p>\n
Toby Greene<\/p>\n
Jayden Laverde<\/p>\n
Jake Stringer<\/p>\n
Conor Stone<\/p>\n
‘Essendon are still easy to play’ | 04:46<\/p>\n
Hawthorn<\/p>\n
Jack Gunston<\/p>\n
Mitch Lewis<\/p>\n
Harry Morrison<\/p>\n
Flynn Perez<\/p>\n
Melbourne<\/p>\n
Tom Campbell<\/p>\n
Kade Chandler<\/p>\n
Jai Culley<\/p>\n
Tom McDonald<\/p>\n
Jake Melksham<\/p>\n
Christian Salem<\/p>\n
Tom Sparrow<\/p>\n
North Melbourne<\/p>\n
Aidan Corr<\/p>\n
Luke McDonald<\/p>\n
Toby Pink<\/p>\n
Bailey Scott<\/p>\n
Rozee leaves game with hamstring injury | 00:53<\/p>\n
Port Adelaide<\/p>\n
Darcy Byrne-Jones<\/p>\n
Ollie Wines<\/p>\n
Richmond<\/p>\n
Nathan Broad<\/p>\n
Tom Lynch<\/p>\n
Dion Prestia<\/p>\n
St Kilda<\/p>\n
Ryan Byrnes<\/p>\n
Jack Carroll<\/p>\n
Patrick Said<\/p>\n
Liam Stocker<\/p>\n
Sydney Swans<\/p>\n
Joel Amartey<\/p>\n
Harry Cunningham<\/p>\n
Joel Hamling<\/p>\n
Jake Lloyd<\/p>\n
Dane Rampe<\/p>\n
West Coast Eagles<\/p>\n
Tom Cole<\/p>\n
Jamie Cripps<\/p>\n
Matthew Flynn<\/p>\n
Harry Schoenberg<\/p>\n
Bailey Williams<\/p>\n
Western Bulldogs<\/p>\n
Oskar Baker<\/p>\n
Lachie Bramble<\/p>\n
Ryan Gardner<\/p>\n
Buku Khamis<\/p>\n
Tom Liberatore<\/p>\n
Lachie McNeil<\/p>\n
Another ‘disastrous’ injury for Bombers | 01:02<\/p>\n
BOBBY BACK TRAINING AT PIES HQ<\/p>\n
Collingwood premiership hero Bobby Hill has made his long-awaited return to training.<\/p>\n
The 2023 Norm Smith Medallist had not trained since December after he was granted extended leave to deal with his personal issues.<\/p>\n
Hill was one of the first players out on the track at Collingwood\u2019s Olympic Park facility on Monday morning as the Magpies prepare for GWS at Marvel Stadium on Friday night.<\/p>\n
The 26-year-old reportedly returned to the club late last week but did not participate in any training during Collingwood\u2019s bye week.<\/p>\n
Hill still has a long road back to playing senior football after such a long period away but his attendance at training is a colossal step forward.<\/p>\n
Bobby Hill back training at Collingwood HQ on Monday (Photo by Michael Willson\/AFL Photos via Getty Images)Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n
The eventual selection of Hill would be vitally important for the Magpies after coach Craig McRae conceded the connection inside 50 was \u201caverage\u201d against Adelaide. <\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s reality, we\u2019re not getting much out of our keys, that\u2019s real (and) we\u2019re not going to shy away from that. We\u2019ve got work to do on that,\u201d McRae said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think there\u2019s a connection breakdown at times (but) the second and fourth quarters we kicked nine of our 11 goals, so you say no then.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat about the last quarter? How is our connection? I\u2019d say pretty good \u2026 that\u2019s what you get at Round 1: opportunities to go against other teams and figure out what the issues are right now.<\/p>\n
\u201cCentre bounce has been a bit of a pattern for us. We\u2019ve got some work to do, and then we\u2019ve got some work forward of the ball.\u201d<\/p>\n
-Tyler Lewis, NewsWire<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Last Thursday night\u2019s Coke bottle-thrower has received his punishment \u2014 and it\u2019s a big one. Plus, a surprise…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":558659,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[271807,271804,49798,64,63,689,27759,275721,14349,696,53433,3237,137889,13120,1129,27703,31176,275728,275724,54405,49785,10143,27713,11293,1818,275726,17988,78574,217174,1127,9125,27753,2105,2485,1147,63365,275720,275719,49782,42717,12102,27763,77655,12092,1120,15820,25882,14417,10132,25887,681,3512,25875,3465,1811,71117,133781,19051,44389,12107,54402,3502,7198,12937,12182,25556,17986,25574,677,14449,23593,77713,39209,1101,271803,6082,29107,37361,701,19071,275722,27718,32658,19078,137892,71141,19083,113642,102480,275723,1124,85,36848,50708,275727,204576,7200,2801,16702,14419,19086,17992,41160,77676,9202,19065,12120,41161,1144,275725,12920,64414,248430,274998,7067,698],"class_list":["post-558658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-agency-list","tag-agency-status","tag-aidan-corr","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-ben-jepson","tag-board-director","tag-bobby-hill","tag-brad-scott","tag-brendon-gale","tag-brisbane-lions","tag-caleb-graham","tag-centre-bounce","tag-charlie-curnow","tag-chayce-jones","tag-coffee-shop","tag-coincidental-meeting","tag-connection-breakdown","tag-contract-trigger","tag-corey-wagner","tag-craig-mcrae","tag-dane-rampe","tag-darcy-byrne-jones","tag-david-king","tag-devils-director","tag-dion-prestia","tag-elijah-hollands","tag-flynn-perez","tag-fox-footy","tag-francis-evans","tag-george-stevens","tag-getty-images-inc","tag-gold-coast","tag-harley-reid","tag-harry-cunningham","tag-inaugural-signing","tag-incredible-place","tag-jack-carroll","tag-jack-crisp","tag-jack-gunston","tag-jack-martin","tag-jake-lloyd","tag-jake-melksham","tag-jake-stringer","tag-jamie-cripps","tag-jarrod-witts","tag-jed-bews","tag-jeremy-howe","tag-joel-hamling","tag-jon-ralph","tag-knee-injury","tag-lachie-neale","tag-leigh-montagna","tag-liam-mcmahon","tag-lincoln-mccarthy","tag-luke-mcdonald","tag-mark-blicavs","tag-mark-oconnor","tag-matt-guelfi","tag-matthew-flynn","tag-max-king","tag-michael-willson","tag-mitch-cleary","tag-mitch-lewis","tag-mitch-mcgovern","tag-nic-newman","tag-nick-haynes","tag-oceania","tag-oscar-adams","tag-oscar-mcdonald","tag-oskar-baker","tag-patrick-dangerfield","tag-peter","tag-player-needs","tag-port-adelaide","tag-premiership-hero","tag-quarter-time-siren","tag-queensland","tag-rhys-stanley","tag-roger-curtis","tag-ryan-byrnes","tag-ryan-gardner","tag-ryan-lester","tag-sam-sturt","tag-sam-switkowski","tag-scott-pendlebury","tag-senior-football","tag-shaun-burgoyne","tag-shock-name","tag-south-australia","tag-sports","tag-steele-sidebottom","tag-stephen-coniglio","tag-surprise-name","tag-suspected-hamstring-injury","tag-sydney-swans","tag-tasmania","tag-taylor-walker","tag-tim-membrey","tag-toby-greene","tag-toby-nankervis","tag-toby-pink","tag-tom-campbell","tag-tom-cole","tag-tom-liberatore","tag-tom-lynch","tag-tom-mcdonald","tag-tom-morris","tag-tom-sparrow","tag-trade-whispers","tag-tyler-lewis","tag-tyler-welsh","tag-updates-surrounding","tag-west-coast-eagles","tag-western-bulldogs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558658","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=558658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558658\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/558659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=558658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=558658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=558658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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