{"id":711490,"date":"2026-06-03T00:45:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T00:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/711490\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T00:45:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T00:45:10","slug":"fresh-blow-for-carlton-as-second-big-name-from-rival-afl-club-rejects-interest-to-join-blues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/711490\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresh blow for Carlton as second big name from rival AFL club rejects interest to join Blues"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fremantle\u2019s list manager David Walls has reportedly rejected an offer to join AFL<\/a> rivals Carlton, after coach Justin Longmuir said<\/a> he wouldn\u2019t entertain any potential interest to join the Blues. Leading reporter Cal Twomey revealed on Channel 9 on Tuesday night that Carlton had sounded out Walls in recent weeks, but he\u2019s flatly rejected them.<\/p>\n

Walls\u2019 late father Robert<\/a> was a Carlton legend and played 218 games for the club, before coaching them for 84 more. But David won\u2019t be entertaining a nostalgic move to the Blues anytime soon.<\/p>\n

\"Carlton<\/p>\n

Carlton need to fill a number of off-field positions. Image: Getty<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know the Blues are looking for a list manager,\u201d Twomey said on \u2018Footy Classified\u2019. \u201cDavid Walls, who has been the architect of the Fremantle list build, has been a target of the Blues. He\u2019s a flat \u2018no\u2019. He\u2019s staying at the Dockers and wants to see it through. He\u2019s not going to be budging off that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Justin Longmuir rules out potential Carlton move<\/p>\n

Walls\u2019 rejection comes after Longmuir also said he wouldn\u2019t be tempted by any potential interest from Carlton. Immediately after Michael Voss left as head coach, Kane Cornes said the Blues should throw $6 million at Longmuir<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But Longmuir later ruled it out completely. When asked if he\u2019d even entertain a phone call from Carlton, the Dockers coach replied: \u201cNo, I wouldn\u2019t. I\u2019m very comfortable coaching Freo, I\u2019m very comfortable with the contract I\u2019ve got at the moment.<\/p>\n

\u201cI understand the noise around it and what it looks like externally without diving into the facts. But just like all contracts aren\u2019t the same, all employment agreements aren\u2019t the same. I\u2019m very confident and comfortable with the level of security it gives me and my family. I\u2019m very comfortable with where it sits with the club. We all are, so it\u2019s a non-story from my point of view.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"David<\/p>\n

David Walls (L) and Justin Longmuir (R) have both rejected potential interest from Carlton. Image: Getty<\/p>\n

Cornes thought Longmuir might be tempted by something more concrete than what he\u2019s on at Freo. The Dockers moved last year to change Lomgmuir from a fixed term contract to an \u2018employment agreement\u2019. Longmuir said he actually prefers his current situation because it means there\u2019s \u201cno end date\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fremantle\u2019s list manager David Walls has reportedly rejected an offer to join AFL rivals Carlton, after coach Justin…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":711491,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,3925,6856,123890,10993,10400,675,85,211101],"class_list":["post-711490","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-blues","tag-carlton","tag-david-walls","tag-dockers","tag-justin-longmuir","tag-kane-cornes","tag-sports","tag-the-blues"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711490","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=711490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711490\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/711491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=711490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=711490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=711490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}