{"id":835668,"date":"2026-07-31T13:13:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T13:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/835668\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T13:13:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T13:13:11","slug":"afl-2026-geelong-cats-part-ways-with-tyson-stengle-contracted-until-end-of-2029-statement-reaction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/835668\/","title":{"rendered":"AFL 2026: Geelong Cats part ways with Tyson Stengle, contracted until end of 2029, statement, reaction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Geelong have officially parted ways with Tyson Stengle on mutual terms after weeks of negotiations between both parties as the small forward breaks his silence.<\/p>\n<p>Watch every match of every round of the AFL Premiership Season LIVE and ad-break free during play on FOX FOOTY, available on Kayo Sports | New to Kayo? <a href=\"https:\/\/kayosports.com.au\/en-AU\/welcome\/afl?extcamp=fsaeditoriallinkafl-edt-fsp-lnk-awr-grc-afl-kyo&amp;channel=fsa&amp;campaign=fsacontra\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Join now and get your first month for just $1.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Details of Stengle\u2019s disappearance from public view was reported in April with revelations he had \u201ccut off ties\u201d with those close to him at the club.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/poster-fallback.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Stengle was permitted to take an extended Christmas break, citing personal reasons, but returned to training soon after.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s cut off all ties with his management group, including Eddie Betts\u2019 wife Anna. He\u2019s cut off all ties with Indigenous leaders and very few people at Geelong have any contact with him at all,\u201d Caroline Wilson said.<\/p>\n<p>Stengle was contracted with the Cats until 2029, with $2.1m still left on the three years remaining on the deal.<\/p>\n<p>The 2022 all-Australian forward released a statement along with Geelong on Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Tyson Stengle will depart Geelong. (Photo by Michael Willson via Getty Images)Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you so much to the Geelong Footy Club. In particular, to my teammates, the coaching staff, the support staff and most importantly to the fans,\u201d Stengle said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour unwavering and loyal support through the great times and the tough times has meant more to me than you will ever know. I am deeply grateful, and look forward to supporting the club as a fan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Geelong Cats executive general manager Andrew Mackie said the club believed \u201cnow is the right time for both Tyson and the Club to move forward\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Geelong climb into the TOP 6 | 03:19<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe would like to congratulate Tyson on what he has achieved over his career, including his time at Geelong,\u201d Mackie said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo play over 100 games, earn All Australian selection and be part of a Premiership team are achievements we are proud to have shared with him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe thank Tyson for his contribution to the Cats and celebrate what he has achieved in his football career.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Geelong have officially parted ways with Tyson Stengle on mutual terms after weeks of negotiations between both parties&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":835669,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,85,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-835668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-sports","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/835668","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=835668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/835668\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/835669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=835668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=835668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=835668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}