Butts, who played 94 games across his seven seasons in South Australia, is heading home to Victoria and will sign for the Western Bulldogs as early as next week.<\/p>\n
WHAT’S GAMBLING REALLY COSTING YOU? Set a deposit limit. For Free and confidential support call 1800 858 858 or visit gamblinghelponline.org.au.<\/p>\n \u201cJordon Butts has informed the Club he intends to sign with the Western Bulldogs via Free Agency this off-season,\u201d the Crows said in a statement on Friday.<\/p>\n \u201cButts is an unrestricted free agent having spent eight seasons at West Lakes after joining the Crows at Pick 39 in the 2018 Rookie Draft.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Club would like to thank Jordon for his commitment and professionalism over the past eight years and wish him all the best for the future.\u201d<\/p>\n Butts\u2019 arrival is a massive boost for the Bulldogs who have been trying to bolster their defensive stocks.<\/p>\n The club had attempted to lure Butts across the border this time last year, but couldn\u2019t get a deal done.<\/p>\n Now as a free agent, the move is simple.<\/p>\n Butts completed a medical at the club on Monday before informing both the Crows and Bulldogs of his decision on Friday.<\/p>\n He\u2019ll join big name recruit Zak Butters in arriving at Footscray ahead of 2027.<\/p>\n After serving as Mark Keane\u2019s injury replacement early this season, Butts managed just nine appearances for Adelaide in 2026.<\/p>\n The 26-year-old had fallen out of favour at the Crows after suffering a calf injury in June and didn\u2019t feature again at senior level.<\/p>\n Under free agency rules, Butts can now sign for the Western Bulldogs from Friday, October 2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Adelaide defender Jordon Butts has played his last game for the Crows, with confirmation today that the free…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":904557,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":["post-904556","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"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/904556","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=904556"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/904556\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/904557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=904556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=904556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=904556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790310505_596_poster-fallback.png\"\/)
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