Glenelg Football Club is excited to welcome Jez McLennan to the Bays in season 2027.\u00a0<\/p>\n
McLennan, who joins the Tigers following two seasons at the Port Adelaide Magpies \u2013 one with captaincy \u2013 is set to boost the Bays defensive side.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re delighted to welcome Jez and his partner Yasmin to the Club. Jez brings outstanding leadership, a strong work ethic, and football acumen making him a fantastic addition both on and off the field,\u201d said Glenelg Football Club\u2019s General Manager of Football on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re excited to see the impact he\u2019ll make as he joins our group and helps build on the strong culture we\u2019re so proud of.\u201d<\/p>\n
The 25-year-old has SANFL experience exceeding 78 League matches across Port Adelaide and Central Districts, averages 19 disposals at the conclusion of season 2026, with a 70% disposal efficiency.<\/p>\n
The defender spent four years on the list of the Gold Coast Suns before returning to South Australia where he earned back-to-back Fos Williams Medals in season 2024 (State Game Best on Ground).<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom the outside looking in, Glenelg is a Club that commands respect right across the league and I\u2019m thrilled to be a part of it,\u201d said McLennan ahead of his signing announcement.<\/p>\n
\u201cGlenelg has built sustained success, and I strongly believe this group is positioned to contend for years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n
McLennan finished third in the Port Adelaide SANFL Best & Fairest count, taking home the Anthony Williams Memorial Trophy (Coaches Award).<\/p>\n
\u201cI can\u2019t wait to get to work with the group over pre-season and see what we can achieve in 2027 and beyond,\u201d said McLennan.<\/p>\n
McLennan will join the Bays for preseason in the coming months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Glenelg Football Club is excited to welcome Jez McLennan to the Bays in season 2027.\u00a0 McLennan, who joins…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":927912,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-927911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/927911","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=927911"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/927911\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/927912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=927911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=927911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=927911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}