{"id":936592,"date":"2026-10-22T06:48:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T06:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/936592\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T06:48:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T06:48:09","slug":"brisbane-lions-pair-darragh-joyce-and-luke-beecken-delisted-youngsters-to-be-re-drafted-next-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/936592\/","title":{"rendered":"Brisbane Lions pair Darragh Joyce and Luke Beecken delisted, youngsters to be re-drafted next month"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n Brisbane makes its first delistings of the off-season\n <\/p>\n

Darragh Joyce during a Brisbane training session at The Gabba, May 12, 2026. Picture: Getty Images<\/p>\n

BRISBANE has made its first delistings of the off-season, with defensive pair Darragh Joyce and Luke Beecken departing the club, while youngsters Luke Lloyd and Koby Evans will be re-selected at the rookie draft next month.<\/p>\n

Joyce, the former St Kilda defender, played 14 games for the Lions in four seasons after six seasons at the Saints.<\/p>\n

WHO’S CALLED IT QUITS 2026’s retirements and\u00a0delistings<\/a><\/p>\n

Beecken, a mid-season draftee in 2024, played his one and only AFL game against Fremantle last year and departs after two-and-a-half seasons at the club.<\/p>\n

Lloyd, a young key defender, and Evans, the young forward who was drafted last year, have both been delisted but the club has committed to re-signing them at the Telstra AFL Rookie Draft next month.<\/p>\n

“Darragh and Luke have both made a valuable contribution to the Brisbane Lions and have been highly regarded teammates during their time at the club,” Lions footy boss Danny Daly said.<\/p>\n

“Darragh’s experience, resilience, and willingness to put the team first have been greatly appreciated, while Luke has shown strong development and application throughout his time in our program.<\/p>\n

“We thank them both for their tireless effort and commitment to the Club and wish Darragh, Luke and their families all the best for the future.”<\/p>\n

The Lions farewelled four players in the trade period this month – Lachie Neale, Sam Marshall, Will McLachlan and Keidean Coleman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brisbane makes its first delistings of the off-season Darragh Joyce during a Brisbane training session at The Gabba,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":936593,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[64,63,85],"class_list":["post-936592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/936592","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=936592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/936592\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/936593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=936592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=936592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=936592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}