{"id":936634,"date":"2026-10-22T07:30:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T07:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/936634\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T07:30:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T07:30:12","slug":"afl-news-2026-tasmania-devils-post-after-jack-ginnivan-comments-about-club-hawthorn-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/936634\/","title":{"rendered":"AFL News 2026: Tasmania Devils post after Jack Ginnivan comments about club, Hawthorn contract"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hawthorn<\/a>\u2018s Jack Ginnivan<\/a> has been flamed by the Tasmania Devils<\/a>\u2019 social media department after he declared his Melbourne lifestyle is \u201ctoo elite\u201d to consider moving to the AFL<\/a>\u2019s newest franchise.<\/p>\n

With his current contract expiring at the end of the 2027 season, aligning at the perfect time for the Devils\u2019 inaugural squad as they enter the competition in 2028, Ginnivan did not mince words about his reluctance to head south.<\/p>\n

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Simply pumped: Hawthorn\u2019s Jack Ginnivan.\u00a0via Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cTo be honest, I don\u2019t think I could live in Tassie,\u201d Ginnivan said on SEN\u2019s Summer Run.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy lifestyle in Melbourne is too elite to go down to Tassie. I just don\u2019t think I would be happy down there to be honest.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf they offer me $2 million, I probably wouldn\u2019t say no.\u201d <\/p>\n

The Devils social media team quickly returned serve on X, taking a cheeky stab at the premiership forward. <\/p>\n

\u201cThinks he\u2019s on our target list and thinks he\u2019s worth $2 million,\u201d they jokingly wrote. <\/p>\n

Despite the banter, Ginnivan raised a serious point about the geographical and lifestyle hurdles Tasmania faces in luring young talent away from established hubs in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. <\/p>\n

\u201cI think it will be pretty challenging for Tassie, for young kids from Melbourne,\u201d Ginnivan said.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously, the lifestyle is amazing in Gold Coast and in Melbourne \u2013 I\u2019ve got a few mates up in Goldy and everyone loves being around a bit of atmosphere.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it will be a challenge for Tassie to bring in young talent away from these places where you\u2019ve lived for 20 years.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s going to be a tough challenge for them, but if someone can do it, Kenny (Hinkley)<\/a> can!\u201d<\/p>\n

For now, Ginnivan is banking on a long-term future with Hawthorn. <\/p>\n

He credited the coaching staff for his current form heading into next season, where the team will be looking to go one step better than their loss in 2026\u2019s preliminary finals<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you think about it too much, it becomes too much,\u201d Ginnivan continued. <\/p>\n

\u201cYou just let these things play out. Hopefully the Hawks still have enough money after the last few years.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve got Will Day out of contract as well, so hopefully he doesn\u2019t sign for $1.5 million and have a monster year.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been loving the Hawks, and I feel like we\u2019re in a great position with our list. <\/p>\n

\u201cI love the coaches, obviously Sam (Mitchell) and our forward line coach \u2013 who is the best coach I\u2019ve ever had in Adrian Hickmott.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m keen to stay a Hawk for a long time. Hopefully we\u2019ll start the season off well and go from there.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hawthorn\u2018s Jack Ginnivan has been flamed by the Tasmania Devils\u2019 social media department after he declared his Melbourne…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":936635,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":["post-936634","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\/936634","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=936634"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/936634\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/936635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=936634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=936634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=936634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}