{"id":949775,"date":"2026-11-02T11:10:08","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T11:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/949775\/"},"modified":"2026-11-02T11:10:08","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T11:10:08","slug":"north-melbourne-kangaroos-to-sign-ex-brisbane-lion-darragh-joyce-to-bolster-defensive-depth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/949775\/","title":{"rendered":"North Melbourne Kangaroos to sign ex-Brisbane Lion Darragh Joyce to bolster defensive depth"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n Darragh Joyce will join his third AFL club, landing at the Kangaroos\n <\/p>\n

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

NORTH Melbourne will add to its defensive depth with the signing of Irishman Darragh Joyce as a delisted free agent.<\/p>\n

AFL.com.au’s Josh Gabelich reports the former Brisbane defender will join the Kangaroos, with paperwork to be completed this week.<\/p>\n

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

Joyce, 29, was delisted by Brisbane at season’s end after 14 games across four years for the Lions.<\/p>\n

He played 13 games for St Kilda to begin his AFL career.<\/p>\n

The Roos were searching for defensive depth during the Continental Tyres AFL Trade Period but were unable to seal a deal for Adelaide’s Nick Murray.<\/p>\n

Former Essendon midfielder Elijah Tsatas and ex-Richmond ruck Samson Ryan are also expected to join the Roos as delisted free agents.<\/p>\n

Darragh Joyce is joining North Melbourne as a delisted free agent. Paperwork to be completed this week. The Irishman to play for a third AFL club @AFLcomau<\/p>\n

\u2014 Josh Gabelich (@JoshGabelich) November 2, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n

The delisted free agency window opened on Monday.<\/p>\n

Jake Stringer (St Kilda), Wil Parker (Carlton) and Isaac Keeler (Port Adelaide) are among the other players expected to find new homes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Darragh Joyce will join his third AFL club, landing at the Kangaroos Darragh Joyce during a Brisbane training…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":949776,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[64,63,85],"class_list":["post-949775","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\/949775","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=949775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/949775\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/949776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=949775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=949775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=949775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}