\n Jack Silvagni, the third generation of his family to play VFL\/AFL football for Carlton, will play for a rival club in 2026\n <\/p>\n
Jack Silvagni after Carlton’s loss to Hawthorn in round two, 2025. Picture: AFL Photos<\/p>\n
JACK Silvagni has told Carlton he will join a rival club under free agency ahead of the 2026 season.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The 27-year-old defender has not nominated his club of choice, but as an unrestricted free agent, he can join any suitor without the Blues having the chance to match the offer.<\/p>\n
Collingwood and the Western Bulldogs are among the clubs that have pursued the versatile backman.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Silvagni is the third generation of his family to play VFL\/AFL football for Carlton, following in the footsteps of his grandfather Sergio, and father Stephen.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He joined the Blues as a father-son selection at the 2015 AFL Draft and has played 128 games for 89 goals in an career that has been interrupted by injury in recent seasons, including a ruptured ACL that cost him the entire 2024 campaign.<\/p>\n
In a statement released on Tuesday night, Silvagni thanked Carlton for his 10 years at the club.<\/p>\n
“Whilst the decision was not easy to leave the football club, I felt the time was right to explore another opportunity,” Silvagni said.<\/p>\n
“I want to say a huge thank you to everyone at the club for their support during my time there, I sincerely appreciate the opportunity this club has given me and my family.”<\/p>\n
Carlton list manager Nick Austin said the Blues understood Silvagni’s decision to explore his future at the club, despite wanting him to stay.<\/p>\n
“We made it really clear to Jack that we wanted him to remain a Carlton person, however as an unrestricted free agent Jack had a right to meet with a number of clubs and as a result has made his decision to pursue other opportunities, that is the reality of our industry in regard to player movement,” Austin said.<\/p>\n
The 2025 AFL Free Agency Period runs from Friday, October 3 until Friday, October 10.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jack Silvagni, the third generation of his family to play VFL\/AFL football for Carlton, will play for a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":96633,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85,83],"class_list":["post-96632","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","tag-text"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96632","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=96632"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96632\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}