It’s that time of year again when clubs and players start announcing retirements. With players about to say au revoir, here’s this year’s HATCH MATCH & DESPATCH.

Adelaide has announced it won’t renew Tom Lynch’s contract and we have him down as delisted as he might continue to play on. Marc Murphy is in much the same boat but it looks like he’s going to hang up his boots so we have him as retired. Well done to all players who are hanging up their boots at season’s end. Not everybody gets to play at the elite level of their sport.

ADELAIDE

In: Jordan Dawson (Sydney Swans) Ben Davis ® (re-listed) Luke Nankervis (Sandringham Dragons) Josh Rachele (Murray Bushrangers) Jake Soligo (Eastern Ranges) Zac Taylor (Calder Cannons)

Out: Ben Davis (delisted) Jake Kelly (Essendon) Tom Lynch (delisted) David Mackay (retired) Ronin O’Connor (delisted) Tyson Stengle (Geelong) Daniel Talia (retired)

BRISBANE LIONS

In: Cam Ellis-Yolmen ® (re-listed) Darcy Fort (Geelong) Kai Lohmann (GWV Rebels) James Tunstill (East Perth WA) Darcy Wilmott (Northern Knights)

Out: Connor Ballenden ® (delisted) Grant Birchall (retired) Cam Ellis-Yolmen (delisted) Tom Joyce (delisted) Archie Smith (retired) Brock Smith (delisted)

CARLTON 

In: Adam Cerra (Fremantle) Matthew Cottrell ® (re-listed) George Hewett (Sydney Swans) Josh Honey (rookie upgrade) Matthew Kennedy (rookie upgrade) Jesse Motlop (South Fremantle WA) Lochie O'Brien ® (re-listed) Lewis Young (Western Bulldogs)

Out: Eddie Betts (retired) Levi Casboult (Gold Coast) Matthew Cottrell (delisted) Michael Gibbons (delisted) Liam Jones (retired) Marc Murphy (retired) Lochie O’Brien (delisted) Sam Petrevski-Seton (West Coast) Sam Ramsay (delisted)

COLLINGWOOD 

In: Isaac Chugg ® (re-listed) Charlie Dean (Williamstown VFL) Nick Daicos (Oakleigh Chargers) Arlo Draper (South Adelaide SA) Bassirou Faye ® (Cat B) Harvey Harrison (North Adelaide SA) Nathan Kreuger (Geelong)  Cooper Murley (Norwood SA) Patrick Lipinski (Western Bulldogs) 

Out: Isaac Chugg ® (delisted) Levi Greenwood (retired) Max Lynch (Hawthorn) Chris Mayne (retired) Jay Rantall (delisted) Brayden Sier (delisted) Josh Thomas (retired) Anton Tohill (retired)

ESSENDON

In: Ben Hobbs (GWV Rebels) Jake Kelly (Adelaide) Alastair Lord (Norwood SA) Garrett McDonagh (Richmond VFL) Patrick Voss ® (Oakleigh Chargers)

Out: Patrick Ambrose (retired) Ned Cahill (delisted) Dylan Clarke ® (delisted) Martin Gleeson (delisted) Cale Hooker (retired) Lachie Johnson (delisted) Irving Mosquito (retired) David Zaharakis (delisted)

FREMANTLE 

In: Jye Amiss (East Perth WA) Eric Benning (Claremont WA) Connor Blakely ® (re-listed) Will Brodie (Gold Coast) Jordan Clark (Geelong) Mitch Crowden ® (re-listed) Neil Erasmus (Subiaco WA) Ethan Hughes (rookie upgrade) Matthew Johnson (Subiaco WA) Ultan Kelm ® (Cat B) Karl Worner ® (Oakleigh Chargers)

Out: Brett Bewley (delisted) Connor Blakely (delisted) Adam Cerra (Carlton) Reece Conca (delisted) Mitch Crowden (delisted) Taylin Duman (delisted) Stefan Giro (delisted) Stephen Hill (retired) Leno Thomas ® (delisted) Tobe Watson (delisted)

GEELONG

In: Jonathon Ceglar (Hawthorn) Toby Conway (Geelong Falcons)  Mitch Knevitt (Geelong Falcons) Flynn Kroeger (Eastern Ranges) Oliver Dempsey ® (Carey Grammar) Oisín Mullin ® (Cat B) Tyson Stengle (Adelaide) Cooper Whyte (Geelong Falcons) James Willis (North Adelaide SA)

Out: Oscar Brownless (delisted) Jordan Clark (Fremantle) Charlie Constable (delisted) Darcy Fort (Brisbane Lions) Lachie Henderson (retired) Ben Jarvis (delisted) Josh Jenkins (retired) Nathan Kreuger (Collingwood) Stefan Okunbor (delisted) Cameron Taheny (delisted) 

GOLD COAST SUNS 

In: Mac Andrew (Dandenong Stingrays) Sandy Brock ® (Gold Coast Suns Academy)  Levi Casboult ® (Carlton) Mabior Chol (Richmond) Charlie Constable (Geelong VFL) Jez McLennan ® (re-listed) Rory Thompson (re-listed) Bodhi Uwland ® (Gold Coast Suns Academy) 

Out: Will Brodie (Fremantle) Aiden Fyfe (delisted) Hugh Greenwood (North Melbourne) Jarrod Harbrow (retired) Jack Hombsch (retired) Jez McLennan (delisted) Jordan Murdoch (retired) Zac Smith (retired) Rory Thompson (delisted) Luke Towey ® (delisted) Jacob Townsend (retired)

GREATER WESTERN SYDNEY 

In: Leek Alleer (Central District SA) Jarrod Brander (West Coast) Finn Callaghan (Sandringham Dragons) Josh Fahey (GWS Giants Academy) Cooper Hamilton ® (Bendigo Pioneers) Jacob Wehr ® (re-listed)

Out: Matt Buntine (delisted) Jeremy Finlayson (Port Adelaide) Tom Hutcheson (delisted) Shane Mumford (retired) Sam Reid (delisted) Nick Shipley (delisted) Jacob Wehr * (delisted)

HAWTHORN 

In: Sam Butler (GWV Rebels) Max Lynch (Collingwood) Ned Long ®  (Northern Knights) Connor MacDonald (Dandenong Stingrays) Fionn O’Hara ® (Cat B) Ned Reeves (rookie upgrade) Jai Serong (Gippsland Power) Josh Ward (Northern Knights)

Out: Keegan Brooksby (delisted) Shaun Burgoyne (retired) Jonathon Ceglar (Geelong) James Cousins (delisted) Damon Greaves (delisted) Oliver Hanrahan (delisted) Michael Hartley (delisted) Tim O’Brien (Western Bulldogs) Jon Patton (retired) Harrison Pepper (delisted) Tom $cully (retired)

MELBOURNE 

In: Luke Dunstan (St Kilda) Blake Howes (Sandringham Dragons) James Jordon (rookie upgrade) Judd McVee ® (East Fremantle WA) Taj Woewodin (East Fremantle WA) Jacob Van Rooyen (Claremont WA)

Out: Austin Bradtke ® (delisted) Kye Declase ® (delisted) Marty Hore (delisted) Neville Jetta (retired) Nathan Jones (retired) Jay Lockhart (delisted) Aaron Nietschke ® (delisted) Aaron vandenBerg (delisted)

NORTH MELBOURNE 

In: Jackson Archer (Northern Knights) Miller Bergman (Dandenong Stingrays) Callum Coleman-Jones (Richmond) Paul Curtis (Western Jets) Josh Goater (Calder Cannons) Hugh Greenwood (Gold Coast Suns) Jason Horne-Francis (South Adelaide SA) Jared Polec ® (re-listed)

Out: Shaun Atley (delisted) Tom Campbell  ® (St Kilda) Trent Dumont (Port Adelaide) Taylor Garner (delisted) Charlie Ham (delisted) Connor Menadue (delisted) Jared Polec (delisted) Robbie Tarrant (Richmond) Dom Tyson (delisted) Will Walker (delisted)

PORT ADELAIDE 

In: Jase Burgoyne (Woodville-West Torrens SA) Trent Dumont ® (North Melbourne) Jeremy Finlayson (GWS Giants) Manuguru 'Martin' Frederick (rookie upgrade) Hugh Jackson (North Adelaide SA) Sam Mayes ® (re-listed) Josh Sinn (Sandringham Dragons) Sam Skinner (Brisbane Lions) Dante Visentini (Sandringham Dragons)

Out: Trent Burgoyne ® (delisted) Joel Garner (delisted) Tyson Goldsack (retired) Hamish Hartlett (delisted) Peter Ladhams (Sydney Swans) Jarrod Lienert (delisted) Sam Mayes (delisted) Tom Rockliff (retired) Boyd Woodcock (delisted)

RICHMOND

In: Samuel Banks (Tasmania Devils) Tom Brown (Murray Bushrangers) Judson Clarke (Dandenong Stingrays) Josh Gibcus (GWV Rebels) Bigoa Nyuon ® (re-listed) (Richmond) Tyler Sonsie (Eastern Ranges) Robbie Tarrant (North Melbourne)

Out: David Astbury (retired) Mabior Chol (Gold Coast Suns) Callum Coleman-Jones (North Melbourne) Noah Cumberland (delisted) * Derek Eggmolesse-Smith ® (delisted) Ryan Garthwaite (delisted) Bachar Houli (retired) Patrick Naish (delisted) Bigoa Nyuon (delisted) 

ST KILDA

In: Oscar Adams (Glenelg SA) Tom Campbell (North Melbourne) Mitchito Owens (Sandringham Dragons) Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera (Glenelg SA) Callum Wilkie (rookie upgrade) Marcus Windhager (Sandringham Dragons) 

Out: Sam Alabakis (delisted) Jake Carlisle (retired) Oscar Clavarino (delisted) Luke Dunstan (Melbourne) James Frawley (retired) Paul Hunter (delisted) Jack Lonie (delisted) Shaun McKernan (retired) Dylan Roberton (retired)

SYDNEY SWANS

In: Peter Ladhams (Port Adelaide) Angus Sheldrick (Claremont WA) Lachlan Rankin (Oakleigh Chargers) Matthew Roberts (South Adelaide SA) Lewis Taylor ® (re-listed) Corey Warner (East Fremantle WA)

Out: Kaiden Brand (delisted) Malachy Carruthers (delisted) Jordan Dawson (Adelaide) Sam Gray (delisted) George Hewett (Carlton) Matthew Ling (delisted) Lewis Taylor (delisted) 

WEST COAST EAGLES 

In: Rhett Bazzo (Swan Districts WA) Campbell Chesser (Sandringham Dragons) Greg Clark (Subiaco WA) Brady Hough (Peel Thunder) Sam Petrevski-Seton (Carlton) Jack Williams (East Fremantle WA)

Out: Brendon Ah Chee (delisted) Brayden Ainsworth (delisted) Jarrod Brander (GWS Giants) Jarrod Cameron (delisted) Will Collins (delisted) Mark Hutchings (delisted) Ben Johnson (delisted) Brad Sheppard (retired) Nathan Vardy (retired) Daniel Venables (retired) 

WESTERN BULLDOGS 

In: Luke Cleary (Sandringham Dragons) Sam Darcy (Oakleigh Chargers) Arthur Jones (Claremont WA) Robbie McComb ® (Footscray VFL) Tim O’Brien (Hawthorn) Charlie Parker ® (East Fremantle WA)

Out: Ben Cavarra (delisted) Will Hayes (delisted) Lin Jong (retired) Patrick Lipinski (Collingwood) Sam Lloyd (retired) Easton Wood (retired) Lewis Young (Carlton)
 

17 minutes ago, Leopold Bloom said:

HATCH MATCH & DESPATCH

You can add Tom Rockliff (Port), Stephen Hill (Freo), Levi Greenwood and Chris Mayne (Pies), Lin Jong (Dogs), Daniel Venables (Eagles), Dylan Roberton (Saints), Tyson Stengle (Crows) plus Jon Patton and Tom Scully (Hawks).

Wonder how retirement will effect Adelaide’s Tom Lynch in his game against Melbourne this week. Always liked him as a player and thought he might have fitted in well with us a few years back.

Josh Kelly isn't going anywhere.

 

16 minutes ago, Whispering_Jack said:

Wonder how retirement will effect Adelaide’s Tom Lynch in his game against Melbourne this week. Always liked him as a player and thought he might have fitted in well with us a few years back.

Will be his penultimate game for the Crows but I believe he is still weighing up his options for 2022.

Dean Margetts just retired from West Coast - https://www.afl.com.au/news/662950/statement-afl-umpire-dean-margetts-announces-retirement

Patrick Ambrose (Essendon) has retired.

Adelaide delisted Daniel Talia. Only 29. His body must be shot!

Farewell Eddie Betts 

Levi Casboult (Carlton) has retired as has David Astbury (Richmond).

Edited August 17, 20214 yr by Demonstone
updated

On 8/11/2021 at 11:33 AM, Red and Blue realist said:

Dean Margetts just retired from West Coast - https://www.afl.com.au/news/662950/statement-afl-umpire-dean-margetts-announces-retirement

I wouldn't mind adding "Umpires" to the 18 clubs listed in the Opening Post. I know there will be people cheering at some retirements (as there will be with some players), but it would be a way of Demonland showing respect to umpires and thanking them for their service. A small gesture, I know, but nevertheless I think it would be appropriate. 

Edited August 17, 20214 yr by La Dee-vina Comedia
typo

Other retirees to add to the list are Cale Hooker (Essendon), Zac Smith, Jordan Murdoch & Jack Hombsch (all GC) and Shaun Burgoyne (Hawthorn).

Today's additions are Jarrod Harbrow (GC) retiring plus new contracts not offered (and probably the end of their career) to Jake Carlisle (St Kilda) and Reece Conca (Fremantle).

edit:  David Zaharakis (Essendon) looks goneski at well.

Edited August 18, 20214 yr by Demonstone

Bachar Houli (Richmond) won't be there in 2022.

David Mackay (Adelaide) also retiring.

Edited August 19, 20214 yr by Demonstone
updated

Long time member, infrequent poster! This is a long shot but because I'm getting all sorts of grief from mates for claiming it... can any Demonland brethren who were player sponsors in the mid 2000's remember a post draft debrief we got from Craig Cameron and Craig was asked why we overlooked Eddie in the ND. CC said their medical staff thought he'd be injury prone. I'm starting to think I dreamt this?!? Oh. well. What a career he's had. 

Edited August 20, 20214 yr by diesel

1 hour ago, diesel said:

Long time member, infrequent poster! This is a long shot but because I'm getting all sorts of grief from mates for claiming it... can any Demonland brethren who were player sponsors in the mid 2000's remember a post draft debrief we got from Craig Cameron and Craig was asked why we overlooked Eddie in the ND. CC said their medical staff thought he'd be injury prone. I'm starting to think I dreamt this?!? Oh. well. What a career he's had. 

They would need a good memory to remember the detail. I certainly don’t but I’m fairly certain that the knock on him at the time was that he wasn’t big enough to hold down a spot at AFL level. Hence, he was overlooked by all clubs in the National Draft and had to wait for the 2004 Pre Season Draft to be picked at 3 by the Blues. 

At the time we had a fairly decent Indigenous small forward speedster named Aaron Davey who came into the team a year before Eddie, had a decent 10 year career and retired at the end of 2013. Shows how resilient a footballer Eddie turned out to be!

1 minute ago, Whispering_Jack said:

They would need a good memory to remember the detail. I certainly don’t but I’m fairly certain that the knock on him at the time was that he wasn’t big enough to hold down a spot at AFL level. Hence, he was overlooked by all clubs in the National Draft and had to wait for the 2004 Pre Season Draft to be picked at 3 by the Blues. 

At the time we had a fairly decent Indigenous small forward speedster named Aaron Davey who came into the team a year before Eddie, had a decent 10 year career and retired at the end of 2013. Shows how resilient a footballer Eddie turned out to be!

Gee Aaron was underrated! Kudos to Eddie but I would Davey in today's side.

On 8/10/2021 at 6:00 PM, Whispering_Jack said:

Wonder how retirement will effect Adelaide’s Tom Lynch in his game against Melbourne this week. Always liked him as a player and thought he might have fitted in well with us a few years back.

Played a good game v Dees. Lynch is a smart footballer who set up a few crows goals.  His fitness and durability must be the question mark.  

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