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HATCH MATCH & DESPATCH 2025

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A couple of retirement announcements and a Category B rookie pick at Melbourne bring us to this year’s HATCH MATCH & DESPATCH thread. 

There will be many more to come over the coming months - here’s this year’s version of the ins and outs at the AFL Clubs ~

ADELAIDE 

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OUT Matt Crouch (retired) Karl Gallagher (delisted) Lachlan Murphy (delisted) Harry Schoenberg (delisted) Brodie Smith (retired) Kieran Strachan (delisted)

BRISBANE 

IN
 
OUT Darcy Craven (delisted), Sam Day (retired), Oscar McInerney (retired), Brandon Ryan (delisted)
 
CARLTON 

IN
 
OUT Alex Cincotta (delisted) Tom De Konning (St Kilda) Sam Docherty (retired) Orazio Fantasia (delisted) Harry Lemmey (delisted) Jack Silvagni (St Kilda)

COLLINGWOOD 

IN
 
OUT Charlie Dean (delisted) Will Hoskin-Elliott (retired) Ash Johnson (delisted) Fin Macrae (delisted) Oleg Markov (delisted)


ESSENDON

IN
 
OUT Alwyn Davey Jnr (delisted) Sam Draper (free agent) Todd Goldstein (delisted) Jayden Laverde (delisted) Jye Menzie (delisted) Dylan Shiel (delisted) Oskar Smartt (delisted)

FREMANTLE 

IN
 
OUT James Aish (retired) Jack Delean (delisted) Nat Fyfe (retired) Odin Jones (delisted) Quinton Narkle (retired) Michael Walters (retired)
 
GEELONG 

And IN
 
OUT Mich Duncan (retired)

GOLD COAST SUNS

IN
 
OUT Tom Berry (delisted) Brayden Fiorini (free agent) Lloyd Johnston (delisted) Sean Lemmens (retired) Alex Sexton (delisted) David Swallow (retired)

GWS GIANTS 

IN
 
OUT Josh Fahey (delisted) Lachlan Keefe (retired) Callan Ward (retired) Jacob Wehr (Port Adelaide)
 
HAWTHORN 

IN
 
OUT Luke Breust (retired) Sam Frost (delisted) Jaspar Scaife (delisted)

MELBOURNE 

IN Oscar Berry (Category B rookie)
 
OUT Jack Billings (free agent) Kynan Brown (delisted) Tom Fullarton (delisted) Marty Hore (delisted) Oliver Sestan (delisted) Charlie Spargo (North Melbourne) Will Verrall (delisted)
 
NORTH MELBOURNE 

IN Charlie Spargo (Melbourne)
 
OUT Miller Bergman (delisted) Kallan Dawson (delisted) Eddie Ford (delisted) Brynn Teakle (delisted)

PORT ADELAIDE

IN Jacob Wehr (GWS Giants)
 
OUT Rory Atkins (retired) Travis Boak (retired) Ryan Burton (delisted) Lachie Charleson (delisted) Jeremy Finlayson (delisted) Hugh Jackson (delisted) Jed McEntee (delisted) Willie Rioli Jnr (retired) Dylan Williams (delisted)
 
RICHMOND 

IN
 
OUT Jacob Bauer (delisted) Jacob Blight (delisted) Mate Colina (delisted) Jacob Koschitzke (delisted) Kamden McIntosh (retired)

ST KILDA

IN Tom Dekonning (Carlton) Jack Silvagni (Carlton)
 
OUT Harry Boyd (delisted) Zaine Cordy (delisted) Angus McLennan (delisted) Jimmy Webster (retired)
 
SYDNEY SWANS 

IN

OUT Robbie Fox (delisted) Aaron Francis (delisted) Indhi Kirk (delisted) Blake Leidler (delisted) Caleb Mitchell (delisted) Ben Paton (delisted)

WEST COAST EAGLES
 
IN

OUT Jayden Hunt (retired) Callum Jamieson (delisted) Jeremy McGovern (retired) Jack Petruccelle (delisted) Loch Rawlinson (retired) Dom Sheed (retired)

WESTERN BULLDOGS

IN

OUT Taylor Duryea (retired) Liam Jones (delisted) Anthony Scott (delisted)

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    Port have desisted 5, including Burton and Finlayson.

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    In the current list for port. 6 delisted 3 retired

    9 changes. 25 % of the playing list, that’s a serious rebuild.

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    From the AFL's 'Inside Trading' panel:

    "West Coast, Richmond, North Melbourne, Melbourne, Port Adelaide, St Kilda, Carlton and Sydney have all completed their exit interviews with players across recent days. – Riley Beveridge"

    Anyone got any gossip?

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    On 25/08/2025 at 19:13, Left Foot Snap said:

    Port have desisted 5, including Burton and Finlayson.

    Finlayson, even if we had interest in him, is highly unlikely to relocate out of SA given his wife’s cancer battle

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    On 26/08/2025 at 17:49, 640MD said:

    In the current list for port. 6 delisted 3 retired

    9 changes. 25 % of the playing list, that’s a serious rebuild.

    afl average is actually 8 changes per season per club so its pretty on par especially given as they had 3x MSD selections bloating their list so they had to make a mandated 3 for that + 3 to free up ND picks meaning they've only made 3 additional changes

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    On 27/08/2025 at 15:58, Whispering_Jack said:

    Added a new category for the situation where a player announces he will be leaving his club as a free agent and it appears that his club will accept that the player will be going.

    For the time being we’re classifying Jack Billings as a “free agent” rather than a “delist” until his situation is made clear. Billings spent much of his time at the club playing for Casey. He was one of the players instrumental in their late run to the finals and would be one of the favourites for the Troy Broadbridge Memorial Trophy for the club’s best VFL player.

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    5 names on the MFC site. Fullerton, ventral, sestan Howe and brown

    Apologiesbb bn if mentioned earlier

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    Add Spargo to "Despatched"

    Quite a few spots opening up.

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    7 hours ago, 640MD said:

    Fullerton, ventral, sestan Howe and brown

    At least you got two of the names right.

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