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

IN Callum Ah Chee (Brisbane), Indy Cotton (Category B rookie), Archie Ludowyke (Sandringham Dragons VIC), Finbar Maley (North Melbourne), Mitchell Marsh (West Adelaide SA), Tyler Welsh (redrafted)

OUT Chris Burgess (delisted), Matt Crouch (retired), Karl Gallagher (delisted), Lachlan Murphy (delisted), Harry Schoenberg (West Coast Eagles), Brodie Smith (retired), Kieran Strachan (delisted), Tyler Welsh (delisted)

BRISBANE

IN Oscar Allen (West Coast Eagles), Daniel Annable (Brisbane Lions Academy QLD), Cody Curtin (Claremont WA), Sam Draper (Essendon), Koby Evans (Perth WA), Tai Hayes (Southport QLD), Connor McGregor (rookie upgrade), Ben Murphy (Category B rookie), Ryan Lester (rookie upgrade), Lincoln McCarthy (redrafted)

OUT Callum Ah Chee (Adelaide), Darcy Craven (delisted), Sam Day (retired), Lincoln McCarthy (delisted), Oscar McInerney (retired), Deven Robertson (West Coast Eagles), Brandon Ryan (delisted), Brandon Starcevich (West Coast Eagles)

CARLTON

IN Ben Ainsworth (Gold Coast Suns), Talor Byrne (GWV Rebels VIC), Campbell Chesser (West Coast Eagles), Harry Dean (Murray Bushrangers VIC), Oliver Florent (Sydney Swans), Will Hayward (Sydney Swans), Jack Ison (Oakleigh Chargers VIC), Hudson O’Keeffe (rookie upgrade), Liam Reidy (Fremantle)

OUT Jaxon Binns (delisted), Alex Cincotta (delisted), Charlie Curnow (Sydney Swans), Tom De Koning (St Kilda), Sam Docherty (retired), Corey Durdin (Port Adelaide), Orazio Fantasia (delisted), Elijah Hollands (delisted), Harry Lemmey (delisted), Jack Silvagni (St Kilda), Will White (delisted)

COLLINGWOOD

IN Angus Anderson (Sturt SA), Jack Buller (Sydney Swans), Zac McCarthy (Oakleigh Chargers VIC), Tyan Prindable (Brisbane Lions Academy QLD), Jai Saxena (Oakleigh Chargers VIC), Samuel Swadling (West Perth WA)

OUT Mason Cox (Fremantle), Charlie Dean (delisted), Will Hoskin-Elliott (retired), Ash Johnson (delisted), Finlay Macrae (West Coast Eagles), Oleg Markov (delisted), Brody Mihocek (Melbourne), Tom Mitchell (delisted)

ESSENDON

IN Hussien El Achkar (Calder Cannons VIC), Jacob Farrow (West Perth WA), Brayden Fiorini (Gold Coast Suns), Max Kondogiannis (Oakleigh Chargers VIC), Jaxon Prior (rookie upgrade), Sullivan Robey (Eastern Ranges VIC), Dyson Sharp (Central District SA), Vigo Visentini (rookie upgrade)

OUT Alwyn Davey Jnr (delisted) Sam Draper (Brisbane Lions) Todd Goldstein (delisted) Ben Hobbs (delisted), Jayden Laverde (GWS Giants), Luamon Lual (delisted), Jye Menzie (delisted), Dylan Shiel (delisted), Oskar Smartt (delisted)

FREMANTLE

IN Mason Cox (Collingwood), Joshua Draper (rookie upgrade), Leon Kickett (Swan Districts WA), Ryda Luke (South Fremantle WA), Judd McVee (Melbourne), Tobyn Murray (Geelong VFL), Jeremy Sharp (rookie upgrade), Adam Sweid (Calder Cannons VIC), Ryda Luke (South Fremantle WA), Toby Whan (South Fremantle WA)

OUT James Aish (retired), Will Brodie (Port Adelaide), Jack Delean (delisted), Nat Fyfe (retired), Odin Jones (delisted), Quinton Narkle (retired), Liam Reidy (Carlton), Michael Walters (retired)

GEELONG

IN Harley Barker (Sturt SA), Nick Driscoll (Northern Knights VIC), Hunter Holmes (Oakleigh Chargers VIC), Keighton Matofai-Forbes (redrafted), Jesse Mellor (Geelong FalconsVIC), Oisin Mullin (rookie upgrade), James Worpel (Hawthorn)

OUT Ted Clohesy (delisted), Mitch Duncan (retired), Cam Guthrie (delisted), Xavier Ivisic (delisted), Keighton Matofai-Forbes (delisted), Patrick Retschko (Richmond), George Stevens (delisted)

GOLD COAST SUNS

IN Beau Addinsall (Gold Coast Suns Academy QLD), Sam Clohesy (rookie upgrade), Koby Coulson (Gold Coast Suns Academy QLD), Ben Jepson  (redrafted), Jai Murray (Gold Coast Suns Academy QLD), Dylan Patterson (Gold Coast Suns Academy QLD), Christian Petracca (Melbourne), Avery Thomas (Tasmania Devils TAS), Jamarra Ugle-Hagan (Western Bulldogs), Zeke Uwland (Gold Coast Suns Academy QLD)

OUT Ben Ainsworth (Carlton), Tom Berry (delisted), Connor Budarick (Western Bulldogs), Brayden Fiorini (Essendon), Sam Flanders (St Kilda), Ben Jepson (delisted), Lloyd Johnston (delisted), Sean Lemmens (retired), Malcolm Rosas Jnr (Sydney), Alex Sexton (delisted), David Swallow (retired)

GWS GIANTS

IN Finnegan Davis (Western Jets VIC), Riley Hamilton (GWS Giants Academy NSW), Jason Laverde (Essendon), Clayton Oliver (Melbourne), Conor Stone (redrafted), Jake Stringer (redrafted), Oskar Taylor (Eastern Ranges VIC)

OUT Wade Derksen (delisted), Josh Fahey (delisted), Lachlan Keefe (retired), Conor Stone (delisted), Jake Stringer (delisted), Callan Ward (retired), Jacob Wehr (Port Adelaide)

HAWTHORN

IN James Blanck (rookie upgrade), Jack Dalton (Sandringham Dragons VIC), Ollie Greeves (Eastern Ranges VIC), Matthew LeRay (Central District SA), Cameron Nairn (Central District SA), Aidan Schubert (Central District SA)

OUT Luke Breust (retired), Sam Frost (delisted), Changkuoth Jiath (Melbourne), Seamus Mitchell (delisted), Jasper Scaife (delisted), Jai Serong (Sydney Swans), James Worpel (Geelong)

MELBOURNE

IN Oscar Berry (Category B rookie), Max Heath (St Kilda), Changkuoth Jiath (Melbourne), Thomas Matthews (Gippsland Power VIC), Brody Mihocek (Collingwood), Riley Onley (Murray Bushrangers VIC), Latrelle Pickett (Glenelg SA), Jack Steele (St Kilda), Xavier Taylor (Murray Bushrangers VIC), Kalani White (Gold Coast Suns Academy QLD)

OUT Jack Billings (free agent), Kynan Brown (delisted), Tom Fullarton (delisted), Marty Hore (delisted), Judd McVee (Fremantle), Clayton Oliver (GWS Giants), Christian Petracca (Gold Coast Suns), Oliver Sestan (delisted), Charlie Spargo (North Melbourne), Will Verrall (delisted), Taj Woewodin (delisted)

NORTH MELBOURNE

IN Lachy Dovaston (Eastern Ranges VIC), Hugo Mikunda (Geelong Falcons VIC), Charlie Spargo (Melbourne), Blake Thredgold (Sturt SA)

OUT Miller Bergman (delisted), Kallan Dawson (delisted), Eddie Ford (delisted), Finnbar Maley (Adelaide), Geordie Payne (delisted), Will Phillips (delisted), Brynn Teakle (delisted), Darcy Tucker (delisted)

PORT ADELAIDE

IN Will Brodie (Fremantle), Thomas Cochrane (rookie upgrade), Corey Durdin (Carlton), Joshua Lai (rookie upgrade), Harrison Ramm (rookie upgrade), Jack Watkins (Port Adelaide SANFL), 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 Seth Campbell (rookie upgrade), Sam Cumming (North Adelaide SA), Samuel Grlj (Oakleigh Chargers VIC), Zane Peucker (Woodville-West Torrens SA), Patrick Retschko (Geelong), Noah Roberts-Thomson (Sturt SA)

OUT Jacob Bauer (delisted), Jacob Blight (delisted), Mate Colina (delisted), Thomson Dow (delisted), Jacob Koschitzke (delisted), Kamdyn McIntosh (retired), Tylar Young (West Coast Eagles)

ST KILDA

IN Charlie Banfield (Claremont WA), Ryan Byrnes (redrafted), Anthony Caminiti (rookie upgrade), Tom De Koning (Carlton), Kye Fincher (Sandringham Dragons VIC), Sam Flanders (Gold Coast Suns), Kobe Murphy (Category B rookie), Liam Ryan (West Coast Eagles), Patrick Said (redrafted), Jack Silvagni (Carlton)

OUT Harry Boyd (delisted), Ryan Byrnes (delisted), Zaine Cordy (delisted), Max Heath (Melbourne), Zak Jones (delisted), Angus McLennan (delisted), Arie Schoenmaker (delisted), Jack Steele (Melbourne), Jimmy Webster (retired)

SYDNEY SWANS

IN Billy Cootee (Norwood SA), Charlie Curnow (Carlton), Noah Hamilton (Sydney Swans Academy NSW), Liam Hetherton (Murray Bushrangers NSW), Max King (Sydney Swans Academy NSW), Harry Kyle (Sydney Swans Academy NSW), Jake Lloyd (redrafted), Jevan Phillipou (Woodville-West Torrens, SA), Dane Rampe (redrafted) Malcolm Rosas Jnr (Gold Coast Suns), Jai Serong (Hawthorn)

OUT Jack Buller (Collingwood), Oliver Florent (Carlton), Robbie Fox (delisted), Aaron Francis (delisted), Will Hayward (Carlton), Indhi Kirk (delisted), Blake Leidler (delisted), Jake Lloyd (delisted), Caleb Mitchell (delisted), Ben Paton (delisted), Dane Rampe (delisted)

WEST COAST EAGLES

IN Sam Allen (Oakleigh Chargers VIC), Tyrell Dewar (rookie upgrade), Willem Duursma (Gippsland Power VIC), Cooper Duff-Tytler (Calder Cannons VIC), Josh Lindsay (Geelong Falcons VIC), Deven Robertson (Brisbane), Fred Rodriguez (South Fremantle WA), Harry Schoenberg (Adelaide), Brandon Starcevich (Brisbane Lions), Tylah Williams (Swan Districts WA), Tylar Young (Richmond)

OUT Oscar Allen (Brisbane Lions), Campbell Chesser (Carlton), Jayden Hunt (retired), Callum Jamieson (delisted), Coen Livingstone (delisted), Jeremy McGovern (retired), Finlay Macrae (Collingwood), Jack Petruccelle (delisted), Loch Rawlinson (retired), Liam Ryan (St Kilda), Dom Sheed (retired)

WESTERN BULLDOGS

IN Oskar Baker (rookie upgrade), Connor Buderick (Gold Coast Suns), Lachlan Carmichael (Sydney Swans Academy NSW, Will Darcy (Oakleigh Chargers VIC), Louis Emmett (Oakleigh Chargers VIC), James O’Donnell (rookie upgrade)

OUT Taylor Duryea (retired), Jason Johannisen (delisted), Liam Jones (delisted), Caleb Poulter (delisted), Anthony Scott (delisted), Jamarra Ugle-Hagan (Gold Coast Suns)

Michael Walters (Fremantle) has announced his retirement due to a stuffed knee.

Port have desisted 5, including Burton and Finlayson.

In the current list for port. 6 delisted 3 retired

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

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.

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?

You might want to move Matt Crouch (retired) from the "Ins" to the "Outs".

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

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

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.

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

Apologiesbb bn if mentioned earlier

Add Spargo to "Despatched"

Quite a few spots opening up.

7 hours ago, 640MD said:

Fullerton, ventral, sestan Howe and brown

At least you got two of the names right.

Thanks for this thread. I find it very illuminating.

The MFC list has been fully updated. The rest will be completed shortly.