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Blue Red and Gold said:
I would have Cumming

I would have Cumming and Milera in the same category as Hinge.

Cumming was underwhelming last year for mine.
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Maybe, if they underperform. If they hold steady they are fine.

Milera was one of our best performed in our two shitty finals. Which is more of an indictment on everyone else, but still, he was good.
 

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Daniel6 said:
B: Laird - Butts - Worrell
HB: Michalanney - Murray - Milera
C: Curtin - Soligo - Draper
HF: Ah Chee - Fogarty - Rachele
FF: ANB - Thrilthorpe - Walker
R: O’brien - Dawson - Rankine

Int: Keane - Taylor - Peatling - Keays - Hinge (thanks crows dude)
SANFL 22

FF:Cotton - T. Murray - Ludlowyke
HF:Marsh - Maley - Cook
C: Sholl - Dowling - Cummings
HB: Edwards - Nankervis - Jones
FB: Ryan - Borlase - Bond
R: McAndrew - Berry - Pedlar

Int: Welsh
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I think Pedlar showed enough in the finals to be there Round 1
 
FF: Rachele - Thilthorpe - Rankine

HF: Keays - Fogarty - Ah Chee

C: Hinge - Dawson - Edwards

FOLL: O’Brien - Curtin - Soligo

HB: Laird - Murray - Milera

FB: Worrell - Keane - Michalanney

INT: Maley - Draper - Peatling - Cumming - Neal-Bullen

I think Tex is a 12-15 game proposition at best and is there for when one of Fogarty or Thilthorpe is injured (and to keep Fogarty honest - he was poor last year). Maley gives us a good contested marking/swingman option that we lack and can be the ruck chop out so we maximise TT up front as #1 target.

Want to see Edwards in the team and I think wing/HB is the spot.

Rankine, Rachele, Dawson and Curtin can swap midfield and up forward to maximise TOG and mix up our forward threats. The other mids Soligo, Draper and Peatling can cycle thru the bench and a wing.

I’m not big on the Max on ball or up forward experiment so I’d like to settle him down back and really see him excel in that role.

Hinge, Keays, Cumming, Laird, Milera and Neal-Bullen keep their spots as the incumbents but would want to see more from them individually and collectively than the last part of last season.
 
Daniel6 said:
I agree, but I didn’t find a direct link to someone who should drop out.

So, who comes out for Pedlar to come in.
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Taylor. Those to are 23rd and 24th in selection order at present. Smith gone, who was an extra defender, is replaced by the incoming ah Chee. And then when Rankine returns, one of Pedlar or Taylor is in the gun.
 
End of 2025 team for next year:

FB: Michelanney - Murray - Worrell
HB: Laird - Keane - Milera
C: Ah Chee - Soligo - Curtin
HF: Rachele - Fogarty -Keays
FF: Walker - Thilthorpe - Pedlar
R: O’Brien - Dawson - Rankine

Int: Draper - ANB – Peatling – Cummings - Hinge

SANFL

FB: Ryan - Borlase - Bond
HB: Edwards - Butts – Marsh
C: Cook - Dowling – Nankervis
HF: Sholl - Maley - Jones
FF: Welsh – Ludowyke - Taylor
R: McAndrew – Cotton – Berry
Int: T Murray
 
adelaide-strap-new-logo-2024.jpg

Average age: 24.7 (eighth oldest)
Average games: 72.6 (10th most experienced)
Most games: Taylor Walker (301)
Players with 100-plus games: 11
Players with less than 50 games: 18

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Average age: 25.3 (equal third oldest)
Average games: 88.6 (third most experienced)
Most games: Dayne Zorko (304)
Players with 100-plus games: 15
Players with less than 50 games: 19

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Average age: 24.9 (sixth oldest)
Average games: 79.3 (fifth most experienced)
Most games: Nick Haynes (234)
Players with 100-plus games: 15
Players with less than 50 games: 22

collingwood.jpg

Average age: 25.6 (oldest)
Average games: 94.7 (most experienced)
Most games: Scott Pendlebury (425)
Players with 100-plus games: 18
Players with less than 50 games: 22

essendon.jpg

Average age: 23.6 (17th oldest)
Average games: 57.7 (17th most experienced)
Most games: Zach Merrett (251)
Players with 100-plus games: 13
Players with less than 50 games: 25

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Average age: 24.3 (equal 10th oldest)
Average games: 67.2 (13th most experienced)
Most games: Jaeger O'Meara (200)
Players with 100-plus games: 14
Players with less than 50 games: 19

geelong.jpg

Average age: 25.3 (equal third oldest)
Average games: 89.3 (second most experienced)
Most games: Patrick Dangerfield (360)
Players with 100-plus games: 19
Players with less than 50 games: 21

gc-strap-new-logo_red-2024.jpg

Average age: 24.1 (equal 14th oldest)
Average games: 63.9 (15th most experienced)
Most games: Touk Miller (214)
Players with 100-plus games: 14
Players with less than 50 games: 25

gws-giants.jpg

Average age: 24.3 (equal 10th oldest)
Average games: 77 (seventh most experienced)
Most games: Toby Greene (261)
Players with 100-plus games: 14
Players with less than 50 games: 22

hawthorn.jpg

Average age: 24.3 (equal 10th oldest)
Average games: 71.4 (12th most experienced)
Most games: Jack Gunston (283)
Players with 100-plus games: 13
Players with less than 50 games: 20

melbourne.jpg

Average age: 25.4 (second oldest)
Average games: 79 (sixth most experienced)
Most games: Steven May (251)
Players with 100-plus games: 15
Players with less than 50 games: 23

north-melbourne.jpg

Average age: 24.1 (equal 14th oldest)
Average games: 72 (11th most experienced)
Most games: Jack Darling (320)
Players with 100-plus games: 12
Players with less than 50 games: 24

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Average age: 24.4 (ninth oldest)
Average games: 64.9 (14th most experienced)
Most games: Ollie Wines (273)
Players with 100-plus games: 12
Players with less than 50 games: 21

richmond.jpg

Average age: 23.8 (16th oldest)
Average games: 58.7 (16th most experienced)
Most games: Nick Vlastuin (255)
Players with 100-plus games: 9
Players with less than 50 games: 29

stk-strap-new-logo-2024.jpg

Average age: 24.2 (13th oldest)
Average games: 74.4 (eighth most experienced)
Most games: Brad Hill (277)
Players with 100-plus games: 13
Players with less than 50 games: 19

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Average age: 25 (fifth oldest)
Average games: 84.9 (fourth most experienced)
Most games: Dane Rampe (272)
Players with 100-plus games: 18
Players with less than 50 games: 20

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Average age: 23.5 (18th oldest)
Average games: 54.1 (18th most experienced)
Most games: Jamie Cripps (272)
Players with 100-plus games: 9
Players with less than 50 games: 29

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Average age: 24.8 (seventh oldest)
Average games: 73.4 (ninth most experienced)
Most games: Adam Treloar and Marcus Bontempelli (258)
Players with 100-plus games: 11
Players with less than 50 games: 23

Average age of list at Opening Round, 2026Ranking at OR, 2025
1Collingwood25.6Oldest
2Melbourne25.4Equal fifth oldest
=3Brisbane25.3Second oldest
=3Geelong25.3Fourth oldest
5Sydney25Equal fifth oldest
6Carlton24.9Eighth oldest
7Western Bulldogs24.8Third oldest
8Adelaide24.7Seventh oldest
9Port Adelaide24.412th oldest
=10Fremantle24.311th oldest
=10Greater Western Sydney24.313th oldest
=10Hawthorn24.310th oldest
13St Kilda24.2Equal 14th oldest
=14Gold Coast24.1Ninth oldest
=14North Melbourne24.118th oldest
16Richmond23.816th oldest
17Essendon23.6Equal 14th oldest
18West Coast23.517th oldest


Average number of games played on list, 2026Ranking at OR, 2025
1Collingwood94.7Most experienced
2Geelong89.3Third most experienced
3Brisbane88.6Second most experienced
4Sydney84.9Fourth most experienced
5Carlton79.3Eighth most experienced
6Melbourne79Sixth most experienced
7Greater Western Sydney7712th most experienced
8St Kilda74.414th most experienced
9Western Bulldogs73.4Fifth most experienced
10Adelaide72.613th most experienced
11North Melbourne7216th most experienced
12Hawthorn71.4Seventh most experienced
13Fremantle67.215th most experienced
14Port Adelaide64.910th most experienced
15Gold Coast63.9Ninth most experienced
16Richmond58.718th most experienced
17Essendon57.711th most experienced
18West Coast54.117th most experienced
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