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The 2025 National, Pre-season & Rookie Drafts have been run and won, so it's time to look forward to the 2026 season of list management. We still have the PSSP to go where we will pick up Jayden Laverde, but I'll assume that he's a certainty to arrive, and include him in the details.

Here's the current list statistics:
  • main list = 38
  • rookie A list = 4 (Madden, Stone, Delana, Laverde)
  • rookie B list = 2 (Wardius, Hamilton)
  • Total = 44
Players OOC at the end of season 2026 - Free Agents are marked * (I'll update & cross out players as they re-sign with GWS):
  • Harvey Thomas
  • Stephen Coniglio *
  • Toby Greene *
  • Phoenix Gothard
  • Jake Stringer (TBC - following re-draft)
  • Jesse Hogan
  • Jake Riccardi
  • Kieren Briggs *
  • Max Gruzewski
Rookie lists:
  • Joey Delana
  • Riley Hamilton (Cat B)
  • Jayden Laverde
  • Nick Madden
  • Conor Stone *
 
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Colonial said:
Surely we get Tobes done straight away.
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I think even with him on the list it looks like one of the less stressful off-seasons in a while coming up. Guys who you'd figure are part of the furniture now so will stick around, guys that we would prefer to keep but are moderately replaceable, and guys that haven't broken out (yet).

There's going to be list spot squeezes though if we try to give guys like Gru and Phoenix more time (which they do deserve).
 

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Colonial said:
Surely we get Tobes done straight away.
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The only question they'll be worrying about is to work out how long he wants to sign for I Imagine. He'll probably get the choice and make take a little bit to decide.
Giant Strides said:
The 2025 National, Pre-season & Rookie Drafts have been run and won, so it's time to look forward to the 2026 season of list management. We still have the PSSP to go where we will pick up Jayden Laverde, but I'll assume that he's a certainty to arrive, and include him in the details.

Here's the current list statistics:
  • main list = 38
  • rookie A list = 4 (Madden, Stone, Delana, Laverde)
  • rookie B list = 2 (Wardius, Hamilton)
  • Total = 44
Players OOC at the end of season 2026 - Free Agents are marked * (I'll update & cross out players as they re-sign with GWS):
  • Harvey Thomas
  • Stephen Coniglio *
  • Toby Greene *
  • Phoenix Gothard
  • Jake Stringer (TBC - following re-draft)
  • Jesse Hogan
  • Jake Riccardi
  • Kieren Briggs *
  • Max Gruzewski
Rookie lists:
  • Joey Delana
  • Riley Hamilton (Cat B)
  • Jayden Laverde
  • Nick Madden
  • Conor Stone *
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You'd think it'll be our call on Harvey, Phoenix, Gruz and the rookies

Cogs will depend on his body, I imagine he signs a reduced 1 year deal.

Hogan and Stringer are interesting, they'll have interest, but may not be prepared to leave given that we have re-vamped them. No sure thing though.
Briggs and Riccardi could be targeted by someone and may leave under the right circumstances (for them)
 
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Drummond said:
I’ve seen a lot of Bell in the SANFL and he always stands out. Classy, strong, damaging. So he’s only VFL though, not AFL listed?
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Yes.

We're out of spots on the main list, anyway. So if he's training under SSP provisions, we might be looking to upgrade him as an injury replacement for one of Kelly, Jones or Wardius.

Given the positive news on Jones, it might be a case of assessing how Kelly's recovery goes, and also seeing how Wardius is going to decide if they put him up.

Seems a reasonable approach - a strong VFL player but able to be upgraded into a spot on the AFL list. Had that thought for Marc Sheather (another former Swans Academy), but perhaps his major injury late in the season counted against him.
 
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Interview with Clayton Oliver posted today.

Found it interesting when he said that he never even received a phone call from Collingwood. Looks like Giants were the only ones in the race for him. Might also explain why we got him so cheap, they literally had no other buyers.
 
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Interview with Clayton Oliver posted today.

Found it interesting when he said that he never even received a phone call from Collingwood. Looks like Giants were the only ones in the race for him. Might also explain why we got him so cheap, they literally had no other buyers.
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I got the feeling that Giants made it feel like we wanted him, whereas Pies just saw him as a cheap pickup.

He's not the greatest speaker, but I thought he spoke honestly. A couple of little comments about being pretty tired from the training and needing to improve his running. Also, the "I'll do whatever role Kingers wants me to do" comment made me think it's all been a bit of a wake-up call to him.
 

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Giant Strides said:
I got the feeling that Giants made it feel like we wanted him, whereas Pies just saw him as a cheap pickup.

He's not the greatest speaker, but I thought he spoke honestly. A couple of little comments about being pretty tired from the training and needing to improve his running. Also, the "I'll do whatever role Kingers wants me to do" comment made me think it's all been a bit of a wake-up call to him.
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He looked and sounded absolutely exhausted, but that's not a bad thing. Gives me the impression he's training hard.
 
AFL website’s analysis of how each club built their list. Compared to other clubs, our list has the most number of players taken from the main draft.

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AFL Draft: 33 (most)
Trade: 4 (equal 17th most)
Free agency: 0 (equal 17th most)
Rookie Draft/Cat B rookies: 6 (equal fifth most)
Pre-Season Draft/SSP: 1 (equal 12th most)
Mid-Season Draft: 0 (equal 16th most)

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List analysis: How your club has built its list

Check out how your club has put together its list heading into the 2026 season
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Battlepants said:
www.gwsgiants.com.au

Official AFL Website of the GWS GIANTS

The official AFL website of the Greater Western Sydney Giants Football Club
www.gwsgiants.com.au www.gwsgiants.com.au

Interview with Clayton Oliver posted today.

Found it interesting when he said that he never even received a phone call from Collingwood. Looks like Giants were the only ones in the race for him. Might also explain why we got him so cheap, they literally had no other buyers.
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I thought he said he never answered a call from the Pies, his manager said they were interested?
 

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List analysis: Which club has the most goalkicking firepower?

Who has kicked 100-plus career goals, and who has booted 50-plus in a season before?
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Most goals: Toby Greene (416)
Players with 100-plus career goals: 7 (Toby Greene, Jesse Hogan, Jake Stringer, Harry Himmelberg, Josh Kelly, Stephen Coniglio, Jake Riccardi)
Players with 50-plus goal seasons: 3 (Toby Greene, Jesse Hogan, Jake Stringer)
Leading goalkicker in 2025: Jesse Hogan (46)
Average goals kicked in 2025: 13.5 (fourth most)
Players with 20-plus goals for club in 2025: 6 (Jesse Hogan, Aaron Cadman, Toby Greene, Callum Brown, Jake Stringer, Jake Riccardi)
 

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