AFLW 2026 AFLW Contract Status

[TigermanM2]

2026 SQUAD

2. Emelia Yassir

3. Katie Brennan - Contracted to end of 2026 (Signed 2 year extension Aug 2024)

4. Monique Conti - Contracted to end of 2027 (Signed 3 year extension Sep 2024)

5. Paige Scott

7. Sarah Hosking

8. Montana Beruldsen

9. Caitlin Greiser

10. Montana McKinnon

11. Isabel Bacon

13. Aoibhin Cleary - Contracted to end of 2026 (Signed 2 year contract Feb 2025)

14. Poppy Kelly

15. Rebecca Miller

16. Laura McClelland

18. Libby Graham

19. Kate Dempsey

20. Beth Lynch - Contracted to end of 2026 (Signed 2 year extension Aug 2024)

22. Ellie McKenzie - Contracted to end of 2026 (Signed 2 year extension Aug 2024)

24. Charli Wicksteed

25. Sierra Grieves - Contracted to end of 2026 (Drafted 2024 - Min 2 year Contract)

28. Gabby Seymour

30. Ally Dallaway

32. Zoe Hargreaves - Contracted to end of 2026 (Drafted 2024 - Min 2 year Contract)

33. McKenzie Ford

35. Maddy Shevlin

Georgia Stubbs

Dana East

Ana Mulholland - Contracted to end of 2027 (Signed 2 year contract Dec 2025)

Olivia Wolmarans - Contracted to end of 2027 (Drafted 2025 - Min 2 year Contract)

Fina Dethlefsen - Contracted to end of 2027 (Drafted 2025 - Min 2 year Contract)

Baia Pugh - Contracted to end of 2027 (Drafted 2025 - Min 2 year Contract)

 

[TigermanM2]

With the season ending thought it would be good to post contract status updates as they come up. List above is as far as I know so may contain errors. Will adjust once contract status is confirmed.

 

[toenail63]

With the season ending thought it would be good to post contract status updates as they come up. List above is as far as I know so may contain errors. Will adjust once contract status is confirmed.

Beruldsen delisted?

Hosking announced her re-signing herself, nothing from the club.

 

[TigermanM2]

Beruldsen delisted?

Hosking announced her re-signing herself, nothing from the club.

true. Both corrected.

 

[Phar Ace]

With the season ending thought it would be good to post contract status updates as they come up. List above is as far as I know so may contain errors. Will adjust once contract status is confirmed.

Thanks for that. Is that a typical Club list landscape - 25 of 32 players with current year expirations? It seems a little extraordinary and somewhat risky to me. Do other Club lists look like this?

 

[TigermanM2]

Thanks for that. Is that a typical Club list landscape - 25 of 32 players with current year expirations? It seems a little extraordinary and somewhat risky to me. Do other Club lists look like this?

I think it’s reasonably typical in AFLW space. Multi year contracts only came in with the last CBA in late 2023 so they’ve only pretty much been offered from 2024 onwards, mainly reserved for the guns of the comp or to sway a player to swap clubs given the restrictions on $$. I think most clubs want to maintain reasonable about of flexibility. Expect more of it moving forward.

 

[Phar Ace]

I think it’s reasonably typical in AFLW space. Multi year contracts only came in with the last CBA in late 2023 so they’ve only pretty much been offered from 2024 onwards, mainly reserved for the guns of the comp or to sway a player to swap clubs given the restrictions on $$. I think most clubs want to maintain reasonable about of flexibility. Expect more of it moving forward.

And still people complain on here about losing Sheerin - with a list contract profile like that, we'll have around 80% of our list available at the end of every season.....

 

[TigermanM2]

Tassie preparing to enter AFLW competition in 2028​

Tasmania CEO Brendan Gale has indicated when he expects the Devils to enter the AFLW competition


Interesting times ahead.

As much as Tassie is a lovely place, not sure there is substantial appeal for a player in their prime moving to Tassie on AFLW coin. They'd have to consider FIFO.

 

[toenail63]

Interesting times ahead.

As much as Tassie is a lovely place, not sure there is substantial appeal for a player in their prime moving to Tassie on AFLW coin. They'd have to consider FIFO.

Considering Tassie is a weaker state in terms of talent running around in the AFLW, similar to NSW they will have to rely on a big influx of talent from the big four footy states. I'd say the AFLW will bend over backwards to get them up and running in the new CBA that will come in just in time for their 2028 entry into the comp. One possibility could be an increase in non first year player relocation allowances (currently $6,000 less than that of a first year draftee who gets @ $16,000) to at least double to match that of the international players of $ 20,000 support.

The big one though to help the FIFO will probably come in the flagged new salary cap system in the new CBA in the form of special conditions, ie in additional services agreements for the top line talent with possible travel support benefits.

We are hearing that the introduction of a salary cap is very likely to happen not just to help Tassie entry but also to help to lessen the parity gap of the non dominant clubs to the the 4-5 clubs that permanently live at the top of the table.

 

[toenail63]

Putting this here as if happens will be relevant to contracts come year end for all those only signed until end 2026 season.