List Mgmt. Contracts/Trade Thread - 2025 Edition Vol 3

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List Changes - 2025

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In:

• Brandon Starcevich arrives at West Coast in a three team deal
• Tylar Young (Richmond) arrived at West Coast in exchange for Pick 38.
• Deven Robertson (Brisbane) has agreed to join West Coast and will be signed on to the rookie list after being delisted by Brisbane

Out:

• Oscar Allen joins Brisbane as a FA - West Coast receive Pick 2 as compensation
• Liam Ryan and a 2027 R3 pick has been traded to St Kilda for a 2026 R2 pick
• Campbell Chesser has been traded to Carlton for Pick 41
• Jayden Hunt announces retirement
• Jack Petruccelle, Callum Jamieson and Loch Rawlinson not offered new contracts
• Coen Livingstone joins the list of players not offered a new contract

Players Out of Contract - 2025 (0)

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• Jamie Cripps and Malakai Champion seem to have been offered new contracts despite there being no official announcement. Means that all players out of contract for 2025 have been given new contracts despite or removed from the playing list

2025 Draft Order

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Current Draft Picks:
Round 1: 1, 2, 13
Round 2: 34, 41
Round 3: 53, 58 (These picks are in excess of available list spots so will be forfeited if we don’t consolidate our 2025 picks up the order or trade some for future picks)

List Spots Available (39 of 48):
• Main list (33 of 38) - 5* (in: Starcevich, Young out: Allen, Ryan, Chesser, Hunt, Petruccelle, Jamieson)
• Cat A rookie list (5 of 8) - 3* (in: Robertson (pending), out: Rawlinson)
• Cat B rookie list (1 of 2) - 2 (out: Livingstone)

* Based on Dewar being upgraded after the maximum 3 years on the rookie list. Hutchinson may also have been upgraded but this isn’t confirmed - if it is we will have 4 main and 4 rookie list spots open

* Matthew Clarke has stated we have 5 main list spots

Matt Clarke wraps up the trade period - 6PR

 

[KERRPOW]

"AT THIS STAGE"

 

[KERRPOW]

Snuck onto the Saints board, and they MUST sign Flanders, TDK, Silvagni, Humphrey, Ryan - while Steele and Marshall CANNOT be traded - but also they've retained NWM, Windhager and Wilkie...

At some point the salary cap runs out lads

feels like the saints are trying a hail mary to win a premiership under RTB.

none of those guys they are bringing in are solidified A-graders.
TDK may have potential of being an A-grader.
B-graders on A-grader money.

 

[greatwhiteshark]

They're the ones ruining the game. 100%. AFL needs to change the collective bargaining clauses next time round to allow the clubs to trade a contracted player, if they want out, to the highest bidder and not the players choice.

Totally agree, just ridiculous all the power is in the clubs hands. The AFL needs a club to just stand up and say we are not trading you no matter how unhappy you are. You signed on and you either play here or don't play.
See how that goes down for these entitled lads.

 

[Eastern Rangers]

So much activity with player movements, FA compensation picks and academy/ FS bids.

We need to get involved to help clubs get the balance of trade right and work our way up the draft board. Losing Ryan and Chesser is just more currency that we need move on. If we're passive we're going to lose out.

 

[stinger05]

I've been busy today, what crab on the delist pile have we been linked to today?

 

[Coasters7]

They're the ones ruining the game. 100%. AFL needs to change the collective bargaining clauses next time round to allow the clubs to trade a contracted player, if they want out, to the highest bidder and not the players choice.

Which other job do you get paid 500k and get to dictate terms to your employer? I get it from the rookie pov but anyone over 22 should be happy playing anywhere. They should be grateful they’re actually on a list in the first place.

 

[PRANKSTER666]

'Weak draft' or not. Having picks 1 and 2 in this draft is massive...wonder how badly Essendon want this Duursma kid...

If Daicos brothers = a premiership and Ashcroft brothers = a premiership then 3 times Duursma must equal at least back to back...

Its math.

 

[Goroyals22]

 

[Ilkka Sinisalo]

They're the ones ruining the game. 100%. AFL needs to change the collective bargaining clauses next time round to allow the clubs to trade a contracted player, if they want out, to the highest bidder and not the players choice.

I come from a US background and when I started following AFL I though it was very weird that players nominated their intended club of choice, and then it was incumbent upon the club which owns their rights to work out a deal there. Like it's one thing if you want to go play closer to home but there are 9 teams in Victoria; if you want to be traded there then the club shouldn't have to bend over backwards to make sure you land at Richmond instead of a different club whose headquarters is 15 minutes away from Punt Road.

 

[Ruben Grubarb]

Maybe he'd be open to a move to be closer to his very distant cousin Brayden.

They're twins, bro. He's coming home.

 

[Eastern Rangers]

Nobody cares about CDT 2km. It's his sprinting and verticals that matter.

 

[unty11]

I for one will welcome Oscar back with open arms.

 

[darksquare]

Never going to happen but this would be an unbelievable get, so much better than any other options on his role.

Ainsworth is an underrated footballer, and I suspect whoever gets him will get him for slight unders because of it.

 

[Eastern Rangers]

Bet we use him as part of the Starcevich trade as to try and justify the utterly baffling decision to trade pick 19 for him. Like we tried to do with Blowies last year.

Starcevich is a band 3 pick for Brisbane, then he'd be downgraded. Pick 38 down to whatever.

Dev is worth nothing. His AFL form has never been there.

Pick 35 for both.

 

[Lazzas]

Umm, offer him $3m a year to turn his head, duh.

Sack Dumb Puke.

Are you 2?

 

[bzparkes]

Are you 2?

Bruh, are you new here?

 

[WCEswift]

Didnt know where to post it but i did my own version of mitch clearying after 6 weeks of our off season, Harley looks alittle bulkier especially in the arms, most are still overseas.

However. clay hall is shredded and razzo looks to have put on some significant size already.
Edit: ****in site kills the quality go check harry edwards insta story

 

[Carbine Chaos]

Didnt know where to post it but i did my own version of mitch clearying after 6 weeks of our off season, Harley looks alittle bulkier especially in the arms, most are still overseas.

However. clay hall is shredded and razzo looks to have put on some significant size already.
Edit: ****in site kills the quality go check harry edwards insta story

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Good shovel work from Bazzo and guest.

 

[Matera92]

Didnt know where to post it but i did my own version of mitch clearying after 6 weeks of our off season, Harley looks alittle bulkier especially in the arms, most are still overseas.

However. clay hall is shredded and razzo looks to have put on some significant size already.
Edit: ****in site kills the quality go check harry edwards insta story

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Could just be the angle but Razzle looking pretty mean there, hoping he puts it all together.

 

[Altum Volantes]

Could just be the angle but Razzle looking pretty mean there, hoping he puts it all together.

Glad we've managed to pull this thread back on track with some shirtless photos of players doing work outdoors - always good to get a decent look at the lads rigs at this time of the year so we get the chance to scrutinise their appearance and judge their commitment to the cause.

 

[WCE777]

Looks like he was in our academy back in 2021, along with Malakai Champion.

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Naitanui Academy victorious under lights

The Naitanui Academy claimed the final Derby of the year against Fremantle’s NGA side

www.westcoasteagles.com.au

Is this gonna be another one that slips through our fingers?

Probably.
Just a question, regarding the new NGA rules, did I read correctly that as of 2026 clubs have access to NGA players for 3 years if the go undrafted so they can access these types of players for the work put in?

 

[Broken_Chairs]

Glad we've managed to pull this thread back on track with some shirtless photos of players doing work outdoors - always good to get a decent look at the lads rigs at this time of the year so we get the chance to scrutinise their appearance and judge their commitment to the cause.

They gettin' ready for Dev 'shirt's-off' Robertson

 

[Wce17]

Marshall has requested a trade to Geelong.

STK - Ryan
Geelong - Marshall
WCE - Geelong 1st or F1

 

[bzparkes]

Didnt know where to post it but i did my own version of mitch clearying after 6 weeks of our off season, Harley looks alittle bulkier especially in the arms, most are still overseas.

However. clay hall is shredded and razzo looks to have put on some significant size already.
Edit: ****in site kills the quality go check harry edwards insta story

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How do you even see this shit on IG? Has to be the worst social media platform, hands down. Doesn't exist on his profile, unless he deleted it.

 

[Aarick13]

Probably.
Just a question, regarding the new NGA rules, did I read correctly that as of 2026 clubs have access to NGA players for 3 years if the go undrafted so they can access these types of players for the work put in?

Without them actually clarifying it properly, I assume it means they can stay with our NGA, they still go through the draft like normal but we retain the matching rights each year.

If it works this way then it would mean if Lawson Humphries had stayed in our NGA we could have matched the Geelong bid in 2023.