Author Topic: 2026 free agents - Broad, Lynch, Miller, Nankervis, Prestia, Ross, Vlastuin  (Read 437 times)

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Every club’s current list of 2026 free agents:

RICHMOND

Nathan Broad
Tom Lynch
Ben Miller
Toby Nankervis
Dion Prestia
Jack Ross
Nick Vlastuin


ADELAIDE

Jordon Butts
James Borlase
Mitch Hinge
Chayce Jones
Rory Laird
Lachie Sholl
Taylor Walker

BRISBANE

Noah Answerth
Zac Bailey
Darcy Gardiner
Ryan Lester
Lachie Neale
Dayne Zorko

CARLTON

Nick Haynes
Nic Newman
Sam Walsh
Zac Williams

COLLINGWOOD

Jack Crisp
Jeremy Howe
Tim Membrey
Scott Pendlebury
Steele Sidebottom

ESSENDON

Jade Gresham
Matt Guelfi
Liam McMahon
Jaxon Prior

FREMANTLE

Bailey Banfield
Oscar McDonald
Sam Sturt
Sam Switkowski
Patrick Voss
Corey Wagner

GEELONG

Mark Blicavs
Patrick Dangerfield
Jake Kolodjashnij
Jack Martin
Mark O’Connor
Rhys Stanley

GOLD COAST

Oscar Adams
Caleb Graham
Ben King
Lachie Weller
Jarrod Witts

GWS

Kieren Briggs
Stephen Coniglio
Toby Greene

HAWTHORN

Jack Gunston
Jarman Impey
Mitch Lewis
Harry Morrison
Ned Reeves

MELBOURNE

Tom Campbell
Kade Chandler
Jai Culley
Bayley Fritsch
Steven May
Tom McDonald
Jake Melksham
Christian Salem
Tom Sparrow

NORTH MELBOURNE

Aidan Corr
Luke McDonald
Toby Pink
Bailey Scott

PORT ADELAIDE

Zak Butters
Darcy Byrne-Jones
Ollie Wines

ST KILDA

Jack Carroll
Liam Stocker

SYDNEY

Joel Amartey
Harry Cunningham
Joel Hamling
Justin McInerney

WEST COAST

Tom Cole
Matt Flynn
Bailey Williams

WESTERN BULLDOGS

Lachie Bramble
Ryan Gardner
Buku Khamis
Tom Liberatore
Lachie McNeil
Rhylee West

https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/department-of-trade/afl-2026-list-of-free-agents-players-out-of-contract-zak-butters-sam-walsh-zac-bailey-ben-king-latest-news/news-story/b3759b1feba5678d12b2da2f679c953e

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Miller is signed for 2027.

Vlastuin is essential to keep if he's fit and healthy, but the rest can probably be moved on tbbh

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Would keep giving lynch 1 year deals provided his body holds up for atleast 15 games a season. Very important so that the likes of Armstrong/faull/fawcett/sims aren’t copping the best defender.

Nank as well needs to keep being retained until we have a successor.

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Would keep giving lynch 1 year deals provided his body holds up for atleast 15 games a season. Very important so that the likes of Armstrong/faull/fawcett/sims aren’t copping the best defender.

Nank as well needs to keep being retained until we have a successor.
Agree with that.
Add  its Broads farewell season he has stated retirement end of 2026. Prestia is dropping from the cliff but is saved because he is better than any of the mid tier mids we have.

Nankervis will need to be around for many  years the way we are producing Ruckmen. Can Guarantee we will end up going hard for a younger mature ruckman. While we are at it we should have some young insurance there right now for when Ryan gets the arse.

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our ruck stocks i say are our biggest concerns without Nank we are terrible. We all know rucks can take 2-4 years to develop so im unsure what the plans are at the club.
Lynch stay on for another year to help the young talls
Dion gone
Shorty gone

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our ruck stocks i say are our biggest concerns without Nank we are terrible. We all know rucks can take 2-4 years to develop so im unsure what the plans are at the club.
Lynch stay on for another year to help the young talls
Dion gone
Shorty gone

Nank has immediate impact when he arrived from Day 1.
Rinse and repeat
"The money might have been better. But, at the end of the day, Richmond showed faith in me. It's only fair that now we're 18th on the ladder, I show the faith back in the club and do everything I can to put them in front. In the end, I'm stoked I made the decision to stay. I f***ing love this club”

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our ruck stocks i say are our biggest concerns without Nank we are terrible. We all know rucks can take 2-4 years to develop so im unsure what the plans are at the club.
Lynch stay on for another year to help the young talls
Dion gone
Shorty gone

Add Broad to 2026 with Meatball. Lynch probably too.

Nank and Floss with maybe Short in 2027.


But if we can spread those 6 out over 3 years instead of 2 it might be a good idea but sheesh we'd better replace them asap.

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our ruck stocks i say are our biggest concerns without Nank we are terrible. We all know rucks can take 2-4 years to develop so im unsure what the plans are at the club.
Lynch stay on for another year to help the young talls
Dion gone
Shorty gone

Add Broad to 2026 with Meatball. Lynch probably too.

Nank and Floss with maybe Short in 2027.


But if we can spread those 6 out over 3 years instead of 2 it might be a good idea but sheesh we'd better replace them asap.

Agree Andy. Broad should be straightforward to replace with Tom Brown and/or Trainor in the mix.
Reckon Meatie can hopefully be replaced with Macauliffe, Smillie
Lalor or even Jack Ross pinch hitting for a year or two.
Tom Lynch is the one - which is why I though Mihocek was an okay option for a couple of years. Genuinely think our key forward stocks might be ok in 2-3 years.
Perhaps one of Balta or Gibcus can play there instead
"The money might have been better. But, at the end of the day, Richmond showed faith in me. It's only fair that now we're 18th on the ladder, I show the faith back in the club and do everything I can to put them in front. In the end, I'm stoked I made the decision to stay. I f***ing love this club”