List Mgmt. 2023 GWS Giants List Management - Academy, Free Agent, Trade, Draft

[Giant Strides]

Trade Period, October 6–18

• Restricted & Unrestricted Free Agency Period: Friday, October 6, 9am – Friday October 13, 5pm (bid matching ends Monday October 16, 5pm)
• Trade Period (1), picks & players: Monday, October 9, 9am – Wednesday October 18, 7.30pm

Quiet Period, October 19–November 20

• Trade Period (2), picks only: Monday, October 23, 9am – Friday November 10, 5pm
• List Lodgement 1*: Tuesday, October 31, 2pm
• Delisted Free Agency Period (1): Wednesday, November 1, 9am – Wednesday November 8, 5pm
• Delisted Free Agency Period (2): Friday, November 10, 9am–5pm
• List Lodgement 2*: Tuesday, November 14, 2pm

Here's the list of GWS players who are out of contract in 2023 (I'll progressively cross them out as they re-sign):

• Lachie ASH
• Callan WARD (Free Agent)
• Brayden PREUSS
• Tom GREEN
• Finn CALLAGHAN
• Lachlan KEEFFE (Free Agent)
• Jake RICCARDI
• Harry HIMMELBERG (Free Agent)
• Cam FLEETON - delisted (25/9/23)
• Matt FLYNN (Free Agent) - signed by West Coast as an Unrestricted Free Agent
• Xavier O'HALLORAN
• Jack BUCKLEY
• Callum BROWN

Rookie lists:

• Phil DAVIS (Free Agent) - retiring at end of 2023 season
• Jacob WEHR (Free agent)
• Dan LLOYD (Free Agent) - retiring at end of 2023 season
• Cooper HAMILTON
• Wade DERKSEN
• Nick MADDEN (Cat B) - assumed re-signed due to 2 sources of info
• Jason GILBEE (Cat B) - delisted (25/9/23)

Current list sizes (for when we get to list/draft/trade speculation):

• main list = 36 minus 3 (Fleeton, Flynn + Kennedy delisted with a view to be re-selected in the rookie draft)
• rookie A = 6 minus 2 (Davis, Lloyd)
• rookie B = 2 minus 1 (Gilbee)
• total = 44 minus 5

This is the future pick spreadsheet that comes into play only at trade time, as future picks are used in end of season (2023) trading:


Here's the 2023 AFL Academy Squad, so these (roughly) represent the best players for next year as they stand now:

2023 NAB AFL ACADEMY​

NAME	SURNAME	STATE	STATE LEAGUE CLUB	COMMUNITY CLUB
Lachlan	Cabor	NSW/ACT	Sydney Swans Academy	Shellharbour
Nate	Caddy	VIC M	Northern Knights	Yarrambat
Jack	Callinan	TAS	Tasmania Devils	Clarence
Caiden	Cleary	NSW/ACT	Sydney Swans Academy	Sydney University
Daniel	Curtin	WA	Claremont	West Coast
Jack	Delean	SA	South Adelaide	Reynella
Zane	Duursma	VIC C	Gippsland Power	Foster
Mitchell	Edwards	WA	Peel Thunder	South Mandurah
William	Green	VIC M	Northern Knights	Northcote
Riley	Hardeman	WA	Swan Districts	Caversham
William	Lorenz	VIC M	Oakleigh Chargers	Boroondara Hawks
Kane	McAuliffe	SA	North Adelaide	Central Augusta
Colby	McKercher	TAS	Tasmania Devils	Launceston
Ashton	Moir	SA	Glenelg	Plympton
Connor	O'Sullivan	NSW/ACT	Murray Bushrangers	Albury
William	Patton	SA	West Adelaide	Mitcham
Nathan	Philactides	VIC M	Oakleigh Chargers	Blackburn
Ethan	Read	QLD	Gold Coast Suns Academy	Palm Beach Currumbin
Archer	Reid	VIC C	Gippsland Power	Inverloch-Kongwak
Harley	Reid	VIC C	Bendigo Pioneers	Tongala
Archie	Roberts	VIC M	Sandringham Dragons	Hampton Rovers
Jake	Rogers	QLD	Gold Coast Suns Academy	Broadbeach
Ryley	Sanders	TAS	Sandringham Dragons	North Launceston
Cooper	Simpson	VIC C	Dandenong Stingrays	Mount Martha
George	Stevens	VIC C	GWV Rebels	South Warrnambool
Koltyn	Tholstrup	WA	Subiaco	Newtown-Condingup
Orlando	Turner	NT	West Adelaide	South Alice Springs
Jed	Walter	QLD	Gold Coast Suns Academy	Palm Beach Currumbin
Nick	Watson	VIC M	Eastern Ranges	East Ringwood
Darcy	Wilson	VIC C	Murray Bushrangers	Wangaratta Rovers

Happy speculating for 2023!

EDIT: 11/12/22 - Added Free Agent status to OOC player list
EDIT: 24/2/23 - Crossed out Tom Green

12

Tom Green

Age

23

Ht

192cm

Wt

92kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.5

3star

K

4.3

2star

HB

7.3

5star

M

1.8

2star

T

2.3

4star

CL

2.8

4star

D

11.5

3star

K

4.3

2star

HB

7.3

4star

M

1.8

2star

T

2.3

3star

CL

2.8

4star

D

11.5

3star

K

4.3

2star

HB

7.3

5star

M

1.8

2star

T

2.3

4star

CL

2.8

5star

from OOC player list! (Woo Hoo!!) & Added 2023 Coates Talent League Fixture Link
EDIT: 27/2/23 - Crossed out Finn Callaghan from OOC player list! (Woo Hoo Hoo!!!)
EDIT: 27/4/23 - Crossed out Jacob Wehr from OOC player list
EDIT: 10/5/23 - Crossed out Jack Buckley from OOC player list
EDIT: 9/7/23 - Crossed out Callum Brown from OOC player list
EDIT: 18/7/23 - Crossed out Lachie Ash from OOC player list
EDIT: 20/7/23 - Crossed out Xavier O'Halloran from OOC player list
EDIT: 3/8/23 - Crossed out Harry Himmelberg from OOC player list
EDIT: 9/8/23 - Crossed out Wade Derksen from OOC player list
EDIT: 17/8/23 - Noted Dan Lloyd retiring at end of season
EDIT: 19/8/23 - Crossed out Jake Riccardi from OOC player list
EDIT: 28/8/23 - Noted Phil Davis

1

Phil Davis

Age

34

Ht

197cm

Wt

94kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.0

3star

K

7.6

3star

HB

5.4

4star

M

5.2

5star

T

1.7

4star

MG

55.5

1star

D

8.5

2star

K

4.4

2star

HB

4.1

3star

M

3.4

3star

T

1.3

2star

MG

55.5

1star

D

14.0

4star

K

8.0

3star

HB

6.0

4star

M

5.8

5star

T

1.4

4star

retiring at end of season
EDIT: 25/9/23 - Noted Cam Fleeton & Jason Gilbee delisted
EDIT: 4/10/23 - Noted Flynn, Preuss & Keeffe situations
EDIT: 9/10/23 - Updated Flynn to WCE, removed Preuss from OOC player list
EDIT: 12/10/23 - Updated Madden with 2 sources of information
EDIT: 19/10/23 - Updated Keeffe & Hamilton re-signed
EDIT: 31/10/23 - adjusted main list numbers with Adam Kennedy

40

Adam Kennedy

Age

32

Ht

183cm

Wt

80kg

Pos.

D/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.9

4star

K

8.4

3star

HB

6.5

4star

M

4.4

4star

T

1.8

4star

MG

245.6

4star

D

1.0

1star

K

1.0

1star

HB

0.0

1star

M

0.0

1star

T

0.0

1star

MG

10.0

1star

D

18.6

5star

K

9.8

4star

HB

8.8

5star

M

4.0

4star

T

1.4

4star

delisting (with a view to be re-selected in rookie draft)

 

[Gigantic]

Surely has to be Finn

 

[Colonial]

that hand looks young

 

[Colonial]

 

[Hendo_21]

God that's such a relief

 

[Giant Strides]

Yeah, that's great to get him locked in before the start of the season!!

 

[Hendo_21]

Green and Finn wrapped up before preseason games is so good, don't have to deal with any of the media speculation. HH and Ash the next two to get sorted.

 

[GWS Goose]

Green and Finn wrapped up before preseason games is so good, don't have to deal with any of the media speculation. HH and Ash the next two to get sorted.

At least Ash early would be nice.

 

[Andre the Giant]

Finn and T Green are the best of the lot, this is a coup and wonderful work by the club

 

[dlanod]

Any more injury news from the weekend?

I inflamed my knee moving a piano.

 

[captainMyCaptain]

So with Finn re-signing the 2021 draft class is a rare one for us with everyone of our draftees having signed at least one extension.

 

[Hendo_21]

So with Finn re-signing the 2021 draft class is a rare one for us with everyone of our draftees having signed at least one extension.

Pretty promising class so far, Fahey yet to play but I think there's a contributor there, Leek flashed a bit last year although KP player development can be tricky and Finn looks fantastic!

 

[MelbourneGWS]

Green and Finn wrapped up before preseason games is so good, don't have to deal with any of the media speculation. HH and Ash the next two to get sorted.

At the beginning of 2023, there were 20 players whose contract would expire this year. Fantastic news that we got Green AND Callaghan before the season even started! I really hope we get HH

 

[MelbourneGWS]

Interview with Finn after the signature. States that Kingsley was an influence in resigning and that he never considered any alternatives to staying with us.

Callaghan: It just feels like home

We chat with Finn Callaghan after re-signing until the end of 2025.

www.gwsgiants.com.au

 

[Giant Strides]

Your AFL team's state-by-state list breakdown

See which clubs have the strongest crop of local talent, and which sides are susceptible to the 'go home factor'.

www.zerohanger.com

​

GWS​

VIC	SA	WA	NSW/ACT	QLD	TAS	NT	OTHER
21	4	5	11	2	0	0	1

The Giants have the equal most Victorians on their list among the eight non-Victorian clubs after adding five players from either Vic Metro or Vic Country through the 2022 off-season alone.

GWS have often faced a losing battle to retain Victorian talent and lost three midfielders to Victorian clubs last year, but new No.1 pick Aaron Cadman will lead their new charge of Victorians for the years to come.

A total of 11 players hail from New South Wales or the ACT to be considered as local products, while their SA and WA tally comes in at nine, split four and five respectively.

 

[MelbourneGWS]

Your AFL team's state-by-state list breakdown

See which clubs have the strongest crop of local talent, and which sides are susceptible to the 'go home factor'.

www.zerohanger.com

​

GWS​

VIC	SA	WA	NSW/ACT	QLD	TAS	NT	OTHER
21	4	5	11	2	0	0	1

The Giants have the equal most Victorians on their list among the eight non-Victorian clubs after adding five players from either Vic Metro or Vic Country through the 2022 off-season alone.

GWS have often faced a losing battle to retain Victorian talent and lost three midfielders to Victorian clubs last year, but new No.1 pick Aaron Cadman will lead their new charge of Victorians for the years to come.

A total of 11 players hail from New South Wales or the ACT to be considered as local products, while their SA and WA tally comes in at nine, split four and five respectively.

I think 3 of the 11 nsw/act players are from the ACT- Tom Green, Himmelberg and Josh Fahey?

 

[Giant Strides]

I think 3 of the 11 nsw/act players are from the ACT- Tom Green, Himmelberg and Josh Fahey?

Well ...

Harry's originally from Mangoplah - he relocated to Canberra I think when he was 17. Since that town's a bit out of Wagga Wagga - as is Narrandera (Matt Flynn) or Collingullie (Harry Perryman) - really HH is from NSW.

The other two you'd probably call Canberrans; although Fahey played for Queanbeyan Tigers and may well have lived in NSW, so possibly didn't consider himself "Canberran" (IDK - speculating).

But yes, those 3 have some linkage to Canberra.

 

[MelbourneGWS]

Well ...

Harry's originally from Mangoplah - he relocated to Canberra I think when he was 17. Since that town's a bit out of Wagga Wagga - as is Narrandera (Matt Flynn) or Collingullie (Harry Perryman) - really HH is from NSW.

The other two you'd probably call Canberrans; although Fahey played for Queanbeyan Tigers and may well have lived in NSW, so possibly didn't consider himself "Canberran" (IDK - speculating).

But yes, those 3 have some linkage to Canberra.

Fair points. Note though that HH played for the Eastlake Demons, one of the bigger ACT AFL teams. Also based on his team bio, he moved to Canberra after finishing school.

Harry Himmelberg | AFL

Follow Harry Himmelberg's progress through AFL

www.gwsgiants.com.au

 

[Ppollen]

Academy practise game replays, if anyone is interested

https://bit.ly/3sIW4Hf

 

[Giant Strides]

The best talent headed to Blacktown - AFL NSW / ACT

Blacktown will be pumping this weekend, with the QBE Swans Academy and the GIANTS Academy facing off in six matches across the weekend. Last weekend saw the GIANTS edge out the Swans in four of the six games in Gungahlin,…Read more ›

aflnswact.com.au

Sunday, 12 March | BOYS

10:30am | U16 | GIANTS squad | Swans squad

12:30pm | U18 | GIANTS squad | Swans squad

2:30pm | U18 | GIANTS squad |Swans squad

ALL MATCHES WILL BE LIVE STREAMED HERE

 

[MelbourneGWS]

Posted in another thread elsewhere in the main board but very interesting in terms of historical player movements. We are losing an average of 4 players every year (46 players in the 11 years of our existence) to other clubs, which unfortunately is the highest in the AFL. Unsurprisingly, the club we lost most of our players to was Carlton (11) thanks to Silvagni, with Essendon (7 players) being the next highest. Also no GWS players have left us for Sydney or Gold Coast. Conversely, no Essendon, Gold Coast, Norths or St Kilda players have ever left their club to come to us!

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0uG2TkbJKHtuPJCS6H65w88wDeoVDhHp9wX8Bt1pyfq7TtFZWC5SJxBzgvyJXAwCql&id=417214352159989&mibextid=jf9HGS

 

[Giant Strides]

Posted in another thread elsewhere in the main board but very interesting in terms of historical player movements. We are losing an average of 4 players every year (46 players in the 11 years of our existence) to other clubs, which unfortunately is the highest in the AFL. Unsurprisingly, the club we lost most of our players to was Carlton (11) thanks to Silvagni, with Essendon (7 players) being the next highest. Also no GWS players have left us for Sydney or Gold Coast. Conversely, no Essendon, Gold Coast, Norths or St Kilda players have ever left their club to come to us!

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0uG2TkbJKHtuPJCS6H65w88wDeoVDhHp9wX8Bt1pyfq7TtFZWC5SJxBzgvyJXAwCql&id=417214352159989&mibextid=jf9HGS

Well, Jake Stein to Gold Coast last off-season killed that stat.

Our stats are made worse by the extra list size we had for the first few years. In the end, it's an interesting historical stat, but people need to be able to delve into the details to understand it. (Which most won't.)

 

[MelbourneGWS]

Well, Jake Stein to Gold Coast last off-season killed that stat.

Our stats are made worse by the extra list size we had for the first few years. In the end, it's an interesting historical stat, but people need to be able to delve into the details to understand it. (Which most won't.)

Fair point, and agree about the extra list size contributing to us losing more players to other clubs than normal. What I found interesting was that in our entire 11 year history, none of the 31 players that had joined us from other clubs were from Essendon, Gold Coast, Norths or St Kilda.

 

[dlanod]

Well, Jake Stein to Gold Coast last off-season killed that stat.

Townsend too, though he got black and yellow (and red - forgot that) washed in between.

none of the 31 players that had joined us from other clubs were from Essendon

A coach and some support staff though...

 

[Giant Strides]

Townsend too, though he got black and yellow (and red - forgot that) washed in between.

Yeah, I'll admit that I took it as direct movement to those clubs. If it's any journey to arrive there, then Jack Hombsch and Anthony Miles would qualify to Gold Coast, as well as Jacob Townsend.

 

[dlanod]

Yeah, I'll admit that I took it as direct movement to those clubs. If it's any journey to arrive there, then Jack Hombsch and Anthony Miles would qualify to Gold Coast, as well as Jacob Townsend.

Oh it would be focused on direct movement only. I just remembered Jacob finished up there.