List Mgmt. 2025 GWS Giants List Management - Academy, Free Agent, Trade & Draft

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The 2024 National, Pre-season & Rookie Drafts have been run and won, so it's time to look forward to the 2025 season of list management.

Here's the current list statistics:

• main list = 37
• rookie A list = 5 (Fahey, Keeffe, Wehr, Derksen, Madden)
• rookie B list = 2 (Wardius, Delana)
• Total = 44

Players OOC at the end of season 2024 - Free Agents are marked * (I'll update & cross out players as they re-sign with GWS):

• Callan Ward* (is this his last year?)
• Toby Bedford
• Finn Callaghan (No 1 signature target!)
• Leek Aleer (no doubt a target of interstate clubs)
• Xavier O'Halloran
• Callum Brown

Rookie lists:

• Jacob Wehr*
• Lachlan Keeffe* (surely this is his last year?)
• Josh Fahey*
• Josaia Delana (Cat B)
• Wade Derksen
• Nathan Wardius (Cat B)

2025 picks based on rolling ladder order (GWS deathriding the Crows) can be found here: https://www.google.com/url?q=https:...991548361015&usg=AOvVaw2X0xWHsr3cbOD5lgH-qlfh

New academy matching rules can be found here: https://mcusercontent.com/7cd32ad25.../00853ebd-ebff-a840-7be0-feba31347590/DVI.pdf

 

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Academy stuff:

There's probably only 1 GWS academy kid in the sights at this stage, Bailey-Dean Latanis. However, there are 3 Murray Bushrangers on whom we could set sights ... Liam Hetherton (KPF), Ryder Corrigan (midfielder) and Harrison Wilson (medium defender).

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POTENTIAL 2025 ALLIES LINEUP​

B: Harrison Wilson (MB) – Kalani White (GC) – Max Hudson (GC)
HB: Harrison Bridge (BL) – Lenny Koller (MB) – Lachlan Carmichael (SS)
C: Dylan Patterson (GC) – Daniel Annable (BL) – Jai Murray (GC)
HF: Noah Chamberlain (SS) – Taj Murray (NT) – Max King (SS)
F: Raphael Geesu (BL) – Liam Hetherton (MB) – Bailey-Dean Latanis (GWS)
FOL: Jasper Hay (TAS) – Beau Addinsall (GC) – Zeke Uwland (GC)

INT: Cooper Collins (GC), Ryder Corrigan (MB), Benjamin Lillico (BL), Kalen Russell (NT), Isaac Waller (BL), Lucas Wootton (TAS)

EMG: Koby Coulson (GC), Jack Harrison (BL), Riley Hansen (GWS), Kaiden McNamara (SS), James Milner (OC)

 

[GWS Goose]

The 2024 National, Pre-season & Rookie Drafts have been run and won, so it's time to look forward to the 2025 season of list management.

Here's the current list statistics:

• main list = 37
• rookie A list = 5 (Fahey, Keeffe, Wehr, Derksen, Madden)
• rookie B list = 2 (Wardius, Delana)
• Total = 44

Players OOC at the end of season 2024 - Free Agents are marked * (I'll update & cross out players as they re-sign with GWS):

• Callan Ward* (is this his last year?)
• Toby Bedford
• Finn Callaghan (No 1 signature target!)
• Leek Aleer (no doubt a target of interstate clubs)
• Xavier O'Halloran
• Callum Brown

Rookie lists:

• Jacob Wehr*
• Lachlan Keeffe* (surely this is his last year?)
• Josh Fahey*
• Josaia Delana
• Wade Derksen
• Nathan Wardius (Cat B)

2025 picks based on rolling ladder order (GWS deathriding the Crows) can be found here: https://www.google.com/url?q=https:...991548361015&usg=AOvVaw2X0xWHsr3cbOD5lgH-qlfh

New academy matching rules can be found here: https://mcusercontent.com/7cd32ad25.../00853ebd-ebff-a840-7be0-feba31347590/DVI.pdf

not a lot at risk this year.
If we could nail Finn before a ball was kicked I'd be stoked.

 

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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 2025 season

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Greater Western Sydney has brought in 33 of its players through the draft, which is six more than the next highest in the League.

Top 10 clubs	Players who joined via AFL Draft
Greater Western Sydney	33
North Melbourne, Richmond	27
Brisbane, Fremantle, West Coast, Western Bulldogs	26
Essendon, Gold Coast, Port Adelaide	25

AFL Draft: 33 (most)
Trade: 3 (18th most)
Free agency: 1 (equal 11th most)
Rookie Draft/Cat B rookies: 5 (equal ninth most)
Pre-Season Draft/SSP: 0 (equal 13th most)
Mid-Season Draft: 1 (equal 14th most)